What's on your Wednesday Menu, RNYers?

Welcome! I hope you stick around here with the Menu Crew! We have lots of fun!

I am a planner in a lot of aspects of my life and now post surgery having my menus planned for the day is a MUST for me.

I have seen a lot of successful PRE Ops that start here on OH on our menu post and they continue and are doing so well, the more you can learn and figure out early you give yourself such a good chance for success in the maintenance phase later on.

That is an awesome menu for being pre op!

Enjoy your dinner with your Aunt!

Daisy

I'm an auto insurance underwriter. I feel your pain.

Good Morning! I feel so excited for you and your upcoming trip. Can't wait to see the pics!!!!

QOTD: The office is always filled with all kinds of junk and treats but luckily my team is located kind of off on own with how the office is arranged. My direct team typically eats pretty healthy so I'm lucky.

My menu is pretty much the same as yesterday- love having leftover BBQ stuff available.

Time since surgery: 2 years 8 months

B: latte, eggbeaters, turkey sausage links and 1/2 an orange

L: Albacore tuna lettuce wraps and baby carrots

S: latte, Homemade 2% Greek yogurt with almonds and SF jam, Buddig beef pack and 2 Brazil nuts

D: Bunless BBQ cheeseburger, green beans and SF JELLO with cool-whip

Totals: Cals: 1141 Protein: 117 Carbs: 73 Fat: 44
E: 60 mins slow walking
W/V on track
Hope everyone has a great day!

Did you get cleared for any more activity?

Not yet :(

I see my surgeon on the 23rd so hopefully he'll clear me for some cardio.

Good morning everyone. The sun is going to shine today in the PNW and i am thrilled. I am hoping to sand my deck so we can re-stain it.

JB- Sorry you are dealing with work stuff. That is never fun! I am excited for you and your trip!

My 6 month follow up with my surgeon was Monday. She was thrilled with my weight loss. She said that I was a model weight loss surgery patient and she wished that all her patients took this surgery as serious as I do. It was a great appt and I feel really good about it. I am very thankful for the people on this board guiding me.

My menu for today

3 chicken sausage, 1 poached egg

L-4 oz chicken shredded chicken breast with hot sauce

S- chomps meat stick.

D- more chicken

Vitamins- on track

I need to up my water consumption. I only drank 50 ounces yesterday.

Glad the appt went well, you're doing fantastic!!

I'm happy that your appointment went well! Congrats!

Good morning JB!

Let's see if I can actually post this BEFORE I have to edit to read "afternoon".

QOTD- I'm new to the organization still, but I'd say I've got a middle of the road office. So far there have been only unhealthy treats, but they show up about once a week so not too bad. I work for a big hospital system in Columbus Ohio, and when I came down for my pre-employement physical I was disappointed to see they had a Tim Horton's INSIDE their flagship hospital!!! The system I left had already rid it's self of all junk food, and required the internal Subway and Starbucks to eliminate high sugar options (only sugar-free syrups for Starbucks!). One of the really nice things is that they are very into employee wellness here, and pay you in Healthcare Savings dollars to behave. Basically if I log my food in MFP which is linked to their instance of Virgin Pulse, log my daily steps (also auto-updates) and weigh in weekly, I'll get about $60/month which will basically cover my deductibles for my meds. Everyone in my department is dedicated to getting in 7000 steps a day so when we go out for lunch we walk there, and everyone is very supportive of my efforts to walk the steps every hour or so.

Last night it was Breakfast for Dinner. I had a piece of crispy bacon, and a quarter of a five inch pancake with real maple syrup. I ate slowly, and didn't have any issues, but obviously that's not the point. This change from my planned dinner (eggs) cost me about 15 additional carbs for a daily total of 63, and dropped me down to a total of 57 g protein.

I've reintroduced protein bars to my diet because I'm eating fresh strawberries which squeezes out room for natural protein. The densely pack protein in a Pure Protein bar seems like a efficient way to maximize my little pouch with a lot of protein. I know, I shouldn't eat the strawberries. For whatever reason I intensely dislike the protein bars so they are not acting as a trigger or slider.

Six Weeks post RNY/Unrestricted/ 185ish

B- 1/2 cup cottage cheese, one strawberry chopped, half a scoop protein powder

MS- 1/4 Pure Protein Bar and 2 fresh strawberries

L- 4 oz. Gyro meat plus 2 TBSP Tzatziki sauce on 3 oz baby spinach

AS- 1/4 Pure Protein Bar and 2 strawberries

D- Grilled Tilapia plus 1/4 Pure Protein bar

ES- 3oz. ale (half pour and I will probably drink only an oz or maybe two - but I'm going to a micro brewery so I'm being realistic) 1/4 Pure Protein bar

Total Calories- 788 Carbs- 45g Protein- 87 Fat- 27

Also, I'm "HonestOmnivore" on MFP :)

Good luck with the beer. I was definitely not trying any alcohol that soon after surgery. When I did have some at about 6 months out it was a weird 'super drunk then suddenly not drunk then drunk' experience with a terrible hangover the next day after just one drink. Is this your first time drinking post surgery? Did your doctor clear you for that so early? Be careful.

~E