What's On Your Tuesday Menu, RNYers?

I hate shakes,  I really do.  I used to do yogurt for breakfast and always needed a snack before lunch.  I do eggs cups now,  but I don't eat it for a few hours after I get up. I'm up at 6, eat at about 8:30 or 9. Gives my pouch time to wake up.  

So glad it's working for you.  

Yeah there WILL be days that I still have to do a shake, since it gets pretty crazy at my house in the morning.  Getting the boys ready, me ready, out the door, drop the boys off, then to workout (some mornings), then to work!  PHEW  I just KNOW that I will try and scarf my food down, and end up getting sick.  ugh

But this morning it worked out

Good morning AV, so glad that you are back. I hope you feel better. But hey, think of this as a bump to any loss that you are looking for, right? I try to be an optimist.

So, a few things going on with me today. First, I've been looking everywhere for the fitbit flex that was gifted to me at work a few years ago, and apparently my house has swallowed it. I'm seriously considering asking my husband to hire a company to come in and declutter our house. I honestly don't feel like I have the ability to get it done myself. I have this weird shutdown when it comes to throwing things away, or just motivating to get things cleared out. I've considered the fact that I may just be lazy, but it is really strange, because the desire is there but everytime I try to start it's like I shut down completely. I've talked to my therapist about it and she's given me a few tips to try to help me move past it, but nothing has worked so far. Am I just lazy? I don't know. It's a major issue for me, and really was a big factor in the failing of my first marriage. Anyway, I digress. I can't find that damn fitbit, and I really want to use it, so last night my hubby and I were talking about it and he just told me to buy a new one. I was looking and after comparing, I decided to get the Samsung Galaxy Gear thingy that will sync with my phone. I'm excited. It should be here tomorrow.

Another thing that is awesome is that my work started out with a Newsletter and they included an article my surgery and weightloss. They just started doing the newsletter and asked for ideas, so I reached out to them. Now that it's out, I'm kinda embarassed, lol. It came out after I left for the day and now I'm blushing as I sit here. Here's the write up.

Tonight I have a birthday dinner for my nephew at my inlaws house. He's turning 18 today. They are having pot roast with mashed potatoes and mac and cheese, and carbs, carbs and carbs. So, even though they are making roast, I'm going to take my own food with me just to ensure that I stay on the straight and narrow. No cake for me, thank you very much.

Food plan:

7 months since surgery

B: Bacon, spinach and mozzarella egg cup and a medium coffee

L: romaine salad with feta, cukes and olives with skinny girl salad dressing, and 2oz of roast beef rolled up.

D: Roast Beef with thin sliced cheese roll with a pickle

S: Low Fat Kefir with a splash of sf raspberry torani, Light and Fit greek toasted coconut vanilla

totals

calories 838 protein 89 carbs 38 fat 41

As for the QOTD... I have always hated Cadbury Eggs. My husband could eat them for every meal, but I think they are too sickeningly sweet. I know you guys will think I'm weird, but I'd rather have a whole bag of Red Vines Licorice than a bunch of Cadbury Eggs. Or a whole bag of Jelly Beans. I LOVE Spiced Jelly beans. The old time flavors that have black licorice and cloves, mmmmmmmmm.

Ok, so I HATE cleaning....I warned my husband on like our first date, just so he would know! HAHAHA

BUT I find if I get overwhelmed with a BIG task, I just shut down and I am like paralized with indecision.  Like when we were moving, just looking at all the boxes, I didn't know where to start.  My husband doesn't get it, and probably thinks I am just lazy, but whatever.

So I have no answers for you, but once again, we are so much alike!

That's a great write up Deanna! I'm proud of you for being out there and honest about how you lost the weight! I am always totally honest too because I don't want another obese person to think that if they just eat less and exercise more they can lose weight. We all tried that for years and it didn't work,did it? I want others to know a person who proudly lost her weight with the help of surgery and continues to follow the plan and keep it off. Just my two cents worth!

Wow, when you tell you certainly tell in a BIG way! Neat!

I'm an oversharer by nature. I'm proud of what I've done and want the world to know.  I think it comes from my history of childhood abuse (oversharing again). When I was little,  there were so many secrets to keep.  Once I was able to break out of that, I don't keep anything hidden.  I don't share everything with everyone, but something like WLS is so important to my lifestyle and health I want to shout it from the rooftop. If it helps even one person,  I win.  

I am completely honest with MOST people about my surgery.  But I have not made like a facebook post about it or anything.  Only because I know there are people *****ally care about me, and others who would just use the information for gossip, and that ****** me off to no end!

Gossips will gossip no matter what,  fuck em. And I mean that in the nicest possible way.  

I but I do know that most people are more private wroth their business,  and I completely respect that.  

This is actually something I have agonized over since my surgery!    To tell or not to tell, I feel like a fake some times, but really, I DO work hard at this weight loss **** and I am NOT lying when I tell people I eat very low carb and high protein.

UGH UGH UGH