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

here is the yogurt recipe. I found it easier to boil the milk on the stove in a large pot, not use the instant pot boil function. I use my carbmaster milk instead of regular. I ordered a milk nut bag from amazon for the straining.

http://thisoldgal.com/instant-pot-greek-yogurt/

ribs- i don't do molasses or the sugary stuff but this recipe looks pretty good

http://graciecooks.blogspot.ca/2012/09/instant-pot-baby-back -ribs-easy-and-yum.html

I was just reading that "This Old Gal" site!  I think I can!! I do think boiling first will be easier for me too.  I might get the strainer she shows but I figure I will just try first to make regular, Greek next.  

Where do I buy the 'starter'?  Is that a thing that they just sell at the regular grocery store?  

Thanks!

~E

Just buy a little cup of plain greek yogurt. I used the kroger brand- plus you don't use it all, just a little-

It will taste better if you strain it.

My son says he is going to show me how to do short-ribs in the one that I just ordered (yum!)

Thanks everyone for the awesome replies! I weigh most days, and will definitely weigh daily post-op.  When i first decided to have surgery, I actually emailed Dr. Freedhoff and he said that if he was SMO, he wouldn't hesitate to have it. He's pretty awesome.

I love the DZ- mainly because I know all you Americans are thinking DeeZee.  In Canada we say Zed instead of Zee.  When I was down there, I noticed that if I had to give my last name (and it's pronounced Days soI always spell it) when I said Zed I'd get these weird looks from the other person.  So I tried to remember to say Zee. :)

Good morning!!!

I am obsessed with the scale!!! It's the first thing I do! I get naked, pee, spit a few times (lol) and get on it! I can't NOT weigh! It can be disappointing especially during a stall bu****ching it go down is HEAVEN!!!!!

B-Protein shake

L-Ricotta Bake

D-Meatballs w/spaghetti sauce

V-yes

Exercise - Walking an hour a day - some on breaks at work, the remainder with the dogs or on the treadmill at home. Can't wait to join the gym and start weight training next month!!

Well, good morning DZ and gang!

QOTD:  avoided most of my adult life until I was on the pre-op diet.  Then I obsessed because I had a number that, if I did not reach, I could not have surgery.  Now I weigh every day.  Qualify:  until the last week or two... my iron results came in very low after my stroke labwork.  I am on daily iron now and for the first time in my life I am so backed up.  Scale is UP 2 pounds and I cannot seem to budge it back down.  Makes me not want to get on the scale.  

Also I am just past the 3-month mark, and it dawned on me the other day how difficult this regimen actually is.  I cannot seem to get the hang of the iron/dairy/liquid dance thing.  Have been taking my iron pill at 2 or 3 am because I forget and take calcium at odd hours, or have had dairy which is seriously like half of my diet.  I keep forgetting the calcium at midday, and my liquid intake sucks.  Combine that with family here, eating out while shopping, cookies and candy in the house, and I really feel like any routine I had going is lost.  Hoping for better next week.

B:  Fairlife with coffee, Oremier Protein caramel (got my PP prize pack!)

L:  greek yogurt

D:  roast chicken with veggies

S:  babybel cheese, pork rinds and Syntrax fuzzy navel (my savior lately)

Have a great Thursday!

Good morning.  Happy Thursday.  So glad the weekend is almost here, I'm tired!  So I'm having a super hungry day combined with a "my teeny, tiny stomach" hurts day.  Someone is going to have to talk me down.  I was eating my breakfast when one of the clerks asked if anyone wanted anything from the local deli.  Without thinking, I had her order bacon (What could be wrong with bacon, right?)  I was EATING my ham and egg breakfast at the time.  I didn't need bacon.  What am I going to do with a side of bacon???  Ugh.

QOTD:  I weight every morning, first thing, right after I wake up.  There was a three month period when I was forbidden from stepping on the scale at home . . . my brother actually came to the house and confiscated my scale.  It was very difficult for me.  I have my scale back now.  I still get depressed even if the number goes up by .2, which is crazy since I know that's most likely water . . . and that's why I was banned from weighing.  I'm trying to get to a healthy relationship between me and the scale, but it's very, very difficult.  

My plan:

B: 2 oz ham, 1 egg, half a slice of cheese

S: Bacon, apparently

L: Chicken thigh meat and hummus

D: Tri Tip and Broccoli

S: Skinny latte, almonds after spin, maybe sliced deli turkey if I'm hungry before the gym

Totals: Cal: 867; Protein: 82g; Fat: 40g (bacon); Carbs: 33g

Eating my hummus as I type :)

DZ, Nice job on this - We all have something to say for QOTD: 

I avoided the scale like the plague pre-surgery:  I hated having to get on it at the Doctor's office.  I knew I had to change once I had my surgery, so I bought a Doctor's balance scale last year when starting my WLS journey.  Knowing myself, I only weighed once a month while losing as I knew that seeing my weight going u*****t changing would freak me out.  However, OH users convinced me that daily weighing was important in maintenance, so I now weigh daily.  It is REALLY helpful - I understand the ups and downs better and how to correct for a bad day.  I'm now obsessed with the scale so when I traveled and didn't have one it drove me crazy. 

Today I am eating ESSENTIALLY NOTHING.  On clear liquids in preparation for a routine colonoscopy tomorrow.  I was never on just clear liquids before or after WLS, so this feels like cruel and unusual punishment.  And then in 2.5 hours I get to have the 1st half of the prep (yahoo!).  

Have a good day all!