What did you eat today?

[Owlie]

I'm off for two weeks. (I'm supposed to be starting in a new lab, but they're preparing for a conference, so I'll be starting on the 23rd.) I can actually eat real food again!

Sat:
B: Breakfast burrito (eggs, green chiles in a whole wheat wrap), blueberries, coffee w/ half-and-half and sugar
L: Leftover pizza (pepperoni+green pepper)
S: Pita chips, hummus
D: Homemade spinach+ricotta-stuffed ravioli w/ tomato sauce, salad (various lettuces, radishes, chipotle ranch dressing), glass of white wine; slice of cherry pie

Sun:
B: 5 slices of bacon, one fried egg, blueberry pancakes (BF's parents bought a ton of blueberries from Costco...)
L: Hummus and pita chips, half a bottle of dry lavender soda. (Good, but weird and needs a tiny little bit more sugar.)
S: Glass of Powerade (we were washing the cars!)
Bit of swimming
D: Steak fajitas w/ avocado and onions, half a beer; slice of angel food cake with berries for dessert; 2 glasses of homemade lemongrass soda

Mon:
B: Toast w/ butter and a bit of lemon curd, one egg, hash browns with green chiles and cheese, blueberries, 2 cups of coffee with half-and-half and sugar
L: Hamburger w/ avocado, lettuce, tomato, pickles, squirt of ketchup; 2 small glasses of Coke
S: Beef jerky
D: Spring mix with a large glob of tuna (mixed w/ mayo and Dijon mustard) and sliced almonds on top
S: Small bowl of cereal w/ 1% milk

Today:
B: Half a muffin, 2 cups of coffee with half-and-half and sugar
S: Beef jerky
L: Salad, tuna salad stuff left over from yesterday, almonds; handful of grapes
D: No idea. There's a pork shoulder in the crockpot, but I don't think it'll be done in time.

[Crankin]

rest day. I still feel crappy from allergies and my stomach is a little off. Nothing horrible, just weird.
B: egg whites, salsa, cheddar, 1/4 avocado. strawberries and blueberries. coffee
L: salad with cukes, carrots, tuna, banana
S: Lara Bar at 3:30, spelt bread and cashew butter at 6-ish.
D: chili infused tuna burger patties (no bun); They were pretty small, had 1.5, with lime aoli, roasted asparagus, sliced 1/4 avocado and pineapple chunks. 2 squares dark chocolate

[Crankin]

another sort of rest day. Thinking I might have a sinus infection.
B: frittata with small sweet potato, eggs, salsa. blueberries. coffee
L: I went out to a graduation lunch with the foster parents of one of my long time clients, her social worker from DCF, and of course, her... had a salad, salmon tips, rice of which I ate half, and cole slaw.
Came home intending to ride, but I really don't feel great, so I went on a 2.5 mile walk.
D: poblano pepper stuffed with refried beans, brown rice, cheddar, salsa. a salad with lettuce, avocado. glass of red wine

[Catrin]

Yesterday was a bit odd, it turned out to be sort of a rest day but not...lower intensity day I suppose

B: grass-fed ground beef cooked with mushrooms over a large bed of sauteed spinach, coffee with cream, 1 slice nitrate-free bacon
Early lunch: 1 link of Trader Joe's garlic chicken sausage, roasted carrots and roasted broccoli, 6 ounces gourmet ice cream

KB training - which turned out to be mainly stretching with some (way too light) strength work. Probably making us rest a bit after the serious butt-kicking on Monday. While I like to think I am 20 years old, my joints and ligaments are all 54 and do require a bit more recovery time. Protein shake afterwards to try and get my calories up to where they should be.

S: Another protein shake (a different one), really having problems getting anywhere near my calorie targets - even WITH the nice cream at lunch!

Before dinner, since I really didn't feel like I had worked out, I played with my kettlebells for 10 minutes after loosening/warming up. Quite light, but it felt good to move!

D: Roasted chicken, roasted kale, broccoli salad with fermented veggies

Since I can't totally resist ice cream, I've decided that I can have it twice a month - no more than 6 ounces and it has to be really high quality - that is the only thing that satisfies anyway. Twice a month appears to be working to keep my ice-cream-sweet-tooth at bay :-)

[Crankin]

Since I woke up feeling even worse yesterday, no exercise. I spent my last day of the year at Hudson HS with clients in the AM, then went to the eye dr., followed by a visit to the Minute Clinic, where I strong armed the NP into giving me antibiotics, as I have been sick for 7 days and at this point, my aggressive over the counter actions are not working. She said the threshold was 10 days, but I made my case.
B: small amount of plain, non fat Greek yogurt, blueberries, walnuts, dried cranberries, a little drizzle of honey. Slice of spelt toast with almond butter.
S: an apple
L: I had just enough time to stop and get a sandwich from a local gourmet farm market, before my eye doctor appt. I could have bought plain chicken salad, but I got a chicken salad sandwich, as I was really craving it, and I know that it's better to give in, when I feel sick. I sat outside and ate.
D: grilled scallops and tomatoes/capers, with a salad. another craving, so I had a small amount of some ice cream that was in the freezer.

[Catrin]

Crankin - hope you feel better soon!

Yesterday was a true rest day - as tempting as it was to play with my KB herd at home. That is THE (only) disadvantage of having my own kettlebell herd! Thankfully they are far less expensive than bikes

Yesterday:

B: roasted chicken thigh, 1 slice nitrate-free bacon, spinach sauteed with pine nuts in coconut oil, coffee with cream
L: more chicken in a large spinach/butter lettuce salad with more veggies, pecans and raisins. A drizzle of EVOO for dressing. Fresh strawberries for dessert
S: Coffee and a Quest bar
D: Trader Joe's jalapeno chicken sausage, more sauteed greens, 1/2 avocado, the last slice of bacon), baked butternut squash

Got closer to my calorie targets for the day, close enough for me.

[Crankin]

I went to bed at 7:30 last night, fell asleep at around 8:30, got up at 4:30. The sinus part has calmed down, but still feel all the other achy stuff. I went to work this morning, and now I am ready to lie on the couch and read! Probably good it's pouring out. I haven't ridden since Sunday. Did boot camp Monday, walked on Wednesday. I'd better be OK tomorrow! Planning a metric for Sunday, and now my body and the weather need to cooperate.

[Catrin]

Rooting for you Crankin, hope you can your body and weather to cooperate!

[Crankin]

woke up this morning, with a weight of 105.2. Lowest in 2 years. Not sure what is going on. Happy, but I worry when I lose weight with little exercise. But, I know better than to eat a lot to make up for it.
yesterday:
B: 2 eggs, lox, spinach. blueberries, coffee
L: chicken salad with yogurt/mayo combo, dried cranberries, almonds
S: 2 slices Machengo, glass of red wine
D: one pork chop, with a crust of parmesan and Panko, roasted broccolini, 2 squares of dark chocolate

[Crankin]

Going to skip the weekend reporting...
Moday:
Went to boot camp, had half a banana before, then I rode to work
B: tuna in olive oil over sliced tomato, melted cheddar, blueberries
L: sautéed tofu and veggies over a small amount of brown rice, 1/2 banana
S: spelt raisin bread and cashew butter at 4, about 1/2 a Lara Bar before I rode home at 7:20 PM
D: since it was 7:40 when I got home, I looked in the fridge and could think about nothing but the left over lox and chive cream cheese, so I had that on a whole wheat bagel. A lot of carbs today, but I am still recovering from being sick, and I feel like I need them.

[Crankin]

rest day
B: scrambled eggs with green chili salsa, blueberries, strawberries, coffee
L: 2 butter lettuce leaf wraps with chicken salad, an apple
S: dried apricots, handful of pecans
D: 1.5 rice burger patties, half a sweet potato, salad. 2 squares dark chocolate

[Crankin]

B: egg whites, cheddar, salsa, one slice spelt toast, blueberries. coffee
went on a fast 37.8 mile ride. It was hot, about 85 during the ride. I ate 4 Shot Blocks, one Lara Bar, drank 2 bottles of Skratch lemon-lime. I've never eaten so many Shot Blocks and my weight will show it tomorrow, but it's what keeps me feeling good on these kinds of rides.
L: I didn't go to the group lunch. Came home and ate a whole wheat tortilla cheese crisp with chicken, pineapple chunks, 2 squares dark chocolate
D: had a chicken breast sautéed with cumin, tomato-green chili sauce and black beans, a salad. The I had to go out to the drugstore and we stopped for ice cream. Ate 4 oz. of dulce de leche.

[Crankin]

boot camp, ate half a lara Bar before
B: scramble of red pepper, zucchini, sweet potato, 2 chicken sausages. bowl of strawberries, coffee
L: curried tofu salad
S: my neighbor came over, all upset about another neighbor, who had some of the trees in the woods between our shared driveway and theirs cut down. The contractor was working in our driveway all day ("I didn't know this was a driveway") and left crap everywhere. I gave her a glass of wine, I had one, too, as well as a slice of Machengo.
D: grilled halibut on a bed of spinach, with peaches, almonds, and maple/lemon dressing. whole wheat Israeli cous cous

[Crankin]

B: tuna on sliced tomatoes, melted cheddar, an orange, blueberries, coffee
L: chicken salad with walnuts and dried cranberries in 2 butter lettuce leaf "wraps." 1/2 a Lara Bar
11 mile fast and hilly ride
S:slice of spelt bread with 1/4 avocado
D: went out to a restaurant owned by the parents of one of my former students. Had a beet salad and salmon with little cubed red potatoes/corn/celery. It was swimming in a cream sauce, but I didn't eat that, except for the little bit I couldn't avoid. It was good, but I couldn't finish the fish. Had a glass of pear sangria and shared a blueberry bread pudding with chocolate sauce with DH
I'm signing off of this thread while I'm in San Diego. My brother has an extensive vegetable garden, so I am hoping to sample lots of that.

[Owlie]

I've actually had real food (3 meals a day, even!) for the last two days. Being back on a schedule is sort of awesome. I've also been taking my bento box for lunch, because a) it fits in the communal fridge better than my other lunch box, and b) fewer individual things to wash. It's been fun trying to put together balanced lunches. (If they look pretty, it's a bonus!)

Yesterday:
B: bowl of cereal, coffee with half-and-half and sugar.
L: Leftover peanut sesame soba, leftover pulled pork (no sauce, well-drained), snow peas, some pickled bell pepper and daikon radish, fresh cucumber slices, raspberries, a banana
S: Tea with sugar and half-and-half
D: spaghetti with tomato sauce, salad, some leftover baked chicken

Today:
B: English muffin with peanut butter, coffee with half-and-half and sugar
L: Tabbouleh, 1 hard-boiled egg (I could have used two, actually, but it was perfectly cooked!), 3 mini bell peppers with hummus, a cucumber+tomato+sesame seed salad (with a little salt), a banana
S: Tea with half-and-half and sugar, buttered toast
D: Burrito with flank steak, rice, a sprinkling of cheese, and salsa.

Contemplating the last Dry Lavender soda in the fridge for "dessert." It's not chocolate, but I suppose it'll do.