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

Especially for Hillary after her soap eggs this morning!!!

It's supposed to start cooling down. We have a front blowing in Friday and by Sunday the high will be 66F/ low of 42F. Winter time in the South!!! Burrr! 

QOTD: I love all kinds of movies. The only ones I refuse to watch are the ones with demons and possessed children etc. That freaks me out!

Time since surgery: in my 4th month

B: Chocolate Premier protein shake & coffee with sf pumkin spice creamer and miralax 

L: Turkey & Brussels sprouts

S: Cheese stick or pork rinds

D: Turkey soup w/squash, carrots & celery. (I leave the juice out or drink some sips before I eat it.)

V: Centrum silver chewable, B12 dissolvable, & biotin 10,000 mcg dissolvable - not necessarily for hair loss from the surgery but I have bad scalp psoriasis and spots where my hair isn't growing very well.

Liq: Water w/strawberry lemonade Crystal Light. It's the only flavor I like.

E: Getting in my 10k steps. I need to start using my elliptical in my garage now that the weather is cooling off.

I can't even watch previews for those kind of movies . Freaks me out too . 

Demons and posessed dolls are the worst. Or teenage girls. Those are the scariest.

I agree, teenage girls are scary! Also my sleepwalking teenage son. It's not good combo seeing him sleepwalking and babbling after watching a movie about a possessed kid!

Good morning Gang!

Snow?? What is this madness you speak of? Here in Texas I am freezing because it was like 58 this morning.  We don't really DO snow here. The whole state shuts down for ice LOL snow is the apocalypse.

QOTD: I love action superhero movies, sci-fi, and fantasy movies.  We rarely go to the theater but when we do it is for movies that we know will be way cooler on the big screen like Avengers or Guardians of the Galaxy or Star Wars. Most other movies are just fine at home.

Menu: Today will be iffy...I ended up going to a Pho House for lunch yesterday and getting Bun with Beef.  Soooooooo good!  But I have no real idea of what the calories were.  I have the other half of that for lunch today. Breakfast will be my usual Greek yogurt.  Dinner is likely lean ham steak and green beans. Not sure about totals.

I have to say, I am trying to back off of counting a little bit.  I still am keeping things in mind but I got to the point of obsessing in an unhealthy way before my surgery.  I am way under my goal and though I plan to work to maintain this weight I need to be eating much more protein and calories than I have been since surgery. My body is working hard to heal and I keep dropping 1/2 a pound to a pound almost daily so my Guy and I had a long talk last night.  He really wants me to try to relax and learn to eat when I am hungry and allow myself to try more new things.  This morning I was still 125 which was good.  No loss and no gain.  I think this maintenance thing is going to take some serious figuring out. For now I am going to try to count less and listen to my body more.  I'm terrified that I will go off the rails but I am hoping that fear is unfounded.  I still am weighing morning and night so I will keep a close eye on it and see where I am. Wish me luck!

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

~E

I think we would get along going to the movies together. My husband and I enjoy the action superhero and fantasy movies as well!

They opened a pho house across from where i work, and now the air smells like it and it drives me nuts! I love asian food. I may stop in there and see what WLS friendly stuff they have someday.

Good luck on trying new things without completely derailing. Just keep coming back to us and hopefully you'll be reminded! Again, glad to have you back!

Thanks!  Glad to be back.

I do think that continuing to be here daily will help be feel safe to try to relax some.  As long as I am still mindful I feel that if it starts to go sideways I will be able to grab ahold again quickly. Being MO was always a constant sense of lack of control with no concept of how to stop the train.  I always felt defeated and like a failure before I even got out of bed in the morning.  It is almost impossible now to imagine just living life and not being hyper focused on keeping control because that feels like the only other option I've ever lived is the madness of no control. I know locigally that there are tons of people who live without calorie counting and still are healthy and controlled in their food intake.  It just seems so alien. I am only willing to try because of the support I have from my Guy and from you all. Thanks for being here with me!

Also..yes...I totally think we should go watch the new Dr Strange movie together! I'm dying to go see it!!

~E

I saw it this weekend. It was great.  Just curious...how tall are you?  I'm trying to figure out maintenance right now too.

I am 5' 4" 1/2. Hope that helps.

Have a great day!

~E