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

I feel for you. I'm glad he is just in training and not a permanent thing. At least you are in tune with yourself and can recognize what's going on with you. That is major. Hang in there!

You got this!!

Good luck tonight.What is chicken crack?

Good morning!  It is a slushy snowy mess here in Wisconsin.  I hate winter (sorry Daisy) and the cold.  I look forward to being a snowbird in my later years.  My plan is to live in mexico for 5 months, Wisconsin (or wherever the kids end up) the rest of the time.

QOTD:  I struggle both ways.  I also always order a medium or size 8 and many times it is much too big.  I have on  sz Small sweater and sz 6 pants today and I feel like they should be too small but they aren't.  However, there are times when I think I'm much skinnier than I am.  I'll catch myself in a window reflection or mirror and think "HOW AM I THAT BIG?"  It doesn't make sense at all.  Oh well, we can't expect our minds to keep up with our weight loss.

Time since surgery: 2 1/2 years

B: Skinny latte and breakfast sausage

S: String cheese

L: Adult lunchable

S: 1/2 protein cookie 

D: no clue :(

W/V: Started

E: P90X DVD cause its too slushy to run outside and I forgot my gym bag.

Have a great day!

Hi Daisy and everyone,

Sorry you're feeling sluggish, Daisy!  I have the same problem and actually just ordered patch vitamins (multi/calcium/iron) since I have found I am only having one multi and two calcium chewable each day - bad me, I know.  I am hoping the iron will help me.

I am like Chassabi and a few others who have posted - I actually think I see myself pretty accurately now, but when I was 350 lbs I thought I was "curvy" and there were days I felt like I "rocked" my outfit.  I see old pictures now and I cringe!  I untagged myself from every single fat pic on FB but my bf found some on my mom's page and was incredulous.  He kept saying, "Was this really you?" and I started crying and was like "I never thought I looked like that!!!".  Ugh.  I do think having plastics helped me feel good about my body - I was a saggy mess after losing all my weight and now I am much more confident about my arms and breasts and stomach.

Time Since Surgery: 3 years, 1 month

B: Ridell's chicken and apple sausage with tons of dijon mustard

L: Turkey and cheese sandwich, spicy pickles

D: Going out with friends to a Mediterranean small plates restaurant that I love...I will have feta/roasted red pepper dip, chicken skewers, mustard shrimp, and hummus.  And wine.  LOL!

E: None today - I pulled a muscle in my back a few days ago and I am at about 95% but don't want to mess it up

V: I am committing to two multis and three calcium...waiting on my patches and hoping they help my lazy butt get back on schedule!

Have a great day, all!

Good morning, 

It's freezing again, the rain we had last night froze so all the schools are closed today.

QOTD I see a thin person most of the time unless my pants feel tight. Sometimes when I get my pants out the closet, I'll think they look too small but they fit. Ive got rid of my fat clothes. I saved one shirt and pants from my presurgery days to try on once in awhile.  It blows my mind how far I come.

B egg whites with spinach, yellow pepper, ham and cheese omelet and string cheese

L hamburger

D im making a new dish that has chicken, spinach, fresh mushrooms, cream cheese and cheese.

S Greek yogurt,  turkey sausage snack sticks and cutie orange

Have a great day

Good morning, menu folks!  It's a nice day here today, sun is shining, and it's supposed to be in the mid to upper 60's.  Mother Nature is just trying to make us sick with these few nice days before it all hits the fan.  We're supposed to have some crazy cold and nasty weather this weekend....which is about par, because it's STOCK SHOW time, and it's always colder than a....mother....when it comes time to bathing and giving pigs a haircut!!!

QOTD:  I'm not really there yet.  I was pretty accurate on the way I saw myself at my heaviest, but I still can't see a difference unless I take pictures.  I have noticed a few things about myself that let me know that I am smaller, and I am smaller than I have been since I was in Jr. High, but I still see myself as the fat girl because I am still fat.  I am only halfway to my goal, nearing the 100's...finally...and I still haven't bought any new clothes....nothing...because I still don't feel like I can fit into anything that is sized smaller than what I am currently wearing.  I'm probably the only woman in history that weighs 212 and is wearing a 22/24.  I feel like the sizes have changed since the last time I was this weight, so I refuse to buy anything that is sized the same as what I am currently wearing, even if it fits right.  The way I see it, if I have to buy a pair of jeans that are the same size as what is currently in my closet, why buy them?  I have a closet full.  Soon, I will have to buy more clothes, but I won't do it if a 22/24 is still what is fitting, even if it is really a lot smaller than what I already wear....make sense?

Time since RNY: six weeks, three days

B:  Oikos Triple Zero-Coconut Creme, 1/2 small banana

S: String cheese, jerky

L: Hamburger patty, baby dill pickles

S: 1/2 small banana, PB2

D: Hamburger patty, baby dill pickles

Totals: 805 calories, 87 protein, 47 carbs

V: On track

L: One cup of coffee and one bottle water down...water for the rest of the day...maybe a cuppa after dinner.

E: Having issues between my shoulder blades still and last nights manual labor didn't really help it any.  I'm going to take it easy today and just do some walking.

**Edited to update totals and fix some spelling**

Have a great day!!

Good morning!! A little break from the rain is nice! We get to enjoy some sun for a few days and back to rain, rain, rain again!

QOTD - I have been through this many times... Most of my overweight years were spent thinking I was smaller than I was. Then would see a photo and be absolutely mortified, but block it out. When I previously lost weight, I would think I was thinner than I was still! These last few years, I have come to terms with my size and accepted I was a very big girl. I do not flinch at a photo or my shadow or a glimpse in a mirror. Now I have now lost 40 pounds, and I do not see it even though I am now in a smaller size and have purged my closet of all 24's and 3/4x's. I cannot fathom not being big or not wearing plus sized clothes yet. I have a long way to go.

B-Starbucks egg bite (yum!) I could only eat half of one, about 6 good bites. Grande latte

S- low fat cheddar and almonds

L- leftover egg bites

D-pulled pork and coleslaw

V- on track

L coffee, tea, water, vitamin water zero -good

E- treadmill tonight, walk the dogs too

Good morning everyone! My first dinner out at a restaurant was a success. My plan going into it was slightly altered but worked out even better than expected. My sister wanted chicken wings but also wanted someone to share a salad with her so to make my order easier I ordered a Cobb salad so I could get the protein I wanted and she could take the rest. When this thing landed in front of me I just started laughing, it was probably more food than I eat in a week!! The waitress brought us a side plate, or more accurately a side platter, and I took a couple pieces of chicken, a dollop of guacamole and half a hard boiled egg. The remaining salad was split between 3 other people! Insanely huge. I was kinda proud of myself that I was the last one to finish their dinner too. I left feeling pretty good about myself and when we all went back to my sisters house for cake and presents I was the only one who wasn't complaining about feeling crappy because of all the food they ate (as they ate cake). Felt like a win. 

QOTD I love Chassibi's creative naming of the condition I also share, "reverse anorexia". Whether I was 400+ or 220 I always felt like I was somewhere in the middle. Obviously that's still fat and I knew it but I fooled myself into thinking that because I had no other health issues I was doing ok. I'm still very early in this process and for the past few days I've been going through my clothes and rediscovering things I haven't been able to wear in years. I can hold something up and truly have no idea if it will fit or even be close. It's been made a little more difficult because I've had the habit of removing tags from my shirts, 1. because they rub on my neck and it's irritating 2. because I didn't want to see and be forced to acknowledge the sizes. Oh well, we all know sizing is stupid anyway. 

B - coffee w/ SF hazelnut

L - lemon pepper tuna

D - chicken

S - turkey bites, protein drink

totals 446 cal, 77g protein, 4g carbs

I was slow to get into this pre-planning process but I feel like it's making a difference. I realize you guys already know that....

Have a great day!!

Hi menu peeps! I had a meeting at my son's school this morning. It went well- but Lord- I'd rather put my own eye out than have to put another child though the U.S. educational system. I'm at the point I think I'd discourage my kids from having kids. Just 6 more years! Today is my Friday. I'm off tomorrow to go see the African American Museum that opened in DC. We'll spend the night there, have dinner with my niece and watch my other nieces Fencing tournament on Saturday- then head home. 

QOTD: I sometime struggle with that mind/body connection. I know I'm not 330# any more, but sometime I'll look in the mirror and feel like my thighs look no different than they did as when I was 330#. I didn't save size 26 clothes, but I do save my 14/16's-- like you said-- I feel like I need a safety net.  And when shopping I'll still gravitate towards a large, though I know a medium fits fine. When people calls me skinny, it seem surreal-- like really? me?? 

20 months out 194.4 today

M1: 2 scrmabled egg, 3 turkey sausage link, cheese

M2: 4.5oz ground turkey with taco seasoning, cheese & salasa

M3: Oven fried Tilapia fillet (about 6oz, that I will try and eat in two settings- fish fills me up fast.)

M4: Baked chicken wings