What's on your Saturday menu, RNYers?

What a view!

Happy Saturday!! What makes me happy right now is that the sun was shining yesterday and I drove with the sun roof open! This has been a hard winter. I think its over. 

We are headed to the beach for the weekend today with the family and the dog.  It is going to be so nice to get away and just have some time together.  Last time we were there as a family, we hiked up to a lighthouse and I was so embarrassed. I had to stop like 10 times.I was a sweaty, heavy breathing mess.  I want to go do it again and see how different it is 60 lbs less. 

B- chicken sausage

L-not sure

D-not sure

We are renting a house, so I will be able to cook my own food. I am going to shop when I get down there. Hopefully it will be some crab, since the boys are going out crabbing today.

Have a great day! 

Wow a trip to the beach sounds pretty fantastic right now! Enjoy your hike! I hope it goes well :)

Good Morning all. Even though I have a couple of things right now really worrying me, I am trying my hardest to think and be greatful for the couple of things I have that are making me SUPER HAPPY!!!  #1. is our vacation in 37 days (not that I'm counting haha) #2. is I have been getting on the scale more often than my normal once a week and the number keeps going down!! Now I'm like 6 years out so mine doesn't move like most of you who are under 3 years but ANY move down is an awesome site!!!

Yesterday's menu looked like this: B: coffee L: bunless lean burgers D: roast in IP with small almond salad

Good morning Menu Friends! I am so happy it is Saturday.  Last nights dinner was so nice husband actually surprised me and had made reservations at this really nice restaurant in town that we only go to on special occasions it was the last night of there annual "Steak Stampede" I ordered the T-Bone steak that thing was huge.  I will be eating it for lunch most of the week I think! But it was nice.  I did indulge in a few sips of wine we toasted my mom for her birthday but I am still full as I write this.  Tonight I am volunteering at the local food shelf fundraiser and since I love soup it will be fun to try other soups but I have this thing about cleanliness so if I do not know the person who made it I won't try it.  I am one of these people who will buy things at a bake sale outside a grocery store to support the cause and then throw it away because I don't know what type of kitchen it was made in.  Or just donate some money to them.

QOTD:  Lately it is weird things that make me happy like being able to walk out of the office at 4:30 or being able to go and visit my nieces for a couple of hours and hear them laugh. Thursday it was my daughter calling me to tell me what an awesome day she was having, she got great feedback from professors, she finished a paper early and was asked to be teaching assistant next year and she was just excited about life. This week it is knowing I have Monday off from work but I know I will work from home but I am leaving work at 1 on Thursday and we are heading to DC that makes me happy.  Seeing my daughter on stage  and singing makes me happy.  When I am working long hours at work and it sucks I realize that it is for her to be able to do that so in a roundabout way that is what makes me happy. 

My food for the day: Honestly I don't know other than soup (there it is)  for dinner.  I have had a cup of half caff coffee this morning.  I have a headache going onto day 4 so I am hoping this will help. Other than than some of the leftover steak..

Have a great Saturday friends... In my neck of the woods it is supposed to be sunny and in the 40's so it might be a great day to go play in the snow with the nieces maybe build a snowman. Do you want to build a snowman?

Good Morning JB and Menu Family!

QOTD:  My daughter and my pets always make me feel happy, but right now the nice Spring weather is making me feel happy!  I have really been enjoying walking Blossom around our beautiful, rural subdivision the past several days.  It is so peaceful and calm and the days are mild, sunny and the sky is bright blue.  I love it!

B:  bacon & spinach egg frittata

L:  chili cheese dog

D:  lettuce, chicken, cheese, nuts, low cal dressing

S:  Light n Fit Greek yogurt

S:  Roast beef roll-ups with cream cheese

Exercise:  Walking Blossom around the subdivision

Have a FANTASTIC day everyone!  

~ Karen  

I think the same thing about school - but I don't teach (other than a handful of research sessions for English classes).  I work in the library.  But every vacation I think about how well the place runs when there are no students around!!

QOTD:  I was feeling pretty good yesterday about getting back into my exercise routine after a couple of weeks off (due to sprained ankle), and I was also feeling I was making some progress in my research on plastic surgery and surgeons, but I'm feeling stressed again this morning, which has been the story of  my life the last few months (too much family crap going on).  Ugh.  I should have gone to yoga again this morning, as that helps.  Plus I have to work today - not crazy about working weekends, although Saturdays (unlike Sundays) are usually pretty quiet, and I can take a comp day later for it.  But still, I think that's stressing me out, too.  I just want to lie around and do nothing today!!  But there's always tomorrow....

20 months out:

B:  homemade plain Greek yogurt, NSA blueberry sauce

S:  coffee with half & half, SF protein/fiber pumpkin chai tea latte

L:  1 C chorizo chili with 1 T plain Greek yogurt

D:  pork loin with cranberry sauce, Brussels sprouts

probably a L&F Greek yogurt later

off for coffee - then to work!  (boo!)

Hi all!! 3-day weekend, woohoo! I'm toying with going in in Monday to get ahead (catch up) but I most likely won't bother. 

I've been on my run and am at bowling. Qotd: what's making me happy right now? Top of my list is my son getting accepted to all his high school choices. He's proud- I'm proud and relieved! Behind that is how my hubby has been handling his Bishop's passing and his new role in the church. He's sharing a lot that he wouldn't normally share (since I'm not a member) and really owning his role. WLS wise- I feel like I finally learned the meaning of 'small' meals multiple times a day. Before, the term "small meal" was an oxymoron to me... meals should be huge!! :-)

194 today, 21 months out

m1: protein shake

m2: Greek yogurt, berries, cheerios

m3: bourbon chicken chunks

m4: lunch meat roll up- or something out- lots of errands today

m5: maybe taco salad. 

Getting in to the right high school is so wonderful. Congrats!

QOTD: What makes me really happy right now is that my 12 year-old daughter (and I) is home from the hospital safe and sound. She had surgery on Thursday on her palate (she was born with a cleft lip/palate). Right now she is doing a lot of crying. Not sure if it from pain, lack of food (liquid diet now then soft diet for a month), not being able to talk, or a combination of all of the above, but at least we are home. Hopefully in a few days things will be much better for her. I hate to see her hurting.

I had way too many carbs in the hospital so this week will be a detox one for me.