What did you eat today?

[leah]

B: 2 eggs, oatmeal, and an apple
L: 4 oz chicken, rice, green beans, big old salad and 1 tbsp. oil/vinegar
D: 4 oz hamburger, huge plate of steamed kale. big old salad and 1 tbsp. oil/vinegar

45 minutes on the treadmill at 4 miles @6 mph

I do feel a bit hungry today but tell myself that this is not forever, and when I get to my goal weight I can allow myself maintenance food So far so good as I can already feel my clothes feeling differently. I wore a running skort to the gym and the elastic used to dig quite a bit into my thighs - now it doesn't!!

[Crankin]

Ate a piece of Ezekial raisin bread with soy nut butter before 4:50 AM ride to the gym, circuit training class. Then I ate 3/4 Luna Bar before I rode home. Total ride was 15.5 miles
B: 2 egg and egg white omelette with pesto, an orange, coffee
L: more of the left over veggie soup, an apple
S: nuts and cranberries
D: 2 very thin pork chops, Yukon Gold potatoes pan fried with chives, a salad with oil and vinegar, glass of white wine, 2 squares dark chocolate

[spokewench]

Yesterday:
B: Coffee and cheerios with 1% milk
Snack 1 banana
LUnch: handful of goldfish
Dinner: Small helping of thai red curry, veges and beef with rice, 1 beer

Today:
B: peanut butter sammy with two pieces of WG bread
L: little leftover thai food, 1 raspberry chobani yogurt
D: Tonight, lots of food somewhere, it is my birthday!

[Catrin]

Today:

B: egg whites + whole egg, steel-cut oats, skim milk, coffee
S: 1/2 power bar
L: roasted skinless chicken breast on sprouted wheat bread, 1 banana (last day of training)
D: green leaf salad with chicken, cranberries, onion, spinach, extra virgin dressing with apple cider vinegar with a bit of honey, very small roasted sweet potato, skim milk and 2 squares dark chocolate

Rest day today - had planned to ride but it is cold and windy, and legs still complaining a bit from this week's activities. Nice ride planned tomorrow.

[Munch]

B: yogurt with granola-190cals
L: mozz string cheese-60cals
2tbps croutons-60cals (odd I know!)
1 piece low cal bread and 1/2 tbsp apple cinn jelly:55cals
D:3.6 oz 80/20 hamburger: 280cals
2 pieces low cal bread: 70cals
2 ketchup packets: 30cals
sweet and salty nut: 180cals
mozz string cheese: 60cals
8 keebler crackers: unknown

985 cals so far. Going to save the rest for tonight. Hoping my fiance brings some flavor of the day icecream home! If not, I'll find something to eat.

[Crankin]

B: egg white omelete with low salt ham, low fat Colby cheese, salsa, an orange, coffee
S: before ride, slice of Ezekial raisin bread with soy nut butter
38.5 mile moderately hilly ride, ate a Luna Bar and a bottle with Nuun, and stopped for coffee about 5 miles from home.
L: I was starving after the ride. Had a turkey sandwich on Ezekial bread, with tomato and mustard, cole slaw, blueberries
D: glass of red wine, 1.5 tuna burger patties on a tomato and the last of the veggie soup i made on Monday. 2 squares dark chocolate

[Reesha]

The children have given me some kind of stomach virus so my appetite has been pretty tiny the last few days. today I had some white rice with avocado and sardines around lunch time. I'm not interested in eating much else

It's keeping me off the bike too and I meant to do 170 miles this weekend! Drat!

[Catrin]

Today:

B: Usual steel-cut oats with blueberries, egg whites, skim and coffee
S: 1/2 Power Bar
20 mile ride
L: roasted chicken breast sandwich on sprouted wheat bread, gouda, skim milk
D: roasted fennel, small sweet potato, kale, roasted chicken breast. 1 beer
S: strawberries

Each week I try to find a new veggie I've not had before and this week it was Fennel. I don't think it roasted quite long enough, but I think I will try it again. Is it worthwhile to do anything with the stems and leaves? I did keep them, if nothing else I can use them in the stock pot

Oh yes, I sliced into my palm when slicing the Fennel bulb lengthwise Thankfully my tetanus shots are up to date...there has to be a better way of slicing the bulb. I've a 38 mile ride planned tomorrow so hopefully the wound won't get in the way.

[Crankin]

I generally slice fennel horizontally. Just the bulb part.
B: whole wheat bagel, low fat veggie cream cheese,lox, tomato, an orange, coffee
L: left over "taco" salad mix of spicy ground turkey and cilantro, veggies, sauteed in a whole wheat tortilla, blueberries
S: nuts and cranberries, some cheese
D: I went out to a local winery/restaurant that i hadn't been to in 20 years. No exercise at all yesterday; I felt awful and ditched the 5K I was supposed to do as it was pouring out, I couldn't breathe, and I was aching all over. By the time I went out, the aches had left, but I'm still not 100%.
I ate a lot. Slice of bread and apple butter, 2 glasses of red/blueberry wine, a couple of crostini and goat cheese/grapes, swordfish with tapenade on a bed of risotto (I ate half of the risotto), tea and a couple of tastes of DH's dessert.
I was starving yesterday and since my weight was way down Friday, I ate a lot more bread than usual. I think my body is reacting to the increased exercise. Weight is up 2 lbs. today, but it should even out.

[Reesha]

Fennel is good in seafood risotto!

[Catrin]

Thanks for the fennel tips, Crankin and Reesha.

Today:
B: 3 egg whites, steel-cut oats with almonds and blueberries, skim milk, coffee
L: grilled banana-peanut butter sandwich on Ezekiel bread (love this, I only allow it before a long ride)

40 mile windy bike ride - at least the way out was It was fun coming home! During the ride I had one bottle of Heed, 2 shot blocks, 1/2 Power bar

Post-ride snack: rest of Power bar, skim milk - and more than a few sweet potato tortilla chips - I was hungry...
D: skinless roasted chicken breast, remainder of the roasted fennel (after roasting it further), roasted kale chips, 1 slice sprouted wheat bread. Lots of water, strawberries

Crankin, your taco salad sounds yummy, will have to try it! Sounds great for post-ride or after a hard workout.

Way short of my calorie goals for a longer ride day but after that first hour or so I just don't feel like eating... Considering some spicy hot chocolate before bed, probably better for sleeping than a beer...

[Reesha]

B: 4 eggs, 1 cup korean white sticky rice (mmm the best)
85 mile ride, 4 bottles accelerade, a few swigs of coke
a 16 oz chocolate milk as soon as I finished
L: duck fat frites with handmade mayo, seared trout with spring salad + citrus dressing and potato leek hash
D: ??? I want ice cream

[solobiker]

60 min run

B: small piece of sausage, veggies and some fruit

L: Bread thin, some chicken, and veggies on the top along with some fruit

S: Almonds and a few pieces of chocolate

D: A few small pieces of chicken and steak with a dipping sauce, veggies, and a few small potato wedges.

[Crankin]

B: 2.5 egg omelette with low fat Colby cheese and sun dried tomatoes, 2 slices turkey bacon, blueberries, coffee
L: Soy nut butter on Ezekial bread sandwich, apple
19.5 mile ride
S: a couple of ww pita rounds, nuts cranberries. I was starving.
D: out for dinner (again) with DS and DIL. Had half of 5 mini tamales, stuffed with veggies, and Tinga Poblana, which was a small amount of shredded chicken in a spicy/tangy sauce, refried black beans, and about 1/4 of the rice on my plate.
We won't talk about the sangria.
I weighed more this morning than I have in 6 weeks.

[Catrin]

Rest day today:

B: egg whites + steel cut oats, skim milk, coffee
S: a few almonds and raisins
L: Roasted skinless chicken breast sandwich on sprouted wheat bread, spinach/bean soup
S:A few more almonds and raisins
D: roasted carrots, a very small sweet potato, roasted skinless chicken breast, skim milk