What did you eat today?

[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.

[Crankin]

B: 2 buttermilk waffles, walnuts, dried cranberries, 2 turkey sausages, strawberries, 2 cups green tea, half a cup of coffee.
S: so, our ride we were leading started at 12:00. We had the above big breakfast at 8:00. At 11:30. I ate one slice of bread with cashew butter. I just couldn't eat a full lunch before a 30 mile ride.
During the ride, I ate a Lara Bar and drank a bottle of Skratch lemon lime and some water. This strategy worked, except for the last 5 miles, my stomach was rumbling and I should have had a Shot Block when we stopped with 8 miles left. I was sweeping and the 3-4 people that i was with got pretty slow near the end, so I just kept drinking. It was hot, but I did OK, despite the fast pace (for me) of this ride. Had some whole wheat pita chips and hummus when we got home.
D: after a shower and changing, we went back to Verrill farm for a catered dinner. I had 2 glasses of red wine, and a couple of appetizers. I sampled some pulled pork with no bun, one piece of bbq chicken, cole slaw, and some eggplant parmesan. Then we went out for ice cream, where I had a kiddie sized cup of chocolate chocolate cookie dough.
I felt like i needed all of this food and amazingly, my weight is still in the 107 range this morning. I was down to 105.6 at one point this week, which is my lowest in over a year.

[Catrin]

Back up 2 pounds today - sigh - but I know what it is from. I ate a few things yesterday that is guareenteed to cause bloating and temporary weight gain. I KNEW better...back to normal today. I volunteered at a women's mountain bike clinic yesterday - it was a lot of fun!

B: usual baked casserole brekkie
Ran/walked 4.4 miles on a mountain bike trail (I consider it my first unofficial trail 5K)
S: Quest bar
L: 6 small pasta noodles (first grains in 2 years, and the last!), way too many yummy meatballs, marinara sauce. They also had huge trays of double chocolate brownies and I succumbed. More than once or twice It is only at events like this when I am even tempted to eat things I know I shouldn't. Oh well, such is life. I was STARVING after my run, even with the Quest bar, and that made my susceptible to brownies!
D: sauteed chicken over raw spinach, cucumbers (also at event, unsure what the chicken was sauteed with but it was good)