What's on your menu today (PHOTO FRIDAY) RNYers?

thanks!  I'll give it a shot.  Ricotta cheese has even more protein than Greek yogurt, I think!

Although I don't get to post much, I usually sit at my computer at about 10 pm (West Coast time) and read the posts.  I always enjoy reading them and learn a lot about maintenance, common issues we all face, everybody's lives, and just humanity in general. Thanks for sharing.  I love photo Fridays and so today I jumped on early because I have been working at home all week as I am recovering from my belt lipectomy.  Back to work on Monday because it is budget time with a vengeance.  I missed the first meeting today, but will be going nonstop in the next couple of months.  Surgery was on 1/25 and I took a full week and a half off with no work, worked from home this week, calling in for meetings and conference calls, and working remotely.  I wish I could do this all the time, but sadly cannot.  

Anyway, recovery has gone amazingly well.  I am very happy with the results. Hated that I had to pay out of pocket, but I really felt I needed this for my own mental well being. I couldn't be happier. Saw the doctor yesterday and he is very pleased with my healing, but if you can believe it, he begged me to please eat more (who would have thought).  I lost 5 pounds of skin from the surgery and then another 4 or 5 more on top of that. He said, please go eat a big fat juicy steak and anything else you can think of.  I don't know that I will do that but I did pick up steaks to barbeque tomorrow night.  One of my daughters got a promotion and has moved back home (how does that work out) yesterday. She will go back to LA on Sunday and stay with her boyfriend to finish her last week up then officially move in (her stuff is all here now).  She is going to stay here a couple/few months until she figures out where she wants to live in her new territory, her boyfriend gets a transfer, and they move out together somewhere.  So we will have her all week and they will trade off weekends with us and his family (although they like to be here more).  So, our empty nest won't be as empty as it was.  My husband and I will adjust, but we love our kids, so we are happy.

Random acts...I try to do things whenever I can.  A couple of weeks ago I took a friend to a play. She likes to go to them, but has 2 little kids and doesn't do that kind of stuff for herself much.  We had a great time.  I need to be more conscientious about intentionally doing things. Thanks for the reminder.

Here are my pictures.  Me and my hubby on our wedding day (1983) and one of me and my Mom (she has been gone 6 years now and I miss her every day. We were best friends.)  And one of my family from Mother's Day last year, because I love my family.  

you really rebounded from that surgery quickly!  I was kind of wondering how long recovery would take (might do it this coming summer or the following summer)

I was also worried about the recovery time.  I had a very limited window to take off work and I had already been off on about 4 vacations since October, so I was pushing it, but didn't want to wait until July/August.

DC Girl went back to work (from home) after a few days.  Cynthia (NY Mom) was on a plane a couple of weeks out and she had even more done at one time.  I think you just have to pace yourself.And honestly, I could have worked some even sooner, but I definitely was taking pain pills and didn't think I should be working while under the influence. This week, I have worked all day (8:30-5:30), took a lunch break during the day (obviously working from home is flexible), and then took a pain pill around 7 pm and settled in for the night.  I borrowed my neighbor's electric recliner that lifts you up, had my daughter with me for the surgery day and the next 4 days, and was solo after that (husband home in the evenings). I gave the chair back a few days ago and started sleeping in the bed. I'm just using my regular recliner in the evenings now.  I would say it was a bit easier than the RNY surgery because it is only skin, no internal organs.  He did do muscle repair on the ab muscles and they spasm occasionally, but not bad. I would highly recommend the surgery. I feel so much better about my weight loss now.  Legs, boobs, and arms are still in need of work, but I plan to do the boobs and arms in late summer.  He did as much as he could with the outside and back of my thighs through this lift, but definitely can't do all of it.  Not sure if I will do legs.  Maybe in a year or two.  Doesn't seem worth it.  I can just wear shorts that go to my knees.  Calves are fine.  The one funny thing I discovered is the amazing amount of things I drop on a daily basis.  I would just leave a trail around the house for someone to pick up later.  I also had a grabber claw thing and a back scratcher that I used to pick things up. Haha.

who did yours, btw?

my thighs are really thin and I have major "thigh gap", so even though I have some hangy, crepe-y skin on them (not too much, though), I don't think I'll have them done because at my age,  I'm not going to wear short-shorts or anything.  Lower legs are fine.  

I can actually hide my loose skin pretty easily because I am/was apple-shaped, so most of it is on my torso. Nothing a slightly-oversized, long-ish top won't cover - but it sometimes bothers me to look at it, and I'm sure I'd feel better if it was gone.  It'd be nice to have a breast lift as well.  Again, easy to hide - but...ugh.  

I think I had a similar shape to you. I am pretty straight and boxy now without much of a waist, but I can live with that.  Anyway, my surgeon was Dr. Joseph Ku in Riverside, CA.  I was referred by my bariatric surgeon and had seen some of his work on some people that I met at the bariatric surgeon's office. I will definitely have him do any future plastic surgery.  I met him and liked him right away, so I didn't even shop around, I booked my surgery on the day of my consult.

I'm kind of hoping I can find someone who'll do a fleur-de-lis.  They can usually get your waist smaller with those - but then you have a vertical scar.  But then again, I'm never going to wear a bikini again, so do I really care?  It seems most people don't have fleur-de-lis, though, so I don't know if most surgeons will do them or not.  So much to think about....

He does do the fleur-de-lis.  I have seen someone's he did and the scar was so faint. It was amazing.

Great pics!

Great pics Daisy!