What did you eat today?

[Catrin]

Crankin - have fun and enjoy! I know you must be very proud of your former exchange student.

Yesterday:

B: 2 eggs, steel cut oats with almonds and dried cranberries, skim milk, coffee

S: 1/2 Power Bar (I simply must go to the grocery store!)

L: Homemade beans and brown rice (very little rice) with a roasted skinless chicken breast. 12 Trader Joe's Sweet Potato Tortilla chips

S: The other half of the Power Bar

40 minute upper body weights workout
45 minute advanced Bosu class (he kicked our butts) It's an hour class but I twisted my ankle and had sat out 15 minutes icing - it is fine though

Ravenous after that - another Power bar on the way home

D: roasted skinless chicken breast and non-fat cottage cheese, skim milk

Calories were too low, and no veggies to speak of...I'm learning that when I get home from an especially long workout or ride I am much too hungry to cook anything. I think it is time keep some veggies cooked in advance like I do chicken so I can just heat stuff up. I don't care for left-over veggies but I need to do something.

[mandiam]

AM Workout: Ran 2 miles
Breakfast: 1/2 cup of almond/cashew mix with coffee and bottle of water
Lunch: PB&J (whole wheat, sugar free jelly, natural PB, with naner slices) and a sliced apple
Snack: Orange
PM Workout: Wednesday Night Ride with the team...so. much. fun! 30 miles of hills--HILLLSSS...i love finishing that ride--it feels so good.
Dinner: Lean pocket pack of turkey/ham/cheese with 1/2 an avocado. Also ate a few pizza bones from Hubby's pizza (i would say they were equal to a few crackers)
Snack: Mangooooooo!!!

[Susan Otcenas]

I think it is time keep some veggies cooked in advance like I do chicken so I can just heat stuff up. I don't care for left-over veggies but I need to do something.

You might try this:

I get a weekly CSA basket from a local farm. I set aside a few hours to clean, slice, dice & chop the bounty, then store it all in tupperware containers. So, when I get home from a long day at work, everything is ready to be tossed into a saute pan or steamed or dumped onto a salad or whatever. If I had to take the time every night to clean and chop, I'd eat a lot fewer veggies and half my CSA stuff would probably go rotten in the fridge.

So, it's time consuming just once a week!

[spokewench]

I am back--guess what everyone-- i had the chicken pox!!! Yes, i had them when i was younger too and nope--it wasn't shingles...it was actually the chicken pox again.

anyway, i'm back now!!

AM Workout: 1 hour of BODYpump class
Breakfast: 1/2 cup of almond/cashew mix with coffee and bottle of water
Lunch: PB&J (whole wheat, sugar free jelly, natural PB, with naner slices) and a sliced apple
Snack: Orange
Dinner: Hubby beat me home after our hair appointment date (yes we do that), and he surprised me with a steak dinner, THE BEST MUSHROOMS EVERRRR, sweet potato, and vegetables...ah lucky girl..
Snack: Mango

Welcome Back! Sorry to hear about the chicken pox.

BUT< don't you ever get tired of nut mixes for breakfast and pb&j for lunch? I'm thinking for nutrition too, you could use a little more variety in your diet. More, reds, yellows veges, fruits, etc???

Don't mean to get on you, just thinking this is a bit too one dimensional

[Catrin]

You might try this:

I get a weekly CSA basket from a local farm. I set aside a few hours to clean, slice, dice & chop the bounty, then store it all in tupperware containers. So, when I get home from a long day at work, everything is ready to be tossed into a saute pan or steamed or dumped onto a salad or whatever. If I had to take the time every night to clean and chop, I'd eat a lot fewer veggies and half my CSA stuff would probably go rotten in the fridge.

So, it's time consuming just once a week!

hmmmm, good idea. I always have the best intentions when I go shopping...but somehow I only winding up getting kale or chard and that is that. I need to change that.

[Catrin]

I feel like I did so badly today, but the numbers say I barely made my 2K target


B: 2 eggs, Kashi Autumn Wheat cereal with skim milk and almonds, coffee
13 mile chilly bike ride to work
S: starving...Power Bar (fruit and nut bar) still need to go shopping
L: Pita Pit Chicken Souvlaki (whole wheat pita)
3 mile ride/meander to gym
60 minute weights session (including warm up and stretching)
15.5 mile ride home - stopped to inhale another Power Bar (protein bar this time - starving again)
D: 1 cup leftover bean/rice soup with a few sweet potato tortillas, 1/2 cup no-fat cottage cheese (pretty much all that was left to eat in the fridge)
Grocery shopping time
S: 1 slice Ezekial bread, 2 ounces herbed sliced turkey, 1/4th avocado slices, and 1 beer

Apparently my body doesn't know what to do when exercise is spread out over the course of the day - it wants to eat all of the things! I could still eat...but I've made my target for the day and enough is enough.

[Owlie]

I've been eating out too much. None of it terrible (save the giant burgers this week, but that time of the month is approaching and I'm getting beef cravings), but it's getting a little expensive.

Yesterday:
Ham, egg and cheese sandwich, coffee
Broccoli and cheddar soup; avocado, lettuce, tomato, smoked turkey and bacon on sourdough (mm!), water
Coconut water
19.2-mile ride (1 Clif bar and 1 shot block)
Brown rice with andouille (sp?) sausage, green bell pepper and onion. I was going to put kidney beans in it but forgot. Oops! Also a salad with Caesar dressing.
Piece of milk chocolate.

Today:
Bolthouse protein shake
Late lunch due to a busy lab day. We went to Chipotle. Chicken fajita burrito with brown rice, tomatoes, hot salsa, sour cream, cheese and lettuce. I ate about 2/3 of it. Glass of Coke.
Coconut water, 1 Clif bar
Fast 14.8-mile ride. 1 shot block
The other 1/3 of the burrito, and some tortilla chips.
I'll probably have some rice pudding as dessert.

[spokewench]

cereal with strawberries, 1% milk, coffee
1 chobani peach yogurt, two handfuls goldfish crackers
1 glass white wine, at a party, salad with strawberries, asparagus/peppers roasted, 1 sourdough roll, piece of beef and piece of turkey, 1 tiny piece of flourless chocolate cake; it was wonderful!!!

[Crankin]

Got back from my trip about 5 PM. I'll post today's food, but I was not able to be really strict during Thursday, Friday, Saturday. We did hike 5 miles, pretty strenuously on Friday, of course followed by salad, soup, and a bottle () of wine at an Italian bistro. All of a sudden, I feel kind of flabby.
B: before leaving for the airport, I had a little 4 oz. size of light and lively strawberry non fat yogurt. Probably the first time in 5 years I've had a flavored yogurt. At the Grand Junction airport, I had a Subway flatbread breakfast sandwich with egg whites, pepper jack cheese,spinach, and tomatoes, coffee.
S: Ate a Luna Bar waiting for the plane in Denver
L: we upgraded to first class, so we got a real lunch. grilled chicken breast with a spicy tomato sauce on the side, green beans and brussel sprouts, a green salad, which I used just some lemon juice on, and a side of smoked salmon and capers. I skipped the rice and had one bite of a roll.
S: 2 whole wheat pita rounds, one piece of Machengo cheese
D: grilled chicken breast marinated in oil, honey, and tabasco, brussel sprouts, and a salad. 2 squares dark chocolate
S: an apple

[Owlie]

Saturday:
Cereal with 1%, tea with 1%
48-mile bike ride--8 shot blocks, water
Stopped for a mid-ride lunch at a little restaurant in Corwin/Waynesville. Had a chicken sandwich on a multigrain bun, chips, a pickle, half a can of Pepsi, and a cookies-and-cream ice cream cone. I'll have to visit this place again, because people were very enthusiastically talking to their riding buddies about it and there were some things on the menu I'd like to try. Maybe I'll have to ride just to eat there!
Frappucino after the ride.
Homemade mac and cheese with ham and broccoli

Sunday:
Cereal with 1%, tea with 1%
Mocha with whipped cream, grilled cheese.
Brown rice/sausage/green pepper, 1 slice bacon, radish greens+spinach cooked in bacon grease
Glass of iced Thai tea...I mistimed that caffeine consumption!
Bowl of cereal

Today:
Had to go so someone's thesis defense, forgot about it until someone called me. Hence no breakfast except a cookie provided at the defense. Also no coffee.
Post-defense party: two small plates of Chex mix, probably 4 fl oz champagne. That was probably not the best plan... Small amount of brown rice/lentil/barley/carrot thing.
Turkey sandwich and a Caesar salad
3 mini Reese's cups, half-decaf latte.
Spaghetti with marinara and a generous allowance of cheese. Also a pile of raw veggies (radishes, broccoli, red, yellow and green bell pepper) dipped in hummus. I'll round it out with some Greek yogurt with nuts, honey and pomegranate seeds for dessert.

[Crankin]

2.6 mile run
B: egg white scramble with red peppers, mushrooms, an orange, coffee
L: 4 low salt turkey breast roll ups with low fat cream cheese, cole slaw, an apple
S: slice of Ezekial sprouted grain bread
D: 2.5 pieces of veal strips sauteed with whole wheat bread crumbs, spinach, small amount whole wheat angel hair and marinara, sprinkle of parmesan, glass off red wine, 2 pieces dark chocolate

[spokewench]

B: rice chex, strawberries, 1% milk, coffee
L: 2 chicken thighs baked and edamame salad (onions, bell peppers) vinaigretee dressing
D: few slices sirloin steak, roasted potatoes and onions, peas
1 beer

[Crankin]

handful of walnuts before boot camp class, which nearly killed me, at least until we went outside and the cool temperature revived me
B: turkey breast over zucchini slices, with melted low fat cheddar, an orange, coffee
S: skim milk mocha latte
L: 2 veggie burger patties with tomato slices, cole slaw, cup of butternut squash soup
S: nuts and cranberries
D: stir fried tofu, baby bok choy, yellow pepper, mushrooms with chili sauce and a little Mirin, whole wheat soba noodles, glass of red wine, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Catrin]

Rest day yesterday (as hard as it was to stay inside from the sunny, low-wind, 78 degree temps)

B: 2 eggs, steel cut oats with almonds and dried cranberries, skim milk, coffee
S: Almonds and raisins
L: Whole Wheat tortilla with a roasted skinless chicken breast, 1 oz yummy Gouda, lettuce, banana
S: Almonds and raisins
D: Sweet basil chicken/turkey sausage, brown rice medley, steamed bok choy and watercress, small green leaf salad (from a friends garden) with a dressing of olive oil and champagne vinegar, skim milk

And...I finally hit my rest day calorie goal - or at least the lower limit of it I am in training out of the office all week so I don't have any real chance to vary my snacks and lunches this week.

[Owlie]

B: Almonds and iced Thai tea
L: Mac and cheese (with ham and broccoli), an apple
S: Greek yogurt with pomegranate seeds, almonds, and honey
19.2-mile ride (4 shot blocks)
D: 1/2 cup wild+brown rice, egg 'poached' in marinara sauce, with bell peppers and onion; steamed broccoli.
1 piece chocolate.