What did you eat today?

[spokewench]

B: rice chex with a peach, 1% milk, coffee
1 luna bar
L: 2 small chicken tacos
strawberry, banana, oj, yogurt smoothie
D: small plate of leftover pork in green chili sauce, brown rice and beans, 1 glass red wine
1 taffy cookie

[Crankin]

B: tuna over a couple of tomato slices, melted jack cheese, small bowl of whole wheat flakes, strawberries, blueberries, 1% milk, coffee
L: salad with chicken, spinach, black beans, salsa, an apple
S: nuts and cranberries at 2, slice of Ezekial bread and soy nut butter at 4.
D: sea bass over grape tomatoes and zucchini, whole wheat orzo and pine nuts, glass of white wine and 2 squares dark chocolate

[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.

[spokewench]

B: rice chex, milk, coffee
Snack: bing cherries, 1 banana
Lunch: 1 fried catfish filet, french fries
1 glass white wine
Dinner 1 glass white wine, small top sirloin steak, a slice of watermelon, cantaloupe and a couple strawberries

[mandiam]

Hey girls! Guess what?

you know how I used to eat the same thing every day?? NOT ANYMORE! you girls will be proud!

My husband and I decided that it will be worth it to add $60 extra dollars to the food budget every month to try our best to eat natural foods.

OH and I also started commuting to work instead of doing the gym every morning.

Thursday (yesterday)

Morning Commute: 20 miles ride to work(has a few hills on the first 10 miles, then a long flat stretch on the last 10)--took me an hour and 15 min. (side note: they started a 4 month construction project on the highway that I drive to work on-- so my DRIVING commute took an hour each way. BAHAHAHA and only 15 minutes more...ON A BIKE!! yeehaw!)

Breakfast: 1/2 c almond/cashew mix (i can't seem to get off that stuff) with coffee and bottle of water

Lunch: 2 apples and peanut butter and some amazing granola that had pumpkin seeds, almonds, little bits of fruit, etc.

Snack: orange

Afternoon Commute: 20 miles home-- a nice headwind for me.

Snack: handful of trailmix

Dinner: 7 pieces of pork tenderloin, baked sweet potato, and asian veggies courtesy of the hubbin

Snack: Mango and 10 pistachios

[solobiker]

B: Greek planin yougurt with some strawberries

S: Brownie...co-worker made some and I did not want to hurt her feelings.

L: Left over pork chop with some veggies

Rode my spin bike 45 min (way to warm for me to ride outside..99.) Weights

D: Not sure yet.

[Catrin]

Today: Rest day

B: lean pickings - but always plenty of eggs. 1 whole egg + 1 egg white, Ezekial bread, skim milk, coffee
S: banana
L: Cliff bar
S: (after shopping trip and starving) Trader Joe's Sweet Basil Chicken Turkey Sausage, Multigrain Slim, and a very small amount of Trader Joe's "Unexpected Cheddar Cheese" (very sharp white cheddar mixed with Parmesan - wonderful!)

Dinner will either be a nice big salad full of veggies and Amaranth leaves with homemade vinaigrette, or a small home-made "pizza" with same veggies. It depends on how lazy I get One Blue Moon will be included at some point, though skim milk will go with dinner

[Crankin]

I left on vacation for the weekend after lunch.
Will report back on Monday.