breakfast – 2 egg whites, 1 whole egg, 1 cup steamed spinach, 1oz chicken breast, 6 almonds and berries

I tried a fun new recipe I found at the catalyst site:
http://www.cathletics.com/recipes/index.php?action=recipe&recipeID=47
Peach & Pecan Scramble.
I made it with half a necterine, 8 pecans, 2 eggs, 1/2 scoop whey isolate, some water and cinnamon. It turned into kind of a pancake thing, which I wasn’t a big fan of, but you have to try new things right?!

2 – sausage mufins
broccoli
banana
coffee

I was actually able to eat breakfast today, unlike yesterday, a day that will go down in infamy as “The day the clocks stopped”. Brutal, I need breakfast, after all it’s the most important meal of the day………

Today I awoke slowly to the first 5 bars of “Don’t stop believing”…..Try and get that out of your head……

My breakfast choices were vast and plentiful….Do I have an Eggo Blueberry waffle? Perhaps some left overs? Fruit Loops?

No way, If I’m going to win the real food challenge, I need to get cracking

3 egg omlette with grilled green and red peppers, onion and 1/4 cup low fat cheese, some berries and a black coffee…..Have my snacks all ready to go for the day, Whey shake, nuts, berries….Bring on the 3-3-3-1-1-1 BP this afternoon…..

Breaky – Zucchini Omelet, 2 pieces of bacon, banana

I usually have this Zucchini omelet everyday with bacon. The recipe makes 4-5 breakfasts… which I put into tuperware and grab and go in the mornings.

Here’s the recipe:

Ingredients
1 Onion chopped, 1/3 red pepper chopped, 3-4 mushrooms chopped, 3 tsp of Olive Oil, 2 med zucchini’s grated, 6 eggs, 1/2 tsp salt AND pepper, (I often put in montreal steak spice etc. as well), 2 Tbs Almond slivers, (1/2 cup grated cheese, if you are eating dairy)

In a large, non-stick frying pan (preferably one with a lid), saute the onion, peppers and mushrooms in 1 tsp of EVOO for 4-5 mins and then set aside in a bowl.
Heat the remaining 2 tsp Olive Oil over med-high heat in the pan. Layer the bottom of the frying pan with grated zucchini. Once it has lightly browned, add the onion/pepper/mushroom mix and lightly saute. Layer the bottom of the pan.
Whisk the eggs together in a small bowl. Add all your spices. Pour the eggs into the pan. Add the the almond slivers. (I add spinach here too sometimes)
Sprinkle the cheese over the entire Omelet.
Cover the pan with a tight-fitting lid and reduce the heat to low. The omelet will puff slightly when done.

Tweak the recipe to your desired veggies and spices.

post wod: whey protein shake…….50g protein, 3 grams carb…..

0940: 3 whole eggs 6 eggs white omelet…. mushrooms spinach and 2 oz of ham…. 1 litre of H2O…..1 cup of black coffee

2 sunny side up eggs, 2 bacon strips and steamed broccoli!

oh yes and some FRANK’S RED HOT sauce I put that SHHH on everything….LOL

Finally had my coffee black…in the last 3 weeks I have given up my beloved splenda and aspartame. I always knew they were the devil, but they held me tight in their cloven hoves until now.

Today the cream finally went out the window too…and I’m still alive. I know, I can’t believe it either.

Breakie: 2 scrambled eggs, 2 pieces bacon, cherry tomatoes
Snack: strawberries, blueberries, celery (seeds and cashews if needed)
Lunch: tomato sauce with ground beef, zucchini, mush, broccoli etc.
Dinner: marinated pork loin, spaghetti squash, spinach salad

2 egg Omelet with yellow peppers and mushrooms.black coffee

@ Aissa: BA HA HA – I LOVE that commercial!!

Breakfast @ 5am 1/2 banana w/ 1 tbsp almond butter

Breakfast #2 on my way to the airport
Fruit (berry mx) w protein smoothie
Had to add a bit of real orange juice for blending

Juiced again… 1 beet, 5 celery stalks, 1/2 cucumber, swiss char, fishoil & protein shake with glutamine.

Breakfast – 3 eggs, 4 slices bacon, 6 grape tomatoes
Snack – Larabar, banana

I pretty much eat the same thing everyday, which is good and bad. I will have some nuts, dried fruit, an apple, a salad and some whey protein for the rest of the day and then supper and some berries befroe bed.

Post workout
Breakfast 1 cup strawberries, 1/2 apple, 24 grams whey protein, coffee w/milk. Cannot find almond milk here in Mazatlan. I may be on vacation but am trying to stay focused on what is important “my health”.

7:00 two boiled eggs,1 apple, protein shake, black coffee
9:00 4 strips of bacon, small bowl of blue berries

2 egg omelette with half a pork chop, 1 green onion, mushrooms, and some cheese. Two slices of tomato.

4oz of beef, tomato, cucumber. ( my bkft when on nights and up at 3pm)

Breakfast was 3 eggs, 4 strips bacon, and a tomato, and many cups of coffee (with a little milk). Oh yeah, and a cap-full of fish oil.

Lunch was a cob salad with chicken breast (less the blue cheese and dressing)….

I’m proud of myself because both of these were in a restaurant and I didn’t cheat at all.

I got busy last night and made a crustless quiche using a dozen eggs whisked with about 1/2 can of coconut milk. I then sauteed green onion/red pepper/mushroom/celery/broccoli/cherry tomatoes. Poured it all in a 9×13 pan and baked it for about 20 minutes. I cut it into 6 squares and that will be breakfast for a few days.

I had that today post workout cold and it was still good. Black coffee.

Lunch was leftover jambalaya the recipe which was on the site last friday. It makes quite a bit and is easy and delicious – I highly recommend trying it.

Supper will be stir fried chicken and veggies.

Snacks so far have been one orange with almonds. Likely will have an apple later with almond butter.

@Kelly P.
Good for you on kicking the splenda habit. That stuff is terrible and terribly addictive! Way to go.

@ Erika

Thanks so much! I swear, eating carbless is a non-issue for me, but wholy moly – kicking diet pepsi and splenda in my coffee was the hardest thing!! I am super proud/relieved etc. I can practically hear my body sighing with thanks.

Wow…where’d the day go…breakfast was a bit ago…
1st breakfast…protein shake
2nd breakfast…2 boiled eggs diced with tomatoe & almonds
lunch was fabulous! Lasagna made with zucchini slices instead of pasta & spinach instead of cottage cheese and lots of different spices instead of the canned sauce thing and of course ground beef as … you guessed it!…ground beef )

Preworkout- banana/coconut milk/whey isolate shake
Postgame- spinach omelet and salsa

breakie – 4 egg whites, spinach, 4 oz sausage and 10 almonds… can’t wait for my birthday c… I mean st-ake

Jodi had some premade egg pie (kinda like the muffins only cooked in a pie plate)and an apple.

I however was sick as a dog and had ntohing but water pretty much all day. A small greekish(minus feta), salad with turkey in the early evening seems to be all my stomache can handle.

needed something quick today for breakfast, so a shake it was…
1 scoop raw whey
1/2 can organic coconut milk
2 huge handfuls spinach
1 tsp almond butter
ice cubes

Nothing before the WOD and breakfast was romaine lettuce with diced chicken when I got into work. Lunch was more of the spaghetti squash and pork meatball dish from yesterday and dinner was two chicken breasts and at least 2 cups of broccoli…the recipe will be my Friday post, mmmm!

blueberry, banana, whey protein shake for breakfast

Breakfast: 3.5 egg omelette with onions, mushrooms, red peppers, brocoli and carrot. Green tea.

Snack: Chicken breast and salad.

lunch: ground beef with veggies.

Didn’t really have diner just a few small portioned meals after work/evening
a) canned salmon, asparagus, spinach, grapes
b) steak, half an avocado, mushrooms grapes
c) canned salmon, spinach

I completely agree with what Tania said “I’m seeing some snacks that are pretty heavy in carbs and light in fat and protein…”

For example, bars (like Larabars) are the cleanest bars you can find but they do not have much (if any) protein in them and are generally ‘carb’ bars. These are useful when you are stuck and need a quick fix. I wouldn’t use them as a staple.

Protein is your friend, esp. with how we train.

Also, we are not necessarily eating ‘carb free’ or ‘low carb’ as fruits and veggies are carbs. The objective is to eat whole, clean foods which are unprocessed and natural. Food is fuel and Crossfitters need fuel!

You guys are doing great! Proud of everyone attempting this. The training part is easy, we spend an hour or so in the gym; the diet is hard part as food is everywhere and we need to eat, we just need to make the right choices. We live in a society based on convienience (aka grain and processed foods dominant). The more you put into this the more you will get out of it, I promise.

When you see people filling their bodies with garbage, feel sorry for them as they are denying themselves the joy of feeling and looking great. Sure they may experience short term gratification from eating ‘comfort foods’ but that is exactly what it is, short term. We are doing this for long term gratifcation.

Paul Plakas from the Canadian show X-Weighted once said, “Why treat your body like a garbage disposal? If it does not provide any nutrional value to you, don’t eat it.”