What's On Your Monday Menu, RNYers?

Good Morning all!  I hope everyone had a wonderful long holiday weekend and enjoyed themselves immensely!  Was Santa good to you?  Spill.

I am refocusing.  I hopped on the scale this morning for the first time in like 2 and a half weeks and my holiday indulgences have netted me a 2 lb gain.  It's not the end of the world, but it could be the beginning of the end if I don't shape up.  Heh.  Shape up.

Time since surgery:  17+ months

B:  coffee, Friendship Fit to Go 1% cottage cheese and pork rinds

S:  1 oz. beef jerky

L:  deli turkey/cream cheese/pickle rollups and a cheese stick

D:  chicken piccata, steamed Brussels sprouts and 1/4. c stuffing

TOTALS:  Cals:  809  Protein:  99  Carbs:  37  Fat:  28

Have a great day you guys!

Morning! Sorry about the gain-- 'tis the season' as they say. I'm glad to be at work since it gives my days/eating structure.

Santa brought me a a pendant necklace, cold weather workout clothes and an Ulta gift card.

Time since surgery: 8 months

M1: 1/2 cup egg beaters, 4 turkey sausage links

M2: Greek Yogurt/Granola

M3: Turkey Chili

M4: ?? I'll pick up something to cook during lunch. 

I got yarn to knit myself a sweater from Hubby, and a gift certificate to get my hair done.  I haven't been to the salon since a few days before surgery!!  CRAZY colors here I come!  YAY

Yes, refocusing!!!!  I am ALL IN with you there!!    I work Mon & Tuesday, then Wednesday is the 4 year old's surgery, then I work Thursday and have Friday off.  Busy week!!

(almost) 9 months since surgery

B: 3/4c Fairlife skim milk, 1 scoop Syntrax milk chocolate

L: 2oz 93% lean ground beef, 1oz rf mozz cheese, 1c romaine, 2 tbsp salsa

D: Homemade green chile, chicken soup

S: (throughout the day) 2 Baybel light cheese, Dannon L&F Greek yogurt

Totals: Cals: 719  Protein: 102  Carbs: 31  Fat: 21

Now I just HAVE to eat what I have planned....no unplanned grazing!!!

Hey all,

I am glad to be back in every way.  I kept planning my meals straight through the holiday and exercised too.  I didn't follow my plan to the letter but would have been lost without it - no gain, no loss this week.  This is a holiday first! 

I'm back to work and traveling out of town, as I do most weeks for work.  While it's great that I won't be grazing and staring longingly at the treats in the house, it also means more processed foods as I don't have access to a kitchen (microwave and fridge only).  Eating out in restaurants is generally worse! So, here's my plan for today:

Time since surgery:  1 week shy of 9 months

Breakfast
GNc Pro Performance - Lean Muscle Meal, 11 fl oz

Lunch
Bumble Bee - Albacore Tuna With Jalapenos & Olive Oil, 1 pouch (71g), Lettuce

Dinner
Atkins - Crustless Chicken Pot Pie meal

Snacks
Dannon Light & Fit Greek Yogurt - Toasted Coconut, 5.3 oz
Dunkin Donuts - Small Iced Coffee W/Cream, 16 oz

Totals:  840 cals, 27g carb, 45g fat, 76g protein

E:  30 minute Leslie Sansone "Belly Blaster" DVD

W/V:  started

Have to run, it's time to answer some work emails.  SIGH.  

Have a great day everyone! Let's finish the year with a bang!!

We are Surgery Twins... well kinda I had mine 4/6/2011... so I'm going on 5 years out but same date lol... I've been stalking this thread again for quite sometime for accountability... I had a little regain and working to get it back off... anywho just saw your date and wanted to say hi! Feel free to ask questions if ya ever have any... I'll help in any way I can... 

Love to hear from the people with the older surgery dates! 

I am 9 years out as of 03/10/2008. I have since put on an extra 30 pounds, but am whittling away at it again. I am down 8 pounds and back on the wagon. I am not the best at planning out my menus but for the most part I have found consistency is the best way to go. I am really focusing on protein. I am usually a big eater of the following: nuts, lean turkey- both from deli and ground in the frozen food section, greek yogurt, fruit in its natural form, and wasa bread. I have been cooking a lot of homemade soups in my crockpot. Chili, caldo (chicken veggie soup), etc...

Oh, also back on protein shakes! :) Big staple in my life. :)

Thank you!!! I know I will be taking you up on that offer - so appreciated! 

Morning friends! I am glad to be back to work today, too. When I'm not working, I have a hard time staying on a schedule and I feel like my eating either is too little or too much. I was able to maintain my weight through the holiday weekend, so I count that a victory. I'm back to basics today. I tried to keep my carbs low, but it's not easy.

Christmas weekend was wonderful. Christmas Eve was spent at my inlaws, we had yummy food (and I had only half a homemade sugar cookie), and there were gifts galore. There are 10 adults and 8 kids, and everyone had an abundance of gifts.

I hosted Christmas day, and we had a lot less people than I had planned. My mother and father in law came for a bit, but I had told them about my sister in law testing positive for Epstein-Barr so the sisters in law stayed away. It was alright, other than I had way too much food, which really is par for the course when I cook for the holidays. When all was said and done I had two gallon sized zip lock bags full of sliced ham. I froze one and we'll be eating the other for every meal for the next week.

As for if Santa was good to me, I got a ton of presents, but when my co-worker asked me what I got I couldn't remember. They were all nice, useful, appropriate gifts, but nothing that wowed me. I am happy with that because it helps to make my holiday more about the kids and the actual reason for the season that it is about me getting gifts for myself.

here are some pics of the Holidays!

Sideways pics are my enemy!

Food plan:

4.75 months since surgery

B: Light and Fit Pineapple, Unjury chocolate surpreme with fairlife skim and coffee

L: Bean with ham soup and a salad with feta and no dressing

D: Romain salad with ham and skinny girl salad dressing

S: Thin addictives and a laughing cow cheese

Total:

Cal 629 Protein 66 Carbs 60 Fat 13

I'm serious about getting back on track. The holidays are over and though I'm having friends over for New Years Eve, both of them have had WLS so I'm thinking of just making a zucchini lasagna, and protein forward snacks.