What's On Your Monday Menu, RNYers?

Good Morning!  4 shopping days left...and I still haven't done any.  I'm going to end up at the mall on Christmas Eve, I just know it.  LMAO  I'm going to tell myself I work best under pressure and just accept my tendency to procrastinate.

This past weekend my son went Christmas caroling at one of the local nursing homes with his Cub Scout pack.  I was so super proud of him because it was his idea and he organized the whole thing start to finish, right down to picking the song list and rallying the pack to participate.  We had a nice turnout and the residents had a good time listening to them; they were even singing along with some of the songs!  My Grinch-y heart grew three sizes that day.      AND he scored two baskets at his game yesterday!  It was a tough loss in OT, but seriously, I could not be a prouder mom to my terrific baby boy.  OK, gush over.  LOL

Time since surgery:  17+ months

B:  coffee, baked oatmeal (I made this one with dried tropical fruit and it looks pretty good!) and a strawberry L&F yogurt

S:  turkey pepperoni and a Laughing Cow wedge

L:  Buffalo chicken salad, pork rinds and a cheese stick

D:  a 1 egg cheese omelet and a slice of 40 calorie multigrain toast

TOTALS:  Cals:  872  Protein:  90  Carbs:  54  Fat:  37

Have a great day all!

Good morning peeps! AV, your kid sounds like a great guy. I have to give you props for raising him with a compassionate heart. You see so many selfish, cruel people in the world today, and we need more kids to grow up to be compassionate, caring people. My oldest son is like that. He has always thought of others before himself. I give thanks for kind hearted boys that grow into compassionate, giving men!

I had an AWESOME weekend! Saturday was date night. We double dated with my friends who had WLS earlier this year. The Blissfield Murder Mystery Train dinner show in Blissfield, Michigan. It was a cheesey show, but lots of fun and the food was excellent. I did have 2 drinks (or one drink and a few sips of a coffee drink that was way too strong, and I couldn't fini****). I found that the alcohol didn't really get me drunk, but it was a mixed drink and not that strong. I was stuck on a train for 3 hours and didn't drive. I was fully expecting to get smashed drunk, since I hadn't drank since before surgery, but no. Anyway, I had prime rib for 3 meals, and it was yummy. Pics of the dinner. the girl in the pic with me is a great friend who had the sleeve last March and had issues with her stomach flipping on itself, so she had revision to RNY the day before my RNY. She's lost 123 lbs in 9 months and wears a size 3/4. I love her. It's nice to have a RL friend who gets it. Her husband had the sleeve in June and has lost over 80lbs.

So, my eating was okay. i did have a few bites of cheesecake on Saturday night, but not that much. Yesterday I made up for it and ate very smart. I'm on the wagon for the week leading up to Christmas eve and Christmas day. I know I'll indulge a little bit both days, but I'm really going to focus on protein. My scale still hasn't moved, but I'm not surprised with the booze and cheesecake from Saturday. I am hoping that I get a ONEderland as a Christmas present this year.

Three day work week! Yay!

Time since surgery 4.5ish months

B: Light and Fit greek cherry, coffee with cream and splenda

L: Hormel Completes turkey and dressing (eating mostly turkey and very little dressing)

D: shrimp with ****tail sauce.

S: Thin addictives, baby bel light and a boiled egg.

Totals:

Cal 760 Protein 73 Carbs 70 (gah!) Fat 28

PS. I'm done with my Christmas shopping. I went completely crazy this year and have bought everyone I work with a Christmas gift. It's dollar store stuff, but I don't care about how much I spent, but about giving something. I have an adorable Christmas Dress that I'm wearing to work tomorrow. I'll make sure to post pics.  I still have to wrap everything, and thank God that I'm able to take Christmas Eve off this year.  I usually work half a day, but only because someone needs to man the phones, and since my boss will be here that day, I don't need to come in.  

Have a wonderful day everyone!

Great pics!!! You'll get that ONEderland very soon.

Good Morning and Merry Christmas week! You def. should be a super proud Mama, what he did sounds incredible! Great job Mama. 

We had a nice weekend, even took a tour of a mansion in the area that is all decorated for Christmas (pics below!) but off and running to start this week as I have a new employee starting this morning....hope she loves it here.

Time since surgery: 16 months

B: SF latte, egg beaters with spinach and cheese

L: Sweet and spicy tuna packet, baby carrots, FF cottage cheese and light and string cheese

S: SF latte and P3 turkey pack

D: Roast beef and a fingerling potato, light and fit Greek yogurt

E: 1 hour cardio

V/W: On track

Totals: Cals:1126 Protein:120 Carbs:86 Fat:31

Have a great one!

Gorgeous! 

Aw sweet! 

My heart is shrinking three sizes, apparently. I'm in an awful mood and nothing is going right today!!! I'm also so frustrated with myself for sampling so many bites of crappy cookies this weekend. Can you say "self sabotage"? 

B: baked Parmesan cheese

L: meatloaf 

S: babybell and almonds

D: turkey chili

Big hugs to you.  I know what you're talking about with self sabotage. Try not to beat yourself up too much.  Use that energy to refocus on getting it together. 

I'm new, but I'm really learning how easy it is to fall off the wagon.  

You're beautiful, strong,  and human.  So pull up the big girl panties, dust off the cookie crumbs, and get back on the horse. You CAN do this! 

Thank you, friend! I've been so good--no caffeine, no alcohol, no treats, no nothing--for five entire months. But I'm 5lbs from goal and all of a sudden the strictness is just slipping. 

I'm NOT blaming my family, but my mom really shows her love through food, and the holidays are brining it out. She is shoving treats in my face and I'm suddenly powerless to say no. I'm only eating teensy bites. I sampled 4 cookies yesterday and probably ate less than one cookie, total. But still...stupid choices, and all my own. 

Its going to be a long week!

Well, you're doing better than me if you had less than a whole cookie. I ate CHEESECAKE on Saturday.  About 1/3 of a small slice with no crust,  but seriously. 

I think you should stick to plan,  but if you stray just a little,  please don't beat yourself up too badly.  This **** is hard, especially when it's in your face all the time.  

We will survive Christmas,  and then go on top make it to our goal. We got this.  I'm still sitting at 200lbs. I want ONEDERLAND for Christmas. 

I did some shopping this weekend and it was horrific. I thought I was cleaver and did the buy online, pick up in store option at Macy's and the Container Store. So on Saturday after the gym, I head to the Container Store, park, wait about 5 minutes for my stuff, then leave.  At this point, I'm feeling like I've "won" Christmas shopping.  It was so easy.

Then I get to the mall.  I see the little orange light on my dashboard turn on to say "you need to get gas."  "OK, i'll get it as soon as I leave," I thought.  Well, I idled in that parking lot for over 30 minutes trying to get a parking space.  Now the car is angry, so I leave, go get gas, then come back to the mall... another 45 minutes later and I finally had a parking spot.

Now, at this point I should mention that the only things I had consumed that day was a protein coffee for breakfast, and a bottle of water at the gym. It's now 4 pm and I'm dehydrated and starting to feel the effects of low blood sugar.  I get to the Macy's counter only to learn that my stuff is clear across the mall at the OTHER Macy's (it's split in two at this mall).  I start to make my way to the other one when I realize I need to run to the ladies room, now.  Well, long TMI story short, I end up laying on the breastfeeding couch in the Macy's ladies room, sweating buckets, in all kinds of pain from colon spasms (what happens when I'm dehydrated), and dizzy.  To their credit, many of the Macy's patrons came up to me to ask if I needed help, but when I told them I was OK and just needed to wait this out, they looked at me like I was nuts, but went about their business. Finally when it subsided, I went to Chick-fil-A to get nuggets and a diet lemonade - not the best choice but I needed protein and carbs and wanted comfort food. 

It was like 7 pm by the time I got home.  I'm sooooo over Christmas shopping.  

Time since Surgery: Almost 13 years; 5 months since revision

B: Protein Coffee

L: 2 hard-boiled eggs, string cheese

S: Homemade Chai Latte and ???

D: Chopped Chicken Salad

S: Tea and Fiber One brownie

Totals (there will likely be another snack in there somewhere): 979 Cals, 89g Protein, 71g Carbs, 36g Fat