What did you eat today?

[mandiam]

AM Workout: Ran a 5k-- I have been having so much trouble getting passed the 26min 5k and today i said--FORGET THIS! and ran it in 24. Shaved off 2 minutes with sheer mind power.
Breakfast: 1/2 cup of almond/cashew mix with coffee
Lunch: PB&J (whole wheat, sugar free jelly, natural PB, with naner slices) and a sliced apple
Dinner: 1c taboli (no oil..allergies), a grilled chicken salad with tomatoes, 1/2 an avocado, and light ranch (made with 2% bc of my darn lactose intolerant self lol)
Oops: I made cupcakes for a friend and I licked the frosting spoon LOL--so maybe 50-100 calories? IDK if it's worth adding in.
Snack: Mango--I got impatient. It wasn't ripe but i ate it anyway LOL

[spokewench]

Okay...not a good day for me. I did quite a bit over the weekend so today was a "rest" day. I commuted to/from work and went on an hr long walk.

B: Oatmeal with some almonds and raisons

S: Apple with a few almonds

L: Bread thin with a few pieces of turkey and some pretzles

This is where I fell apart.

Some Irish Soda Bread, and a small chicken tender

D: uhm...I hate to admit this....a Hot Dog. They are ones we purchased from Rochester NY where DH and I both are from. They were shipped out to CO for us. I also had some chips.

Feel pretty bad about eating that junk. Back on my healthy eating tomorrow. I am eating some frozen fruit as I write this.

Please tell me I am not a bad person...I Just made some poor choices

A hot dog and chips occasionally is not the end all be all - don't worry, hope you enjoyed them! I love a hot dog a few times a year!

[spokewench]

AM Workout: Ran a 5k-- I have been having so much trouble getting passed the 26min 5k and today i said--FORGET THIS! and ran it in 24. Shaved off 2 minutes with sheer mind power.
Breakfast: 1/2 cup of almond/cashew mix with coffee
Lunch: PB&J (whole wheat, sugar free jelly, natural PB, with naner slices) and a sliced apple
Dinner: 1c taboli (no oil..allergies), a grilled chicken salad with tomatoes, 1/2 an avocado, and light ranch (made with 2% bc of my darn lactose intolerant self lol)
Oops: I made cupcakes for a friend and I licked the frosting spoon LOL--so maybe 50-100 calories? IDK if it's worth adding in.
Snack: Mango--I got impatient. It wasn't ripe but i ate it anyway LOL

What's wrong with you? you didnt eat a cupcake? I would have!

[spokewench]

B: cereal, 1% milk, coffee
L: chicken breast wrap with cucs, spinach, tomatoes, vinaigrette
D: 1 glass red wine, beef and broccoli stir fry, white rice

[mandiam]

B: cereal, 1% milk, coffee
L: chicken breast wrap with cucs, spinach, tomatoes, vinaigrette
D: 1 glass red wine, beef and broccoli stir fry, white rice

Do you have any left overs of that beef and broccoli stir fry? Sounds so good. Maybe I can get DH to make me some for dinner tonight...

oh and the cupcake thing-- i put vegetable oil in the cake part so that cancelled it out for me would have done apple sauce but i didn't have any in my little ole pantry sad day.

It was actually a funny cupcake story.

My friend went to OKC for her birthday to enjoy a night on the town--well she was texting me but didn't seem her cheerful self.

When I asked what was wrong she said she was upset that her favorite place (cuppies and joe) was closed. They have her favorite cupcake, the bangerang.

I went online and checked out their menu to see what a bangerang cupcake was...and it said chocolate cupcake with mocha frosting--so I found a recipe for mocha frosting and chocolate cup cakes and BOOM!

Surprised her that evening with not one, but 6 mandi-rang cupcakes
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[GLC1968]

Haha last night after yesterdays 40 miles of massive hills I couldn't keep myself from devouring an entire pint of Americone Dream B & J's.

I've tasted that Americone Dream stuff...and I can see how a whole pint could easily disappear! That's some good sheet!

I don't know why I haven't been posting lately...maybe because my intake doesn't vary all that much?

Today
B: 2 eggs, 1.5 cups mixed veggies, 1/4 avocado
S: coffee with half n half and a banana
L: grass fed beef burger topped with sauteed onions, 2 cups broccoli and cauliflower
S: 1 oz raw cheddar and an apple
D: grass fed beef liver and caramelized onions, sauteed zucchini

[spokewench]

Do you have any left overs of that beef and broccoli stir fry? Sounds so good. Maybe I can get DH to make me some for dinner tonight...

oh and the cupcake thing-- i put vegetable oil in the cake part so that cancelled it out for me would have done apple sauce but i didn't have any in my little ole pantry sad day.

It was actually a funny cupcake story.

My friend went to OKC for her birthday to enjoy a night on the town--well she was texting me but didn't seem her cheerful self.

When I asked what was wrong she said she was upset that her favorite place (cuppies and joe) was closed. They have her favorite cupcake, the bangerang.

I went online and checked out their menu to see what a bangerang cupcake was...and it said chocolate cupcake with mocha frosting--so I found a recipe for mocha frosting and chocolate cup cakes and BOOM!

Surprised her that evening with not one, but 6 mandi-rang cupcakes
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/840/photocjz.jpg/#

That was sweet of you to make the cupcakes for your friend! I eat vegetable oil so no problem, I would have still eaten the cupcake!

I did have leftover beef and broccoli, but I'm sure my hubby ate it for lunch today!

[solobiker]

Much better day for me and I plan for tomorrow to be even better.

Bike commute to work

B: Oatmeal with some protien powder and a few raisons

S: Apple

L: Turkey, 1 piece of bread, some veggies and pretzles

Commute home then rode my spin bike with a 60 min training DVD.

S: Ritz crackers with 1 T of pb...Whoops

D: Large salad...no dressing and some grilled chicken.

[Crankin]

5-6 almonds and a couple of pieces of dried apricots before weights/core class with evil instructor. Today's class involved having to run outside with with weights, come back and do about 5,000 jumps/jacks while everyone else in the class went and did the outside part...
B: bowl of Irish oatmeal with blueberries, egg whites with green chili salsa, coffee
L: left over "lasagna" made with zucchini and ground turkey, apple
S:nuts and cranberries
D: chicken breast baked with rosemary and olive oil, roasted asparagus, sweet potato, glass of red wine, 2 pieces dark chocolate

[Catrin]

Today...not too bad in the calorie department but still below what they say I should get on a non-rest day. Considering I've put on about 2 pounds since starting this I am not convinced they are right about all of this...but am reserving judgement until the Bod Pod next week. I HAVE been actively working to build muscle for a couple of months now so it might be foolish to think I should have actually lost weight...I also tend to retain water on hard workout days.

B: steel cut oats (with dried cranberries and blueberries), 1 whole egg & 1 egg white, skim milk, coffee
S: small apple, mozz. stick
L: baby spinach, fruited wild rice salad with a roasted skinless chicken breast
S: Cliff Bar

Workout: 20 minutes Helix lateral trainer, 60 minutes HARD group training class, 30 minute Bosu class (Crankin, sounds like my class - TRX row challenge - how many can you do in 2 minutes - next we went around the track with kettlebells - 5 swings, 5 burpees, 5 swings, etc....the dynamic warmup for this included lots of jogging, skipping, lunges, etc)

munched on a few almonds and raisins on the way home...

D: 1 whole egg + 1 egg white sandwich on Ezekial bread, tomato salad with olive oil and (whole fat) feta cheese with Med. herbs, skim milk (too hungry to cook anything more complicated and no ready chicken breasts waiting for me)

Now I am going to go roll out my quads, hamstrings and IT band before bed... I've really started seeing the benefit of doing that after a hard workout before bed.

[solobiker]

So I am going to go back to a more paleo way of eating because I feel better with that way of eating. When I do not keep close tabs on what I eat that is when I start to stray to the "dark side" and make some pretty poor choices. I am still learning a lot about it.

GLC I know you follow this pretty closely, what kind of breakfasts do you eat...besides eggs. I don't have a lot of time in the morning on work days as I head into work around 5ish. I have read yougurt is a no no..or is greek yogurt okay?

Sorry for the thread hijack. I just like to have others opinions.

[mandiam]

AM Workout: Ran 1 mile/1 hour of pump class/ran 1 mile
Breakfast: 1/2 cup of almond/cashew mix with coffee
Lunch: PB&J (whole wheat, sugar free jelly, natural PB, with naner slices) and a sliced apple
Snack: Orange
Dinner: Sweet Tater, BBQ Chicken, Green Beans, half an avocado
Snack: cantaloupe and mango slices

[mandiam]

So I am going to go back to a more paleo way of eating because I feel better with that way of eating. When I do not keep close tabs on what I eat that is when I start to stray to the "dark side" and make some pretty poor choices. I am still learning a lot about it.

GLC I know you follow this pretty closely, what kind of breakfasts do you eat...besides eggs. I don't have a lot of time in the morning on work days as I head into work around 5ish. I have read yougurt is a no no..or is greek yogurt okay?

Sorry for the thread hijack. I just like to have others opinions.

AH! PALEO PANCAKES!!!!!!

mix together PB, 1 egg, 1 banana, and protein powder in a mixer (i use magic bullet)

and you have the batter for paleo pancakes, they are SO GOOD.

[spokewench]

B: Shredded wheat 1% milk, strawberries, coffee
S: 1 banana
L: Chicken breast wrap with spinach, tomatoes, cucs, vinaigrette
D: 1 piece pizza with canadian bacon and red onions, 1 glass red wine
Mandarin oranges

[GLC1968]

So I am going to go back to a more paleo way of eating because I feel better with that way of eating. When I do not keep close tabs on what I eat that is when I start to stray to the "dark side" and make some pretty poor choices. I am still learning a lot about it.

GLC I know you follow this pretty closely, what kind of breakfasts do you eat...besides eggs. I don't have a lot of time in the morning on work days as I head into work around 5ish. I have read yougurt is a no no..or is greek yogurt okay?

Sorry for the thread hijack. I just like to have others opinions.

Most mornings, I have smoothies for breakfast. I use a magic bullet, toss in half a frozen banana (I keep some on hand for this), some frozen berries, a scoop of egg white protein powder, some almond milk (or in an emergency water), a handful of spinach and then blend. I usually throw in either a couple of tablespoons of either coconut milk or heavy cream just to give it a little creaminess, but only if I have something open.

I also make extra eggs (and veggies) when I do make them and then often just reheat a container in the morning.

Leftovers from the night before work great too. I like eating uncured chicken apple sausages and a piece of fruit for breakfast as well. This works well when travelling and I have a mini fridge and a microwave in the room.