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

Clothes shopping just gets more and more fun as the pounds melt away!! Enjoy cuz you will want to buy all the stuff you couldn't or wouldn't wear when MO!!

The Protein Hot Chocolate is from a Website called "Nashua Nutrition."  I love that website and I order often from them. The specific brand I get is "Health Smart."  It tastes just like a regular hot chocolate but there is either 12 or 15 grams of protein!! It's awesome!  They come in all different flavours, I have tried them all but regular and the one with mini marshmallows are my two favs. The other great thing about this website they will let you order protein "samples" so you can try what sounds good. I think the sample is two servings and it's around $2 a sample. When I was first post op a lot of people would post they drank for example Syntrax peanut butter flavour, not knowing if I would like it I got a sample!  Like I said I really like their website and they always throw in my order a "surprise" gift. So a protein bar or a different flavour sample of hot chocolate, it's great. Happy shopping & ordering!!

Great Menu, 93 protein is awesome! Keep up the great work!!

Good Morning Daisy and Menu Friends!

QOTD:  I think clothes.  It is so exciting to be wearing smaller clothing.  I still have a belly but lately when I zip up my pants and my shirt gets caught in my pants I think, "Hey, I wouldn't look so bad with my shirt tucked in."  I have yet to wear a shirt tucked into my pants, but the day is coming.  Also, we recently had family photos taken and I didn't have to worry about how fat I looked in the pictures and was actually excited to get new pictures taken of my smaller body.

My menu for today:

B:  Crepe w/ peaches, cream cheese, cool whip

L:  Lettuce, spinach, chicken, cheese, cranberries & nuts, low cal dressing

D:  Chili cheese dog

S:  Light n Fit Greek yogurt

S:  Moon cheese or Mr. Cheese O's

Exercise:  Walking the dogs around the subdivision

Have a FANTASTIC day everyone!

~ Karen  

Hi Karen!

Gotta tell ya... today was the first day I tucked in my shirt and actually walked out of the house... now mind you, I'm wearing a sweater vest over it, so you can only see part of my 'tucked in' look... I stole yet another belt from the hubby, and just did it. While I'm self conscious, I feel good about it - even if all I see is a fat belly hanging down in my jeans, I don't think other people will dwell on that like I do!

And I'm also SO READY for pictures these days! I actually stand in the front now, because I need to see myself in pictures that aren't perfectly posed selfies that I took. We are going to my aunt's 70th birthday party in a week... I'm honestly anxious to see the pictures everyone posts so I can find some of me 'unposed'... those are always the most critical! I hope someone catches me in the background so I can see myself! LOL

Great job on the new family photos, thy must have been exciting to be smaller and want to get your photos done!! Clothes shopping does get more and more fun as you lose more weight!!

Thanks for your replies, Daisy and Pammieanne!  I'll be sure to show you all the new pictures when we get them.  

Hey menu peeps! Missed you

Been doing CAMAW for a week - change in meds helped, and in 8 days tbe 7lb gain I was complaining about is gone. Cut out all bars and premade shakes, did use some protein powder...100%whey isolate. only critter was milk for coffee.  And kept my meals simple, no fancy recipes. So yay!

In DC for follow up. Tryed to get some hiking in before the rain. As that is about all I can do. My neck from my car accident has gotten much worse. So please send good thought, prayers or swinging chickens... Seeing an Ortho on Tuesday. Once I get back to NY it will be drugs and bed for me for tne weekend.

Finally heard directly from my niece who wa**** by the drunk driver with her twin girls. Made my heart glad to hear from her. She apologized for nor responding sooner. What? We are all such people pleasers. Didnt press her for info, they are all busy healing. One twin still in hospital looking at months of rehab. Lots of I love yous and can't wait to see you.

Food: in hotel, so all very iffy. I have a frig so i did bring hard boiled eggs and baggies of meat.

Ex: Whatever walking I can tolerate today

QOTD: Dresses definetly dresxes. I never wore the  except maxi moo moos i  the summer, so many dresses now and hibh boot that fit my calves. Also wear stripes.. egads  stripes

Glad you talked to your niece! I know that had to make you feel better and more informed! Hopefully in a couple of years, your grand niece will look back and just have memories from all of this and be completely healed and moving on with her young life!

Sending prayers and swinging chickens that you'll be healed and feeling better . 

Still thinking of you!

Hoping you feel better soon Cynthia!