What's On Your Tuesday Menu, RNYers?

Sugar alcohols are a different thing, and affect pretty much everyone. They are guaranteed to go right through me, causing a lot of pain and anguish on the way.

Do some reading on reactive hypoglycemia. Everything you describe is right on the nose. It is NOT treated the same as regular hypoglycemia. And it hits RNYers at about where you are post surgery.

You are exactly right in that you can't eat just simple carbs without getting your symptoms. It needs to be a mix of protein, fats, and carbs.

So daylight savings time typically works in our favor because we have a "wake up at an ungodly early riser" child. I should clarify that the Spring works in our favor. In the fall he's back to extra early. So where he was waking at 6am last week, we're closer to 7 am this week.

PIZZA: I want all of it. The more cheese and veggies the better (don't like pepperoni, sausage, hamburger). Love it with white sauce, Canadian bacon, or chicken. 

8.5 weeks out

B: candy cane shake d

S: beef jerky

L: mesquite turkey lunch meat and slice smoked gouda

S: carb master yogurt 

D: grilled bbq chicken (grill is working again!)

 S: 1 tbsp almond butter 

Cals: 523.  Prot: 70.  Carbs: 25

Pizza is all yummy but my favorite is Casey's here in town has a delicious Flatbread pizza. Favorite toppings are sausage,mushrooms and peppers with extra cheese. The Flatbread is nice and thin and I can usually eat only one piece. Don't have it often but do love it! Daylight savings time is fine by me because it gives me more evening time to do yard work. Post op 42.5 months and weight at 122.4 today. Exercise will be 3.2 miles at the park with Lily and 30 minutes on the bike. We will probably do another mile before bed too! Food today B 1/2 c steel cut oats with protein and peanut butter added L 31/2 oz deli chicken and cheese with1/2 c roasted veggies D 31/2 oz meatballs with spaghetti sauce and 1/2 c roasted veggies S Greek yogurt. Have a great day everyone and make some great choices!

Daylight savings makes me sleepy for about a week. Funny how I turn into a bigger cranky monster when this happens. I'm just focusing on sleeping as much as possible.

Pizza- all the dairy made me sick for a period of time when I was younger so during middle/high school I didn't eat it as much. I like spinach/artichoke/chicken/ham/bacon.  I like Mellow mushroom, I don't like dominos, papa johns, little Caesar, and all those chains.

not much else is going on- I need to finish the taxes and I'm behind. Apparently the price at H&R block is going up after the 18th so i better hurry the heck up.

support group was last night and I took all the isopures and premier protein strawberry shakes I was not going to drink to give away. seems my weight is up more when I drink shakes. not sure whether there is a correlation but I'm going to stick to real food - lol

we are going on vacation the first week of April so I've been arranging a dog sitter, activities, etc for being gone.

B: 1/3 premier protein chocolate, decaf

S:shrimp

L: shrimp

S:

D: not sure- maybe tuna or turkey burgers?

S:

Been staying on the lower side of calories the past week, around 550-650

Ok ok, I NEED to write my menu down, even if I HATE the numbers, and am ashamed of my binge this morning.  Here goes

11 months 1 weeks since surgery

M1: Protein hot chocolate

M2: KING size almond joy, Fit Crunch chocolate chip cookie dough baked bar

M3: 3.2oz canned tuna, 1.5 tbsp lite mayo

M4: Mini meatloaf pepper ring

M5: "Lasagna" stuffed spaghetti squash (ground turkey, cottage cheese, rf mozz cheese, sauce)

M6: 2 light string cheese, 1oz proscuitto (probably shouldnt have this, but hopefully will keep me away from junk)

Totals: Cals: 1334  Protein: 112  Carbs: 79  Fat: 66

To think about what a BAD DAY was before surgery, and what a BAD DAY is now after surgery...its kind of humorous!  Yet still, a bad day is still a BAD DAY! 

See you can recover!  On the bright side, think of all the weight you lost in the bathroom (just kidding)! 

Trust me that was the only sunny spot in my day so far!! HAHAHA

Good for you for putting it out there!

I"m glad you posted your menu.  There's no shame here.  Talking you off the ledge is what we're all for because at one point or another we will ALL have those days!  You can't fix breakfast, but you can fix the rest of the day!  Have a good one, Melissa and we're all here for you!

Thanks

I can't fix breakfast OR the "intestinal issues" it has given me.....  yeesh