kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2012 Part 2 - CLOSED (Page 171)

Have you sweetened your yogurt in the past?  Just curious.  I'm hooked on plain Greek yogurt, but I always add a dash of honey.  I'd like to cut that out and retrain my taste buds to just eat the plain yogurt without anything mixed in.  

My goal is to make small changes.  For instance, I put sugar in my morning coffee.  Starting tomorrow I'm going to force myself to drink it with a little almond milk only.  It's going to be rough, but I'm sure it will become the new normal after a while.  The Whole 30 is too strict for me, and it's dangerous for me to eliminate too many food groups given my eating history.  Slippery slope stuff.  

I'm going to buy a copy of the book you recommended, Kelly.  Sounds informative!

Karen - Congratulations on the hard training week!  You have put in some serious run time.  

Beer is going to be hard, but my husband told me I'd never make it 30 days. Game on!

I think Lara bars might be ok, very few ingredients, and I can stomach them training I think.

When do we start?

Tomorrow?

I say list your foods in your BT log throughout the day and then copy it into the thread once the day is complete.  Goal is to eat as whole as possible.  Perhaps we can ever get one of the boys to join in.

Also if you like Lara Bar -- try Pro bars -- http://theprobar.com/-- I like the taste much better than lara bars.

OK for tomorrow - let's do it!

I have tried a Probar one time and wasn't that impressed with it.  Maybe it was the flavor I tried.  Very high calorie if I remember right.  What flavors do you like?  (My favorite Lara bars are the key lime and peanut butter cookie.)

Shin splints are gone but now I have piriformis in right glute & down back of leg.  Sigh.  I'm going to get the tennis ball out later and see if I can work out the tension.  I have been dealing with sciatica for almost 8 years.  It started with Conrad's pregnancy.  I get it on and off.  Painful stuff!

Heading to the grocery store later to stock up on lots of produce for this challenge.  I am in, too!  We have no food in our house because we were out of town, so I had to scramble to come up with a breakfast.  

I like the all of the halo bars and the fruit bars (those are about 180 calories compared to the 400 for the meal replacement bars).  I have a big (discounted) order coming in, I'll send a few down to Georgia so you can try out a bunch of flavors. 

Today was my first day back after 3 weeks completely off.

Lifted and swam.  Tomorrow I get to bike and run.  Very exciting.  Still trying to figure out if my early season "A" is going to be Galveston or Eagleman.

It was one of the meal replacements that I tried, something probably with banana, peanut butter, or coconut.  Very high calorie, which I guess if you're counting as a meal it would be.  I didn't realize the other two were made by the same company, and I have not tried either (but have seen Halo somewhere).

Oatmeal, oat-nut bread, Greek yogurt, honey stinger gels and to a lesser degree red wine would be really tough for me. Additionally soy knocks out nearly every protein drink and a lot of energy bars. More of a convenience being able to do these on the run.

I drink my coffee, iced espresso technically, black with no sweetener so that's not an issue.

I have to do something off the wall to get myself back on track diet wise so I'd be up for trying but with Xmas less than a month away that'll be a tough one.

Let me see what you girls post for food over the next couple days, and I'll see if it's something I want to try.  I don't drink coffee, soda, or juice.  Pretty much water.  I am unsure I can come up with enough meals with this plan.  Well, I am sure I can, but my kids won't be too happy. 

2 weeks from today is the peroneal nerve decompsression on the left knee. Not overly excited, but have high hopes for 2013.  I am thinking Timberman for my first Half in late August.  That'll give me all spring and summer to re build.  I'd prefer Rev 3 Quassy in June, I won't have enough time to build for that distance.

If the surgery is successful, I'm def gettign the Tri bike this year.  Budget will be up to about $4,500.  Suggestions?

I log all of my meals/calories at the beginning of the day, and I stick with it 100%.  

Here is today:

7:00 a.m. - plain Greek yogurt, 2 T slivered almonds, 1/2 scoop whey, and apple slices

10:00 a.m. - celery sticks and Justin's natural nut butter

11:45 a.m. - romaine, spinach, 1/2 red pepper, carrots, grape tomatoes, red onion, cauliflower, 2 eggs, and hummus + 2 clementines

3:00 p.m. - 1/2 c cottage cheese

5:00 p.m. (consumed while making dinner) - bowl of cauliflower, carrots, and celery with hummus  + warm glass of unsweetened almond milk 

6:15 p.m. - grilled turkey burger wrapped in lettuce + red cabbage, green apple slivers, and onions sautéed in bit of oil and apple cider vinegar 

8:30 p.m. - small handful of walnuts

This is a typical day for me.

Here's my day food wise:

Breakfast -- 2 eggs (organic, heritage breed) over easy on an Ezekiel Muffin

Post-training -- Mango

Snack 1 - Baby carrots, snap peas & dry roasted almonds

Lunch -- Salad (spinach, cucumber, avocado, mushroom), grilled chicken & Brianne's French Vinagrette

Snack 2 - Apple & Unsweetened dried coconut

Dinner -- Turkey chili (easy recipie -- ground turkey, onions, peppers, tomatos, tomato paste & white beans)

What kind of whey and what kind of oil do you use?

I think you should take a trip to see Brian at Fast Splits outside of Boston (and I agree with Scott -- get fit first and then look at the best bikes for your dimensions).

Got my fingers crossed for your surgery!

$4,500 is a lot of $$ for a bike!  Agree with what Scott & Kelly have said, get a fit and see what bikes they recommend for your build.  Flexibility & torso / leg length could eliminate certain bikes.  This is very exciting!

Jen & Kelly - I like both of your days meal plan better than mine!  I didn't get a chance to shop really, so I'm making do today with what we had in the house.  I love the idea of pre-planning and sticking to that plan.  I usually do that for work, but evenings & weekends I tend to wing it.  That clearly has not been working for me.  So, I am going to pre-plan / post.

I started making my own salad dressing with walnut oil, balsamic vinegar & dijon mustard.  It's yummy!

ETA - coffee w/ unsweetened soy milk

Breakfast - 2 eggs scrambled with arugula & baby spinach (I miss the cheese!)

Morning Snack - was going to be greek yogurt but I got stuck in a meeting so had nothing

Lunch - salad with baby spinach, arugula, butter lettuce, broccoli, 1/2 avocado, leftover turkey white meat, and homemade dressing

Afternoon Snack - guess I'll have the greek yogurt, and maybe a few cashews if I'm hungry

Dinner - big salad (similar to lunch but with mushrooms & cauliflower)

A friend posted this on Face Book and i think its super useful:

Today:

5:30- Workout

6:45ish- sludge (whey, 1 tbls natty PB, enough almond milk to make it a paste), granola, coffee w/ almond milk

9:30- Banana

Noon- Tuna, 2 tbls Kraft Mayo w/ Olive Oil, Field Greens

3- 2 tbls natty PB, coffee w/ almond milk

Dinner- Slow Cooker Pork and Green Chile Stew (www.skinnytaste.com), 1/2c brown rice

Snack- 1/2c organic vanilla yogurt, frozen berries

whey is usually whatever is cheapest when I go to buy some (probably not the best) and oil is usually olive or coconut.  I make my own salad dressing with orange juice, dijon, and spices.  Found some new recipes that use flaxseed oil, milled flax seed, etc., and I am going to give those a try this week.

I just bought unsweetened dried coconut today to use in a seafood recipe, but it's a big bag.  Saw you ate it with apples today.  Do you just sprinkle it on apples?  Any other great ways to use up this dried coconut?

Sometimes I mix it with beaten egg whites and bake to make macaroons.

Brian fitted me for my bike, high recommended.

My eating today.

Apple

banana

Sambozon vanilla acai protein shake

dozen baby carrots

Greek yogurt with blueberries

Can of tuna with relish on oatnut bread

Greek yogurt with blueberries

Fibre one bar

Kind bar almonds and cranberries

dozen baby carrots

That will take me through dinner. Not sure what the wife is making but generally there's a meat, starch or pasta and a veggie.