The I Ate Today Thread!

[ingenting]

What I had yesterday (since it's morning right now)

Breakfast: some muesli (was late for school:\)
Snack: Chocolate Chip Oatmeal cookie
Lunch: Apple/Carrot smoothie + Chickpeas
Snack: some weird flatbread thing, cashews, pecans
Dinner: Pizza with mushrooms
Snack: Raspberries and a green bellpepper

Today (so far):
Breakfast: Apple/Carrot smoothie (I seem to be addicted to them lately)

[MollyGoat]

B: 2 homemade "cinnabon clone" cinnamon rolls, 2 cups milk
L: (on the go) 2 apples, tamari almonds, cinnamon roll
D: yellow lentil dahl, brown basmati rice, pan-fried tofu coated in seasoned besan, stir-fried broccoli with ginger and garlic
S: large carrot, grapefruit

:p Do the lentils and broccoli make up for the cinnamon rolls?

[wannadisco]

breakfast: mug of liquorice&peppermint tea, satsuma

snack: peppermint tea, 1/2 big banana

lunch: glass of organic veg juice w/ 1tbsp of green superfood powder, houmous with veggie sticks (fennel,carrot,red pepper,spring onions)

-planned-

snack: other 1/2 of that banana frozen :drool:

dinner: 3 big field cap mushrooms baked w/ olive oil and garlic on 2 mulitgrain ryvita, pear

drinkies (not included): water and lots more herbal tea. i <3 tea

[Virtue23]

Yesterday was a mostly raw, mini-detox day - :) !!! Just had some fruit, and one small bag of fruit snacks (real fruit was used, but still). Today, I'll have more veggies and other yummy stuff.

B: bowl of (dry) Cheerios w/ dried strawberry and banana slices :lick:, glass of pink lemonade
s: a few raisins
L: (planned) small tortilla wrap w/ a lil less than a serv. of Yves turkey and fat-free cheese plus a bit of mustard, water!
s: 3 granola bars (since dinner won't be for another 4-6 hrs.)
D: serv. of vegetable lasagna (w/ carrots, spinach, onions, broccoli... yum!)

[CountessKerouac]

Today:

B: Shredded wheat in Silk Enhanced, vegan yogurt
L: Salad w/ raw veggies (carrots, celery, broccoli, lettuce, leafy greens, cucumbers, tomatoes etc), chick peas, an itty bitty bit of hummus and bean salad, also an apple and mixed fruit
D: ?

[vggiegirl]

B: 1/4c soygurt, 1/4c dry Optimal Slim cereal, 1 banana, grande soy latte from starbuck$

S: 1 litre water

L: Hearty Brown Stew (McDougall), Earthbound Farms 3 Herb Salad, Italian Dressing from Saucy Vegetarian, seltzer water

S: apple-pear

D: (projected) boca burger (no bun) 1/3 can baked beans, steamed broccoli with Smart Balance Light & veg. parmesean, seltzer

[Foxy]

Just a few questions:

Why do y'all put down what you *plan* to eat? We all know that the best plans often don't get carried out, so how accurate is what you plan/post vs. what you actually eat?

I know I get so busy that what I plan rarely happens...so I just post after I have eaten (or the day after) so I am accurate.

:confused:

[Virtue23]

Actually, my plans are almost always what I actually eat because I pre-pack my lunch the night before. And since I'm on a budget, there's no way I'm gonna nix the pre-planned lunch for something else that I would have to buy.

The only time my planned meals change is if my co-workers spontaneously want to go out for lunch and invite me along, or if I was too lazy to cook my dinner and got a taco or something instead. And in those cases, I go back and edit my meals. Oh yeah, and sometimes I may have a few organic chips as an extra snack, but that hasn't happened in a while.

But wow - ppl actually change what they plan?? :surprised If it always changed, I wouldn't post til afterwards either. What the pt.?

[vggiegirl]

i'm on a diet so i'm not changing anything. i eat what i plan and if i don't like it, i eat it anyway

i also pack my lunch so if i don't eat it i go hungry

[VeggieBiker]

Yesterday:
breakfast: fruit scone + coffee with soy milk
lunch: Tofurky sandwich with the works (avocado, tomato, sprouts, cheddar) + vanilla soygurt + apple + more coffee
dinner: avocado/brie on toasted baguette (so unhealthy but so tasty), steamed asparagus, Boca burger with the works

[BoricuaVeggie]

breakfast:
large plain bagel with vegan buttery spread
one cup of reg Silk with Tbsp of Nestle Quick

[CountessKerouac]

Today:

B: Shredded wheat in Silk Enhanced, vegan yogurt
L: Salad w/ raw veggies (carrots, celery, broccoli, lettuce, leafy greens, cucumbers, tomatoes etc), chick peas, an itty bitty bit of hummus and bean salad, also an apple and orange
S: Coffee w/ soymilk
D: ?

For dinner I really want a giant pretzel dipped in hummus even though I know it's not nutritious and I'll be hungry like 2 hours after eating it. Talk me out of it!

[Foxy]

For dinner I really want a giant pretzel dipped in hummus even though I know it's not nutritious and I'll be hungry like 2 hours after eating it. Talk me out of it!


Eat it! Eat two and have some fruit or veggies with it. :up:

[CountessKerouac]

2?! I'm talking about the BIG pretzels, not some skinny minny pretzels like out of the bag. :p

Yes, if I do eat it, I will include fruits and veggies. Mmm...I love fruit. :boobies: :drool:

[Virtue23]

Don't know if this is the appropriate place for this but, for all you big tea or coffee drinkers, be wary. Here's some info. I found from a fellow veg*n -

Large amounts of tea or coffee consumed with a meal can wash out the iron you're getting (the polyphenols bind the iron).

Since the only iron sources we get are Heme (i.e. non-meat sources) then too much tea (green, or not) can be a bad thing. As you know, low iron can cause anemia among other things.

Sorry if this is OT. Just thought I'd share, just in case. :)

[prairie_girl]

so far

7:30am- 1/2 a bagel w/ a veggie burger and BBQ
11:00am- carrot ginger walnut muffin
12:00pm- little bit of spaghetti, but i'm sick of pasta....I think I'm going to get Thai when my boss gets here!

Dinner! I get to go to the staircase, eat yummy food and see Ember Swift. Life is GOOD!

[CountessKerouac]

Don't know if this is the appropriate place for this but, for all you big tea or coffee drinkers, be wary. Here's some info. I found from a fellow veg*n -

Large amounts of tea or coffee consumed with a meal can wash out the iron you're getting (the polyphenols bind the iron).

Since the only iron sources we get are Heme (i.e. non-meat sources) then too much tea (green, or not) can be a bad thing. As you know, low iron can cause anemia among other things.

Sorry if this is OT. Just thought I'd share, just in case. :)

Sadly, I know this and continue to drink green tea/coffee with EVERY meal. It's bad, I know. I eat all this great food and negate it with my stupid tea. However, I have been *trying* to drink Celestial Seasonings Orange Spice with dinner because it has no actual tea in it. And it's caffeine free. Plus, it's mind-blowingly delicious to boot. :)

[Virtue23]

Well YAY for Orange Spice then! :)

I'm not sure how much tea you have to drink to literally negate all the iron you get, but I'd try to drink more water instead of all the tea from time to time also, just in case. :yes: :up:

[pseudo_vegan]

So far for today...

B: 1/2 C. Peace Cereal w/vanilla silk
1 slice Raisin/Cranberry/Walnut bread w/Tofutti non/Hydrg. cream "cheese" and
strawberry fruit spread

S: curried whole wheat couscous w/frozen veggies and chickpeas
1 orange

L: Tofu Sloppy Schmoe (yeah I like the name) on WW bun

**Plan for remainder of day**

S: Carrot and celery sticks w/almond butter (before work-out)

D: Curried veggie soup
Spin/red leaf salad
steamed asparagus

And I'm sure at some point today I'll eat the rest of my Fabe's brownie...though its more like...brownie batter (mushy for some reason)... :drool:

:nigel: Cheers!

[vggiegirl]

B: 1/2 C. Peace Cereal w/vanilla silk



Mmmmm I've been dying to try that cereal. As soon as my optimal slim box is gone, I think it's next on the list :lick:

[CountessKerouac]

Peace cereal is delicious! My favorite is the Maple Pecan Crunch...oh. my. God. So good. I eat it in handfuls. The Vanilla Almond is yummy, too!

[pseudo_vegan]

They make some GOOOOD cereals. I would suggest their Apple Cinnamon. It is muy bueno :)

:nigel: Cheers!

[NDvegan85]

Raspberry Ginger! Raspberry Ginger!

Peace cereal= :drool:

[CharityAJO]

My vote is going in for Vanilla Almond. You guys are making me want some, right now. :(

[katmango]

Hey!

B-bowl of oats n' honey granola,w/ soy milk + 1 sliced banana
L-PB+raspberry jam on whole wheat,celery sticks
S-large granny smith apple w/ pb
D-teriyaki tofu+string bean stirfry
S-glass of chocolate soymilk...if hungrey than a mango too