What did you eat today?

[Owlie]

Today was an odd mix of road food and real food:

B: Soup made with leftover turkey, some bread with it.
S: Gingerbread latte from Starbucks, a few bites of BF's pumpkin bread.
D: Double cheese burger from Steak n' Shake with onion, pickle, lettuce, ketchup, fries, and a Coke.
Misc: a small piece of ladoo, a few kettle chips and a couple sips of vanilla Coke.

[redrhodie]

Yesterday I had:

B1- an egg and ww toast.

B2- ww English muffin and cream cheese

L- eggplant grinder from pizza place

snack- slice of pumpkin bread

D- gnocchi with tomato basil sauce at restaurant (and semolina bread)

Dessert- apple crisp

Again, no fresh fruit or vegetables. Seems to be a thing with me that I'm in denial about. This thread is good for pointing it out. I do love me some simple carbs, though !

[OakLeaf]

Red, there certainly wasn't "no" fruit or vegetables in what you described. A bit light maybe, but not at all absent.

Raw fruits and vegetables aren't necessarily the best thing for everyone, especially as the weather gets colder. Some people do very well with raw produce, others not so much. It's possible you might find it easier to put more vegetables into your diet if you stop trying to eat them raw?

[Reesha]

I made a big pot of chicken soup with carrots, parsnip, parsley, celery, onion, garlic and swiss chard. It cooked for several hours yesterday and then matured on a warm stove all night.

I had it for breakfast with Alton Brown's southern biscuits.

omg.

[redrhodie]

Red, there certainly wasn't "no" fruit or vegetables in what you described. A bit light maybe, but not at all absent.

Raw fruits and vegetables aren't necessarily the best thing for everyone, especially as the weather gets colder. Some people do very well with raw produce, others not so much. It's possible you might find it easier to put more vegetables into your diet if you stop trying to eat them raw?

That's interesting. I hadn't heard that raw isn't always ideal before. In fact, it's kind of been drilled into me, and I do have digestion issues with some raw foods. Still, I though I was supposed to be eating them, so I'd plan around it.

This may change my life.

[Owlie]

B: four inches of French bread, sliced in half lengthwise with butter and black raspberry jelly.
L: an apple and a frappucino.
S: a few slices of salami
D: Two bowls of turkey soup and some more of the bread.
Dessert: either black raspberry chip ice cream or a triangle of baklava. Haven't decided yet.

[Catrin]

(breakfast) 2 scrambled egg whites and 1/2 cup cottage cheese
(snack) non-fat yogurt
(lunch) turkey/spinach/bean soup (yummy)
(snack) more non-fat yogurt
(dinner) chicken breast, broccoli, salad, apple
Protein shake after working out


They have me on a very strict diet so it doesn't change much outside of replacing poultry with fish.

[Owlie]

Reviving this. I like the accountability.

B: bowl of cereal with 1% milk.
L: homemade chicken fried rice. (For the...4th? 5th? time this week. I hate cooking for only me)
S: piece of peppermint bark and a handful of chocolate bunny grahams.
D: Chicken tacos from Qdoba.

[shootingstar]

Today, while not "normal" eating, at least was not yet another feast-like celebration, that I've had off and on since Christmas. Due holidays, then going away in Leavenworth, WA where we had some real quality German restaurant meals (about 2 restaurants out of handful, are excellent), a niece visiting us, etc.

B: oatmeal with abit of milk, 1 orange
Snack: biscotti and coffee (thank goodness, then I didn't eat nor drink anything for next 5 hrs. since I biked somewhere else to an event and there were lineups for food at museum cafe.)
Finished 38 kms. of cycling.
Snack: 1 banana and 2 c. of tea with milk. 3 slices of small saffron baguette. (Delicious.)
Supper: red Thai rice, stir fried cauliflower, pepper with onions, ginger. 2 cups of tea. Handful of raisins.

Oh yea, my birthday is coming up, then Chinese New Year's which falls on Valentine's Day. More reasons to celebrate and eat.

[Owlie]

B: Bowl of cereal (Honey Bunches of Oats, with almonds) with 1% milk
S: A pina colada smoothie from the smoothie place by the grocery store.
L: a small bowl of fried rice. (I can see the bottom of the container! It's a miracle!)
D: Two chicken drumsticks, seasoned and baked, with barbecue sauce. A small pile of spaghetti tossed with salt, pepper and a little bit of butter. Steamed broccoli.
S: Chai with milk and sugar for the evening tea and Skype call with BF, and a 2-pack of Reese's cups. I think this means I need protein.

The good news is that I got the meat cooked for the whole week.

[limewave]

B: Ultrameal (metagenics) Shake
S: Almonds & raisins
L: Spicy black beans & quinoa
S: Veggies
D: Ultrameal Shake
S: Ghiradellis Intense Dark 86% Chocolate Square

(Shake twice a day for three days to help detox after vacation)

[tulip]

I made a big spinach lasagne in my slow cooker. It's delicious, but I guess I'll be eating it all week long! I put small batches in the freezer, kindof like TV dinners.

[Owlie]

B: 1.5 poptarts. I was running late this morning. How did you guess?
(The other half is still in my backpack! )
L: Roast beef and bacon sandwich with a thin slice of cheddar, red onion, lettuce and horseradish.
S: (caffeine break) small coffee frappucino, a few (small) pieces of peppermint bark.
D: Two drumsticks, spicier than I expected, but good. Oven fries (+ ketchup) and baby spinach (+ a bit of ranch dressing).
Dessert will be a square or two of the hazelnut chocolate my dad got for me.

[shootingstar]

Yesterday

18 kms. bike ride after breakfast:
1 c. of microwaved oatmeal with a bit of skim milk
c. of tea with skim milk

Snack #1: 1 biscotti and 1 coffee with skim milk
Snack #2 : 2 c. of tea, 1 banana

Supper: homemade foccacia with sundried tomatoes, basil, onion,garlic, red pepper
homemade dessert foccacia embedded and baked with green grapes and mango slices with lemongrass, grated ginger root, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamon and drizzled with honey and lemon juice.

Had leftover focaccia for another meal.

Today:
16 kms. bike ride
Same breakfast and snack #1 & #2 above.
Supper: broiled salmon fillet with miso-orange juice, ginger root and lemon topping/marinade, steamed lettuce (well, lettuce abit soft for salad). With buckwheat and green tea noodles on side. (Well, had to use up last of buckwheat noodle left in pantry.)

[Catrin]

Yesterday:

Breakfast: Myoplex protien shake with milk and 1/2 banana
Snack - fat free yogurt
Lunch - salad greens with baked chicken
Snack - more fat free yogurt
Dinner - chicken wrap (with veggies) at fitness club
Snack - boiled egg with 1 piece bread

Exercise: 30 minutes weight lifting. 10 minutes walking, and 50 minutes spin class

Today:
Pretty much the same though for dinner I am planning to make an egg-white omelet with veggies and my evening snack will be 1/2 cup fat-free cottage cheese and a small apple.

Exercise tonight will be about 15 minutes on the elliptical and 30 on the step mill...