What's on your Menu today today (Photo Friday)

Happy Friday Meat-a-saurus's Its Photo Friday and today we are doing "Before & After!" Let's see those awesome pics! What's everyone up to this weekend? We are going over for dinner to a friends house, the guy is a chef and an incredible cook, it will be hard not to eat everything but I will keep it protein forward! And Sunday I am going over to a very good girlfriends of mine's house, she was just diagnosed with uterine cancer yesterday and is devastated and not handling it well, I am so sad for her.

Accountability: on plan, no extra BLTs

QOTD: Do you feel that you have any body image issues or body dysmorphia post surgery? I for sure have body image issues. I still see myself as a 275 lbs woman. I still go into the plus size section of clothing stores as I still don't believe I am the size I am. 99% of the time if I take clothes into a change room to try on I will have at least 2 sizes to big. When I look in the mirror I still see a MO woman. Not sure if or when this will change, if it even ever does.

Time since surgery: 4 yrs + 4 months

B: decaf all day with 2 vanilla PP used as creamer

L: red bell pepper, goat cheese, 1 hard boiled egg, pumpkin seeds & balsamic tossed as a salad

S: two baby bel cheese & 2oz of mini carrots

D: egg salad made with two eggs/mayo/mustard

S: SF chocolate pudding

TOTALS: 916 calories, 92 protein, 39 carbs

V: patches are on

E: 15km bike ride and upper body day (biceps/triceps/chest/shoulders)

Have a wonderful restful fun weekend, see you all back here on Monday!

My before & after photos:

My before & Afters: First photo is from 2012 out for a hike with my dogs and second photo is from yesterday at work (these are just reading glasses, I don't wear glasses)

Good morning menu folks! I am really tired this morning. I have been pushing myself to telework as much as possible each day and I think that I will work less hours today and take a long nap.

QOTD: I still have trouble recognizing my body sometimes. It doesn't seem like it is the me that I think I am. The bones and veins are strange.

The first picture is a week before surgery, 2/22/2017. The second is me yesterday with hat hair.

Menu:

Breakfast: chicken breast

Snack: Cappuccino protein shake, apple, almonds

Lunch: 1/2 hamburger with pepper jack cheese, broccoli slaw

Snack: 2 oz turkey breast, apple, walnuts

Dinner: not sure, but maybe shrimp

Exercise: 3-4 mile walk and light gardening

You've come so far and you look GREAT, Janet! Way to go!

Thanks Karen!

Oh my word you genuinely look like a different human being. Way to kick butt.

Thanks, sometimes I feel like a totally different human being.

Such an awesome transformation, Janet! Simply amazing!

Thanks! It hasn't been easy, but I feel so different.

If I didn't know I would have said these are two different people. Way to go!!

It's interesting to see the reactions or non-reactions of people who haven't seem me as I lost weight. People don't always recognize me.