What did you eat today?

[Catrin]

We rode another century today ....
We're riding over the continental divide tomorrow... weeee!

I think I just heard you all the way in central Indiana - weeeeeee Looking forward to hearing/reading about it. I note a lack of ice cream from your daily fuel yesterday, I think it would be a fine way to mark the milestone of heading over the Great Divide

[spokewench]

B: two small pieces WG toast, butter, coffee
Snack: apple and carrot juice (fresh juiced)
Lunch: leftover rice noodles with vege stir fry, 1/2 of a grilled chicken breast, 1 peach chobani yogurt
Snack: 1 beer
Dinner: 3 slices grilled steak, salad with blue cheese crumbles and vinaigrette, few roasted potatoes, 1 glass red wine
Dessert: 1 piece yummy cherry pie

[Crankin]

slice of Ezekial bread and soy nut butter before riding to the gym at 4:50 AM, to boot camp class. Ate half a Luna Bar before the ride home, for a total of 13.5 miles
B: ate the rest of the left over quinoa/sweet potato/pepper mixture, with some egg whites scrambled over that, blueberries, coffee
L: salmon burger patty, cole slaw, an apple
S: nuts, cranberries, chocolate bits, then later a slice of Ezekial bread with hummus
D: one veal scallopini slice sauted in olive oil, with whole wheat bread crumbs, yellow squash and mushrooms, whole wheat angel hair with marinara, glass of red wine, 2 squares dark chocolate

[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)

[spokewench]

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)

Newton, where?

[Owlie]

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)

Newton, MA? (Fun with trivia from tours!)

I cannot fathom riding that far in this weather, at least right now. (I did 30-40-mile rides last summer mid-day, but still!)

Anyway:
B: Cup of tea with sugar and half-and-half, bowl of cereal w/ 1%
S: 1 Clif bar
20.2-mile ride: 2/3 bottle dilute Gatorade, 2 bottles water, 2 shot blocks
L1: Hot dog, potato chips, lemonade at the turn-around point of my ride. The city and the group in charge of the trails in Xenia were having a cookout/block party.
L2: Homemade chicken salad on a slice of whole wheat bread, large handful cherries
S: 1 cookie, the other 1/3 of the Gatorade
D: Large salad with flank steak, daikon and red radish, with a wasabi vinaigrette.

[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.