What did you eat today?

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

B: usual egg + egg white, steel-cut oats with almonds, skim milk, coffee
90 minute "Sunday Funday" at the gym - mixture of fitness games and weights - not as hard as usual
S: 1/2 Cliff bar
L: roasted skinless chicken breast, homemade spinach/veggie/pasta Greek kind of salad with added tomatoes and a couple pieces of fresh Mozzarella cheese, Cantaloupe for dessert
S: 3 tablespoons Blue Bell ice cream
13 mile recovery ride
D: More roasted chicken, mixed grain English muffin, small salad

[GLC1968]

Friday
B: frittata topped with avocado, plum, black coffee
L: kale meatballs, mixed veggies with olive oil
D: sushi, green tea
S: a couple of sips of a banana, strawberry, coconut milk smoothie


Saturday
B: half piece frittata topped with avocado, sweet potato spears, plum
L: eggs, sweet potato and chicken apple sausage scramble (with onions and peppers), black coffee
D: burger on a bed of mixed greens with tomatoes and guacamole, french fries (fresh picked potatoes, fried in rice oil)

Sunday
B: bacon, eggs, wild blackberries and a plum, black coffee
L: mango sausages, apple with almond butter
D: baked chicken wings, 2 plums, pecans
S: 4 dark chocolate, almond and dried cherry clusters!

[Catrin]

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S: 4 dark chocolate, almond and dried cherry clusters!

Yummm! You are making me wish this wasn't a rest day

Thanks for posting all of your meals like this, as I start to consider changing the way I eat it is nice to start developing ideas...Like how to eat breakfast without steel cut oats or Kashi Autumn Wheat cereal!

Out of curiosity - do you ever make your own sausage?

[GLC1968]

Out of curiosity - do you ever make your own sausage?

Yeah, we never should have bought those clusters! I finally moved the stupid container to the back of the cabinet so I'm not seeing them every time I open it. Phew!

I do, actually. I have a spice mix that I make in large quantities where I add a little extra dried red pepper flakes to make it extra hot and I mix it in with whatever ground meat I have around. I have never actually put it into casings though. Most of the time, I prefer to cook with bulk sausage anyway. The only time I like the casings better is when I'm just grilling it to eat. In that case, we usually buy the Aidell's brand (often organic) and stick to flavors that don't have extra sugar or cheese in them.

[Crankin]

B: egg white omelette, chicken, green chili, blueberries, coffee
L: left over Asian steak salad, a peach, nuts and cranberries
S: corn tortilla with hummus
D: 2 super thin pork chops sauteed with rosemary, brussel sprouts, fennel with parmesan, glass of red wine, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Catrin]

Rest day today to allow my calf muscle a chance to relax...

B: 2 eggs, mixed grain English muffin
S: 1/2 chocolate non-fat Greek yogurt
L: Mixed baby greens salad with veggies and pulled chicken breast, small banana
S: Rest of the yogurt
D: more pulled chicken breast with a baby kale/spinach salad, two pieces marinated mozarella cheese, tomato, basil and cucumber. Small amount of olive oil dressing and skim milk

I may have some cantaloupe later for a snack.

[Crankin]

Rest day
B: 2 eggs, scrambled with veggies, low salt ham, and avocado, salsa, an orange, coffee
S: peppermint tea
L: grilled chicken kabobs and broccoli. I found a coffee shop in Lowell that has a Paleo menu. I don't often buy lunch, but today was a day I drove around the same area for most of the day and I had my weekly meeting with my boss in the Lowell office, instead of at my regular site, so I got it to go. They are really nice there and it's in a most unlikely place! A couple of weeks ago I had a scramble of eggs, spinach, sweet potato, and spices and that was awesome.
S: #1, Luna Bar, #2 nuts and cranberries
D: chicken breast on a corn tortilla, tomato, green salsa, avocado, fresh peppers, with some vegetarian refried beans, glass of wine, 2 squares dark chocolate.
This is as Paleo as I can get. Not giving up wine, chocolate, or a few other things. But, as per the discussion in the other thread, it becomes easier to maintain or lose weight, with the more fat I eat, as long as it's combined with no high glycemic carbs.