What's on your Menu today (PHOTO FRIDAY) RNYers?

Most days I eat by the clock because I will literally forget meals otherwise most days. Although some days like yesterday are big pouch days. I literally felt like I could have eaten all day long. I don't have many of those so they are hard to cope with when they happen. Cold and gloomy day here in Illinois. Hubby must even be cold as he just kicked the furnace On! Lily and I got our 3 miles plus in early this am at a very brief almost jogging pace. I love exercising in the chilly air--it makes me move faster. Post op 4 years 11/2 months and weight at 118.2 today. Here's the eats B 1/2 c steel cut oats with protein and peanut butter added L 31/2 oz meatballs 1/2 c broccoli D 31/2 oz ground beef patty 1/2 c Brussels sprouts S mission one chocolate brownie protein bar .  Weekend plans include a cowboy shoot Saturday with hubby and church on Sunday as usual. Have a great weekend everyone and make some smart choices ! 

Good morning DD2 and my peeps.  I'm up and at them this morning.  Kal slept in his bed last night, but came in and woke us up at about 1:30 because he had pooped in his pull up and completely peed through and was soaking wet and cold.  So I changed a poopy on as he lay on the bathroom floor, so I didn't wake up my hubby, then he climbed into bed with us and we both went back to sleep.  He was so cold and snuggled right up next to me and fell asleep instantly.  It did take me a little while to get back to sleep, but it didn't take more than half an hour.  So, I feel like I'm rested today.  

I am working all weekend.  I wor****il 9:30 tonight, but work days tomorrow until 6pm, then I work a mid shift from 11 to 6:30 on Sunday (we close at 6 that on Sundays).  I have Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday off next week.  

DD2QOTD:  I eat way too fast, and I always have.  I have been trying to slow it down, and it's something that I really have to work at.  As always, i am a work in progress.  

My food yesterday was a huge disaster.  I guess not having a plan left me open to eat whatever the hell I wanted, whi*****luded some Red Vines Licorice, which is my very favorite candy in the world.  I just count it as a win because I didn't eat the whole small bag (which is also bad because that means there is some left in the other room, and it's wanting me to eat it.   I also had a grilled cheese and tomato soup for lunch, which means that by the end of the day my carbs were way higher than my protein, which is a huge fail. 

I am resetting today, and since I work this afternoon it will limit my food intake, which is convenient.  Here's my plan:

14.5 months since surgery

B: 2 eggs, 2 slices of velveeta.  Coffee with sugar free coffeemate (Peppermint Mocha, yo)

L: tuna salad made with mayo and sweet relish, cucumber and carrots if needed to fill me up.

D: Trader Joe's turkey meatballs (yummy) with BBQ sauce.

S: 2x Light and Fit Greek Yogurt.

Totals

Calories 826 Protein 92 Carbs 51 fat 30

Here is my picture this week.  My oldest had parent teacher conference yesterday afternoon and I snapped a pic of my boys playing on the senior rocks outside the high school. The conference went well, he's struggling in 2 classes, but I spoke with the teachers and we've come up with a plan to help him bring his grades up.

what a fun picture!

I love the SF peppermint mocha, reminded me of peppermint hot chocolate from McDonalds haha.

What a great picture!!! I love it!

I loved sleeping with my daughter... honestly looked forward to having her crawl into bed with me at 0 dark 30.  I always told people that my children would know where their bedroom was... and mine did but she did not sleep a night in her bed until she was 7 ;)

It's a love hate thing with me, for a few reasons.  Firstly, when my kiddo is in my bed I don't get much alone time with my husband, and that can definitely be a bad thing.  Also, for some reason my youngest doesn't know how to sleep straight up and down in the bed.  It is always his feet or head shoved into my ribs.  I sleep very light now, and if he wakes me up I have a hard time going back to sleep.  

I do love snuggling with him in the morning, but I could do without the sleeping with him during the night.

I forgot my picture taken this morning. I love that I have my sweaters out now!

Happy Friday!

I love your wedding outfit. The colors are perfect for a fall wedding.

Our plans for the weekend: Hubby and I are going driving in the Blue Ridge mountains tomorrow, and tomorrow night we're seeing Styx at Harrah's Cherokee Casino.  ( No gambling will occur; if I waste money, I want something pretty to show for it. ) My husband LOVES the twisty, turny roads in the mountains. We'll stop and oooh and ahhh at any pretty leaves too. We've never managed to make it for the peak colors, and I really don't know if it's even peak time yet.

QOTD: I'm kind of a quick eater. I can never tell if I finish before my husband because I'm quick, or just because I have less food to eat..haha.

I usually eat "when I'm hungry", and usually it works out to about every 3.5 hours, but there are days like yesterday when I really was not hungry at all and had to remind myself to eat. At 1 PM I still had not had any solid food and was fine.

I probably don't practice mindful eating in its truest form any longer. I did at first.

I think I'm an odd combo of some semi-bad eating behaviors, yet they haven't bitten me in the ass..so far. Things just naturally fell into place for me as far timing of eating is concerned..I guess I got lucky in that regard.

My struggle is boredom eating. I think I've vanquished the stress eating for the most part. I was SUPER stressed out this morning-lots of little things went wrong in a short amount of time, and my first thought upon getting in my truck was "Find a sausage biscuit from somewhere...NOW", but I was able to just drive home after dropping my sons off at school. I made a point of stopping for gas where I was near a fast food place to prove to myself I could avoid it...and I did.

I'm sucking at logging/tracking my food these days. I'm on plan, and I am still measuring portions, but why play with fire, right? My scale died, so I need to buy one...I just haven't. My skin is still as baggy as ever...haha. ( when I had my regain, I noticed my tummy skin wasn't as baggy. ) My clothes are not too tight. I have NO idea what I weigh, but I feel like I haven't gained anything. That being said...I know I need to be doing what I used to do and be 100% aware of my stats.

B: hard boiled egg, 2 slices of bacon

L: lemon pepper tuna pouch, moon cheese for a side

S: not sure if I'll need one, but yogurt or string cheese if I do

D: leftover chicken enchilada innards-no tortilla

My picture is the handbag I carried yesterday...and yes, I've switched out to a different bag today....I'm a handbag hag...that will never change.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

We need to meet up some day- I'm ALMOST in NC!!