What's On Your Tuesday Menu, RNYers?

Do you have a recipe for the buffalo chicken salad? Every time you post it I always think how good it sounds!

I love it so.  LOL

Mix together the following:

 - approx. 9 oz of shredded chicken breast.  I typically poach my own, but I've also used the Perdue shortcuts or even the canned stuff.  All good.

 - small container (5.3 oz) plain Greek yogurt

 - 2 oz. crumbled bleu cheese

 - chopped celery and onion

 - 1/2 packet of Hidden Valley Ranch seasoning.  If I don't have this, I just use dried dill, garlic powder and S&P until it tastes like I want.

 - Hot sauce to your preferred spice level.  I use a good amount of the Franks Red Hot in my salad.  Because Frank's.  LOL

Hope you like it!

I'm not really a spicy food person,  but I have to say I love Franks Red Hot. Years ago,  when I was a newly single mom making next to nothing, I lived on microwave baked potatoes with red hot on it, and frozen Brussels sprouts. My kid got the real food I couldn't afford to buy for myself.  

Now my oldest puts Red Hot on toast. 

My son LOVES Frank's.  I have to buy like the institutional size gallon jug.  LOL

How'd your day go yesterday? Was something lingering on your mind that you should have dealt with? One reason I love the "how as your day" chats with my hubby is cause it allows me to decompress (aka=*****). (Damn it now I'll have that Apple Jacks song in my head all day!)

Right after works is the hardest part of the days for me-- I used to come in the house and have at it. Now I try and talk to my kids, hubby start dinner, change into my exercise clothes to keep my hands out of any and everything. I try to start with a Popsicle if I *have to* have something to nibble on, but am not always successful. But I'm FAR better then what I was doing.

Time since surgery: 7 months

M1: 2 boiled eggs and a fruit cup

M2: protein shake

M3: 2oz sriracha chicken breast & ham, cheese stick and cashews

M4: Buffalo style chicken sausage 

Now that you mention it, I didn't even really stop to breathe until my son and husband left for Scouts about 2 hours after I got home.  I ran in, walked the dog, started laundry, emptied the dishwasher, made dinner, etc.  LOL  Interesting!

Good morning!  There must be something in the air.  I just wasn't satisfied with what I was eating yesterday and wanted MORE!  I took the "tools of the devil" salted caramel chocolate chip cookies to work yesterday, so they were out of the house, but they were still calling me.  I ended up with Peanut butter with chocolate chips and a few caramels.  The baking stuff has got to go.  I paid for it with an upset stomach and acid reflux all night.  I never thought I was, but I'm now thoroughly convinced that I'm a stress eater, because I know exactly what triggered my binge.  Earlier this year a friend of mine unexpectedly passed away (she thought she had the flu and was in the ER when she went into cardiac arrest and they couldn't revive her.  Her brothers are now trying to contest the will and take money away from her husband.  Her husband is the nicest most caring man on the planet and its killing me that they are trying to do this to him.  I'm an attorney so I had him (and his sister who I'm also friends with) on the phone a good portion of the day. There were a lot of tears shed.  It was a very emotionally draining day and when I got home, all I wanted to do was EAT.  I need to learn that emotions do not need to be fed with chocolate, or cookies, or ice cream, etc.  Sometimes all you need is a really tight hug to take the "hunger" away.   Also, I received an email from my surgeon telling me we needed to have a talk about my acid reflux which is acting up like crazy.  I'm stressed out about that since I don't want another surgery.  I'm hoping that I'm just jumping the gun and there is an easy answer to the problem.  I'm going to try and get back on track today.  Hang in there, AV!!!

Here's my plan:

B: Chicken Thigh meat (3.5 oz)

L: Hamburger patty with grilled onions and a slice of cheese

D: Chicken breast and pear salad

S: Somersaults and Light and Fit and PB2 (I threw out a 3/4 full jar of peanut butter last night.  If I can convince myself that eating it off the spoon studded with chocolate chips is an appropriate snack, it has no business being in my house.)  I'm going to try and resist the somersaults again.  I was not successful yesterday.

Totals: Cal. 958; Protein: 104g; Fat: 40g; Carbs: 39g

Here's to a good day for all!

Angry,

I can relate! I still look in the mirror and see a fat girl. My DH said that I need to love myself more. Thanks for the thread and don't be too hard on yourself. You have been and inspiration to me for the past year.

Robin

Good morning everyone!  Yay it's Tuesday.  Today isn't as busy as yesterday was but still have a lot going on. I'm so ready to start back exercising but my Dr. wants me to stick to just walking until I go back for my 6 week check-up at the end of December.  

Hope everyone has a great day!

Time since surgery: 26 days

B: GNC Total Lean Strawberries and Cream

S: 1/4 C. Greek Yogurt

L: 2oz grilled salmon

D: 1/2 c. turkey chili with1 tablespoon shredded cheddar (probably won't get it all down)

S: Syntrax Nectar Protein - Roadside Lemonade

TOTALS: Cals: 567  Protein: 77.7g Carbs: 23.1g Fat 18g (seems kinda high  but I did walk 2 miles before work this morning)

We are not 'normal' and not 'cured' no matter what our bodies look like.... Dust yourself off and move on..