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

Morning gang!  Busy here already.  The kiddo fell back asleep after I woke him so we were super late.  Throws off everything in my work day when that happens so still playing catch up. The fridge situation is no fun. The repair guy said the compressor is gone and needs to be replaced or the whole fridge needs to go.  The home warranty plan people are making their decision today hopefully.  They claim that we will have a working fridge one way or the other in no longer than 5 business days.  That is pretty quick in the grand scheme but feels like forever. Decided we couldn't function without at least half and half for coffee so we are using bags of ice and cooler.  I bought 2 yogurts for today for breakfast and lunch and so that is good.  It is weird how having my routine off with food is really making me miserable.  I am apparently a creature of habits and miss my yogurts despite how much I think I am tired of them. 

QOTD: Haven'****ched anything much lately.  Most recently was catching up on The Blacklist and before that was Stranger Things.

Menu: B: Greek yogurt and a small Mandarin orange; L: Chobani Simply 100 Flip and pear; D: Not sure...going to be eating out again; S: Apple

Accountability: Weighed 119 again today. Been doing better on drinking water and trying to focus on counting my protein in MFP. I really don't need to lose anymore.  Nervous as heck for starting my Chantix tomorrow. It is officially going to be for real real I am going to be a non smoker in a week. Uhg. I will smoke ALL THE CIGARETTES today! Lol 

Be well!

~E

I have so much faith in your ability to quit smoking.  I just had my 5 year smoke free anniversary a few days ago, and I'm SO glad that I quit.  One piece of advice for quitting is just to get really stubborn and mad.  I mean, think about it... this drug, this thing that is slowly killing you is trying to dictate what you should do?  Fuck that, and **** cigarettes and **** it all.  

Sorry for the language, but that is how I got through it.  Fuck that **** no way in hell I'm smoking another cigarette ever again.  

I am definitely a "fuck that" kinda girl!  I will do it!

I really need to come to the point with food where I do this.  It's a good strategy to keep from going off the deep end.  

It's harder with food because we also need it. But like Kathryn W. said- just sub the bad food with heroin. I can't have cake/heroin because I'm an addict vs I can have a little heroin because I'm a recovering addict and it won't hurt me. Kathryn worded it far better. 

Right now these are easy words for me. But I hope I am successful at incorporating them. ? 

Hopefully, I'm not far behind you!  Rx is waiting on PCP approval. We can do this!!!

I needed to hear this today.  THANK YOU!!!!

You're welcome. I smoked for 23+ years.  I smoked through my first pregnancy.  I tried to quit over and over again and always "failed" or went back after a day or two.  I even quit for like 6 months in 2009 and then thought I could have just one here and there.  I should have known how stupid that was.

When I got to the point where I was ready, I used the patch and honestly I just muscled through it.  I decided I was pissed and I wasn't going to "give in" and cheat.  There was a lot of cussing and fit throwing and teeth grinding, but after a few days I was better.  Once I got through the first month, I stopped wearing the patch and detoxed from the nicotine.  By that time I was so deep in it that there was no way I was going to go back.  I had suffered through it for a month and if I smoked after that I'd have done it all for nothing.  

I know it's easier said than done, but it is NOT impossible and you CAN do it.  You got this Kandace.

it's been a stressful few days because my dad's financial situation has come up again.  Questions on where to go from here, etc (I have power of attorney - so does his wife, but she's not able to take care of finances any more (his OR hers), so basically her daughter and I are doing everything at this point - and both of us live about 1000 miles away from them).  Fortunately, I'm not really a stress eater, or this could be a disaster....

QOTD:  we have NetFlix, but to be honest, I don't think I use it enough to justify the cost.  I keep thinking I'll drop it, but then there's always something I spot that I think I want to see.....later.

working the evening shift tonight, so that means a challenging food day.  I can't really eat between 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm, so once again I'll stick a protein bar in my pocket and eat it on the sly.....

19 months out

B:  homemade plain Greek yogurt, fresh raspberries

S:  coffee with half & half, NSA protein/Miralax mango lassi

L:  probably Greek yogurt and Moon Cheese, satsuma orange

D:   protein bar

probably some kind of snack when I get home if I'm hungry and can afford the calories - either hummus and raw veggies or yet another yogurt (prob the hummus & veggies - I'll be pretty yogurted out by then...)

Happy Tuesday.  Like you, Daisy, I'm super busy at work and that combined with the daily news has worn me down.  I need to go away and sit on a beach and stare at the water just so I can regroup.  Alas, that's not in my future because I'm so busy at work . . . and the cycle continues.  I've had a couple of large slouch days (sleeve + pouch = slouch) and I've done really well resisting.  I'll add a decaf coffee to get me through the night.  Even though I've stayed within my calorie range, my weight is up 5 lbs in 2 weeks.  Don't know why.  I'm trying not to panic and I know if I stay on plan, it'll come off.  However, it's really hard to shut down the voice that says "screw it . . . if you're gaining doing everything right, you might as well eat and enjoy yourself."  The struggle is real, y'all.

DQOTD:  I'm ashamed to say nothing.  By the time I leave work, go to the gym, get home and eat dinner, it's really late (my typical work day is 8-7 or 7:20) and I don't really feel like watching much of anything.  Also, my DVR died 2 weeks ago, so everything that was recorded was lost and I've been too lazy to set it up to record again. 

Here's my plan:

B: 2 turkey sausage links, 1 egg, 1/2 slice of cheese

L: 4 oz chicken thigh, 1/4 c green beans (if i'm not satisfied with just the chicken)

D: NY Steak (4 oz or as close as I can get)

S: latte with 4 oz fairlife milk, roast beef (3.6 oz)

Totals:  Cal. 862; Protein: 97g; Fat: 33g; Carbs 30g