What's On Your Thursday Menu, RNYers?

I need this recipe!! Please!!

I'm at all-day training again today, boo! Sitting still and quiet for 8.5 hours is not easy for me.

I am going to a "fitness design" class tonight, which I'm hoping will be helpful in getting a good routine going at the gym. I've regained some of my gym motivation, but it could be much much better.

My menu is a little "meh" today:

B: Monster Muscle

S1: Cheese Stick

L: Protein Shake

S2: Hard boiled egg

D: Homemade chicken noodle soup

S3: TBD

Hope everyone has a great day!!

Glad you are in a better frame of mind today!!  I ended up with a higher calorie day yesterday, actually ate 1,000 calories, due to some chocolate covered walnuts....   

9 months since surgery

B: 3/4c Fairlife skim milk, 1 scoop Syntrax milk chocolate (I feel like a broken record, but it works for me, so whatever)

L: 4 homemade stuffed mushrooms, 1 Baybel light cheese

D: 1.5oz boneless skinless chicken thighs, 1/2c roasted carrots and onions (historically I dont do well with JUST meat....but I cant think of anything kind of sauce, that is low carb, to have with the chicken hhhmmmmmm)

S: 1/2c low fat cottage cheese, dill pickle pack, Dannon L&F Greek yogurt w/ 30g slivered almonds

Totals: Cals: 730  Protein: 87  Carbs: 40  Fat: 27

More downward movement on the scale!!!  YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY. Only .4 lbs to get back to my lowest

way to go on the scale victory!

I love bolthouse cilantro avocado salad dressing. I could dip a puppy in it and eat it! Good stuff.

HA!  I'm going to look for this tonight.  Not the puppy, just the dressing.

It's in the fridge section. If you have a target with grocery they are bogo this week 

Good morning.

I am so looking forward to this weekend with absolutely no plans!  No football game, no parties, no whatever.  Maybe I can put away the rest of the Christmas decorations and put things back to right. 

Oh AV I've been there (well, except for the ramen, I never touch that stuff and don't allow it in my house). 

Time since surgery 8+ months

B:  Coffee & Muscle Milk 100

L:  Spinach w/turkey, low salt cheese, hb egg & homemade viniagrette

D:  Boneless skinless chicken breast & cauliflower

S:  Babybel & Mary's gone crackers

     Yasso bar

Cals;  801  Carbs: 46 (hooray) Fat: 34  Protein: 79

Another gloomy day and cold here in Illinois. Lily and I will do our 3.2 miles at the park afternoon when it is a degree or two warmer. We will also walk a mile before bed. This morning I will do 30 minutes on the bike as well. Post op 40 months and weight at 120.6. Here's the eats B1/2 c steel cut oats with added protein and peanut butter L 1 c chili made with venison D 31/2 kHz leftover shrimp and 1/2 c broccoli steamed S Greek yogurt. Have a good day everyone!

Good Morning AV and the RNY Gang. I'm glad you're feeling so awesome!  I am having a great day today too! I ALMOST fit into a size 12 pants this morning. The only thing holding me back is this extra tummy skin thing. I know I still have a long way to go to hit goal, so I'm not really planning seriously for plastics yet, but I will promise you all this right now, I WILL have this tummy flap removed. It makes me look like I have weird hips because you can see the skin flap under my clothes. It's just not attractive at all. But, back to my almost NSV, I needed less than half an inch to get those pants buttoned. I could have squeezed them closed, but would not have been able to sit down, probably wouldn't have been able to breathe, lol. but it got me super excited!

Also, I have a big problem with evening snacking. I ate popcorn again last night, and I just have to stop. I logged it, and I still came in under 900 calories, but I keep eating off of plan. I believe my plan is realistic, and if I had planned for the popcorn, I would have been okay, but I didn't plan for it and I felt guilty after I finished eating it. Do I need to ban popcorn from my house? I would hate to do that because my family enjoys it. I must think on this.

So, last night we officially "unplugged" from cable. We've switched over to only internet based television, along with the local channels via a digital antenna. We have Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hulu Plus and Sling TV. The only thing that I don't get that I watch regularly is BBC America. Unfortunately, they do not offer any type of streaming service unless you subscribe to a cable company. It will make me very sad if I can'****ch Doctor Who when it comes back for the rest of the season. Though, honestly, I'm not digging on the new Doctor as much as I loved the last two. David Tennant is MY Doctor, and will always be my favorite.

So, food plan for the day. This one is very ambitious, and I'll have to add a snack in for this evening. I'm leaving it open and going to try like hell to stay away from the popcorn. I need ideas for protein forward snacks for the evening, any suggestions?

5 months 3 days since surgery

B: Bacon, Spinach, Mozzarella quiche 159, Tim Hortons medium coffee with 2 cream and 1 splenda 70

L: Salad of Romain, Grape tomatoes, cucumbers and 4oz of shrimp with Skinny Girl Poppyseed dressing 132

D: Chili 152 1/2oz of Mozz cheese 55

S: Light and Fit Greek Key Lime 80

Totals without evening snack:

Calories 648 Protein 66 carbs 43 Fat 24

I'm all out of yogurt this week, so I'll either need to stop at the store tonight or try to find something else to eat. I got my husband on a boiled egg kick, so I could switch over to eating more eggs, but I think I'm starting to get into the food rut that I hear other people talking about. Need new ideas for stuff to prep on the weekend and eat during the week!