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

You describe it well.....I don't like the "hole" either.

I went out to brunch with friends yesterday and since I'm in maintenance, prior to arriving at the restaurant had made the decision that I would eat things off my plan. I had an egg dish that had a piece of crusty multigrain toast on the bottom, some whipped ricotta, asparagus spears, tomato slices and two poached eggs. We also ordered a side of bacon and fingerling potatoes for the table. There may or may not have been bottomless mimosas involved (I don't drink so my mimosa never got to the bottomless stage). Eating now is so different. I ate the eggs, and the asparagus, scraped the ricotta off the toast, eating about 1/3 of the thin slice. I had a few of the fingerlings and a piece of the bacon Even though I'm in maintenance, I find it hard to allow myself to enjoy eating off plan. As I was eating, all I could think of was "im sure this is going to hurt me tomorrow." Sure enough, it did, my weight is up 2 lbs from yesterday and I'm doing nothing but kicking myself today. This is such a hard mental trip and I don't know that I'll ever come to terms with it.

First, I was drooling at your description. Second, you didn't eat 7000 extra calories so you didn't gain 2 pounds of fat. Reality check. And yes it is a hard mental challenge.

It was delicious! And I know I didn't eat an extra 7,000 but it's so hard mentally. I'm so diligent and on the days that I ease up a bit, it's hard mentally to see the increase on the scale. Next time such an opportunity arises, will I let myself live a bit, or will I remember stepping on the scale this morning and seeing myself at the top of my comfort range? Hard to say. I hope I can get to the point where I KNOW the fluctuation wasn't due to the 1 meal 1/2 glass of champagne, and that it's just a daily thing, but I'm not sure. It could have been from anything, extra water, etc. It makes me so sad when I see new post ops testing the limits early, having good results and thinking "I've got this" because they really don't and because I know how amazingly hard it is to maintain once at goal. Sometimes the whole thing exhausts me.

Morning!

yesterday was super productive, I went to the gym, did some gardening, made a batch of Napa chicken salad for the week (Panera copycat recipe), and canned 6 quarts of full pickles. Ended up having people over for an impromptu Game of Thrones premiere party, which was fun!

accountability: swapped my planned spinach salad yesterday for a spoonful of chicken salad on a bed of spinach. Not a major detour though.

Breakfast: scrambled eggs with ham and cheese, coffee with PP added

snack: 1/2 c baby carrots with hummus

lunch: turkey meatballs with mozzarella and marinara, leftover from Saturday night

snack: Greek L&F

dinner: probably leftover taco concoction (seasoned ground turkey with black beans)

There are a lot worse detours, that's for sure!

Good Monday to you all~ Oh that carb monster, he's an evil one!! I had a nice relaxing weekend and enjoyed every minute with BF. Early this morning, he left for the Bay area again for another work week. Fortunately, he has a final interview at a local firm on Friday so hopefully everything will work out and he won't have to travel much longer.

OH! Ran into a co-worker yesterday at the pool in a swimsuit and I wasn't uncomfortable, self conscious or insecure - NSV for sure!!

Accountability - stayed 100% on plan yesterday and the scale rewarded me with a 3 pound loss! I'm positive it was all water, but I am back to signature weight and feeling back to normal.

QOTD - I don't recall that last time I had a bruise? Hum, maybe I don't bruise as much!

7+mo post op - 198.4 - YES!

b-coffee w/heavy cream and splenda, salami

l-tuna salad w/balsamic vinegar

d-chicken thigh

v/l - started

e-60 min lap swim

Good morning,

I had a good weekend. Went to the public museum yesterday since it was free day. Alots of people and had to park far away. At least it wasn't as hot as it been. Then went to a b-day party for my friends granddaughter.

Accountability yesterday i had b-day cake and ice cream. Friday i had a bingefest on ice cream bars. Ice cream is gone now. Hopefully I can stay strong and not buy anymore. I thought the scale would be mean to me this morning but it wasn't, I went from 173.6 to 169.6. I kept getting on and off the scale but it kept coming up the same.

QOTD I bruise about the same.

B ham and cheese omelette and string cheese

L tuna and cottage cheese

D spaghetti meat sauce and zucchini zoodles

S devil eggs or egg salad.

Have a wonderful day

I had a carb fest Friday and showed -2# yesterday. Immediately stopped feeling guilty about it. Maybe the random change in diet kickstarted me again when I ate better all weekend

Happy Monday everyone! I had a lovely weekend. We did in fact drag ourselves out of bed super early Sat and did have a garage sale. That felt like a huge NSV to me because I would not have gone through with it in the past before WLS. It was SOOOOOO hot. 100+ degrees and muggy doesn't cover it. I posted on my Facebook that I was sweating like a horse with Paul Revere on my back whacking me and screaming about someone's fashion choices. LOL I would absolutely have cancelled saying it was too hot instead of pushing through and getting activity and work done even in the heat. Honestly though, I was not sweating nearly like I used to prior to surgery and once we packed up the sale stuff I still managed to host five friends for a spontaneous gathering to hang out. I made chicken taco meat in the IP and ended up sitting up visiting with them until 11:30 pm. I can't even imagine having energy enough to do all of that before WLS.

QOTD: I bruise more easily. I often notice weird bruises and am mystified as to where they might be from. My Guy always chuckles and says, "I beat you while you sleep. It is my hobby. Don't judge." LOL

Accountability: I did well this weekend except I had popcorn Sunday afternoon during a movie. I asked for no butter and so I choose to believe there was no butter...but it totally tasted like butter. LOL No regrets. This morning 127, same as Friday so I am doing well.

Menu: B: Greek Light & Fit, sliced strawberries; L: Not sure...I packed left over Chicken Enchilada soup but I am worried it might be too old (was in the fridge since Thursday..?) I might just have another yogurt; D: It is D&D Night! Yay. Potluck...eek... I am not sure what I will bring.

~Elizabeth