What's on your Monday Menu?

Absolutely sleep is so important to your mental and physical well-being. Today I could have used more sleep but those darn airline companies don't let me set the schedule of when they take-off.

Refuse to Regain is a book that was recommended on this site. I can't remember who though.

QJB- was the flower class one you took or lead? Hope it's not poison ivy. How would you have gotten into that?

the OH conference was awesome. So May happy and motivated people. It was awesome to meet our support people in person. Everyone was just lovely and nice. We had some nice conversations and some dinners. I already purchased my ticket for next year. No firm dates other than October and somewhere in Southern CA. I really liked the area this year as there was plenty of shops and restaurants within walking distance o f the hotel. Most of the lectures were good. I was not super impressed with Dr Now but was cool to see him in person. My favorite session was on Bariatric Mindset done by Kristin Lloyd PhD. She was very energetic and dynamic speaker. She spoke on resilience, trauma, toolkits for mental health survival, etc. I bought a prompted journaling book from her. She also offers 1:1 mentorship, group and online mentoring. In fact in October she has a short version of her 6 month group mentoring for $99 which I am going to take. I highly encourage anyone who struggles with motivation, putting your self-care first, or has past trauma to check her out at https://www.bariatricmindsetsuccess.com

I am at the airport waiting to board the plane for home. Today I will try to do some meal prep and a workout.

QOTD: my motivation is being afraid of getting fat again! However I know I need to work on long term solutions hence the workshop. I noticed during times of stress I want to eat for comfort.

meals TBD

Good morning ~ That meme, lol. I had a lovely weekend - so chill and just what I needed. Today I have off and I'm deciding what to do. Rob isn't feeling well so he went back to bed - unusual for him. I think I'll take the dogs on a little hike after I post this. Putz around the house, read a few book I have going and watch non-football TV maybe - until 5pm that is... Nothing fancy, just chill.

QOTD - I struggle to stay on track and stay motivated every day. My emotions play way too big of a part in my consistency. I don't feel like doing this or that... but I need to just do it. I also don't feel like being fat, gaining weight or not feeling my best either. Choose. When I'm good, I'm great, then I fall - rinse and repeat. I wish there was some magic to stop the insanity, haha. No magic, just me. I have to choose that for myself. Always searching for a new method or inspiration. Doing what is sustainable long term is what will ultimately work, but that involves patience and I want instant results. Roller coaster or long term sustainable? I'm working on this as we speak.

B- coffee x 2, eggs

l - turkey sandwich in a bowl

d - turkey chili

s - ?

Have a great day!

Mornin' All!

OH conference was great, but boy am I beat. It took 14 hours to get home yesterday, between the hotel shuttle, plane rides (2 of them) and the bus home from Chicago - and waiting around at airports for all of the above. I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed at the moment because of all the stuff I need to do this week, so I think I'll just make this a chill day - although I do have a PT appointment plus class this afternoon.

QOTD: I found the conference really motivating, as I did last year, too. Maybe I'll even sign up to participate in the fashion show some year if I can ever get rid of this 15 lbs that I don't want!! (the first 15 I gained needed to come on - but the last 15, nope!!). It IS very hard to stay motivated, esp now that I'm "overweight" as opposed to "super morbidly obese". Really working hard at it shows up on my scale as ounces rather than pounds now, and that's always a disappointment - but totally realistic when one is at or near a normal BMI. After all, how many calories can you realistically cut when you're at or near equilibrium, and have it be sustainable? So...it'll be deadly slow. But I need to do it if I want to lose these unwanted pounds.

I haven't even thought about food yet today. My G/I system is still in an uproar over something I ate this weekend - White Dove and I both blame sugar alcohols! But here's a shot at it:

B: skyr with fruit, coffee with half & half

L: may just have a protein shake (brought plenty of samples back from the conference)

AS: Dr. Now says don't snack - but that'd be tough for me - plus I have mild RH and was advised to eat something every 3-4 hours - so - maybe yogurt?

D: I have no idea. Maybe a salad - and some protein

have a great day, everyone!

Trish, I have a late afternoon snack nearly every day. It is always protein forward, like 1 oz of jerky. I would probably kill Roger in a fit of hanger one day if not for that snack. My doc doesn't approve of snacks either, but her life is not at risk because she doesn't live with me.

I usually eat four times a day. I get cranky otherwise. They are usually equal in calories. I just think of it as four small meals, rather than three meals and a snack.

Sorry something got to your stomach! Didn't think much of what we had dining put included too much processed stuff. Hope it settles down for you soon!

Mary was having the same issue. She's pretty sure it was an artificial sweetener in the cake. Could be, but I was eating stuff like protein bars and snacks things, too - probably didn't help!

I know it was the cake. I did not eat any protein bars or any of the other snacks that they were giving us at the conference. I am very careful about artificial sweeteners and very sensitive to them, but got fooled with the cake.