What did you eat today?

[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...

[Crankin]

yesterday: 1/2 a banana before boot camp
B: another Korean "rice" bowl, using the quinoa and mushrooms I bought at the natural foods market. No avocado, though, as the ones I bought aren't ripe.
L: I ate really late, at 2. Had some home made chicken salad/walnuts/cranberries and the rest of the curried zucchini soup, and an apple
D: I thought I wouldn't be hungry, but at 7 I had some egg whites, green chili salsa, and cheddar with an orange.

Today is our last theatre night for the season. Going to one of my most favorite restaurants. At least I rode 21 miles.

[Catrin]

What are you seeing, Crankin? One of these days I need to go back to the theatre.

[Crankin]

The play is called "Smart People." It's written by a well known African American playwright from Boston, who had another hit play that actually went to Broadway a couple of years ago. It's about racism in the context of a group of very smart, Harvard affiliated people of different races. It was really good. We've been doing this theatre subscription for about 8-9 years and it's getting better every year.
B: tuna, sliced tomatoes, melted cheddar
S: had a slice of spelt bread and almond butter at 11:00, as I was starting my ride at 11:30.
L: Had what essentially amounted to a pile of lettuce, with some chicken at lunch on my ride. It was supposed to be a salad.
D: had a tuna tartare appetizer, which was awesome, but salty. Had scallops for my dinner. 3 huge scallops in a chili infused broth, with all kinds of veggies. Glass of rosé.