Tried posting Menu

I've tried posting the menu thread twice already oh eater of posts!

Now it works! I've tried since 7 am to post!

Heading out the door now!

if someone has a qotd: have at it!

My menu is unkown other than premier protein this morning!

It is frustrating when OH gets hungry (for posts)! This morning is foggy on Cape Cod but it is supposed to burn off and be decent later today. We went to a great gift shop yesterday owned by some friends we used to live near in central MA who live down here now. Really great stuff and the prices were reasonable.

QOTD: What was your biggest fear going into surgery? I wasn't afraid of the surgery itself because I had several previous extensive abdominal surgeries and my research indicated that this should be much easier (it was). I was worried about not being able to maintain the weight, not knowing how my new "tool" would help. I still worry about that but not nearly as much as I used to. I've been maintaining at my current weight for 10 months, but thought I was in maintenance a year ago. This is the first time in my life that I didn't start regaining within a few months of thinking I was in maintenance. It does make a big difference in capacity, but I have learned that it must be partnered with other maintenance skills we've talked about under other QOTD's.

17.5 months post-op (maintenance). 37 work days to retirement

B: eggbeaters, cottage cheese and Canadian bacon

L: tuna salad, pickles and cottage cheese

D: grilled sea bass (fillet from a fish caught yesterday morning by friends!)

S: yogurt

Good morning OH~ It's a lovely Sunday morning, ahhh and NFL all day! The Pat are playing the Saints today (my good friend is a die hard Saints fan and recently moved to NOLA. We have a little rivalry going and that makes even more fun!

QOTD - My biggest fear going into surgery was the recovery. I assumed it would be way worse than it was. That said, I was so ready and couldn't wait to have the surgery, pain and all. I am worried about maintenance too, but mostly because I have never made it to a goal to maintain and from what I see on here its the hardest part and its for life.

Accountability - ate on plan plus some pork rinds and a glass of wine

Post op 9 mo

b-coffee coffee coffee

l-eggs and sausage

d-TBD

v/e on track

e-not today

Have a great day all

Good morning weekenders! OH is a wonderful thing, but sometimes technology can have terrible hiccups!

QOTD: I was afraid of not losing weight. I have lost more than I expected and more quickly. I am within 10 pounds of my goal.

We decided at the last minute to take a quick trip to the Shenandoah National Park and to drive the Skyline Drive for 2 days. The weather was perfect with sun and moderate temperatures. We did alot of driving and picture taking at the overlooks. We also took a hike with a park ranger on Friday morning, which was great. Both Friday and Saturday we got up and watched the sun rise from the mountain and the colors were amazing. I got in some walking and hiking both days for exercise, which was alot of fun!

Accountability: considering the fact that I ate out every meal for 2 days, I did pretty well. Protein forward. I had omelets twice and salmon and river trout. I took some RTD protein shakes, cheese sticks and salmon jerky for snacks which helped to keep me in line.

Menu:

Breakfast: hard boiled egg, 2 oz ham

Snack: Cappuccino protein shake

Lunch: Turkey breast, cauliflower

Snack: 2 oz turkey breast

Dinner: pork chops, Brussels sprouts

Exercise: long walk

Good Morning Erin and Menu Family!

Sorry OH kept eating your posts, Erin.

QOTD: I don't think I had any fears going into surgery. I was just excited to do it.

Accountability: Yesterday: Protein - 68, Calories - 964, Carbs - 79.

B: prosciutto & mozzarella sticks

L: chicken stir fry

D: popcorn chicken

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

E: walking the dogs around the subdivision

Have a FANTASTIC day everyone!

~ Karen

Working today - UGH! One thing I will NOT miss when I retire are evening and weekend shifts!!

QOTD: when I first started the process, i was afraid of dying on the operating table, but that fear quickly subsided after I started researching the surgery. After that, ??? I don't think I was afraid, really - just nervous a few days before up to the point they rolled me in to the OR.

Weight finally back to normal this morning. I'd been dealing with some water retention and backup - thank God it's gone!!!

2 years 3 months out:

B: homemade Greek yogurt with raspberries & blueberries

S: coffee with half & half, SF pumpkin vanilla latte shake

L: 1 C cottage cheese, maybe a peach

D: chicken/peach/pecan salad, corn on the cob

ES: grilled peach with vanilla yogurt & bran

Morning!! Run is done and I tackled the supermarket early. Headed home to eat.

accountability: I was unreasonably hard in myself yesterday for not making My new calorie goal- and said f-it and ate one of my son's tastykakes and some Reese's pieces. Outside of the f-it moment my day would have been spectacular- even if I did go over in calories.

Qotd: I fear coming out of surgery sick. I was SMO- but 'healthy'- no sick a lot, not tired, decent energy, strong stomach. I feared becoming a frail, vomiting all the time weak person. Needless fear :-)

198.5 today. 2.4 years out

m1: egg, turkey sausage crumbles

m2: chicken breast cuts and melted cheese

m3: tuna, cheese

m4: roast pork loin

Good morning menu friends.

Quick post before I head to bed. Two nights down, one to go. I have a couple errands to run and an appointment to get my nails done when I get off tomorrow morning, so it's going to be an extremely long night / day for me.

QOTD: I guess I wasn't really worried about anything going into surgery since I had found this site and had been researching for months prior to surgery.

I had a couple friends that were concerned because someone that they knew casually (from work) had surgery a couple months before me and he passed away two or three days after his RNY surgery. He had his surgery at the same hospital that I did.

I don't know if he had the same Dr. that I did, or what kind of complications he had.

Accountability: I was cold and tired last night and I drank a small cappuccino mixed with a small coffee. So my calorie and carbs were higher than I would have liked.

Today's menu:

B - Iced coffee with 1/2 Scoop protein powder, SF creamer

B2 - egg salad (Emiepie's)

L - Smoked Salmon, mini cucumber

D - Tilapia, Yellow squash

S- Spinach salad, Walden farms dressing w/ Tbsp light buttermilk ranch, tuna pouch

S - Shrimp, ****tail sauce

Calories - 688, Protein- 107, Carbs - 26

Enjoy your weekend everyone.

Good morning :)

My MIL is coming for a visit today so I will tidy the house and do some laundry. I bought a new pair of pants to wear for work and the first day I got something on them. The rest of the week I wore skirts. They are dangerous -- they are like the yoga pants of office wear. It would be much easier to gain weight and not notice. I picked up a pair of navy blue pants in Niagara yesterday along with a couple shirts and camis. Puppy 2 decided to eat a tank top that was sitting on my bed one day while I was at work.

QOTD: I was terrified because I'd never really had surgery before. I had my tonsils out when I was 7, and was hospitalized with pneumonia when I was 10, but no surgeries with visible wounds. I was scared about the wound care, anesthesia, and having buyer's remorse about rearranging my insides. Outside the actual surgical procedure I was (and still am) worried about regain, especially being younger and therefore having longer to maintain.

Post-op two years and six months.

Breakfast - protein shake

Snack - egg, cheese

Lunch - leftover beef ribs

Snack - turkey sausage

Dinner - chicken and veg

Snack - protein shake

All water and vits -- speaking of which, I have rearranged my vitamin schedule which means taking some with me to work, but I feel that is better than before bed because I have been forgetting my Vit D and magnesium.