What's on your Monday Menu?

So glad everyone made it through and that your home didn't take damage. Thank you for supporting people whose homes didn't make it through. Sounds like you have a lot going on. All the best to you.

So glad you're okay.

G'morning all!!!

A little late to the party. I woke up expecting to go down to the lobby to get my starbucks with Amy!!

The conf was fun and informative. It was fun because there was a group of us and it was great to meet the people I have talked to for the last 4-5 years. For the information, I agree with Jim, not a lot has changed but here and there there were additional info that made me go ah! The presenter about gut health captured most of our attention.

The conf was also a motivator for me to get my butt in gear and not slack off. I'm a competitive person by nature, and seeing some of the participants in tip top shape made me realize I can't relax.

Icing on the cake was seeing my son yesterday. He let me organize his kitchen and pantry and I felt very accomplished. His apartment is huge for a student apartment, now at least I see it's worth what we are paying for. His closet was so organized and made me feel proud. He actually proudly open his closet door to show me. I couldn't stop hugging him all day.

QOTD: I am usually a 6

My meals yesterday :

• Coffee
• HUGE mex breakfast, I stuck with eggs and shredded meat.
• Couple of bars and jerkies
• E: nope -

Happy start of the week.

My mama heart is so happy for you!!!

At the end, when I was leaving, he gave me such a tight squeeze hug that for a sec I thought my ribs cracked. I'll take the cracked rib any day if it means I get a hug from my son!

Love this so much!!

G'evening All!

conference was great - I was also most interested in the gut health session. I think I do OK with fruits and vegetables since a dietitian I follow online once recommended trying to eat 30 different plant foods a week, and it's not too much of a challenge for me to do that (I've been keeping track the last few weeks). It's going to be a challenge to wean myself off artificial sweeteners, though - they have been a godsend. I'm going to try replacing some of the sweet stuff with fruit....and/or just plain get off some of it. Oddly, I rarely ate sweets before I had surgery, but now I crave it. But I know the more you eat of it, the more you crave it - so I just need to focus on getting off the damn stuff. Also, Miralax - she said that's really bad for your gut bacteria - if I understand correctly, it flushes it out - and with us taking it every day, it probably never has a chance to grow back. This is going to be a tough one. She also said to try to eat fermented food every day. I do eat yogurt every day -and I eat miso occasionally. I'll monitor myself and add something fermented if needed. Anyway, some things to work on.

I'm not sure if every conference has a theme, but if there was a theme at this one, it would have been regain since a majority of the sessions dealt with some aspect of that. It was exactly what many of us needed...

QOTD: this weekend (at the conference) it would have been a 1, since I drank more wine than I'd normally drink in a year! Last night it would have been a 4, since I slept over 9 hours, which is unheard of for me. Today it's been a combination of most of these cats, since I've swung from crappy mood to great mood. I think the crappy one is over now, thank God.

yesterday and today were great calorie-wise (although I only ate yogurt, protein bars, and a "protein snack pack" that I bought at the Dallas airport (should have been called a "fat snack pack" - it was salami, cheese, and crackers). But..it was a travel day, so you do what you can. Today was better choice-wise. I also biked for 1.25 hours. Not a long ride for me, but good enough.

so today I had:

B: plain skyr with strawberry/blackberry compote, coffee with half & half

MS: protein shake

L: grilled cheese (cheddar, 35-calorie bread, rosemary, and tomato slices), pear

AS: 1/2 C pistachio yogurt with some protein powder mixed in

D: 4 oz salmon, small sweet potato with a pat of butter and Swerve brown sugar

hope everyone had a great day!!

You did such a great job on the panel, Trish!!! Pistachio yogurt?

Fascinating! Thanks for sharing some more details. Glad you had a good time!

Would love to hear more about the fruits and vegetables if there was something deeper than aiming at variety.

Did you make your pistachio yogurt or did you find it somewhere?