What's On Your Tuesday Menu, RNYers?
Hi Everyone! I don't have time to read all of today's posts. But I am checking in anyway.
QOTD: I love the spring--the early spring--the melting snow, the smell of things waking up, etc. LOVE it. I also like fall, but spring is my hands-down favorite.
AMAW-C for me. And, I have to adapt and kind of drop out while still staying challenged.
Here's the deal: my husband grows a huge garden. HUUUUUUUUUUGE. It is kind of a love-turned-obsession. He picks and gives away gobs of produce daily. One of his saddest things from his childhood is how he grew a garden every summer (as a child!), and his mother would not use/eat what he grew. I now understand his poor mother: what mother can use the produce from 20 summer squash plants, 20 melon plants, 15 tomato plants, and other accompanying plants in similar volume: bell peppers, green beans, eggplant. Some things just cannot be preserved (canned zuchinni anyone?), and although I love the fresh produce, I did not sign on to spend all my time managing all this produce. In my marriage, there has always been tension around if I am using the fresh herbs and produce. I do try--honest! But how much can one family eat? Anyhow, this week everything in the garden is on in full force. For me to not eat anything, would be a deep wound to our marriage. Really--there are some deep things from his alcoholic-home childhood, and I have to eat vegetables this week. At least some.
So my goal for AMAW-C is to follow my surgical office's eating plan, which is 70/30, based on volume: 70% dense protein, 30% vegetable.
I did have a small slip up this morning: walking the dog, I noticed that our raspberries are on, and the grapes are starting to ripen. I ate about 10 raspberries and tested the grapes for sweetness before I realized I had branched out into fruit. Small, but definitely like the deer--grazing.
Anyhow, I will keep my commitment to the 70/30, and join you all by upping my commitment to careful eating, but I will not win the bacon crown! (Perhaps a zuchinni crown . . .)
Today:
B: Egg with ham and cheese and tomato
L: Salmon with summer squash sauted with bacon (leftover from last night--see how I add BACON?)
D: Hamburger patty with tomato, mustard, cucumber.
S: Lots of Crio Bru (my roasted cocoa coffee substitute), cheese, and parmesan/basil pesto. There is also some jerky in the fridge if I require it!
Hi all, yesterday was a success on AMAW-C for me, and I am down 2 lbs this morning, which is encouraging. I have a dinner to go to today that will be challenging, my M-I-L is cooking lasagne for hubbys birthday! I love it! But I have my meals planned so I will stay on track. I am taking pulled pork and a protein shake just in case. QOTD: Fall! Love the colors, football, Halloween!
B: 2 eggs, 2 slices of bacon, 1 slice of ham
L: Pulled pork
S: Premier Protein vanilla
D: 4 chicken wings
Calories: 919 Carbs: 6! Protein: 99
OMG I am so busy with all the conference stuff going on. Wanted to pop in and post our meat week photo and my menu.
Breakfast - scrambled eggs
Lunch - ham and cheese roll ups
Snack - protein shake
Dinner - grilled salmon
Snack - cheese
Daily Totals
- 14.6 (g)net carbs
- 104.9 (g)protein
- 60 (g)fat
- 1041calories
- 8.7 (g)fiber
Gym
Zumba
HW:330 - GW:150 - MW:118-125
RW:190 - CW:130
Happy Tuesday all, it's a sunny hot day here in Ontario.
QOTD My favorite season has always been the fall. This year I'm especially looking forward to it cause for the first time in forever I'm going to be able to wear cozy sweat shirts and beautiful sweaters. In the past I've been the woman in sleeveless shirts year round. Not this year my friends.
Menu for today
B Protein drink
S 2 oz of cottage cheese
L 2 oz of steak
D 2 oz of ground turkey with taco seasoning, 1 Oz cheddar cheese
S Greek yogurt
Totals 593 calories 85.5 gr of protein
Day 2 of AMAW-C!
QOTD - my favorite season is "FALINTER" - pretty much Oct. 1 - Jan. 1st. Love the fall weather & the holidays.. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas & New Years. Then everything is pretty drab from Jan-March.. My LEAST favorite season!
So today is my 5 month surgiversary! Officially 81lbs down.. Started at 256, and now at 175! Have about 30 more to go to get to my happy place, but I'm pretty happy with my loss so far!
Breakfast: 1/2 Light & Fit Yogurt mixed with 1/2 C. Cottage Cheese. Seriously tastes great!!
Lunch: 2oz Pulled Pork & Premiere Protien Shake
Dinner: 2oz Pulled Pork & 2 oz cold Shrimp
Snack: Hard Boiled Egg
Drink: Water, SF Popsicle & 1 Atkins Water
CAL: 740; PRO: 112; CARB: 20
Exercise: 50 min on elliptical while I watch Dexter on Netflix on my iPad! Love that crazy serial killer... :)
Before / After - 5 months today!
Erin - 5'8''
HW: 260; SW: 237
CW: 164; GW: 145
RXY Surgery Date: 03.23.16
6 oz of Pork Butt
4 1/ 2 oz of steak
3 oz of deli Ham
This is being spread out over the day. I still have to get down the 4oz of steak and the 3 oz of Deli Ham. LOL!
If I do I will have 70 grams of protein, 40 grams of fat, 3 carbs from the deli ham, and 678 in calories. Wish me luck! I already have down 96.50 in water. Yay ME!!
