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It was a gorgeous day today. A shame that they have to have two right in a row. A perfect day for riding. But I decided togive my body a break. Still went to the gym. Spent about 12 minutes on the elliptical to warm up, did not upper body weight training for about 20 minutesand then used the machine where you pedal with your arms for about 15 minutes. Food wise was ok too. Did my protein drink for breakfast (130 calories from the protein powder,bout 50 from the frozen pineapple and bout 100 from the orange juice, maybe 80 from the banana). Definitely don't like the frozen peaches as much as the frozen pineapple. Such a shame that trader joes doesn't appear to carry the frozen pineapple anymore. Lunch was blackbean medley with brown rice. For a midday snack I had about 2 cups of my favorite dried cereal. That was a bit high calorie since each cup has 180 calories, and some black olives (love black olives). Probably about 250 calories worth, and some orange juice (bout 200 calories worth). Then for dinner I had refried beans (bout 200 calories) 2 corn tortillas (60 calories each), some lettuce and grated cheddar cheese, and about a third of a block of tofu (just under 200 calories) cooked in about 100 calories worth of olive oil. Yeah, my snack was my biggest calorie meal of the day. I might have to redefine my definition of snack. All in all though, I am ok with the calorie content for the day. 2040 ish. Plus I'm baking an apple right now, so about 2100. I'm sort of torn. On one hand, I know I need extra calories if I am going to go on 5 hour bike rides. and I spend between 60 and 90 minutes at the gym 6 days a week. And I work out hard, am drenched in sweat by about 15 minutes into the work out generally. On the other hand, I do want to lose weight and would prefer to stick to my 1500 a day. In retrospect, I could have skipped either the orange juice or the olives and still been within my range. Or I could have skipped the second cup of cereal. But it is high protein cereal with over 8 grams of protein per serving. I can't really figure out how to get a variety of food with only 1500 calories a day to work with. If I had had a salad with lunch, I probably wouldn't have felt the need to eat such a large snack. but on the other hand the cereal provided some protein which I certainly need build strength. Just don't know. But it feels right. So I'm ok with it.