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

Good Morning. On an accountability basis - I was day 2 eating clean yesterday. No unplanned food and especially no starch or sweet things. Uh (head shaking) - towels. My wife has a towel closet and no matter what I do I take the wrong towel. One is for her body, another is for her hair. I think she has a special one she uses to sit on while she puts on her make-up. I think its made from bamboo or something and is very soft. For the love of god women - they are towels!! ;) Just kidding. Seriously, I told my wife just put the rag towels on part of a shelf and I'll use those. I frequently just dry with a hand towel because I never get yelled at for using those (mad fun of yes, but not yelled at). So technically to answer the question, I do not love any towels. I appear to have a fear of towels if you force me to admit it. Towels - jeez.

B - Fage; pumpkin seeds (2 tbs); Healthwise protein cereal

S - Eggwhites from 2 HB eggs

L - Tuna salad (left over from the giant container purchased to feed an army) and a small salad

S - Peach Syntrax

D - 3 oz Salmon and Riced Cauliflower

S - SF popsicle

Good morning menu family.... Today has already been a crappy day I did not sleep well last night so that did not help. It was one year ago yesterday that my mom suffered a stroke that caused us to make the tough decision in regards to removing her from life support. I found myself waking up last night looking at the clock and thinking about where we were last year at that time at one hospital, driving to the other etc. we then spent the next week waiting for her to get better which unfortunately she did not. So today I have a wicked headache and feel like I could cry if anyone just looks at me. Then I get to work and my boss picks today to take his stupid pills... Hello extra coffee....Anyway I am going to put on Pandora and listen to some of my favorite music and hope it changes my mood.

QOTD: I think both hubby and I do! I know our daughter does because when she comes home she always has two or four that end up on her bathroom!

Accountability: Again did pretty good until bed time fruit you are evil but this morning the scale was down 3/4 of a pound so who am I go complain. But yesterday I did not eat lunch and dinner ended up being rolled up deli meat and cheese.

Today's plan:

B: hardboiled egg white and bacon and of course coffee to much of it....

L: grilled chicken and cottage cheese

S: Yogurt and granola

D: hot dog and low fat wheat bun and cucumbers.

Have a great day all or at least try to....

Hope your day gets better.

Feeling grief is not a one stop shop... I wi**** was. Hope you give yourself some room to feel sad and get through the day well. ~E

I am sorry you are reliving this. Eventually you won't but it may take quite a while. I used to replay my daughters last few weeks on the anniversary of each day in my head for a long time after she died, but I don't anymore (12 years).

Music is so soothing, I hope it helps your day get better. Hang in there.

The first anniversary of my Mom's death was the hardest. Take care of yourself on this tough day.

i hope you got better as it went on.

Good morning Daisy and menu friends!

First, before you read about my poor accountability last night, I want to celebrate that despite yesterday being an exercise intense day and feeling like my body is puffy with inflammation and water from all the muscle strain, the office scale (hospital system so generally the scale here is cruel) showed a 2 lb drop!!! That's after breakfast and with a dress on!!!! My blood pressure is also nice and low which is lovely as I was just able to go off my water pill a couple of weeks ago. Today's BP was 100/69 :)

Holiday time - I'm at a new job and not eligible for paid leave for another month. Our policy is a paid day off for July 4th, and I'm crossing my fingers they'll let me work remote on Monday. If that is the case I will go to my parents cottage Sunday, work from the screened in porch Monday and enjoy the holiday picnics and parades with my family on Tuesday...

Accountability: I missed my tuna packet at lunch, then over ate at dinner (venison taco meat with cheese and lettuce wraps). I also ate four shrimp when I came in the door to "tied me over" till dinner was ready. Lastly I replaced my evening snack of pineapple with a protein shake PLUS had four spoons of one of those low cal/ low carb ice creams... whi*****reased my daily calories to a whopping 865! (on the up-side, I did end up riding my back back home from work rather than taking the bus, and I added a four mile walk in the evening which totally kicked my butt!) *EDITED TO ADD: I also ate half an apple yesterday. Still getting my brain wrapped around old "good choices" that are now "bad choices".

QOTD: I do! My roommate and I have two sets of towels and one of the sets is a nice thick grey towel. I try to steal it on the weekends she's away at her boyfriends, then launder it and have it hanging nice and fresh in her bathroom before I head back south to Columbus. On the weekends she's home it's basically still in her bathroom.

3 mo post RNY/171 lbs/Weightloss diet

B- 8 large shrimp, 1 tsp ****tail sauce

MS- 1/3 cup lowfat cottage cheese w/ 1/2 a scoop Nectar Lemonade protein powder

L- Tuna Packet

D- Pan seared salmon with bok choy, wasabi lime dressing, and soy infused rice (HelloFresh, and I'm subbing quinoa for the rice and eating a half portion)

ES- 4 or 5 shrimp with a little ****tail sauce

Total Calories: 679, Protein: 105, Carbs: 32 (rice is counted but I'll use slightly less carbs by swapping for quinoa), Sugar: 4, Fat: 18

Exercise: I'm recovering from yesterday's bike ride plus 4 mile walk, but I am scheduled for a 2 mile run as part of my 5K prep work. I'm also planning a 30 minute walk at lunch.

Why not just ask her where she got the towel and get some for yourself? Then you could skip the subterfuge.