What's on your Menu today (Tuesday) RNYers?

Good Morning everyone!  Happy November 1^st!  How is everyone? I am great!  It's a cool morning but supposed to be a Sunny day & warming up here in Toronto. I am going to make a point of going for a walk on my lunch hour to get some fresh air. So the clocks "Fall" back this weekend, as daylight savings time ends, I am not really a fan of daylight savings time and would like to see it dropped. I already get up in the dark (up at 4:45am, at work at 6:45am) and at least it's light out as I go home now, next week it will be getting dark/or will be dark going home, it sure makes me less motivated to do stuff in the evenings. 

QOTD: Are you a stress eater or boredom eater or both or neither?  What do you do to cope or handle the stress or boredom and the urge to eat? When I get stressed I totally lose my appetite, but when I am bored it's like I grow another 10 hands and I can't keep myself out of the kitchen, I get really "snacky."  Newbies I can't begin to tell you how easy you have it now and how HARD it gets when you are 12-18 months post op and longer. Every evening I have to "talk" to myself to not grab all those yummy carbs (crackers, pretzels, cookies). What I do to work through the urge to eat is either keeping myself busy (going to the gym, walking the dogs, cleaning the house, texting/messenging with a friend) or I force myself to go back in time, pre surgery when I was always too tired, too sore, too lethargic, too depressed to get my fat butt off the couch and for me personally that helps because I fear & loathe the thought of going back to where I was pre surgery, it literally scares me. 

I liked my menu so much yesterday that I am eating the same thing again today!

Time since surgery: 2 yrs & 11.5 months

B: can of solid white tuna with balsamic dressing 

L: 3oz of grilled tandoori chicken breast with hot sauce

S: two babybel cheese & Syntrax Nectar Fuzzy Peach drink make with cold water

D: shrimp with ****tail sauce (6 x-large shrimp)

S: two babybel & 100 calorie bag of microwave popcorn

TOTALS: 877 calories 122 protein 34 carbs 37 fat

V: PatchMD Vitamin patches are on

W: 4 coffees done (one with Miralax) lots of ice water with SF cranberry juice mixed in

E: Going to Step class tonight at 5:30pm and then will hike the dogs after

Have an awesome day everyone!

Good morning!

I am the same as you Daisy, I have no appetite when I am stressed, but boredom can really get to me. Not now but before surgery, I was at my group meeting the other night and a guy in there was 5 years out and still has no appetite! I so hope I am like him!  I have none now, I still don't feel hungry and I still don't feel full, I eat by the clock and just what I weigh out.  I just get a thing in my head that says that's enough and that's when I stop.

Breakfast
Beef Stew - Home Made, 0.5 Bowl
Lunch
P3 Turkey
Dinner
Homemade Marinara Sauce, 1/2 cup cooked
Hamburg, 2 oz
Sausage, Italian, sweet, links, 0.5 link
Snacks
Quest Protein Powder - Salted Caramel, 1 scoop
Lite and Fit Greek Yogurt, 1 container

Totals cal 654 carbs 31 pro 74

I have my fingers crossed as well that your "hunger" does not return and have no appetite. Sadly my appetite returned (as I type this I am thinking "did it return or is it all in my  head?").  Great menu TT, keep up the great work!

QOTD:  Boredom eater for sure.  Stress sometimes.  When I'm bored I too want to eat every piece of junk I can get my hands on.  I also try to keep busy when I find myself alone and bored, but sometimes the food monster still wants to take control.

B:  Big decaf coffee w/ scoop of GNC Vanilla protein powder

L:  Turkey pepperoni and slice of string cheese

S:  Premier caramel protein drink (trying to use up the protein drinks I have and then switch to totally "real" foods)  Can't give up my protein coffee in the morning though.

D:  2-4 oz. grilled chicken depending on what my pouch will allow today

Right there with you PR, I want to eat junk all day long when I am bored the food monster is real! LOL

Great menu, I can't give up coffee either, its like nectar from the Gods LOL

I drink between 12 to 16 cups of decaf coffee and decaf green tea every day!

Daisy I felt like you were talking to me today.  I don't know what's gotten into me lately but since I didn't hit my personal goal I've been depressed and then some health issues with my lupus and I'm on in bed rest this week I acted like it was a free pass to shove all the carbs I could find in my face and then acted shocked when the scale said I've put on 6lbs.  I can drop that in a day or 2 if of my head gets outta my butt.  Thank you daisy for giving me the shake I needed.  I love being able to run and play and have stamina.  I'm not giving that back to the fat monster!

I'm so sorry you are going thru this. Lupus sucks balls for sure!!!

Hey Snow, glad to see you back.  I am sorry you are struggling with your Lupus and not getting to goal.

I am glad that I can share my thoughts and experiences with you all and it helps.  

We are all here for you if you need to chat or vent. I hope you feel better soon! 

HUGS! 

Glad to see you post snow White! Sorry to hear that you are in a lupus flare. Having RA I know exactly how that feels. Keep hanging around here and feel free to chat with us all.