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dear god. Anyone ever have a peppermint cake?

UmneyDurak

I am really curious what you mean by that. Fit in terms of taste, ingredients, ease of preparation?

caloso

Ugh. I think I ate about a dozen cookies before dinner even started.

ldesfor1@ithaca

big boy breakfast:

2 serve oats, 1 cup pumpkin (pumpkin pie oatmeal!!)
1 serve FF cottage chese, 1/2 banana
15g whey protein shake, 15 raisins.
tea
coffee soon..... lots

4 hour ride on minimal cals, priceless.

RichinPeoria

The recipes are not too salty or spicy and almost all of what I've made has come out so good we have made it again. The recipes can be a little complicated but that keeps it interesting. They use ingredients that you should be able to find in any medium sized city.

UmneyDurak

but I like spicy and live in one huge suburbia hell known as Bay Area so have access to a lot of ingredients. Thanks for recommendation I will check it out.

RichinPeoria

Yes I add about 1.5 to 2x what they call for in salt and most spices.

mollusk

So, nobody has eaten since Christmas?

A friend from Atlanta was supposed to show up at 3:00 to go ride. He called and said he wouldn't be here until 5:00. Since I have had a long day on Sunday and a hard(ish) day yesterday I decided to make it a rest day and start the dinner process.

The meat course will be a stuffed pork roast stuffed with sage, Italian sausage, and scallions roasted in a large roasting pan with a cup of olive oil, a bottle of Sauvignon blanc (cheap Bobby Mondavi "Woodbridge"), a lot of brined black olives, and celery.

I'll also make my favorite potatoes: baby redskins roasted in butter and lemon juice with a lot of rosemary. Not very healthy, but very delicious. It is cold out and tomorrow will be a long day in the saddle, so I can indulge without too much guilt.

The "green" part of the dinner will be lightly steamed asparagus as well as some sort of salad made with Romaine because we just happen to have that in the fridge.

My friend from Atlanta is coming up from spending some time in Vero Beach visiting his mom and so he said that he wants some hills. Maybe we'll head down to Clermont tomorrow. That is just about as hilly a it can get around here.

JohnKScott

I'm not stepping on the scale until I'm back on plan for a couple weeks. I don't want to know what I did to myself last week (9 days). I started out reasonable sanely, but it started going to heck the last half of the trip. So, head in the sand for now .

caloso

Just been finishing up the leftover cookies and pie.

Bullseye

I did horribly over the holidays. I had a guest for 9 nights [ugg, what the hell!] and spent 5 nights with family. that's a crapload of eating out. back on track though, and should get a decent amount of riding in this week.

at least the training has been good.

ldesfor1@ithaca

lots of oats today. some curds, pro powder and some salmon. egg. peppers. too much coffee. 2 fiber one bars = hurt tummy. apple, blueberries, banana.
tons of veggies and some protein for the remainder of the night... tons.

killed the holidays. little to no weight change.

newyears will be tough, but after tomorrow's 3000-3500 kj effort, I'm gonna have a big, carby recovery meal and then shut it down to veg, pro and fats only for as long as possible (probably only until thursday night!) just to create a huge caloric deficit so that I can do what I do best thursday night (eat a *****-ton). focus on carbs. I'll be hittin the trainer friday AM, so I'll hopefully come through the weekend with minimal damage. After that, it's smooth sailing. ridin lots, eattin lots of clean food and getting faster.

if it's not clear after reading this that I am disordered, then...... read it again. I'm a friggin' mess.

that's why I love the 33.

<3

-L

UmneyDurak

I made a mistake of stepping on a scale today. I am also flying out to Thailand on Friday, all that awesome food there....

fatslowbiker

took today off. wind chill of 14 degrees.

600 cals of rice cakes, muscle milk light, and yogurt

Bullseye

substitute some of those carbs for fat, man. nuts/olives/avocados or something such. your body will thank you [particularly the pancreas, that thing which spits out a ton of insulin in response to fast-digesting carbs]

ridethecliche

Yeah, fats are good for you!

Kai Winters

Yep still eating...must be a habit...

RichinPeoria

19 pound Pork Leg (fresh ham) laying on a bed of celery, carrots, and onions in a half sheet pan.
I pulled the skin off, except for the shank, and scored the meat to make 1.5"x1.5" diamonds 1 inch deep or so.
Rubbed the whole thing down with a mix of olive oil, thyme, sage, rosemary and sea salt.
After 30 minutes at 425, I brought the temp down to 300 and poured 2 cups of white wine over it.
Ill baste it every 30 minutes with the juice and wine from the pan for the next 3-4 hours or until the internal temp is 165.
Ill take it out of the oven and rest it at which time the internal temp will reach a max of 175 or so.

kensuf

I made some more of Gary's pesto for a party tonight. My wife made a batch of the rum / spice / fruit / nut bars. Huzzah.

caloso

I ate an orange and a can of tuna for lunch. Saving some calories for later in the evening.

El Diablo Rojo

Grilled Salmon...roasted asparagus, basmati rice. Dinner. My kids love all this...but won't eat pizza (which is what I wanted)..

RichinPeoria

Next week Im going to buy the advertised $10 pizza special or two from Pizza Hut then curse it and love it for a week. burp

waterrockets 

Chipotle as a reward and break from the kitchen installation. They made the burrito so big that the foil missed a wrap by 1/4". Awesome. Got chips and guac on the side too -- love the lime chips.

Nearly done with the island installation. Hot and wet walls are all that's left. Pulling out the oven... ugh.

jooaa

Chipotle-related South Park clip:
https://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/251865/

Kai Winters

Day one of the new year and yes Virginia I am still eating and hope to keep up this habit for a long time.