Runners that need some nutritional accountability
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That's why I stopped buying the licensed Keurig ones and only buy off brand ones that can be composted or separated and recycled.1
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We have both a Keurig and a regular coffee brewer with a grinder. We use the Keurig to make decaf at night - my husband is hooked on the Vanilla while I like just plain coffee. @girlinahat - I take the tops off the cups dump the grounds and recycle the cups... It was a concession I made to my daughter when we got it
I have to say I am in love with the coffee brewer/grinder we have. I really only like freshly ground and brewed coffee. We had a Capresso for many many years until it completely died and then had a series of terrible ones, including a Cuisinart that almost caused a fire by coming on randomly whenever it wanted to. We finally just got a brewer and I ground the coffee every day and did that for a long while. Then we found this Breville that we have now. It makes wonderful fresh, super hot coffee and you can adjust the grind and the strength and also make 1-12 cups. It doesn't have a hot plate either, just a thermal carafe but if you rinse it with hot water it keeps the coffee super hot all morning.
I am trying really hard to get my macros on target, eat enough and do meal planning and cooking. One thing I am finding that is strange, is that now that I don't have to get up for work and even though I am getting to bed earlier I am sleeping 9 hours sometimes more! I guess I really need it so I am giving my body this week to do that but then I am going to start setting an alarm. Otherwise I get out too late and it messes up eating breakfast at a reasonable time so I end up skipping either breakfast or lunch and that messes up my calories and macros.0 -
Also @Elise4270 here are a couple of recipes for the Starbucks egg bites that I found for my daughter who loves them too. She still just goes to Starbucks on her way to work for them but I figure at some point she 'could' make them at home instead.
https://recipes.anovaculinary.com/recipe/sous-vide-egg-bites-bacon-gruyere
https://foodieandwine.com/starbucks-sous-vide-egg-bites-instant-pot/
I really don't like eggs much so I haven't tried either recipe. If you decide to try one let us know what you think.1 -
girlinahat wrote: »can I just insert a small rant about nespresso pods and the environment? please?
whereas coffee grounds in a french press are great for composting.
Yes! I save the pods and dump the grounds out in my "yard" pile. Haha! (Sort of environmentally friendly).
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Also @Elise4270 here are a couple of recipes for the Starbucks egg bites that I found for my daughter who loves them too. She still just goes to Starbucks on her way to work for them but I figure at some point she 'could' make them at home instead.
https://recipes.anovaculinary.com/recipe/sous-vide-egg-bites-bacon-gruyere
https://foodieandwine.com/starbucks-sous-vide-egg-bites-instant-pot/
I really don't like eggs much so I haven't tried either recipe. If you decide to try one let us know what you think.
I saw these! I'm definitely making them. So friggin good. So easy.
@girlinahat I never thought about recycling the k cup pods (or anything else other than damn Walmart bags). We have a small recycling program. I think I'll start separating some additional recyclables.0 -
So I mentioned previously that I am having a hard time scheduling my running and still getting in my meals. Today was the perfect example. I ate my usual protein bar as soon as I got up and then did some updates here and got ready to run. Started to head out and realized it was already almost 11 and I hadn't eaten anything else
I grabbed 1/2 a banana and had that with some water. My legs were dead for the first 1.5 miles then the banana kicked in for about 2 miles. I struggled with the last 2 miles to get home. I just ran a bit then stopped for a minute and then ran some more. Not particularly satisfying... I guess we could call them slow intervals 
I have to do better at this - I have no excuse! 1 -
@elise4270 - I used to run fasted all the time but now it really isn't an option, even for short runs. I get dizzy and have 0 energy. The nutritionist wanted me to eat something, 2-300 calories before I run but it has to be something my stomach will tolerate - toast and PB or oatmeal are what I typically eat. If I count that as breakfast I need to add in more calories somewhere else in my day to even try to get close to the 1900 she wants me to eat. I am not there but I will get it figured out! Part of the doing it better!1
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One nice thing about more time on trail is a 5 mile run on trail burns me around 800 calories vs. 5 miles on the road around 500 calories.1
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fitoverfortymom wrote: »One nice thing about more time on trail is a 5 mile run on trail burns me around 800 calories vs. 5 miles on the road around 500 calories.
love the trails! 0 -
A one pound ribeye fits in my belly. Uncomfortably.3
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I have to make my own coffee at work so it's always good.
My dad uses a reusable thing in his keurig and regular coffee. If I had one, that is what I would do as well for the environment. I am trying very hard to reduce my packaging and recycle what I can.
I am struggling with my energy level. Some days I have absolutely none and therefore don't work out, like last night. I don't know if it's my celiac or something different. Haven't been glutened but many celiacs still have fatigue when g free.1 -
I've tried the reusable pods for the keurig and the nespresso and found the coffee to be lacking and the pod refilling to be a PIA so I'm sticking to the prefilled pods.
Most days I don't use either though, I use my Aeropress coffee maker. I LOVE the coffee I get from it.1 -
Hope everyone one is eating well!
It went from 70F here to 30F and snow flurries. We had already had a few days flitrting with 80... Can't believe it got so cold. My poor trees.
It would've been great if I was arunnin'.
I kind of relaxed a bit on the macros, just ate what I wanted.. and now I'm very close. I still need to do better, and eat more veggies... And add back some exercise.
I chased my cat across the yard the other day, bare foot (playing). It wasn't far. It wasn't pain free, but nothing I couldn't potentially put in the "it'll get better and I can ignore it" category.
We'll see. Doc did say "I should be able to continue running", but I'm fully prepared to love my bike like an old pair running sneakers. 9 days to go.
ETA my daughter caught me putting butter in my coffee and said "is that butter? Are you high?". LOL! I have no doubt she'll put butter in her coffee now. Since she was little, butter was gravy. Haha!2 -
Being on vacation I have been enjoying the food. Fresh hot pizza straight from the oven for supper last night with donair poutine. Omg heavenly. And lunch may or may not have been a java cheesecake brownie...
And with today being race day back to boring until after the race. Oatmeal & blueberries for breakfast with coffee and then a plain peanut butter sandwich for lunch in about half an hour.3 -
Being on vacation I have been enjoying the food. Fresh hot pizza straight from the oven for supper last night with donair poutine. Omg heavenly. And lunch may or may not have been a java cheesecake brownie...
And with today being race day back to boring until after the race. Oatmeal & blueberries for breakfast with coffee and then a plain peanut butter sandwich for lunch in about half an hour.
Sounds great! Good luck on the race!0 -
@Elise4270 Thanks! Currently dithering about clothes haha. Gonna be a last minute decision I'm sure.1
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Peanut butter and honey sandwich day, er, I mean long run day! Came home and enjoyed some soup and crackers. Tonight I am making beef and cabbage stir fry, so pretty jazzed about that.
This week is easy/boring meals. French bread pizza and salad for lunches, protein pancakes for breakfast, and a variety of dinner items (tacos, turkey burgers, lettuce wraps, pulled pork, BBQ chicken salad).
Knowing I race in a week should keep me on track. Have to say I'm loving the extra time (calories) on trail during the week.3 -
I had this for supper. Bison burger and annisabo, which is apparently pea soup. Best soup I've ever had in my life I swear...
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@sarahthes yum! Love bison and peas soup! Sounds like a good day!0
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It's race week, so I will be eating pretty close to maintenance. Post-race is an anything and everything kind of deal, so I'm carefully plotting where I want to eat. Usually it's pancakes/brunch after, but we have to zip about an hour and a half back home and try and catch my son's soccer game, so I will rely on the race food until after his game and we can go out as a family. Probably burgers. Maybe pizza.1
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I actually did pretty well this weekend food-wise. Lots of chicken and a yogurt, berry, kale and protein smoothie after my run yesterday, finally got my protein up to where I want it! Downside - I don't think I can eat this way all the time. I also had ice cream with strawberries and peanut butter GS cookies for dessert tonight.
@sarahthes - I love pea soup and had planned to get to the store to look for ham hocks this weekend to make some. Maybe they will still have them tomorrow.
I made peanut butter again today. Really love making it in the Vitamix. So easy and tastes so great!
I am working on getting the carbs down/out in our dinners for my DH who is no longer borderline but is now considered diabetic. I can't control what he eats for breakfast or lunch really but when he asked for rice pilaf with dinner tonight (my question was what vegetable would you like lol) I told him to pick again. I ended up roasting green beans in the oven with lemon and olive oil and adding some toasted slivered almonds. It was pretty tasty.
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Roasted green beans is a standard at our house. I usually toss with olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt and smoked paprika.2
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@shanaber I found a recipe for anissabo (apparently the restaurant spelled it wrong) and I'm going to attempt it I think. Grocery shopping after work tonight!
I'm now officially in a calorie cut with a goal of dropping 15-16 lbs by Canada Day. It's aggressive and I'm okay with a slower rate of loss if that is how it works out. Just sticking to my MFP calories and eating back most of my exercise should get me pretty close though.2 -
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I am leaning towards this one:
https://www.google.ca/amp/www.geniuskitchen.com/amp/recipe/anissabo-pea-soup-cree-style-307124
However I'm going to play with the herbs a bit - add in some thyme. And I have some ham in the freezer so I will add that as well.
Also the one in the restaurant had roasted corn nuts added just prior to serving.1 -
@sarahthes - I have never seen it made with hominy but I love hominy so it would be worth trying. I always make mine in the crock pot and add a little onion, a bay leaf and thyme. Just put everything in (soaked peas, ham hocks or ham bone, onion, celery leaves and spices) and cook it over night. Yum!
Does anyone else ever have hominy plain for a side dish? I also love grits but rarely make them.0 -
We ate hominy out of the can as kids... Don't think I've had it much since.0
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I had a friend whose family used to eat hominy as a side dish. I don't know if there was any special prep to it. I just remember eating it at their house. I do use it in a tortilla soup recipe. I haven't made that in a while...hmmm.
I'm big into soup, especially if I can use my slow cooker.1 -
Is there such a thing as a coffee diet? I'm thinking this sounds like one I'd like to try...
What's on the menu?
I have stuff for chicken cacciatore (again). And all the ingredients for the egg bites with gruyere.
Lunch. I think I'll suck it up and have a salad from the vegan place.2
