What's on your Menu today (Photo Friday) RNYers?

Happy Remembrance Day & Happy Veterans Day!

Good morning Friday Menu Friends!! It's the weekend!  Hope everyone has awesome plans for the weekend!  So full disclosure for you all, last night hubby brought home some homemade pizza & cookies that one of the Jurors made (an older Italian Nona he says who brings homemade food for them all the time and he says it's all amazing!) so it looked and smelled so good I had a slice and well it was AMAZING!  And then the cookies this Nona made I had to try some and they were AMAZING!  And the not so amazing part... my weight is at 131.2 today!! I almost fainted!  I like my weight at 125-128 and I am comfortable with that but 131.2 is a no go!  I am totally going CAMAW (cuz I want milk in my coffee & babybel) starting tonight! So I am sure you all wondered if I ever "cheat" or "eat off plan" and yes I do and I pay for it. Not only is my weight up I have a killer headache from all the carbs, so in my opinion it was not worth it!

QOTD: In lieu of a question please post your Remembrance Day/Veterans Day photo and tell us about it. Or maybe you have a family member who is currently serving, please tell us about them. My photo is of my Maternal Grandfather's grave in the Canadian War Memorial Cemetery in Groesbeek, The Netherlands. My Cousin was there about 10 years ago and took this picture. My Grandfather served in the Canadian Military and died in WWII. His name was Fred James Mitchell, died March 8, 1945 at age 29. So remember last week I posted a picture of my amazing Grandmother, this is her husband. My Gran used to talk to me for hours & hours about Grandpa Fred. She was so in love with him. And everyone to this day (my Mom's older cousins & Aunts & Uncles) still say what an amazing man he was, funny, smart, giving, loving.  I have a pic of him in his military uniform, if I can find it later will add it in. My Grandfather never met his kids (my Mom & Aunt), both leaves from the army he got Gran pregnant and was back fighting when they were born. My Mom was born in January 1944 and he was supposed to come home but got delayed and was then killed the next year before he made it home, so sad right! My Gran saved all his love letters he wrote home and medals and my Mom has all that now, the letters are incredible so full of love. RIP Grandpa Fred. Thank you to all who have served and who continue to serve!

Time since surgery: 3 years next Tuesday!!

So begins Daisy's CAMAW:

B: can of solid white tuna with balsamic dressing

L: 4.5oz of tandoori grilled chicken with hot sauce

S: 2 babybel cheese & Protien hot chocolate 

D: 4.5oz of tandoori grilled chicken with hot sauce

S: 2 babybel & 2 slices of bacon (will cook this up when I get home from work)

TOTALS: 885 calories, 138 protein, 10 carbs, 40 fat

V: PatchMD vitamin patches are on 

L: 4 coffees done (1 with Miralax), rest of the day lots of ice water with a splash of SF cranberry juice

E: hike the dogs as soon as we get home from work, then going to get some CAMAW groceries

Thank a Veteran today, shake their hand, ask them how they are. 

Stay beautiful my friends & have an awesome weekend! 

Morning everyone!

qotd: All of my grandmothers brothers who were of age served,but only one was sent overseas. He also enlisted in the US because he refused to pledge allegiance to the queen. I never met him, he died of alcoholism before I was born. Not all fallen die in battle.

i also had the opportunity to work with the military in Bosnia for a year as Canada's mission was winding down.(see yesterdays post about pushing myself to new experiences haha) I got to see first hand the impact we had in the region the Canadians covered. 

My photo is of a Remembrance Day ceremony at the main Canadian camp, Camp Black Bear near the town of Velika Kladusa.

Menu: 

B :cauliflower fried rice and scrambled egg

L: protein shake or yogurt

D:going to friends place who I know is making wls friendly meal, but since I don't know what, I'll be keeping my calories low.

take care everyone.

And here is the actual photo...I'll get it right at some point...

I need a love button like on Facebook.

Me too! hahaha! I've been known to look for it on here by accident! 

Good Morning!

9 weeks post-op

B: coffee w/ sf coffee-mate, 100 cal yogurt w/ ½ scoop unjury

L: Tuna w/ low fat mayo

D: chicken from homemade chicken pot pie maybe a taste of veggie?

S: ½ scoop unjury chicken broth

Cal: 638 Prot: 98 Carb: 21

QOTD:?

Here is my step-son Matt, presently overseas. He has had 2 tours in Afghanistan. Fingers crossed he will be promoted to Army Major and be home for Christmas. He and I have had a strained relationship, but things are slowly changing. Love 'em like he's my own!!!

This is my Great Uncle Teddy. The family's 1^st college graduate, shot down over the Pacific during WW2. Sadly, his body and those of his crew mates were never recovered. He was part of the Army Air Force, before the Air Force became it's own branch of the military.

So proud of all that serve in the military, past and present!!  

It can be a tough life for them and their families, but it's a necessary job for all of our safety and liberty!

Good morning. Im writing this very guilty post from the car somewhere in New Jersey. We left the house at 2:30am and I've already made a TON of terrible choices this morning. Yay me. So far, I've had: coffee with real sugar, a Cinnabon and cheezits for breakfast. WTF, JB? Get it together! At least I started this trip off at the low end of my comfort range, so hopefully I won't let it climb up too high. 

I'm excited that we'll be in DC in about 2 hours though. It should be a nice mini-vaca. Do you think I can convince Obama to adopt me while I'm here? 

No idea what's on the menu for the rest of the day/long weekend. Speaking of which--does anyone want to take over the weekend post? Not sure if I'll have time.

QOTD: no pics to post, but I'm proud to brag on my wonderful cousins who have served in the military. They've showed so much strength and courage. And of course we are on our way to visit Grims brother who is in a high ranking military position and works in the Pentagon. Amazing guy. This is him:

Hope you all have a great long weekend :)

I can do the weekend if you like. :)

OK that is funny I was getting ready to leave DC at 4:40Am...we could have met for coffee... LOL...

I had an uncle who was a lieutenant colonel (not sure I have a picture of him), but he's the only close family member I can think of who served - although my father was in the reserves

trying to eat lightly today since we're going out tonight with friends (to an Indian place)

17 months out - and 2.6 lbs away from a normal BMI!!!

B:  L&F vanilla coconut yogurt, 8 raspberries, 1 T Kashi Crunch

S:  iced protein pumpkin latte, coffee with half & half

L:   3 oz can of tuna with 2 T light balsamic vinaigrette

D:  Indian food!  I'll eat one cup of some dish with meat & vegetables - no rice or naan