What did you eat today?

[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.

[Crankin]

rest day
B: small cup of Harvest grain (mostly quinoa) cereal and almond milk, blueberries, small chicken leg, coffee
L: cup of curried zucchini soup, salad with quinoa/mushrooms, chicken, an apple
S: spelt bread/hummus
D: went out with a friend to a restaurant that has pretty healthy food. I had a salad, sautéed haddock on spinach in a balsamic reduction and a sweet potato, glass of red wine. However, I think the sauce on the fish had a lot of salt, as I woke up today up a pound or more and feeling weird.

[Catrin]

Down 1.8 pounds today :-) My coach thinks the real problem is an undiscovered food sensitivity that really got my system's attention when it received more of it than it's been accustomed to. This actually makes sense, and may explain my inability to drop my BF% regardless of my efforts and work. I DID increase my egg intake last week and I do consume a lot of them. Dairy was up a bit, but not much. I've factored out everything else, I get enough sleep, stress is much better than it once was, I am fueling my activities appropriately. It may be worth my while to conduct a 21-30 day egg elimination test - as much as I REALLY don't want to do that (I love eggs). This isn't the first time I've wondered about this, it might be time to finally check it out.

Yesterday:
B: Brekkie casserole, coffee with cream
Intense kettlebell solo session, focusing on volume building. 30 minutes of pure over-head work not counting rests AND my shoulders are quite happy :-) Followed by protein shake (the one I use post-intense-workout)
L: Meeting schedule precluded lunch, had a Quest bar (the only commercial bar I will eat), and later in the day had a Tera's Whey shake (much simpler shake then the post-workout version)
D: Roasted Kale, Butter lettuce-leaf roast loin 'wrap'

Didn't quite meet my calorie goals, but not too far from it. I need to hit the store for veggies tonight!

[Catrin]

Weight is the same today as yesterday - and I will TAKE IT! My digestive system is still recovering but all feels much better. If it IS a food sensitivity it is either dairy or eggs, and I need to figure that out. First, however I need to figure out what to have for brekkie and still get what I need out of it, but I will figure that out. Certainly I can have chicken, sausage, whatever, the thing is, I LOVE having eggs for breakfast! Thankfully I've got to finish what is in the fridge first :-)

Yesterday:

B: usual breakfast casserole, coffee
S: Cappuccino (double)
L: roasted chicken thigh, sweet potato
S: Protein shake (testing a new brand to see if it is palatable)
D: Roasted chicken, swiss chard, steamed carrots, small banana

Today:

Breakfast: more brekkie casserole, coffee
Early morning KB volume-building workout (at home)
Followed workout with left-over steamed carrots
L: Chipotle salad with chicken, fajita veggies and salsa (the only fast food place I will consider - didn't have any food to take for lunch)
S: small banana planned
D: I need to go shopping first, thinking about a couple of Trader Joe's yummy chicken sausages along with some roasted Kale, sauteed Swiss Chard and last of the steamed carrots. I've a LOT of both Kale and Chard in the fridge...