What did you eat today?

[spokewench]

B: special k, strawberries, 1% milk, coffee
Snack: cherries
L: 1 piece pepperoni, 1 piece sausage pizza
D: BLT on ww toast, 1 glass of red wine
piece of cherry pie with ice cream

[GLC1968]

Yesterday (day 2 of Whole30)

B: cold chicken breast, 1/2 banana, nectarine and 1 T coconut butter
S: black coffee
L: mixed greens salad with walnuts, onions, roasted red peppers, avocado and grilled salmon. Topped with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
S: 1 oz nuts (macadamia, pecan, almonds)
D: beef sausage and cabbage and onion stir fry

Had a banana right before bed because my stomach was growling.

[skinimini]

Ate meat for the first time in six years and I really don't feel so great. Had a luncheon with a group of older "church ladies" and I realized late last night that I hadn't told them about being a veg. No time this morning to prepare something to take and not wanting to hurt feelings, I ate some of the chicken casserole. Green salad had bacon in it and rice salad was prepared with chicken broth. I'll be just fine, but today's experience confirmed that I am quite happy and satisfied with my plant-based diet.

[Catrin]

Another rest day Urban ride planned at dark 30 tomorrow to beat the heat.

Today:

B: steel cut oats with blueberries, whole egg + egg white, skim milk, coffee
9 hour meeting at work today - no snacks
L: yummy spinach/pasta/greek salad with some added roasted skinless chicken breast
D: remainder of yummy spinach pasta salad, sauteed bok choy, zuchinni, small amount of brown rice, skim milk. 4 level tablespoons of mint chocolate chip ice cream for dessert.

[Crankin]

B: 2 scrambled eggs, 3 slices turkey bacon, 1/4 an avocado, blueberries, coffee
did some yoga
L: salad with chicken breast, chick peas, grape tomatoes, balsamic vinaigrette, an apple. Then I ate a little more salad with cranberries, candied walnuts, goat cheese at a party for someone moving, I took a slice of cake, ate about half and dumped it in the garbage when no one was looking.
D: well, sort of. Met a friend for drinks, I had 2 glasses of red wine, and shared some veal/proscuitto meat balls (3) in marinara, bread, and some flat bread with veggies among 3 people. That was it; we went and helped our son move some furniture and I just ate a slice of Ezekial raisin bread

[spokewench]

B: rice chex, 1% milk, strawberries, coffee
L: 6 inch roast beef sammy at subway
Snack - handful of cherries
D: blue cheese burger and fries, 1 beer

I was out on the Colorado river all afternoon. How beautiful! Saw, blue herons, violet swallows, a condor, some beautiful wild horses, and big horn sheep (a large ram and 5 of its flock!)

[Crankin]

B: scrambled egg whites with lox, whole wheat bagel and light cream cheese, blueberries, coffee
Went on a 45.7 mile ride in the 90-94 degree heat. It was mostly flat and shady. During the ride I had 3 bottles of water plus Nuun, one Shot Block
L: chicken wrap with avocado, a few baked chips, one Fig Newton (yeah, I know they're called Newtons now. I can't get used to that, even though they are named after my hometown)
S: one scoop of kahlua and fudge frozen yogurt on the way home from the ride, slice of Ezekial bread and hummus when I got home
D: restaurant; big tossed salad, blackened salmon, sweet potato, green beans, one piece of bread, one glass of sangria (which was terrible)

[Owlie]

Ate meat for the first time in six years and I really don't feel so great. Had a luncheon with a group of older "church ladies" and I realized late last night that I hadn't told them about being a veg. No time this morning to prepare something to take and not wanting to hurt feelings, I ate some of the chicken casserole. Green salad had bacon in it and rice salad was prepared with chicken broth. I'll be just fine, but today's experience confirmed that I am quite happy and satisfied with my plant-based diet.

Oof. I'm not vegetarian, but I was de facto vegetarian for a time in college when I was taking summer classes, couldn't afford to eat out much and didn't have access to dining halls or proper storage/cooking facilities for meat. When my parents came to pick me up to take me back home, they took me out for dinner. I am a carnivore; I ordered a steak. Good steak, but I regretted it that night!

[Crankin]

Yup, Newton, MA.
I hesitate to say I'm from there, because, well, if you know the area, you know why.
It was a wonderful place to grow up, suburban, with lots of woods to play in, and about 5 miles from downtown Boston. We considered moving there after the kids left home, but in the interim, we started cycling and realized we live in an area that most of eastern MA comes to for their rides. Newton is very crowded and full of traffic now.

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

B: Kashi Autumn Wheat cereal with skim and raisins, whole egg + egg white, coffee

30 mile urban bike ride - during which I had a small power bar

Post ride snack - lemon lime Accelerade

L: roasted skinless chicken breast, Ezekial bread, roasted sweet potato
S: 1/2 cup Blue Bell mint chocolate chip ice cream

D: roasted skinless chicken breast, salad with purslane, red leaf lettuce, tomatoes, sweet peppers, homemade olive oil/citrus vinaigrette. 1 pint chocolate stout

Didn't hit my exercise day net calorie target, but wasn't too far off. I am getting better.

[Reesha]

Yesterday I had a flat I had to take care of around breakfast time so I did not get to eat the huge feast I really hoped for. We did 100 miles the day before and 90 miles yesterday (today is a rest day):

Breakfast: full fat greek yogurt with blueberries and honey, some tortilla chips when I realized they had packed up breakfast for the road
During the ride: Clif builder bar, 1 sleeve of clif shot blocks, 2 clif shot energy gels, 1 huckleberry ice cream sandwich, electrolyte supplement in my water, a few ribs of celery with peanut butter, clif mojo bar, pickles, granny smith apple
After the ride: recoverite
Dinner: We had it catered by Billings company Beyond Basil-- Montana ribeye steaks, grilled salmon, potato salad, quinoa salad, spinach salad, apple pie, and pound cake!

FEAST!

I woke at 5 am starving though so I had some trail mix to tide me over until people get up for breakfast. Hope there's something open at 7 am on a Sunday!