What did you eat today?

[Crankin]

Glad you're back to posting, Catrin. I was feeling lonely here! I guess now you know about the fasting.
B: 2 eggs scrambled with green chili, slice of spelt raisin bread, 2 turkey apple sausages, coffee
Went for a 46.7 mile ride with 2,400 ft. of climbing. I ate 2 shot blocks on the way to our lunch stop (at exactly 25 miles) and a bottle of Skratch Lab lemon lime, water.
L: chicken, mayo, tomato, lettuce on a whole wheat wrap, some baked tomato chips, bottle of water.
On the ride home, I had another bottle of Skratch Lab and half a bottle of water.
S: half a banana when I got home, later a glass of rosé, sitting on the patio!
D: burger made of brown rice, chili powder, whole wheat bread crumbs, cheddar, roasted broccoli, salad with oil and vinegar. 2 squares dark chocolate
I feel like I kind of have my nutrition under control for longer, hilly, hot rides. I stopped worrying about the temporary weight gain. My weight has gone down and stabilized since the winter, and i am still losing. If I go up a bit on the weekend, it's OK.

[Crankin]

handful of nuts and 2 dried apricots before boot camp
B: left over grilled salmon, egg whites, spinach. an orange and coffee
L: left over rice/veggie burger, 1/4 avocado, an apple
S: Lara Bar, later half a piece of spelt raisin bread with walnut butter
D: chicken leg and some white meat, sweet potato, salad. 2 squares dark chocolate

[Catrin]

All of a sudden I am gaining right at .5 pound A DAY! Have been for the last week. This is driving me crazy and can't figure it out. It HAS to be fluid, but from what? I can tell a slight difference in the waistband of my pants. I HAVE been allowing more dairy into my diet, that might well be the culprit.

Yesterday:

B: brekkie casserole, coffee
Protein shake before kettlebell training session (it is at noon, hard to eat around it)
L: (mid afternoon) salad with veggies, fermented veggies, roast pork loin
D: 1 roasted chicken thigh and some steamed carrots

[Catrin]

I think I know where the weight is from, I think that my attempt at intermittent fasting just plain p'od my system

Today was a rest day:

B: egg/vegetable/meat casserole, coffee
L: 1 roasted chicken thigh and some steamed carrots
S: small banana
D: a bit more brekkie casserole (this time it is loaded with different veggies, as well as roasted chicken and pastured chopped pork loin). Just couldn't eat more than a couple ounces...

[shootingstar]

Today:
b- cornflakes with dollop of plain yogurt and pre- homemade rhubarb, raspberry, blueberry and Saskatoon berry compote sweetened with maple honey, milk, tea
snack - cantaloupe small slice, muffin with nuts, cornflakes, coffee with milk, tea with milk
dinner- small lobster veggie chowder, crackers, potato-truffle gnocchi, sautéed asparagus with onion and garlic garnished with fresh basil and balsamic vinegar.

[Crankin]

Catrin, I am sure the fasting is what has messed up your body's response. We need to eat. Of course, this is from a person whose family motto is "food is good, man must eat."
B: whole wheat tortilla, grilled with chicken breast and a little cheddar, salsa. sliced mango, coffee, then rode to work 5.2 miles
L: chef salad and an apple
S:a slice of spelt raisin bread and cashew butter at 3, Lara Bar at 6, before I rode home which was 5.9 miles, with a very heavy pannier!
D: I unfroze some left overs which I think are chicken thighs with a spicy tomatillo sauce. I ate 2 very small thighs, sliced jicama, the rest of the mango. 2 squares dark chocolate

[Catrin]

Crankin it wasn't anything extreme. I just narrowed my "eating window" to 10am-7pm. Two meals rather than 3, without changing my calories. This does work for a lot of people, but apparently not me! Some have told me that I need to tough it out for a month, but I don't think so. I think my body didn't know what to do with the larger meals.

Interestingly enough, there has been some recent studies that show that 2 larger meals a day (breakfast and lunch for the study in question and same caloric intake), is an effective way to lose body fat. The summary I read of those studies didn't mention if any the participants had the same problem I did in the first week. It was worth the experiment, I won't go more extreme than that. I am too active to make large changes! I am (or was until the last few days) happy with my weight. I don't really care about the number and that is going to go up as I progress in my kettlebell sport training, my focus is to get that BF% down a few percentage points.