Menu Monday

Special Labor Day Edition! OK, it's not that special, but here is today's ingredient list.

I ran 4 miles first thing this morning, then had a scoop of whey protein. After that, I went to the gym for my TT workout, and then I had breakfast.

Post-run/Pre-workout
1 scoop whey
creatine
water

Ingredients:
whey (Whey Protein Isolate, Salt, Lecithin, Sucralose, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Carbogen, Enzyme Matrix™ (lactase, lipase, Bromelain, Glucoamylase, Invertase, Alpha-Galactosidase, Protease 3.0, Peptidase, Amylase, Protease 4.5, Protease 6.0, Protease AM, CereCalase), Aminogen (Patented Bioactive Polypeptide enzyme system)

creatine monohydrate

Breakfast
French toast with eggs
water

Ingredients:
1 slice sprouted grain bread (organic sprouted grains of wheat, water, unbleached flour, gluten flour, honey, yeast, molasses, salt)
apple butter (ground apples, white grape concentrate, lemon juice, cinnamon, allspice, salt)
cinnamon
eggs


Lunch
Cheeseburger wrap with applesauce

Ingredients:
Boca Grilled Vegetable patty (water, soy protein concentrate, red bell peppers, corn, zucchini, green bell peppers, onions, wheat gluten, asiago cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), dried garlic, methylcellulose, salt, dried onions, autolyzed yeast extract, caramel color, natural flavor (non-meat), spice, dextrose)

whole grain tortilla (whole wheat flour, water, oat fiber, soy bean flour, cold pressed canola oil and/or safflower oil, contains 2% or less of the following: baking powder [sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate], sea salt, yeast, xanthan gum, guar gum, citric acid, sorbic acid, calcium propionate [to maintain freshness])

ketchup (water, organic tomato paste, organic sugar, organic distilled white vinegar, sea salt, organic onion powder, organic allspice, organic clove powder)

pickle* (fresh cucumbers, water, salt, contains less than 2% distilled vinegar, dried garlic, spices, mustard seed, citric acid powder, calcium chloride, sodium benzoate [to preserve flavor], dried red peppers, natural flavors, polysorbate 80)

Butterkase cheese (pasteurized milk, culture, enzymes, salt)

applesauce (apples, water, ascorbic acid [vitamin C])

Diet Pepsi (carbonated water, caramel color, aspartame, phosphoric acid, potassium benzoate, caffeine, citric acid, natural flavor)

*Bought different pickles that do not contain high fructose corn syrup

Snack
yogurt with fruit and a sprinkle of Ezekiel cereal
1 VitaBrownie
almonds
water

Ingredients:
plain nonfat yogurt (cultured grade A nonfat milk, pectin)
raspberries
blueberries
Stevia packet (inulin fiber, Stevia)

Ezekiel cereal (organic sprouted whole wheat, organic malted barley, organic golden flax seeds, organic sprouted whole barley, organic sprouted whole millet, organic sprouted whole lentils, organic sprouted whole soybeans, organic sprouted whole spelt, filtered water, sea salt)

VitaBrownie (water, whole wheat flour, egg whites, maltitol, organic evaporated cane juice, cocoa [processed with alkali], chocolate chips [sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter], soy fiber, inulin, wheat gluten, dried honey, erythritol, wheat protein isolate, fruitrim [grapejuice, brown rice syrup], walnuts, natural flavor, leavening [potassium bicarbonate, sodium acid pyrophosphate], lecithin, sea salt, xanthan gum, vitamin A, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, folic acid, iron, biotin, zinc)

Dinner
cornish hen with polenta and grapes

cornish hen
garlic cloves
cornmeal (organic stone ground whole grain corn)
plain nonfat yogurt (cultured grade A nonfat milk, pectin)
carrots
garam masala (salt, spices, autolyzed yeast extract, dehydrated garlic, dehydrated onion, red pepper)
garlic powder
onion powder
grapes

Diet Pepsi (carbonated water, caramel color, aspartame, phosphoric acid, potassium benzoate, caffeine, citric acid, natural flavor)

Snack
carrot oatmeal raisin cookies with a glass of chocolate almond milk
water

Ingredients:
wheat flour
oatmeal
baking powder (corn starch, bicarbonate of soda, sodium aluminum sulfate, acid phosphate of calcium)
wheat germ (wheat germ, vitamin E acetate, folic acid)
walnuts
raisins
coconut oil
Ezekiel cereal (organic sprouted whole wheat, organic malted barley, organic golden flax seeds, organic sprouted whole barley, organic sprouted whole millet, organic sprouted whole lentils, organic sprouted whole soybeans, organic sprouted whole spelt, filtered water, sea salt)
carrots
pumpkin
cinnamon
sea salt
ginger
sugar free pancake syrup (water, sorbitol, cellulose gum, natural and artificial flavors, caramel color, sodium hexametaphosphate, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate to protect quality, salt, citric acid, sucralose)

unsweetened chocolate almond milk (purified water, almonds, cocoa [dutch process], tapioca starch, calcium carbonate, sea salt, potassium citrate, natural flavor, carrageenan, soy lecithin, vitamin A palmitate, vitamin D2, D-alpha-tocopherol [natural vitamin E])

Stevia packet (inulin fiber, Stevia)


Whole foods (foods with ONLY 1 ingredient): 23
Other foods (foods with more than 1 ingredient): 16
On the fence foods (natural, but more than 1 ingredient): 7

Last week I had 55 foods total and this week I only had 46. My "Other" foods and "On the fence" foods were nearly identical to last week, but I had 13 fewer whole foods this week. Next week, I'd like to increase the number of whole foods, and decrease the number of other foods.