The what I ate today thread (Read 1513 times)

Breakfast: fried egg on buttered toast (Brownberry Carb Counting Multi-grain) large coffee with half-n-half and Splenda Lunch: .5 C. Large Curd cottage cheese--4% milkfat .5 C. cooked sweet cherries, drained. 1tbsp. PB on slice low-carb, whole grain toast. Cherry Coke Zero - 1 can Snack: Honey Bunches of Oats snack bar Quaker Oatmeal - Lower Sugar Apples & Cinnamon diluted low-sugar applejuice cocktail Dinner: Pork loin, roasted 1C. cooked green beans from frozen, 1 pat butter. Salad: 2 C. baby romaine 2TB. shredded parm. cheese 1TB. caesar dressing. Water all day. 1427 calories. Ran 12.68 miles yesterday and will run ~6.5 tomorrow.

I see a lot of people eating 1500-2000Kcal and running 10milers, isn't that a starvation diet?? !??

I see a lot of people eating 1500-2000Kcal and running 10milers, isn't that a starvation diet?? !??

That's an excellent point. I don't know about other runners, but I get high mileage induced anorexia from long runs and high mileage weeks. I eat fine 30-65 mpw, but when I hit 70mpw, and especially 80-85+mpw, I lose all desire to eat. The same thing happens to a lesser degree with long runs. I did 20, the day before yesterday, took in about 2100 kcals, did 10 yesterday, took in 1700kcals.I simply wasn't hungry. But, shorter runs and faster workouts stimulate my appetite, so over the course of a week, the calories will balance themselves out. It gets trickier when I hit 80+ mpw, and this year I'll be going up to 100mpw for a couple of weeks. Then I have to consciously swap out calorie free liquids for calorie liquids, force myself to eat denser foods, etc. I generally aim for at least 2000kcals daily if I'm not running, and up to 3000 if I am, but some days it just doesn't work. It isn't a problem unless I start feeling sapped for strength, and I'll usually make up for negative days by having a few surplus days. Today,I'll probably be eating all day. But, you're right, lesser calories every day makes it very difficult to run efficiently and improve. Plus, obviously, you have to be very conscious of your vitamin supplements, ect. It's a balancing act. Great point.

Let's see a sesame bagel toasted with calcium enriched country crock and brown sugar 500kcals some baba ghanoush pita bread airhead candy 300cals? organic peanut butter and organic strawberry spread on whole wheat bread 400kcals Cheeseburger happy meal 600kcals? total 1800 kcals, run 8 miles whoops.oh well.

Hmmmmm since I've been on a mini vacation I've eaten so much crap. Just yesterday I ate a whole huge plate of nacho's (cheese, chicken, salsa, guacamole, sour cream and jalapeno's) Flew home today still eating like crap. Cup of coffee Venti French Vanilla Nonfat Latte turkey sandwich, carrots and m&m's (gotta love airline food) Odwalla Super Protein Chocolate Soymilk Drink spinach artichoke veggie bites Turkey burger minus the bun and salad (romaine lettuce, snow peas, tomato's and shredded cheese) Sweet potato and protein drink Probably the best day of eating since last Thursday

Been looking through some of these and noticed that a few people only eat egg whites and not the egg yolk. What's wrong with egg yolks? I wasn't aware they were particularly unhealthy. I just finished a rather impressive 1700kcal evening meal comprising of: Pasta Shells 250g - approx 850kcal Pasta Sauce 3/4 jar - approx 250 kcal Cheese (the bad kind) - approx 600kcal. Now, what to have for dessert? Gonna have 3 pints of Guinness tonight too I think down the pub, so I checked those out and they're about 210kcals each. Had a fairly busy week running though.

accountability check: 3/4 of a bottle of 2 Buck Chuck. Estimated time of consumption.... 30 minutes