Daily Maintenance Weigh In - Saturday, February 15, 2014

Howdy!  164.4

And you??

Same as yesterday (181.4).

Experimenting with some new "on-the-bike" food options for long rides.  Found a cool book - "Feed Zone Portables" - which gives some simple, but great recipes for making fresh food that is easily consumable during exercise so you can get away from the heavily processed Gels, bars, etc.  So far I've made 3 kinds of rice cakes (using Sushi/sticky rice) with combinations of coconut, apples, bananas, dark chocolate and PB&J.... also a savory "muffin" of sausage, cheese and potato, and a French toast bread cake.  Already liking them better than the crap I usually need to eat to get enough calories while under heavy exertion for long durations.

I'm testing for freezing and refrigeration to see how the 5 varieties that I've made hold together and taste.  I have a big ride (indoors) this afternoon, so I can test taste, palatability and stomach upset...  This way I can dial in flavors, carbs, calories, etc. rather than relying on manufactured foods... 

French toast cake on the left, sausage/cheese/potato on the right...

So this is literally something you eat while riding?  Cool.  Presumably it has to be reachable and unwrappable with one hand?  Are carbs or proteins the more important component of such things for the purposes of sustained riding?  I'm guessing it's the carbs.

Hey, I got a ukelele for Valentine's day!  I'm learning how to play the Moon Song - super fun!  Pics tomorrow if I can figure out how to put them on here.

100.8 lbs today.  For some reason, my weight feels more stable at the higher calorie/cal levels (by higher, I mean 1500/100ish).  Weird.

Have a great Saturday everybody!

F

Cool.

You are a woman of many talents - I need to meet you someday. 

143.4 -  This won't last. The cheesecake was wonderful. 

Off to attack the day.

I'll bet it was.  :)

122.  having a nice visit with the nephew.  he and dh are computer neerds and are on a mission to set up new system for SIL. packing all these tools and such like a swat team.  they want to go see Robocop. i think i will pass on that.    diane

169 point something, water weight is going away, but not fast enough for my tastes. Remember when you were a fresh post op and watching other ppl eat made you want to cry? Well, tonight I am cooking ribs, german potato salad and baked beans for my family......