What's on your Tuesday (Halloween!) Menu RNYers?

Miss your exuberant laughing posts...can't wait til you sound like you're feeling better...Take care...( pt is a pain! Pun intended!) (Hmmmm if that wasn't a pun then stupid intended,ok,take care)

Oh that was so sweet made my day.... trying hard to get on here..... :/

Considering I feel like I am #onewitgecouch you would think I had all the time in the world...

Good morning! Enjoying another vacation day but my lunch and dinner are TBD as I'm meeting my hubby for lunch and he hasn't decided what he wants yet and I'm not sure where we will have dinner before we take Em and her friend trick-or-treating (yes, technically they are "too old" but it'll be fun for them anyhow).

QOTD: Bugs Bunny, homemade costume that my mother sewed and it was legit! Wish I had a pic handy.

Accountability: Unplanned snacks of protein bar and banana

Menu: B: latte, eggbeaters, turkey sausage links and 1/2 an orange L: TBD S: homemade Greek yogurt with canned pumpkin and fiber cereal, nuts and pork rinds D: TBD

E: ran 6 miles and 40 mine elliptical

W/V on track

I hope everyone has a great day!

well, I did what I said I wasn't going to do yesterday - went over on calories. But it was mostly bran cereal, so hopefully there wasn't much damage. Weight is the same this morning - as in - above 145. I am sick about it. I have got to keep my calories in check the next few days. I added some extra avocado to my protein shake to help keep me feeling satiated. I'm also going for a lot of protein again today. I'm not sure why I've turned into this bottomless pit the last few days. This is awful!!!

QOTD: my mother made my sister and me "Flying Nun" costumes when we were in elementary school (a TV show in the 60s - it was really popular then). I think we just wore a white sheet - and then she made the flying nun hats - with the wings that stuck up. They were a huge hit with the neighbors, and we have a few pictures...

2 years 4 months out:

B: homemade vanilla Greek yogurt, fresh blueberries & pomegranate seeds

S: coffee with half & half, SF protein/Miralax shake (with some avocado in it!)

L: 1 C cottage cheese (maybe with strawberries - although maybe not because of the (natural) sugar - might make me hungry later...)

D: ?? Maybe chili

another yogurt (with bran cereal) if I can afford the calories

I go through periods when I feel completely unsatisfied and it always results in weight gain.

I actually suspect that when I get that way, it is a side effect of "silent GERD". Sometimes I also get shoulder pain which clues me in. The hunger is that gnawing-growling type, not the bored-and-keep-looking-in-the-fridge type.

yes - it's the gnawing/growling type for me as well.

you may be on to something with the silent GERD theory. I started having GERD-like symptoms about six weeks ago and dull pain right under my rib cage after I ate. I went to the doctor, and she did some blood tests and ruled out pancreas, liver, and gall bladder problems, so she suspected it was an ulcer (I didn't get scoped to verify that, but given the symptoms and the fact everything else checked out, she figured that's what it was). I'm now on omeprazole and Mylanta. I still get GERD-y feelings sometimes (although it's better - and the dull pain is gone). So this could potentially be a side effect of that. I didn't think of that before...

Yep, I would bet you anything that that's exactly where your hunger is coming from! It sucks because I feel like I am chasing that hungry feeling away with food that never satisfies.

Keep on taking the PPI! I hope it helps the symptoms... and if they decide it's an ulcer, maybe they will prescribe Carafate? It's a total pain to take, but it really helped my symptoms.

she said Mylanta would coat my stomach (which is what Carafate does), so that's what I'm taking (along with the PPI) - although if this keeps up, I can ask her about Carafate (I have some old Carafate pills I used for one of our late cats, but I'd have no idea how much to take - and I probably shouldn't do that regardless. My co-pay is only $5 on most drugs, so I can afford to get some! Cheaper than Mylanta, even!).

the dull pain under my ribs is gone, so I do think it's helping. GERD is better, but not gone. I may ask her about the Carafate...

Good morning,

Happy Halloween!

Accountability I did not eat my lunch. At bedtime I had a protein bar to boost my protein numbers up.

Qotd at 18 dressed like a prostitute and went trick and treating. One year at work I dressed as raggedy Ann.

B ham and cheese omelette and string cheese

L tuna, cottage cheese and honeycrisp apple

D planning ribs and corn but I am going with my friend and her grandkids so I am not sure

Happy Halloween! Another cool overcast day and I'm dressed in boots and a sweater again- I love it! We get a decent amount of kids in our neighborhood. We love seeing the kids and passing out candy. Usually we are also watching a Halloween type spooky movie, but tonight will be the World Series for game 6 -it's a little scary just the same - Go Dodgers!

QOTD - My most memorable costume was Elvira when I was 30 - I was single and had a blast party/bar hopping with my friends! Years ago my office used to all dress up. There were themes and contests and it was fun. Now nothing and no one does anything but pass out candy, which is killing me because its everywhere I turn - UGH!!

Accountability - great!

11 mo post op - 169.5 - whyyyyyyyyyyyy

b-coffee w/hc x2, SB iced coffee w/hh, HB eggs

l-roast beef w/gravy

d-pork loin

v/l - on track

Have a great day!