What did you eat today?

[GLC1968]

I weighed in on the morning of Day 11 a half pound below my goal and the lowest I've been in a decade. It led me to a bit of a freak out and I had not only my planned splurge, but I kind of gorged on plantain chips and guacamole. My calorie totals for the day were north of 3000! Today I weighed in up 3 lbs! I've done a little analysis of why it happened and now I'm moving on. On the positive side of things, I had a kick-butt 8 mile run today!

Day 11
B: eggs scrambled with spinach, shallots, bacon and then topped with pico de gallo and avocado, 1/2 orange, black coffee
L: leftovers - dolmas, baba ganoush, carrots, and plantain chips with home made guac. (I ate the WHOLE 6 oz bag of chips!)
D: crockpot BBQ shredded chicken over spinach, a few sweet potato 'fries'
S: 6 (yes, you read that right!!) grain free PB-not cookies (made with sunbutter)

The cookies were delicious and luckily, the recipe only made 12!

Day 12
B: eggs, spinach, tomatoes, bacon and potato scramble, black coffee
L: chicken apple sausage, homemade applesauce, left over sweet potato 'fries', 1/2 orange
D: chicken topped sesame cabbage salad

[Crankin]

Good work, GLC. I've been on a food/weight experiment, too, with a stomach that's been acting wonky. But, things are headed in the right direction. I see what works. I am within a pound of what my normal is, but I need to get below. On Friday, I saw a weight I hadn't seen since 2001! All gone, now.
B: egg whites, kale, half a sweet potato, 1/4 avocado, strawberries, coffee, then green tea
L: 2 very small left over chicken thighs, salad with Bibb lettuce, grape tomatoes, vinaigrette, an orange
S: handful of pecans before a 5 mile hilly hike. After the hike I had an apple with 1 tbsp. almond butter
D:salmon with jerk rub, baked sweet potato fries, roasted Brussel sprouts, glass of red wine, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Crankin]

handful of walnuts before boot camp
B: 4 slices of chicken breast with mayo, half a sweet potato, an orange, coffee
L: 2 spiced chicken thighs, sweet potato, n apple
S: a slice of lox, some pecans
D: I made chicken chasseur... chicken thighs, tomatoes, tarragon. mashed cauliflower, salad. 2 square dark chocolate

[Catrin]

Great job GLC, and glad that you are seeing what is working for you Crankin!

Today:
B: last of a frittata, butternut squash hash
1 hour hard group training + a little run followed with protein shake
L: ground pork, kale, egg all scrambled together with the last of the butternut squash hash. I was too hungry to cook anything and those were available for heating (office is closed today)
S: another dose of Tera's Whey, trying to bump up calorie and protein totals for the day
D: Roasted mustard chicken thighs and a large amount of roasted kale For some reason that is like crack to me...

[Crankin]

rest day. I needed it.
B: 2 eggs, scrambled with kale, 2 slices uncured bacon. strawberries and blueberries. one cup of green tea, one coffee
S: more coffee
L: 4 oz left over jerk salmon, a little bit of left over mashd cauliflower. an apple with 1 tbsp. almond butter
S: 1/2 cup plain non fat Greek yogurt with pecans, blueberries. I ate half of the yogurt, my stomach went into spasms, despite taking Lactaid, which proves my eating experiment is working
D: left over ground pork/eggplant defrosted, big salad with lettuce, grape tomato, avocado, vinaigrette. glass of red wine. tough day. had to say goodbye to a very needy client and her mom. she has a new person she started with a few months ago, in addition to me, so she's in good hands. Some crying on my part involved.

[Crankin]

B: egg whites, lox, 1/4 avocado, blueberries, green tea with ginger
went to a step/sculpt class. usually I feel like dying, today was not so bad
S: a few walnuts and 2 dried apricots, coffee
L: home made chicken salad with pecans and dried cranberries, an apple
S: roasted kale
D: 5 Czech meatballs, mashed parsnips, roasted broccoli, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Crankin]

B: a few walnuts and 2 dried apricots before boot camp, then more Czech meatballs, half a sweet potato, and 1/4 avocado, a few blueberries. coffee
L: 2 left over chicken thighs/tomato sauce, a bit of what was left over fromt he mashed parsnips, an apple
S: red pepper strips, hummus, glass of almond milk
D: went out to celebrate my last day at my job. shared a charcuterie plate with DH, I skipped the bread. glass of red wine. Had duck slices, spinach, and cauliflower au gratin. I took the cauliflower out of the sauce and let it "dry off," and it still made me feel a little quest. The rest was great.

[Crankin]

That should have said "quesy."
B: 2 eggs with 2 Czech meatballs scrambled, 1/4 avocado, coffee, then a cup of herbal tea. blueberries/strawberries
warmed up on the trainer for 10 minutes and then did 30 minutes of power yoga
went and met a friend for coffee, and I had ginger tea
L: salad with lettuce, grape tomatoes, chicken, half a sweet potato, salsa
S: an apple with tablespoon of almond butter
D: I made the Pad Thai from Well Fed, with some changes. I used almond butter instead of sun nut butter for the Sunshine sauce and I didn't have any snap peas. I was going to use broccoli, but I used that the other day! I also made the zucchini "noodles" instead of spaghetti squash. So, I followed the zucchini noodle recipe to the letter, letting them "sweat" in a colander for 20 minutes, patting with a paper towel. They still were kind of mushy, but good. The Pad Thai tasted great. Had a glass of red wine, as after that prep, I was tired.

[Crankin]

B: 2 eggs, scrambled with spinach, 2 slices uncured bacon, an orange with blueberries, coffee
S: handful of nuts
L: salad with lettuce, chicken, grape tomatoes
3.5 mile hilly hike
S: on the way home I bought some pea protein powder. Made a shake with 8 oz coconut milk, one scoop of the powder and half a banana. It was Ok, needed less of the powder
D: went out. ate a large green salad, half of an 8 oz filet, half of a sweet potato, cauliflower/carrots, glass of red wine

[Crankin]

Sunday
Bne sweet potao waffle with walnuts, one turkey sausage patty, coffee, strawberries/half a banana
L: chicken salad with an apple chopped up in the salad
spent 45 minutes doing ladder drills on the trainer, s10 minutes stretching
D: we had to drive to DS's house to drop off a ladder for him, so we ended up going out to a kind of upscale Mexican restaurant. It was really good, but I felt like crap. Had 2 root vegetable enchiladas and shared a kale/plantain salad with everyone (it was huge)

Anyone else out there???
I have had a sinus thing brewing for 2 weeks. It's finally here, so no exercise today.
B: egg whites and spinach, blueberries, 2 turkey sausage links, tea
S: nuts/cranberries
L: I brought my own lunch to my orientation... left over pad Thai (really small piece of chicken) and an apple. Good thing. They had donuts in the AM and pizza for lunch. Not a good statement.
After I got home from dr. appt., I ate an orange and half a piece of matzah.
D: turkey burger on a grilled portobello mushroom, tomato, avocadeo, sweet potato fries, 2 squares dark chocolate

[Crankin]

skipping what I had yesterday... comfort food for my sinuses!
B: 2 eggs, scrambled with spinach, one turkey sausage patty, strawberries. 2 cups Green Tea, later I had coffee
I did an hour of yoga at home with one of my DVDs I haven't done in a long time. I need to return to this!
L: salad with lettuce, radiccio, grape tomatoes, chicken, pinto beans, salsa
S: an apple with almond butter
D: "taco" salad with lettuce, avocado, onion, grape tomatoes, ground veal with lots of spices: cumin, adobo, chipolte, cumin, one square dark chocolate
Going out to help finish off the snow blowing DH does with about an hour of shoveling

[Catrin]

Today was a snow rest day. I had intended to do some work with TRX and kettlebell but my scapula were sore after yesterday's group training so decided to rest since I've another group session tomorrow.

B: usual eggs, greens, fermented veggies and coffee
L: pastured pulled pork and more greens
D: Czech meatballs with a twist in that I used ground beef and also added 6 ounces shredded butternut squash to the mix. Nice salad with multiple veggies, both raw and fermented.

The tweaked meatballs were good, but not the meat candy the pork version are. Next time will add shredded squash to the pork version.

[Crankin]

B: 2 slices uncured bacon, 2 eggs scrambled with spinach, strawberries, coffee
L: cup of low salt tomato red pepper soup, left over root veg enchilada
about an hour and a half of snow shoeing, kinda slowly, as I was with a friend who is slower than me
S: an apple, herbal tea
D: sauted scallops, roasted asparagus, mashed parsnips, glass of red wine

[Crankin]

1/2 a banana before spin class
B: put the other half banana in 6 oz of almond milk, 1/2 a scoop of protein powder and made a smoothie. scrambled eggs (2), with half a sweet potato, spinach, and crumbled ground turkey. coffee
L: Lara Bar (don't ask. I was at my new job and then I had to leave to go to my haircut appt)
S: some shredded chicken and half an avocado)
D: home made butternut squash soup and a toasted spelt roll, glass of red wine

[Crankin]

Saturday:
B: 2 eggs scrambled with salsa, 2 slices uncured bacon, blueberries, coffee
L: salad with lettuce, grape tomatoes, chicken breast, salsa, an apple
I was at a workshop about using yoga and mindfulness to treat trauma and anxiety. We did an hour yoga class; not the most vigorous, but still, it was movement
S: 2 slices Machengo cheese
D: I felt horrible after getting home... the effects of the sinus infection and insomnia are lingering. We went out and ate at the bar of a restaurant that is basically Italian, with lots of other sandwiches, salads, appetizers. I split some scallops wrapped in bacon with DH, and had a lamb burger. I ate half of half the bun. side of asparagus. glass of Prosecco.
Sunday:
B: 2 waffles, topped with pecans and dried cranberries, blueberries, 1/2 a banana, 2 apple turkey breakfast sausages, 2 cups green tea
S:we drove with friends to a x country ski place about an hour and 20 minutes away. I ate a slice of spelt raisin bread in the car, then a Lara Bar during a very strenuous ski, full of climbing, for 2 hours
L: almond butter sandwich on raisin spelt bread, water
S: 2 pieces Machengo, one beer
D:I made the chicken Taj Majal from the Well Fed 2 cookbook. I really like this cookbook a lot, more than the first. Also made cauliflower rice pretty successfully, for the first time. There's enough chicken left over to be used for at least one more meal