What did YOU eat today?

So I thought it would be fun to start a thread to see what everyone is eating, and what/how much exercise they do. So fess up what did you eat today, and what did you do for an exercise. :)

UD

Lets see, today:

Breakfast: Kashi GOLean with skim milk, banana

Snack: Kashi TLC Honey Flax Almond Bar, Apple

Lunch: Chicken with Rice and Broccoli

Work Out: 1/2 hour elliptical, 1/2 hour jogging for a total of 3.2 miles, did biceps, triceps, and shoulders

Post Work Out: Protein shake with one scoop protein water and ice

Dinner: Flounder stuffed with lump crabmeat, alottt of broccoli

Snack: Quaker weight control oatmeal

Bedtime snack: 2 tbsp natural peanut butter

Exercise: rest day, sore from yesterday's climbing

B: lowfat cottage cheese, persimmon, coffee w/milk+sugar
S: greek-style yogurt, sliced almonds, 1/2 banana
L: minestrone, mushroom/leek strudel (whole foods)
S: almonds, apple
D: smoked sable, endive

Calorie balance, I think, depending on the whole foods recipe

• B: 1/2c FiberOne, 1/4C Silk Unsweetened Soy Milk, 4 Egg Whites, & Espresso w/ splash milk
• S: Pumpkin-Currant Scones (I made em and they are way yum!)
• S: ZonePerfect Bar
• L: Lentil Burger Pattie, & 2.5oz Chicken Breast
• S: Asian Salad: Iceberg Lettuce, 1 Sml Radish, 1 Cup Mung Bean Sprouts, 1 Serving Azumaya Lite Tofu, Wasabi/Soy Sauce
• S: No Carb Protein Powder & 8oz Water
• Exercise: 80 Mins Heavy Leg Day & 20 mins sauna
• S: 100 Calorie Thomas' English Muffin w/ Sunflower Seed Butter
• D: 4 Egg Whites, 1 Serving Azumaya Lite Tofu, 1 Cup Spinach (wilted), 1 Slice ff kraft cheese, 2 tbs exxxxxxxxtra hot salsa

The thing that effd me all up is that I thought I would put down "Weight lifting light or moderate effort" as my activity... all happy that I was going to make a perfect 500 cal deficit... for once. Then my bf comes browsing through... and says "Oh no hun, you need to change this... you are putting it down as too light."

What's everyone's take on this? I am lifting heavy for a girl, and I do break a good sweat in there, but in no means am I "body building" but there is vigerous effort. So which should I use???

Malynda, light or moderate is comparable to housework like vacuuming. I suspect you work harder than that. Vigorous weight lifting for you.

B: 2 tiny potatoes, 1 oz cheddar
S: apple
S: greek yogurt, sliced almonds, 1/3 banana
L: Turkey sandwich, a few rasberries that tasted less good than the store samples
S: clif bar
D: sauteed swiss chard, tempeh, onions with some hot pepper oil

Exercise: spin class

Deficit: 400-600 depending on whose calorie count is right for the cycling

So I hit really well yesterday then... :) It was a cardio day, so higher cals

• B: 4 Egg whites, 1 Egg Yolk, 1 Tbs Olive Oil, 1/2 C Fiber One, 1/4C Silk Unsweetened soy milk, & espresso
• S: CarbRite Protein Bar
• S: 1 oz Macadamia Nuts
• L: Lentil Burger Pattie & 2.5oz Chicken Breast
• S: Sashimi - 1 oz Tuna & 1 oz Salmon
• S: Iceberg Lettuce, Mung Beans, Radish, & soy sauce/wasabi
• S: 1 oz Peak Protein Blueberry-Walnut Granola Mix
• S: Thomas' 100 Cal Engllish Muffin w/ Brummel & Brown and Sunflower Seed butter
• D: BJ's Brewhouse Field of Greens Salad w/o pecans, 1 Tbs of dressing & Cajon Shrimp.
• S: Sourdough slice w/ basil pesto

Expendature: 2490. Total cals: 1787. Deficit 703

Not bad!!! I am so proud I did all these cals!! I really planned ahead for once!!

Well today was fun.

• B: A bowl of this chocolate hot cereal, with some PB2 on top
• Exercise: ~2h training ride
• Recovery: 16oz of low fat Chocolate Milk
• L: Went to this Thanks Giving lunch, buffet style. Jack pot. First time around loaded the plate with steamed veggies, salad, and some fruits in yogurt salad, a heap spoon of mashed potatoes, another heap spoon (well less) stuffing, a sweet potatoe? with a bit of mashmallow small piece of ham to try, and few slices of Turkey. :) Second time arround: about half a cup of potatoe salad, more steamed veggies, couple sweet potatoes pieces, mashed potatoes, stuffing (had only few bites) and few more slices of turkey. Damn I felt stuffed afterwards. I didn't have the desert. Which I am proud of. I have a tendancy to eat even when I am full at buffets.
• S: a piece of dark chocolate someone brought in to the lab
• S: A big salad I made with Iceberg lettuce, diced tomatoes, onions, and cucumbers.
• E: Some lower body strength training, and core exercises.
  
• D: A dinner roll with two slices of honey smoked Turkey, table spoon of Fage Greek yogurt, and a dash of wasabi. A bowl of miso soup.

Calories burned around 3k. Eaten, umm a lot. 1300 hundred I ate outside the lunch, and then for lunch I don't know 1700? lol

Umney! Wow that's freakin awesome, and yeah you did eat a lot but you also worked all of it off I'm sure :) Great day!!

myself:

• B: 1/2c fiber one, 4 egg whites, espresso
• S: coffee w/ skim milk, & medium apple
• S: Carbrite Protein Bar
• L: Lentil Burger Pattie, 2.5oz Chicken Breast
• S: Iceberg Lettuce, Mung Beans, Radish, Soy Sauce & Wasabi

Exercise: 90 mins Weights (Chest, Triceps, Shoulders)

• S: 1/2oz Cashews & 1/2 oz Almonds
• S: 2.5oz Chicken Breast
• S: Light Yogurt
• S: Trail Mix w/ m&m's
• D: 4 egg whites, 1 serving tofu, 1 slice ff kraft cheese, 1 cup spinach, 2 Tbs exxxxxtra spicy salsa :)

Deficit: 517 (<---- OH YEAH! I finally have some control here! :D)

B: 40g peanut butter, apple, coffee/milk/sugar
S: 2 luna bars <-- urgent issue at work, no time to go get food  :-(
L: egg salad sandwich, banana
S: greek yogurt, sliced almonds, mango
D: Cajun red beans and rice sambosa

Exercise: 90 min yoga, the usual commute

approx 80 cal surplus unless I go for a walk

1: Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal (Rolled Oats, Almond Milk, 2 Tbsp. Canned Pumpkin, 1 Weetabix Biscuit, Cinnamon, and Fat Free Whipped Cream)
2: 8 Cinnamon Graham Crackers
Exercise: Treadmill for 15 Minutes
3: Vanilla Coconut Soy Yogurt
Exercise: Treadmill for 15 Minutes
4: Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes w/ Corn, Vegetarian Lasagna
5: Pumpkin Raisin Muffin

Burned: 134 Calories

6 AM- EXERCISE- run 3 miles (30 min) on treadmill

8 AM- 2 scrambeled eggs, turkey:), english muffin

9-11 AM- EXERCISE- mom and i raked our property and i raked my neighbor's lawn for cash:)

12 PM- 2 baked potatoes w/ butter, 1/2 a cantaloupe melon, 1 cup vanilla icecream and coolwhip

1 PM- EXERCISE- swam 1 hr. (2 miles)

3-5:30 PM- EXRCISE- mom + i raked our farm. loaded hay truck.

6 PM- leftover stuffing, turkey, sweet potatoes

       &nb sp;   (later tonight ill definately eat some more. probably my special trail mix stuff... which is a  bag of popcorn, a handful of mixed nuts, handful of raisins, and chex mix! i love it while im studying:))

jeez, you guys are active!

BFAST-bagel+PB, yogurt, apple

LUNCH-pastrami+edam cheese sandwich, fage 2% yogurt, string beans, PB muffin spread w/ cinnimim raisin PB

SNACK-bread w/ white chocolate PB, glass of milk, strawberry

DINNER-leftover turkey w/gravy+veggies, string beans, sweet potato

SNACK- (will be) apple, yogurt, something else too

WO-30 min tradmill walk

I like food. Sometimes two hours in to a training ride or a race I think of what I am going to cook for dinner. :)

lol, i like food too, when i used to take spin classes id think what i could eat after.  whats a training ride?

B. greek-style yogurt, banana, sliced almonds, coffee/milk/sugar
S. odwalla bar
L. 2 eggs, tiny potato, 2 small artichokes
S. persimmon
S. pear, 1 oz goat cheddar
S. chocolate milk after run <-- taking cue from umney
D. 4 oz smoked trout, green beans

Exercise:
* ran 5.8 miles including a nice 1 mile hill
* bike errands

Deficit: about 650 except I'm still hungry. another snack may be in order

Original Post by agruskin:

lol, i like food too, when i used to take spin classes id think what i could eat after.  whats a training ride?

Depends on a day. Usually anywhere from 2-3h 30m. Different intesities/terrain. For example tomorrow I'll be doing 3h 30m with bunch of hills.

UD

Umney,

Bicycling is tough work! I do a 60 min spin class 2x per week and it kills! I cannot imagine doing the actual cycling... it's so much different! Do you ever take spin classes and if so how do you find them different from outdoor training?

-Mel

It's different. Outdoor you are going your own pace. Which can be a good or a bad thing. It's easy to slack off. :) On a trainer you get a more consistent workout, since there are no lights and whatenot, but damn is it boring. :)

UD

ok, actually moved other than day to day activities so i suppose i can post today, id say im a wknd "warrior" lol-

BFAST-bagel+PB, yogurt, apple

LUNCH-corn beef+cheddar cheese sandwich, chiboni peach greek yogurt, strawberries, PB muffin spread w/ almond butter

SNACK-bowl of granola+trail mix, cup of milk

DINNER-veg salad w/almond butter+lots of string beans, egg salad sandwich on 1/2 a big challah roll, cooked carrots

SNACK- (will be) apple, yogurt, toast w/ white chocolate PB

WO-30 min elliptical (the one that does not have moving arms)

UMNEY-lol, im confused, you bike outdoors, rt? so a training ride is when you have diff sorts of terrains? are you in a warm climate or you just layer up? its freezing here!

Yep I bike outdoors. I am in SoCal (Southern California), sunny weather but maniacal drivers. So it evens everything out. :) It gets a bit cold in early morning(10-15F), and when it's raining so in those cases I just put extra layers and off I go. Still compared to when I was in NorCal (Northern California) it's not that bad. Every ride is a training ride, unless I am going with friends for a burger or something. :) The goals of the rides vary. So one day I might do two-three hours steady pace on flat(ish) terrain. Other days I might do high intensity intervals on flat(ish) terrain, so period between intervals will be at lower intensity. Then there are days like today where basically it's three and a half hours of doing as many hills as I can, while trying to push myself on the hills.

JEEEEEZ!!! so i dont even know how to ride a bike, yes, i admit it and therefore my biking was in the form of spin classes, when i used to take them.  i cant even imagine where id be able to ride like that, hills, diff terrains around here plus, how do you find 3hrs of time a day to ride?  i just started my 1st job and i hope ill get used to it but by the time i get home i am so beat.

good for you