What's on your Wednesday Menu RNYers?
Praying that this cold passes soon for you Deanne. And if you disappear I will find you and hound you until you get back on track. Stop beating yourself up and just get back on the wagon. Ignoring it doesn't deal with anything and only makes you feel worse. Your husband and kids deserve the best Deanna you can be--and you do too,my dear!
Hope you feel better, Deanna!
I'm envying that bagel with cream cheese. I miss bagels, banana bread, oatmeal, and garlic fried rice the most these days. My husband made banana bread last night and it drove me nuts!
RNY: 8/30/2016, Consult Wt: 263 lbs, Surgery Wt: 243 lbs, Current Wt: (3/8/17) 166 lbs, Goal Wt: 150 lbs
M1: -26 lbs, M2: -10 lbs, M3: -9 lbs, M4: -16 Lbs, M5: -12 lbs, M6: -4 lbs,
In every journey there are twists and turns. One bagel, one holiday season, even one month do not define your path or you. This is a long haul process. You are doing amazing in the grand scheme of things. Love yourself just like you would love any of us who was struggling. If it was me you would tell me to see my successes for what they are and to keep on keeping on. You are doing it. We got this.
~E
Consultation weight: 265, Surgery date: 10/6/15, Goal: 150, Current weight: 129; 5'5, 46 years old
"I am basically food's creepy ex-girlfriend. I know we can't be together anymore but I just want to spend time hanging out" ~me, about why I love cooking so much post WLS
Thanks you all for your encourangement. It's so hard sometimes when I knowingly make choices that go against what is healthy for me.
It's like your quitting smoking. I smoked for over 23 years. I never imagined quitting, and to date quitting smoking was one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life. It's been nearly 5 years (My first day smoke free was January 29, 2012). I'm still hanging in there, I still have not touched a cigarette since the night before I quit, and I'm finally free of that. BUT, I know that the moment I pick up a cigarette and (even 5 years later) it's over and I'd be a smoker again, so I completely avoid it.
How do we do that with food? It's such a fine line with food, because we need to eat to live.
I just ate some cheesey bread and a slice of pizza. 
Age: 44 | Height: 5' 3" | Starting January 2015: 291 | RNY 8/4/15 with Dr. Arthur Carlin| Goal: 150
Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. ~Proverbs 19:20
It is a lot like the smoking thing. I know that as long as my Guy has the pack in the house it is going to be really tough. With food there is effectively ALWAYS a pack in the house... just sitting there looking at you. The good news is you are already successful in so many ways. So many victories are already under your belt. You are doing 1000% times better than any of us were before surgery. You know that planning ahead is the key. Put the 'right' choices in front of you all the time and you are going to make those good choices most of the time. Every time we make a good choice we win. Backsliding with other choices is just that...a backslide...not defeat.
You are here., You are being open about your struggles. You are still holding yourself accountable without giving in to hiding away. You are doing it. It is just a ****ty spot right now.
Let's plot some sort of plot that will help us both stay on track! Photo everyday for the next week of our packed lunchboxes? What do you say? I now for me the planning and packing is the closest thing I have to a safety net. You down?
~E
Consultation weight: 265, Surgery date: 10/6/15, Goal: 150, Current weight: 129; 5'5, 46 years old
"I am basically food's creepy ex-girlfriend. I know we can't be together anymore but I just want to spend time hanging out" ~me, about why I love cooking so much post WLS
I'm in with the photo of lunches. Let's do this.
Also, my hubby quit smoking when I did. He was a social smoker, and could quit anytime and pick it back up again like nothing. But, since we quit, he hasn't started up again because he knows that if I find out it will push me over the edge and I'll want to smoke, too.
I feel for you.
Age: 44 | Height: 5' 3" | Starting January 2015: 291 | RNY 8/4/15 with Dr. Arthur Carlin| Goal: 150
Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. ~Proverbs 19:20
Happy Tuesday Menu fam! Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and christmas (if you celebrate)!
Good morning Daizymom!
QOTD: Funny you ask that. We just did an article in the magazine I work at about not setting resolutions since they ultimately result in failure. THat made me think that rather than a resolution, I would look at this "new way of eating/living" as a lifestyle change rather than a change for 2017. I say this only because I know and anticipate that the struggle happens after the weightloss period, during maintenance which I see will be a lifelong battle. I know i'm not prepared but I hope to keep in mind that my health (and the fact that i can see my cheekbones again) need to take priority over a hot fudge sundae.
A moment of weakness: yesterday in my left over container with the burger, there sat my son's left over sweet potato fries. without thinking i started eating, and i got to the 4th before i realized what i was doing. ugh... it was so glorious tasting but the guilt... ohhh the guilt! I threw the container away after that.
An Offer: So I had two interviews last week (one of which was interesting but caused some concern, and the other a lot more promising), and one got back to me yesterday with an offer. Of course its the one that I walked away from with reservations (another 6-person company, I'm the only designer, and one of the partner owners admitted she likes "to be in control" 
). While I fancy the idea of leaving and no longer being under my boss and his mother of both which I'd like to never see again, I also need to make sure I make a wise choice in my next venture. And i feel with this company there is a strong possibility I will be looking for another job in 18-24 months again. I contacted the guy who last held my position for his feedback, and after talking to him and my husband, I am going to 1) ask about working from home on days my son's caretaker has days off, 2) making up my time for doctors appts rather than dipping into my PTO, and 3) counteroffer and negotiate a higher salary. If they say no to these things I will have to decline the offer, and with the nagging feelings I have about just blindly saying "YES," I think i'll be happy with that.
TIme Since Surgery: 17 weeks and a day
Breakfast: Caldereta (Filipino Beef stew)
Snack 1: Warm Premiere Protien chocoloate
Lunch: Buddig Ham
Snack 2: 1/2 Isopure and 10 cashews
Dinner:n Caldereta (Filipino Beef stew)
I don't have totals because it seems I forgot my phone and cant enter my stuff in MFP at the moment.
Vits & Water: Started
Exercise:15 minute walk when i got here. Hope to get another in today.
RNY: 8/30/2016, Consult Wt: 263 lbs, Surgery Wt: 243 lbs, Current Wt: (3/8/17) 166 lbs, Goal Wt: 150 lbs
M1: -26 lbs, M2: -10 lbs, M3: -9 lbs, M4: -16 Lbs, M5: -12 lbs, M6: -4 lbs,
