Hi menu crew! How are you all? I am good. Its raining here right now, supposed to clear up later and get warm. I am in a training course today and I hope I don't fall asleep in it, I had a really crappy sleep last night.

Accountability: I was good all day. Didn't have my steak for dinner just had yogurt. But then at 10pm instead of just going to bed I grabbed a bag of Smart Food popcorn and had a lot, not happy with myself. I was not hungry, it was total boredom.

QOTD: Are you hungry when you wake up or do you drink first (coffee, tea, protein shake) and then eat later. I have always been hungrier later in the day/evening, even pre surgery I ate a lot of calories from 7pm - 11pm. Now I wake up at 5am, first coffee is at 6am, I drink many decaf coffees up until about noon then I eat lunch. I am not that hungry first thing in the morning, but come 7pm its like I am ravenous and I want to eat and eat right up to going to bed.

3.9 yrs post op RNY - maintenance food - this is what I have planned and inputted into MFP for today

B: tons of decaf with vanilla PP

L: tuna/peppers/balsamic

S: 2 cheese strings

D: 4oz filet mignon steaks

S: yogurt & 1 tbsp SF raspberry jam

TOTALS: 981 calories, 139 protein, 32 carbs

V: patches are on (Mutli, Iron, B12, Vit D & Calcium)

E: gym night - 60 min step class followed by 60 min muscle pump, take dogs out at 9pm for 3km walk

Have an awesome day my protein peeps, be fabulous!

Morning!

had a nice evening, my sister and brother in law came over to help us set up our new gazebo, and I bbqed dinner, and we ate outside. Finally felt like a summer evening!

qotd: i used to eat first thing. Since surgery I have been satisfied with a protein shake and coffee. During the week, I try to eat at 11am, 2pm, 6 ish pm. Doesn't always work out that way, but I try. Weekends are definitely not consistent. Other than my morning protein shake.

accountability: good on plan. My weight is up a little, but I think it's jus****er from the extra weekend carbs.

menu:

B: coffee and premiere protein

L: leftover pork tenderloin

D: think I'm on my own for dinner, so prob leftovers.

S: half a premiere protein bar if needed.

take care everyone!

Good Morning Daisy and Menu Family!

QOTD: I usually drink 2 or 3 large mugs of coffee in the morning before I eat anything for breakfast. I am usually not that hungry in the morning and I put off eating as long as I can because once I eat then that seems to make me want to eat more the rest of the day. I think a lot of it is head hunger and I have to space out my snacks and discipline myself not to just eat whenever I think I want a snack. Since I don't work and am home all the time, food is a constant temptation and boredom can cause me to want to eat something so it helps if I stay busy.

Accountability: Yesterday: Protein - 70, Calories - 895, Carbs - 68.

B: prosciutto & mozzarella sticks

L: hamburger with melted cheese

D: hamburger with melted cheese

S: light & fit Greek yogurt, prosciutto & mozzarella sticks

E: Walking Blossom around the subdivision

Have a FANTASTIC day everyone!

~ Karen

Not to be judgy, but you are eating LOTS of hamburger today.

what's wrong with Karen eating two hamburgers in a day? Are you anti hamburger or something? She's eating protein so why point this out?

Thanks, Daisy!

I can easily eat the same thing for multiple meals in a day, but my BF gets sick of it and so I have to space it out. We grilled turkey burgers for dinner last night and the leftover turkey burgers are todays lunch :) I love them - so filling and tasty!

That is exactly what I meant. Or maybe she was traveling or busy or in the ground meat/soft food stage.

Totally agree !!

Nothing wrong. I was just asking. Maybe she is in the ground meat/soft foods stage. Maybe she is single. Maybe she is traveling (like I did with skating) and it seemed that all I could come up with for those fridays was the same protein shake or hard boiled egg combo.

That is why I wrote "not to be judgy". I was just being nosy.