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

Hi everyone, Happy Wednesday! We got hit bad with an ice storm yesterday, and its at that temp where the salt ice melter you buy won't melt the ice, so our front steps and driveway and sidewalks are sheer ice, its crazy!

I can't begin to express my gratitude for all of you who I have come to call my "other family, my OH family" for all your love, prayers, support, kind words, offers to help and personal messages on the news of my Mom's breast cancer. I had tears of joy as I read each and every one of your posts yesterday.  I am still feeling quite overwhelmed and sad today, still processing all this. My Mom is still not ready to talk so I texted her yesterday and just said "I love you and we are going to beat this, together, as a family."  Hoping she is up for having visitors on the weekend, we shall see.  Thank you, Thank you, Thank you my friends, even though we are all "virtual" I truly felt the love & support, don't know what I would do without you all 

QOTD: Let's talk Valentines Day! How do post ops feel about chocolates? Would you be mad if your sweetie got you candy/chocolate for Valentines Day? Would you be mad if they didn't get you candy/chocolates? Would you be mad either way? And if you say no chocolates, are you just saying that, or do you mean it? Or are you anti-Valentines Day? What do you want from your Valentine?  Valentines Day is the day hubby and I celebrate our 1st date together so next week is our 17th anniversary of our 1st date.  I personally don't want chocolates, and I am not just saying that. Sweets/chocolate are a trigger for me and a slippery slope so no. Since its the anniversary of our 1st date each Feb 14th we always go out to our fav Steak restaurant (The Keg for my Canadian friends) so if I don't get a steak dinner then I would be pissed, screw the candy & chocolates, give me Filet Mignon!! LOL LOL Now Easter... that is different, I better get some of those damn Easter Creme Eggs!!

Time since surgery: 3 yrs + 2 months

B: 16oz coffee with Miralax (Restoralax in Canada), 1 Splenda & lactose free milk, + 2 babybel swiss + another 16oz coffee

L: 16oz coffee, can of solid white tuna over bell pepper + balsamic dressing 

S: 16oz coffee, 2 babybel swiss 

D: 16oz coffee, 4oz of baked balsamic salmon (didn't eat it last night, no appetite) 

S: 16oz coffee, 4 slices of Longos Oven Roasted Turkey Breast + honey mustard + Liberte vanilla greek yogurt before bed

TOTALS 944 calories, 105 protein, 25 carbs

V: PatchMD patches are on (multi, iron, B12, Vit D & Calcium)

L: coffee all day and water with SF cran splashed in

E: if its not icy and crappy out will do a 5km hike with the dogs, otherwise go to the gym for a run

Reminder - Photo Friday is "Photos of Love" for our Valentines Theme!

Have an awesome day everyone!  Be Fabulous today! 

Morning!!  I'm glad your are giving your Mom space until she is ready to talk about it. Sometimes we trip over ourselves to help and become a burden to those we want to help. I'm sure she appreciates your thoughts. 

I'm Actually still in bed- have to take the kids to the Orthodontist today- both have braces mishaps that need fixing. I'll go into work later. On Monday I had a horrible case of dumping thanks to some apple crumb pie (that's what I get for showing my patriotism!). Last time I experienced it that bad was months ago when I ate some Chinese- thinking brown rice would be 'good'. I could barely stand up straight all night-- ugg-- Lesson learned. I feel like my tummy is just getting back in track. 

Valentines Day- I currently have a bag of Hershey's kisses in our snack basket. It's been there for over a week and I'll grab two every so often. Thats the extent of chocolate I desire. My v-day tradition is chocolate covered strawberries. We'll buy a 1/2 dozen for hubby and I to enjoy. Thats all I really want- look forward to. We won't go out. Hubby proposed on Valentine's Day- so it's hard to do better than that. 

192.5 today, 21 months out

m1: eggs, turkey sausage, cheese

m2: grilled bourbon chicken bites

m3: chicken soup

m4: Baked tilapia, sweet potato

m5: ?? Still deciding 

Very good point Peach about giving Mom space!  Ugh braces mishaps, yup been there when I was a teenager!  Hope it goes well! 

I don't dump (thank god) but I do get RH bad so I feel your pain, feel better!

OMG why didn't I think of chocolate covered strawberries!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE them, I am putting that on the grocery list to make some this weekend!

Have a great day!

Chocolate covered strawberries, what a great idea. 

QOTD:  I am not post-op yet but I had already told my husband no chocolates.  Now I am going to be on my liquid diet so there will definitely be no chocolate.  But he has agreed to do the liquid diet with me.  His cardiologist needs him to loose some weight so that they can do his heart echo and get good results.  So at least I wont be suffering alone!  I hinted to my husband that I would rather get a pedicure before I go into surgery....we shall see if he picked up on that! lol

Exercise:  Both my husband and myself went to the gym this morning :D  It makes me so happy when he goes with me.

Breakfast:  protein shake

Snack: P3 and yogurt

Lunch:  Meat loaf

Dinner:  Chicken and a vegetable of some sort

Morning everyone!

Trip to Montreal was a success, we made it back before the freezing rain hit too, so double success.

Today is my 5 month surgiversary! I'm down 115lbs. I'm so, so happy I made this decision. And that I found this forum.

qotd: we don't have many traditions regarding Valentine's Day. Sometimes we celebrate, sometimes we don't. It's not a big thing for us.

Menu:

B: protein shake

L: dill tuna with 1/2 a live organic wrap

D: I'm going to try to make a steak chili. We'll see how that goes!

have a great day everyone! Off to read yesterday's posts!

Congrats on 115 lost in 5 months, that is amazing!! You should be so proud of the effort you've made to get there. Keep up the good work!!

Happy surgiversary, me too!!  Great job 

You've done great! Congrats on your success.

Happy Surgiversary!!! 115lbs in 5 months is freaking awesome!!!!! You should be proud of yourself!