What's on your Monday menu?

Work it, own it!

Good morning! I am waiting for the sky to wake up so I can walk. Still no HIIT class on Monday due to my trainer's hip replacement. And based on my hip, I'm not mad about that. But after a fairly slow weekend, I am determined to get a walk in this morning. I did a ton of entertaining and feeding people all the way through 8 pm last night, but I did not over indulge once. I was sorely lacking on movement yesterday, with just 5,324 steps. I will do better today.

Today I have a pedi, and then I need to file all the taxes for the Foundation. We are nearly ready to issue the final check! Other than that, I have a short to do list and see a nap in day.

QoTD: I last experienced directed judgement in school. Kids would be say awful things. But as an adult, I was pretty protected and if I was judged by loved ones, I didn't recognize it. I definitely judged myself harder then any one else did. For me, WLS was always about me and never about "them". But it is infinitely easier to move through the world as a small person then wide one.

bite today

B: leftover chicken and cauliflower rice

L: leftover chicken and refried beans

D: Maybe white chicken enchiladas? I have so many leftovers I need to use up, and then I need to restock on proteins!

Peace.

I agree - it's definitely not about 'them'. Like you said we judge ourselves much harder than anyone else could. Mmmm white chicken enchiladas! I need to make some soon.

I was a skinny kid. Sometimes my mother would beg me to eat saying the neighbors would think she did not feed me. I was 18 when I met my husband. He had sisters who were much older than us and they were very critical people. They criticized my clothes and everything I ate. They told him that he needed to make me stop eating so much or I would get fat when I was older.

I was full of energy and did a lot of exercise. I had a healthy appetite and enjoyed food and was always a normal weight. They turned me into a person who hid what I ate. I would turn down dessert but then have the whole cake when nobody was around. Now I wish that young girl had just told them all to go "f**K" themselves.

I second that Mary!