What's on your Menu today (Tuesday) RNYers?

I am so glad you found an NSV even during this difficult healing time, Elizabeth! You have been through so many procedures, you poor thing. And I can totally relate to just going back and forth to the fridge and mindlessly eating all the food. It sucks, and it happens, and we just have to make sure it doesn't happen often. I hate that out of control feeling!

Reading about your summers makes me sad. But I can also see how that made you such a loving, caring mom to your kids. You can tell from your posts how important your kids are to you, and the fact that they want to hang out with you as young adults (when a lot of kids think their parents are SO. DUMB) shows that you guys have a great relationship. I think it's awesome that you overcame the insanity of your own upbringing to give your kids the safety and security that kids need. Cheers to you!

Aww thanks! There are days I feel like a failure as a mom because they don't have all the fancy cool stuff we all see on TV. In the grand scheme of things though we all love each other and enjoy time together. They all are amazing people so I have to take that as a win.

My parents were wonderful people with terrible flaws. In the end I learned from them that imperfection is lovable and honestly that is a pretty liberating thing. I hope my kids got that from me as well...no one needs to be perfect, we just do the best we can with what we have everyday.

I think the hydrocodone pills for pain totally gave me the 'munchies.' I am hoping that I can avoid taking one tonight. I also hate that out of control feeling. Even if the food had all been on plan...that feeling is yuck.

Cheers to you too!

~E

{{hugs}}

Going through my own crazy recovery right now, I totally appreciate the energy and pain then ups and downs and everything in your post. And the food being random messes with our heads, but sometimes in the midst of a recovery it's the best you can do. Funny The first week or two I was worried about losing weight, now that I've got my son and family and miniature peeps here with lots of carb snacks I'm more worried about gaining weight.

Be good to yourself, good for you for finding the light in the midst of the darkness.

Good morning. I guess as a kid I just wanted to ride my bike down to the Lake or play baseball. In those days you could do anything and not worry (or my parents get arrested for child abandonment). I was 10 and could go anywhere, as long as I was home at sunset (which made summer even better!). Though if I had the time machine, I think I'd land myself back in college and tell myself that I didn't need to eat a desert at every meal and also that I didn't need a 4th meal every night (entire 9 inch pizza or cheeseburger and then a desert of a candy bar and Hostess product). Damn subsidized snack bar. I think the 4th meal cost me under $5 a night. I needed to know that just because I could - I shouldn't. Man that was the beginning of it all for me. I went to College at 225 and left around 450 4 years later. I then mostly spend the next 30+ years well into the 400's.

Pre-workout 1/4 of a quest bar (made into eggface cookies)

B - 4oz Fage with Healthwise protein cereal; .2 ounce pumpkin seeds

S - 2 hardboiled eggs - eggwhites only

L - Small salad; 3.4oz leftover lamb roast

S - Syntrax protein shake - Peach

D - Small salad; 3.2 ounce chicken burger

S - SF popsicle

Hi menu folks,

It's been a while since I posted on the menu thread - my eating at almost 4 years out is different than a newbie so I don't normally post it, though I have been trying to post on other topics. Pay it forward like the vets did for me here, and all that :)

Your QOTD is interesting...last night my BF and I took the little kids (7 and 11) to the neighborhood playground and they just aren't able to play with each other, independently, without us creatively making up a game ("let's count how long it takes to go down the slide" or "who can use the least steps going across the drawbridge"). We were commenting on how when we were young, our parents booted us out of the door after breakfast and we might have gone home for lunch, or might have eaten a sandwich down the street, and then we knew we had to be home for dinner. I don't know if this generation is just less creative, or if it's hard to be creative when you have an iPhone and iPad or what the deal is. But they just aren't like we were back in the day.

Time since surgery: 3.5 years

B: Manchego cheese and honey baked turkey

L: A little pesto tortellini with ground turkey tomato sauce and mozzarella baked on top

D: Amy's andouille chicken sausage from Costco - love it!

S: Nothing planned, I have been doing better with not snacking recently

E: I need to mow the lawn but we will see...though today is gorgeous here! Low humidity for once!

V: Patches on. I need to get my labs drawn and make sure these patches are working for me! I love how easy they are.

Daisy, I hope you feel better. Headaches are so annoying - they impact your entire day :( I will be thinking of you and sending you healing vibes! PS I love that you are planning on TWO hour long classes at the gym while feeling like crap! You're a star!

Hugs, Em

how do the patches hold up through exercise? Or do you just use them overnight?

Good morning. I've been MIA a bit because work and life have been so busy. I realized yesterday though that I need to make checking in a priority because I do better when I check in. Yesterday was a hot mess accountability wise. We had a pot luck breakfast at work and the day was insanely busy so I found myself eating poorly. I stayed within my calorie range but my protein and other nutrients were down for sure. Back on track so far today.

8 weeks post op

B: dunkin coffee and wake up wrap

L: 2oz deli ham 1oz cheese

S: greek yogurt

D: chicken sausage and veg

cals: 660 carbs:28 protein: 60

Walking at lunch if the weather holds

vitamin patches on

Good morning,

Im having a good day so far. Woke up before my alarm went off.

QOTD I was always outside playing with my friends.

Accountability I did go out to eat. Had a cheeseburger and onion rings. Skip my snack but then my friend brought out snickers mini bites so i had 5 of them

Coffee and protein shake as creamer.

B spinach, orange pepper, ham and cheese omelette and string cheese

L tuna and cottage cheese

D ham steak and bake beans

S Greek yogurt, turkey sausage snack sticks and an apple

Have a good day

Good morning all! I hope you feel better Daisy. How is Amy doing? Today is a busy one, workwise I am still catching up but it is going well. After work I am going to see dad then taking care of some business and running a bunch of errands. I won't get home until about bedtime, boo! but it needs to be done. I know I wrote a sad post yesterday about my mom, but I have to add that every time I see her things in my house, I feel such joy and my heart swells. I feel like I have special pieces of her and that means so much to me.

Accountability - I added a SF fudgesicle last night - 5 carbs and 40 cals... I really wanted a SF popsicle but we were out.

QOTD - No more pencils and no more books!! Playing outside and swimming from sun up to sun down, it was awesome. Going to the beach was the best and we went often.

7 mo post op - 200.0 URGGGG! stop teasing me, scale!!!

b-coffee w/heavy cream and splenda, salami

l-tuna w/homemade balsamic dressing

d-out- innards of a subway sand

v/l - on track

e-not today

Have a great day all!

Good Morning Menu Friends:

Daisy, I am sending positive thoughts your way...feel better.

ACCOUNTABILITY: Added a snack at 11 PM--kung pao jerky, mixed nuts & granola in a bowl. This night time eating has to stop! Maybe I need a night time walk.....

QOTD: I had a love hate relationship with summer. My mother ALWAYS had a workbook for me--thru 6th grade. I had to complete 10 pages a day before going outside. I grew up in Daytona Beach and loved the trips--Walt Disney World, 6-Gun Territory, Seal World & days at the beach! I continue traveling with my son during the summer, planning trips & seeing new things.

M1: Chai & decaf coffee with vanilla protein shake

M2: Meatballs & blueberry greek yogurt

M3: Turkey burger & strawberry greek yogurt

M4: Beef patty w/cheddar cheese

M5: Mixed nuts & granola

V: yes

L: yes

E: Walk to Ross for shorts & cash in my lottery tix!

Have a great day everyone!