What's on your menu today (Thursday) RNYers?

Hi everyone! How is everyone? One day to the weekend! I have an eye check up after work today, I think I might be in the "need bifocals" stage, I hate glasses so not looking forward to this possibility.

Accountability: stayed on plan yesterday. NOTE: this accountability part is totally voluntary, if you don't want to participate, don't, that is 100% fine! I do it because I feel I need to tell you guys when I totally go off plan. I am close to 4 yrs post op, so I don't tell you if I had 3 extra bites of something, I am talking about if I said my evening snack was going to be deviled eggs and instead I had ice cream and a chocolate bar. Please understand this for people who are not Vets yet (including myself) to get used to using MFP and eating & staying on a plan. Well that is how I see it guys. Your feedback is welcome.

QOTD: What good habit do you wish you could maintain? My dogs shed a lot and I brush them but not as often as I should so when I do it its a massive job as their coats are so thick and under their neck area gets tangles and its like trying to brush a young girls matted hair, it hurts them and its like I am doing yoga poses trying to fight them to get it done. If I just stayed on top of it then it would not be so bad when I get around to it.

3.8 yrs post op RNY - maintenance

B: decaf with 2 vanilla PP used as creamer

L: tuna/peppers/balsamic

S: 2 cheese strings

D: turkey breast & swiss cheese roll ups + honey mustard

S: 1 deviled egg

TOTALS: 976 calories, 132 protein, 21 carbs

V: patches are on

L: lots of decaf & water with diet cranberry

E: 5km run after eye appt then 5km walk with the dogs later in the evening

Have an awesome day everyone, be fabulous! Photo Friday is "before & afters"

My accountability is posting what I ate not what I am going to eat. I track during the day and can see the numbers as I go.

I appreciate the energy and time you put in this board.

Today I ate shrimp,boiled eggs,baked cheese (one more bag left),a protein bar,yogurt,banana,and 9 macadamian nuts.

The amazing thing for me is that there is no starchy carbs above. Every day another day forward.

QOD-I wish I could keep paper towels in my house. I wish I felt the slightest inkling to dust.

Have a good day. I'm going to sleep and then get up for and go to another cranial-sacral massage. I like them very much.

Morning!

qotd: there are so many. Dog brushing is a big one. Charlie sheds like crazy, and his fur is like pine needles everywhere.

i also wish I was better at keeping in touch with people I don't see on a regular basis.

Accountability: welllll, it was good until I decided to run errands after work. I hadn't eaten my whole lunch, and with having a late dinner, I decided to stop and grab a protein drink from a convenience store. It was a chocolate Gatorade one. Had a quick look at the stats. Thought it said 5 carbs....once I finished it, I had a closer look because I was like, that wasn't bad....

45 carbs! Not 5. Forty.five. That's more than I've had in an entire day since surgery!!

Menu:

B: premiere protein

L: leftover chicken fajita meat

D: tbd. Fridge is officially sadder than sad. Really need to shop tonight.

S: skyr with bean buds

have a good one!

NOT NOT NOT flaming you !!!! But...chocolate Gatorade?? Sounds gross...lol

You can tell I'm twice as old as you :)

It sounds gross to me too... but then again, I used to LOVE Yahoo chocolate drinks... so what do I know?

I love yoohoo too!!!! I also love liverwurst!

Lol it does sound gross hahaha but it's just like premiere protein ready to drink shake!

Good morning, Daisy and company! Sorry if I sounded negative about the accountability thing yesterday. I think it is a great tool, but I am just trying to be really cognizant about what head games I am playing with myself. I have spent the last few months feeling really down on myself about eating even when I am doing nothing wrong. It feels unhealthy, and I need to figure it out. I am grateful to hear how you are using it.

QOTD: Lots of things, but especially exercise routines. I really like running and elliptical but now that that is off the table because of my achilles, I haven't found something else I like that fits into an easy routine for me.

B: Chai Latte Protein Coffee

S: Black bean Hummus and Pita Chips

L: Green Salad with Grilled Chicken and Onion Vinaigrette

S: Chicken and Cheese Cubes

D: ?

i totally understand this and relate. the therapist really did help me realize all of this is a balancing act. pick and choose.

I also just finished the audio book about how to give less f$%## about things. it was helpful. so before I act, i say, is this important for me to even care or stress about. If it doesn't serve me, I don't let it bother me.

JB - Did it make you feel better than you were not alone, in your head games?

Hummus....yum !!!!