What did you eat today?

[spokewench]

Cereal with rasberries, 1% milk, coffee
L: beef sammy with green chilis, on a hoagie
Snack: Yummy cookies and cream ice cream one scoop
Dinner: 1 piece of sausage mushroom pizza, salad with vinaigrette, 1 glass red wine

[Catrin]

Today, well below my calorie targets, sadly. I will do better tomorrow.

B: whole egg scrambled with an egg white, steel cut oats with blueberries, skim milk, coffee

S: some energy mix from home - I NEED to go to the store...

L: mixed beans/rice, roasted skinless chicken breast

D: Stir-fried some fresh baby bok choy, water cress, and roasted skinless chicken and a small amount of brown rice, skim milk

90 minute hot ride. Rewarded myself with 3 tablespoons of Blue Bell Chocolate Mint Ice Cream....yummmm! I figure a couple of tablespoons won't do too much harm and as long as it is good quality full-fat ice cream, that small amount satisfies me. This isn't the way to make up the missing calories.

Today at the farmers market I picked up a new veggie - Amaranth (the leaves, not the seeds). The leaves are striking, I will try them first in a fresh salad, we shall see. They also had Purslane which was quite interesting, but I will try that next week.

[spokewench]

90 minute hot ride. Rewarded myself with 3 tablespoons of Blue Bell Chocolate Mint Ice Cream....yummmm! I figure a couple of tablespoons won't do too much harm and as long as it is good quality full-fat ice cream, that small amount satisfies me. This isn't the way to make up the missing calories.

Why not??? Sounds good to me.

B: grape nuts, 1% milk, coffee
L: pork with green chili, beans and rice, with two tortillas
D: salmon, 1 corn on the cob, salad with vinaigrette and blue cheese crumbles

[Catrin]

Why not??? Sounds good to me.

B: grape nuts, 1% milk, coffee
L: pork with green chili, beans and rice, with two tortillas
D: salmon, 1 corn on the cob, salad with vinaigrette and blue cheese crumbles

I love ice cream far too much to do that, and while my blood sugar is in the normal range these days, it is always in the back of my mind that if I slip too far then the diabetes can return...So a few tablespoons here and there will have to do....unless I've ridden at least 35 miles on the road or trail ridden all day, then I can have more

hmmmm, watch my longer rides increase in frequency now

[spokewench]

I love ice cream far too much to do that, and while my blood sugar is in the normal range these days, it is always in the back of my mind that if I slip too far then the diabetes can return...So a few tablespoons here and there will have to do....unless I've ridden at least 35 miles on the road or trail ridden all day, then I can have more

hmmmm, watch my longer rides increase in frequency now

Yep, my comment has probably made you into an exercise animal! Next thing we know, you will be winning the national mountain bike competition!

Didn't realize you had had problems with diabetes. That is a bit scary - I can definitely understand you wanting to be careful with things like ice cream!

I've always been kind of lucky with what I eat; I have a fairly high metabolism and if eaten in moderation, I can have things like ice cream and cookies and they don't seem to bother me (blood sugar or cholesterol). So far so good. I do struggle with the little bit of extra fat around the middle that most of women over 50 struggle with, but all in all am doing well so far.

Keep up the good work with your fight against diabetes; that is impressive!

[Catrin]

Yep, my comment has probably made you into an exercise animal! Next thing we know, you will be winning the national mountain bike competition!

Will ride for Blue Bell Ice Cream

[Crankin]

I think I forgot yesterday's meals and I can't remember what I had for breakfast or lunch. But, we went out to dinner where I had a 1.5 roasted eggplant/mozzarella appetizer, 2 glasses of chianti, and a grilled salmon open faced sandwich with a side of spinach. I ate one piece of the bread and 2/3 of the salmon.
Today:
B: ate the left over salmon in an egg white omelette, blueberries, coffee
L: 2 veggie burger patties, cole slaw, an apple
S: a popsicle
D: grilled tofu in hoisin sauce, whole wheat soba noodles in a soy nut butter/chili paste sauce, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Catrin]

Today:

Breakfast: usual steel cut oats, two whole eggs, skim milk, coffee.
S: small banana
L: I forgot my lunch so I bought a sliced cajun chicken sandwich on a fresh small ciabatta roll. Quite yummy, with veggies, a bit of cheese, and some aioli that was to die for.
S: 1/2 Power Bar

60 minute HARD workout - cross training class at the gym
post-workout - other half of the Power Bar

D: 6 ounces roasted chicken - turned it into chicken salad with onions, tomato, a few almonds, reduced fat mayo, Amaranth leaves and Ezekiel bread. Skim milk.