Just what do we all eat? (Read 1062 times)

It was not easy, but I was out the door for a 12 miler so I wanted to make sure I was not too stuffed full. BTW, why do so many of you drink so much water?

Cause I get thirsty. And I eat a lot of fiber. If I dont drink water I get constipated.

breakfast: i've experimented with lots of things over the past year and have now pretty much settled on 1 slice toast with butter and 2 scrambled eggs (scrambled with just a little bit of 2% milk) lunch: if i make my own its jacket potato with tuna and veg or risotto or soup. if i have to buy it its normally a salad. sometimes its the previous nights leftovers but only if i get to them before my husband does! dinner: mostly pasta or rice based. thai chicken curry with jasmine rice, bacon and tomato pasta, chicken, shrimp or pumpkin risotto. tonight i was only cooking for me so i had slow cooked lamb stew (frozen from a couple of weeks ago) with a jacket potato and peas. snacks: i've got small bags of nuts in my office cupboard for if i'm feeling peckish. i also like anchor calci-yum (chocolate yoghurt style thingy). or a small babybel cheese. big failing: too much wine (especially red wine). way too much.

Today I had a pound of candy for lunch. That's right...a pound of candy.

I was sort of wondering the same thing. Water has been overhyped in the last few years, strangely at the same time the bottled water market took off. I think it's funny seeing people carrying bottled water around in fancy carriers like it's a baby or something. We have the bottled water cooler at work and I probably have 3-4 plastic cups full a day, or probably 48 ounces at most. The rest of my fluids are milk, coffee, coke zero, and some G2 from time to time.

For me, water is the no calorie way to stay hydrated with a regimen of over 3 hours of exercise a day and an awfully dry office/house. Here's how I get to 12 glasses, which seems excessive, but is what my body likes: 8 oz immediately pst-run in the am one 32 oz bottle at work before lunch one 32 oz bottle (refillable) at work after lunch 8 oz of water with my 60 min cross train or strength train 16 oz of water with dinner

This is a typical day for me Breakfast: 2 cups of coffee with skim milk, and splenda sugar blend All Bran Buds with skim milk and splenda sugar blend Either a tiny bit of cott cheese or a hard boiled egg Mid Am Snack: apple, string cheese or apple a melba toast with laughing cow cheese Lunch: Either a whole wheat pita, spaniche and hummos or a lean cuisine, carrots, ff plain yogart and sometimes a 70 cal soup to go. Dinner: Salad, with leftovers or salad with a garden burger snack: ff popcorn , maybe a ff fudge bar try not to drink beer or I'll go hog wild!!!!!!!!!!!

What I eat tends to vary a lot from day to day - I'm a student with a very hectic/irregular schedule, and sometimes it's difficult to even fit meals into the day. I eat a lot of bagels, peanut granola bars, and applesauce. I also drink tons of water and juice.