Runners that need some nutritional accountability
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My usual scramble for breakfast - 4 eggs, mushrooms, diced onion, diced sweet pepper, spinach & feta cheese crumbles.
Lunch: Apple, 2 hard boiled eggs, a can of Kirkland chicken, and plenty of sriracha
Supper: Not sure...I may make a venison roast in the IP with carrots & potatoes. It won't be ready to late though, so perhaps that's food for tomorrow.
With another race 4 weeks out, I think I'll go back to deficit (attempted) for two weeks, then maintenance for two weeks.
I'm glad there's no more candy based holidays coming up. I've been inhaling this clearance Easter candy. That and a bag of granola.2 -
I should get up early enough to have some scrambled eggs with sweet peppers. I'm so lazy. I could even have it for lunch if I didn't want breakfast.
Oh look! An opportunity do better!0 -
I should get up early enough to have some scrambled eggs with sweet peppers. I'm so lazy. I could even have it for lunch if I didn't want breakfast.
Oh look! An opportunity do better!
@Elise4270 key for me is to have the veggies diced and ready to go in the morning. If I have to do any cuttin' it's not happening on a weekday.
I forgot to list crumbled feta cheese in my eggs. LOVE that tang!
I have some jalapenos diced up but forgot all about using those this week.1 -
@Elise4270 - no soy in the Tera's Whey. Here are the ingredients from the website for the vanilla flavor:
I also noticed on the website that they have an organic dark chocolate! I am definitely going to have to try that one too!0 -
I should get up early enough to have some scrambled eggs with sweet peppers. I'm so lazy. I could even have it for lunch if I didn't want breakfast.
Oh look! An opportunity do better!
@Elise4270 key for me is to have the veggies diced and ready to go in the morning. If I have to do any cuttin' it's not happening on a weekday.
I forgot to list crumbled feta cheese in my eggs. LOVE that tang!
I have some jalapenos diced up but forgot all about using those this week.
Wow! We have a giant container of feta from Sam's and no plans with it. I can do some prep and manage eggs in the morning (or save for lunch).
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I am not a huge fan of eggs but am learning to like them more with things added in or cooking them in a bit of residue from cooking bacon. I need to make some more egg cups too - they bake in the oven with whatever you want to add to them (veggies, cheese, sausage, etc.) and then can be reheated in the microwave. My husband really likes them and they are better for him than cereal in the morning.
I had toast and PB with banana for breakfast and a scoop of the Tera's Whey in my coffee. This was in anticipation of going out for a run that still hasn't happened. Today is officially my last day at work after using up my remaining vacation. I have spent the morning cleaning up files, completing my exit papers and exit interview, and getting my PC and everything ready to ship back. It is kind of momentous for me - I feel like I am giving up my security blanket. Guess having the PC and work phone, even though I wasn't really working, felt like I could still go back if I wanted to. Even though I definitely don't it was a nice feeling to have it there and still be able to check in with my boss and friends.
I am heading out for a run in a few minutes now that the work stuff is all done and ready to ship back. I will likely have a salad afterwards with some chicken. For dinner we are going out to celebrate to our favorite little local wine bar (have great steaks and seafood)!1 -
It turns out with my bourbon drinking and running, I'm in pretty good company.
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It's Sunday!
Any meal prep going on today?
I get a pass since I'll be out of town.
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RunsOnEspresso wrote: »
Super! DH just asked me what we we're gonna meal prep today. Haha! Awww you're on your own buddy!0 -
PB toast and a couple oranges for breakfast with coffee, aka my normal pre-race food.
Lunch is grilled sandwiches in the panini press.
Supper no clue. My in-laws are visiting and they're weirdly picky eaters.1 -
I'll be making a dozen hard boiled eggs and peeling and cutting up carrots to go with some hummus.
I'm also making some venison roast tomorrow and if it's like usual, I'll be taking that to work this week1 -
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We wound up making ham & pea soup for supper so we have a few lunches set for the rest of the week now.2
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@7lenny7 I figured out that quarter squeeze. I think my problem was not realizing it was more quarter ping pong. It's the same thing I've been trying. One squeeze at a time. Your food always sounds so good.
DH decided to get back on MFP and track his calories. It's so hard for me to let go and let him figure it out. Everyone has how they eat and their own goals. Of course, I tried to encourage him to join the MRC but he's not there yet, he thinks they are all my friends. Oh well. Maybe later he'll want to join our fabulous group.0 -
Didn't get much prep done, but have staples I can put together in the AM. Boiled eggs, frozen lunches, etc. Today was a bad, bad day. Had a great hike with my son's Boy Scout troop, but didn't plan my food well. I figured we would be done hiking by lunch so I just packed a bar. Ended up being gone way longer than expected. I was so hungry when I got home, I just ate everything. Tomorrow is a new day.0
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I don't prep well... other than in my head. I did get to the grocery store and to Costco this weekend so we have lots of meal foods just need to figure out how I want to put it all together. With it getting so hot we have been eating a lot of salads so I got all the things we like for more salads and I will cook some chicken to go with it. I am thinking about having chicken soft tacos one night with the remaining salsa chicken I have in the freezer.
We BBQd burgers for dinner last night and DH wanted chips. Not sure why I bought the salt and vinegar ones, I am the only one who eats them and I totally over did it. I never buy them and rarely eat them. I also ate a huge burger and a big salad! I guess I had the rest day rungaries!2 -
Uh. I'm not off to a great start. Plane is delayed an hour, we're here early anyway.... Co-worker was hungry so I ate with him... I bought a pizza.. fast food at the airport is self sabotage anyway.
I have a migraine. Meds and the Dramamine have made me chill, detached and dumb.
The plan is burgers for dinner... I don't have the calories for that... A bunless burger, at least will be less damaging.
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Hang in there @Elise4270! Traveling is tough and stressful in so many ways! I hate airport food so I always try to avoid it. Even the food you buy on the plane is usually better (cheese and fruit plate, Mediterranean box with hummus, etc.). I also try to take snacks that are good for me that I can enjoy if I get stuck like that, just nothing liquidy like yogurt that they would take away. Sometimes though you can't avoid eating what is available and then you just do better later in the day and the next day. Maybe where you go for burgers you can get a salad or some fruit with it?
Have a great trip and try to relax and enjoy not having to actually be in the office!2 -
Ordered Vietnamese/Japanese for supper tonight. It was okay I guess. Next time I think we will stick with a place that does either one or the other and not both.1
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My coworker opted for the free beer and snacks at the hotel, so I skipped dinner. Yay! I'm sure I hit my calories with lunch anyway. And I can start over tomorrow, and do better.
@midwesterner85 I tell you, I'm really enjoying this fat adapted thing. While everyone else is starving and can't go 6-8 hours without a snack or meal, and I have no problem waiting for a planned meal. This is the best thing ever.
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First day at corporate. I own 1 pair of earrings and they broke in my purse during the trip....
No breakfast. It's all hotel food. The not real eggs that I can't have and sausage that I can't have, and biscuits that are carbs and probably have soy in them anyway.... I'm going to be ready for lunch. 18 hours since I've eaten.... I'm holding tough for "better". (I'm not hungry.. it's the psychological battle of having no food. so spoiled, I am)
And the pants I bought just slightly snug, are now rather loose. *Yay*! Tonight that'll change with group meal.
My stop on the elevator I wanted to say "hasta lavista, baby" when I exited. I'm a goof.
Today's eats??? Can I come over?2 -
First day at corporate. I own 1 pair of earrings and they broke in my purse during the trip....
No breakfast. It's all hotel food. The not real eggs that I can't have and sausage that I can't have, and biscuits that are carbs and probably have soy in them anyway.... I'm going to be ready for lunch. 18 hours since I've eaten.... I'm holding tough for "better". (I'm not hungry.. it's the psychological battle of having no food. so spoiled, I am)
And the pants I bought just slightly snug, are now rather loose. *Yay*! Tonight that'll change with group meal.
My stop on the elevator I wanted to say "hasta lavista, baby" when I exited. I'm a goof.
Today's eats??? Can I come over?
When I travel for work, it's always to our corporate office (and that happens rarely). There are 2 hotels near each other, and 1 of them has the continental breakfast while the other does not. For the continental breakfast, I generally will eat eggs, sausage, ham... whatever animals they have. That hotel has a pretty good continental breakfast. When they put me in the other hotel (without free breakfast), I go to the attached restaurant and have the breakfast buffet... I load up on the eggs and cheese, sausages, ham, etc. I actually like this because when I go to the office for lunch, I have a very hard time getting lunch to work for me at the cafeteria on site at the corp. office because everyone who works there is apparently vegetarian or vegan (and this is reflected in the options available). So with my zero carb / carnivore diet, I have very few options.
When I travel for leisure, I am usually in cheap hotels that have a continental breakfast, but everything is carbs - waffles/pancakes, muffins, bagels, toast/bread. So I just end up going somewhere if I have time or not if I don't. Next time is beginning of June for a race. I need to leave the hotel around 4:30am to be sure to arrive and park in time to get on the bus at 5:00am. I will probably bring my own small snack for breakfast, but don't like to eat too much before running anyway... will have the UCAN mix, though.1 -
Thank God I've been getting in long miles lately because my eating not been good. Too much grazing again. Good Lord, just how much clearance Easter candy did I buy!?!
And now my wife is getting back into making macarons. She won't me touch the good ones...she gives those away...but I can help myself to the rejects, and there are more of those than I should have. Then I figured out that I can make great bite sized ice cream sandwiches with the macaron shells and vanilla frozen yogurt.
At least my breakfasts and lunches are on point.1 -
@7lenny7 My breakfast and lunches are on point. It's before/after dinner when it falls apart. I've seem some real ramifications on the scale and instead of being 7-10 from "ideal running weight," I am more 10-15lbs and have crossed the "never go back" mark on the scale.
I'm not sure I'm going for full-on fat adaption, but I think I need to step away from the carbs a bit. I'm aiming to keep it under 150g per day (which is low for me) and only sticking to eat what I plan. We leave for Mexico in a little less than two weeks. I'll be able to control two meals a day and will still get some exercise--daily walks on the property and some treadmill time. Not really a safe place to run by myself, so I'll be sticking with hubby and he is not a runner.
I'm really glad I do 99.9% of the cooking and food purchasing and meal prep in the house. Not sure how I'd survive otherwise.0 -
I did good for lunch, chicken breast, roasted broccoli, and a bit of salad.
I'm enjoying the class, but am very distracted by the instructor (that's sitting next to me right now), he looks like a runner.0 -
@Elise4270 - I would ask your instructor if he is a runner and where his favorite places are to run. Unfortunately all the people I thought were runners were typically not and then those I never expected would show up in the hotel gym on the treadmills! I can't go 18 hours w/o eating! I was hungry (stomach growling) today in the middle of my run! IDK about your fat adapted diet but I typically opted for oatmeal or yogurt on business trips or if the hotel had a free breakfast I would get bacon and eggs. I also ate tons of salads because I know they would be 'safe'. Because I traveled so much for work we typically have privileges at most hotels we go to for pleasure and have breakfast included or the concierge lounge which has always been good for some protein for breakfast or even a light dinner (chicken or salmon usually).
I have done actually pretty well the last couple of days food wise and I am feeling pretty darn great - even if my weight is not moving...1 -
@shanaber I never asked him if he ran. I tried talking to him, where ya from? and he went on a rant about the difference between being from Toronto and Quebec and some language/political difference and I zoned! Haha! Oh my. Ok all Canadians aren't on the same page. He's Canadian. From Toronto. Nice guy though, excellent teacher.
I wound up going 24 hours with out food. Honestly, it didn't bother me one bit. But about 2 hours after I ate, was hungry and gave in to half of an oatmeal raisin cookie. I don't like oatmeal raisin cookies, but seemed the healthiest option.
I stuffed myself at dinner, beef fajitas, guac, and oh the beans with bacon, onion and tomato
. Mmm! I even took leftovers for tonight if we don't go out.
I plan on a salad at lunch.
Dinner may be a burger if my coworker is up to navigating traffing and getting out. Or could be Applebee's salad.
On on the fence about another tm run. I'm doing well, but not sure I should push another day. I did some play with my (butt) kick and may be a bit sore. Dress shoes are horrible, btw.
Is the week over yet?
What's on today's menu? Are you staying on track?
In a perfect system, what would you eat today?0 -
For the last 3 days now, I've been over 20% body fat. I'm not sure why because I didn't eat enough to spontaneously gain 6 lbs. of body fat over the weekend.
It's stressing me enough that I'm thinking about just quitting daily weight/body fat measurements. Except I need the data and will stress without it.
This came up last year too... I was way too fat going into racing season / nice weather activities, but decided that I was not going to worry about weight until winter. That worked really well last year until I decided that I was done and could take a break. After a 20 day break, I had regained all of the body fat lost plus quite a bit more. And that is where I'm at now (still). I'm thinking I should just focus on BG management and performance for now and then focus on fat loss at the end of the year. But I can't proclaim I've made it and give myself a 'break' next winter.1
