What's on your Sunday menu RNYers?

morning everyone!

the sun is shining, and the coffee is tasty!

a bit more work here, then I think we're going to take a drive out to my dads hunt camp and hang out there.

hope to get back into the city in time to do some meal prep for a busy week ahead.

which leads to my qotd:

what are your go to meals these days? Or a way of preparing a protein that you just can't get enough of?

ive shared this before, but this pork carnitas recipe never disappoints. I always use the slow cooker, and it comes together fast and is so tasty. I usually have it in a lettuce cup, or just with a bit of coleslaw. Also, it make a ton, and freezes well.

http://www.mykitchenescapades.com/2012/11/pork-carnitas.html

For work lunches, I've been loving chopped chicken with avocado, onion, a bit of tomato and cucumber, with a squeeze of lime juice. Sooo yummy, fast and satisfying.

BBQ season is upon us, time to keep the grill in mind as well!

menu:

B: protein shake

L/D: again, no idea, depends on when I head home.

have a good one!

Good morning menu folks! I hope that your weekend is going well.

We're headed back to the pool again this morning. We had so much fun we had to do it again! If the weather holds, I may go for a walk later too.

In the meantime, I plan to make carrot pickles for something different. The recipe calls for sugar, but I never add sugar to my pickles, well unless I'm making sweet and sours and those are for gifts.

QOTD: I keep a variety of fish and meat burgers on hand (Mahi Mahi, tuna, salmon, turkey, TJ's chicken lime, lean ground beef) for quick lunches and dinners. I usually add some sauce of some kind to the top and a vegetable and they make a nice quick meal when I'm hungry.

Also since surgery, salmon has been tasting particularly good, so I usually make some baked salmon of some kind every weekend for leftovers in the week ahead.

Breakfast: spinach feta egg muffin, turkey bacon

Snack: Fuzzy Navel protein shake

Lunch: Trader Joe's sundried tomato chicken sausage and zoodles

Snack: Greek yogurt with SF raspberry jam

Dinner: salmon

Exercise: 45-50 minutes in the pool plus 30-40 minute walk

Happy Sunday! The sun is out again and the extra 2 pounds I had angst about is gone!

QOTD: I love the Italian chicken from this site (made in my IP): http://www.thecreativebite.com/10-healthy-chicken-recipes-in -a-pressure-cooker-or-crock-pot/ . I eat it plain, but plan to try it over riced cauliflower and also over spiralized zucchini. DH Loves it over pasta. Also, I love tuna salad with a small amount of low-fat mayo, chopped pickles and spices with cottage cheese for lunch (I eat it essentially every day as it always satisfies and fills me up for high protein/low calorie). Great for packing in small containers in my freezer lunch bag for work.

B: eggbeaters and cottage cheese

L: tuna salad, pickles and cottage cheese

D: Italian chicken over riced cauliflower (time to do this - I freeze batches in individual serving sizes)

S: cheese sticks, protein bar

If this were Facebook I would have hearted this post instead of just liking it. Thanks for the link!

You are welcome!

Good morning! Thanks for all of your kind words yesterday. It helped remind me that I don't need to feel down about getting off plan--I can actually do something about it. So as of today, I am no longer considering myself "in maintenance" and I am going to restrict calories and try to get to the lowest part of my comfort range, again--which I haven't seen in weeks. I just needed the kick in the ass to remind me that this is in my control.

I woke up with the sniffles so I am going to take it easy today, because I think I am guaranteed to have a crazy week after vacation week. I think today will involve a very short run, a trip to IKEA, and some gardening :)

QOTD: I like Trader Joe's sliced turkey & CHOMPS Meat Sticks

B: Decaf coffee (ahhhhhh, I hate this ****) w/ 2% Lactaid Milk

S: HB Egg

L: 2 IKEA hot dogs (no bun)

S: Cherry Fage Greek Yogurt

D: Steak on the Grill

Totals: Calories: 773 / Protein: 65 / Carb: 40

Exercise: .5 mile run outside

Vitamins: Patches (D3, Iron & Multi)

lol @ "I hate this ****"

Ditto Fozzie! LOL!

I'm on half-caff since my surgery. They made me quit completely before the surgery and they want me to limit my caffeine now... so when faced with the prospect of 8 oz full caff or 16 oz half-caff I made the obvious (to me, anyway) choice and went half caff. I got half caff k-cups for work and at home I just mix it up myself. Idk if this will work for you since I think I missed the post if you said why you've switched to decaf (I've been off the thread for a couple days). Anyway... thought I'd share. I'm in love with half caff!

Good morning guys!

We met my family for dinner last night and tried a new BBQ place which worked out perfect for me. New to us at least, we had never been there before but I imagine we'll be back. He ordered a sampler platter with ribs, brisket and chops which was perfect for us to share and we still brought some home. They smoke everything in-house and you can order all their meats by the pound if you're not interested in a traditional meal, or to take home.

Funny story... I took a scale pic for the first time on Friday (I was very excited to be in the 220's)...when I weigh in I'm always in my pj pants but no top and when I showed my BF he started laughing like crazy and yelled "Boobies!!"... apparently my topless chest was captured perfectly by the metallic piece surrounding the number and I was too focused on the number to notice. Hahaha!

QOTD Last Sunday I picked up a rotisserie chicken from Costco and half of it was enough for my weeks worth of lunch protein. Today my plan is to throw some chicken in the crock pot with jalapeno cream cheese which I'll either eat on it's own or with tzatziki and diced tomatoes. My favourite protein is ribs though. I use a rib rub from the Bulk Barn and they go in the crock pot for a few hours before hitting the BBQ, so yum and the bonus is that they're helpful in the bathroom department.

5 months post op

B- coffee w/ 1/2 premier protein

...the rest of the day is uncertain but I'll be prepping for the week so I'll have good options today too

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!!