What did you eat today?

[Owlie]

Uh, so I've been living off coffee, beef jerky, Goldfish and cereal for the past few days.

I did actually have dinner tonight (brown rice, broccoli, spinach, turkey sausage mixed up in a bowl with a generous sprinkling of Parmesan), and have followed it up with a pineapple/strawberry/coconut milk smoothie

[Crankin]

piece of Ezekial raisin bread before circuit training class
B: Irish oatmeal with blueberries, 4 slices of low salt ham stuffed with low fat chive cream cheese, coffee
26 mile ride
S: handful of nuts, cranberries, chocolate bits, coffee
L: 2 veggie burger patties with walnut basil pesto, apple
S: nuts and cranberries
D: left overs. I found this in my freezer: sweet potato, quinoa, black beans, spinach, 2 pieces dark chocolate

[mandiam]

AM Workout: Ran two miles and did an upper body workout
Breakfast: 1/2 cup of almond/cashew mix with coffee
Lunch: PB& No J (whole wheat, natural PB, with naner slices) and a sliced apple
Snack: Apple
Ride: 25 miles with my pops...love him. he's getting so strong too!
Dinner: Went to CiCi's with the family-- I ate the crusts of 3 pizza slices, the best part!!! , a salad, and some veggies.
Snack: Mango

[spokewench]

B: shredded wheat, 1% milk, strawberries
Snack: 1 banana
Lunch; pulled chicken sandwich and coleslaw
Dinner: Had a potluck at my house to celebrate my tennis team's local championship win! vege lasagna, cheese enchilada, torta pasculina (little helpings of each, had to try them!) a few asparagus in vinaigrette, salad, 2 glasses red wine, small piece of cheese cake. What a feast!

[mandiam]

spokewench-- your dinner sounds amazing!!!

[solobiker]

B: Smoothie with plain greek yogurt, amond milk, strawberries, raspberries and some protien powder

S: Small piece of fish and an apple

L: I had planned on some fish and veggies...However a co-worker brought in his homemade spg sauce ( very yummy) with sausage and meatballs so of course I had some of his sauce over my veggies that I brought in. Very delighful.

D: Most like more of his sauce with veggies.

I am planning on a weight workout today.

[Susan Otcenas]

Tomorrow I have a 3800meter swim on my training plan. Holy crap! I've *never* swum that far in one go. I'm thinking I need to have an actual breakfast beforehand or I'll never make it through. But sheesh, getting up early enough to do that (like 4am at the latest) is totally unattractive. Maybe just some toast instead, supplemented with a poolside Gu halfway through... hhhmmmmm...

4:45am A real breakfast! 1 cup of oatmeal plus a huge banana. Also finished off the bottom of a bag of Kashi Cinnamon Harvest Cereal. Jeff was having it for breakfast and I can't resist that stuff.
5:30am 3850 yard swim. This took me a looong time. Just over 1.5 hours. I'm never fast and I have a cold to boot. But, GOOD NEWS I did NOT get hungry during the swim, so having breakfast was the right choice!
7:45am 1% latte and a cup of Umpqua Oats Lei'd Back Oatmeal. So yummy. Oats with macadamia, cashew, coconut & papaya!
11:30am Green salad with 1/2 small avocado
1:00pm 1 cup of greek yogurt with 1/4 of a cantaloupe
6:00 Going to dinner tonight with 2 girlfriends to celebrate a birthday. Thai Food. Loooove Thai food. I'm thinking curry!

[spokewench]

spokewench-- your dinner sounds amazing!!!

It Was YUMMY!!!!!

[Catrin]

Today:

B: steel-cut oats, 2 whole eggs, coffee (at 3:30am)

30 minute workout

Post-workout snack - Cliff bar (really only because breakfast was so bloody early and it was still 4 hours until lunch)

L: (all-afternoon lunch meeting) lasagna, salad, cottage cheese/tomato salad and half a slice of bread. The lasagna hurt my stomach even though I didn't eat very much - I am just not used to eating that kind of thing any more...

S: almonds and raisins

D: (very late) mixed green salad with mushrooms, a bit of cheese, a few almonds, very small amount of balsamic/oil dressing (homemade), skim milk

[Reesha]

My hunger is totally besting me. I've just been inhaling everything around me. I mean I'm not totally off the rails, but certainly paleo is no longer something I'm sticking to. I decided I better start eating some wheat again since I won't really have another option on my big ride this summer. If there's nothing but wheat? I'm gonna eat it.

Anyway, today I started the day with a Luna Protein bar and some Fage total with honey.

Usually lunches are amazing at school but we had a spring carnival so I inhaled 3 of the puny cafeteria burgers on the fly in anticipation of our race simulation bike practice after school.

Just before practice I had a banana and a Bolthouse farms berry smoothie. It was pretty heavy, usually I just have a gel 45 minutes before practice and another on the ride.

Drank 1 bottle of Gu Brew and had a Gu Jet Blackberry on the ride. Immediately after the ride I had a peanut butter chocolate Clif Builder Bar. I thought that might carry me through since practice finished around 6 but no.

Had 3 eggs scrambled and some chicken pot stickers pretty late (eating at 8 seems more and more common now that I'm riding so late in the day...)

It is an interesting journey. I really need to get myself Paleo Diet for Athletes for after the big ride so I can get back on track. Or maybe before then. It's just harder and harder to commit to cooking awesome meals the more and more riding I'm doing on top of 9 hours a day of work.

[Owlie]

7:45am 1% latte and a cup of Umpqua Oats Lei'd Back Oatmeal. So yummy. Oats with macadamia, cashew, coconut & papaya!

This is relevant to my interests. Where do you find such a thing?

[Crankin]

B: coffee, egg whites scrambled with red peppers and mushrooms, an orange
L: 4 slices turkey breast with low fat chive cream cheese inside, small cup of pink beans with sprinkle of cheddar, apple slices
S: nuts and cranberries
I fell asleep on our drive down the Cape, so I had coffee when we arrived. We took a 2 mile walk on the beach/road. Then I had a glass of wine with the B&B owners.
D: at one of my favorite restaurants: half a spinach salad, scallops over ramps, side of spaghetti squash and haricots, mushrooms, one piece of delicious bread and olive oil, more wine
Then we promptly drove to the Kream 'n Kone where they've been serving soft ice cream and dip since 1953

[spokewench]

Crankin, you always find the best restaurants. That dinner sounds absolutely wonderful!

B: 1 piece raisin bread with butter, coffee (running late!)
L: 1 small pinto bean and brown rice burrito, with great salsa
S: few corn chips, 2 small margaritas
D: small tuna salad sandwich, tomato, wg bread, few potato chips

[Crankin]

Yea, the dinner was awesome and the restaurant is in a 200 year old house. But, both DH and I woke up with ah, upset stomachs. It was either the soft serve (I forgot my Lactaid), or the very strong coffee this morning. The breakfast at this B and B is meh... Yogurt, fruit, and fattening muffins. I need my protein. Thankfully, I found some Pepto in my bag before we went on a 38 mile ride. It worked enough so I could have a burrito in the middle of the ride . But, I am just exhausted and probably a little dehydrated.

[Catrin]

Crankin, it just sounds like fun - though sorry about the tummy problems. I am also jealous that your weather has been kind enough to get all of those good rides! It's been crazy here, it seems like the only time it is nice riding weather is when I am in the office That will change soon enough though.

Today:
B: Kashi Autumn shredded wheat cereal with 6 almonds and a few raisins, 2 whole scrambled eggs in a tsp olive oil, skim milk, coffee

2 hour spinning class (the first hour wasn't like anything I've seen before, we just rode with our eyes closed to the beat of the music and I spent much of it on my feet. Yoga-cycle class - the second hour was what I considered a way-too-easy spin class)

L: chicken curry sandwich with cashews and grapes, along with a small banana (at the gym, was starving and had errands to run before homeward bound)

S: 1/2 cup no-fat cottage cheese and 1 cup of fresh cut fruit (melon, strawberries, apple, pineapple)

D: Sweet-basil chicken sausage, last of the fruited wild rice over mixed salad greens, kale and skim milk - with a 16 ounce wonderful Oatmeal Stout.

I did finally make my workout calorie goal today