What's on your Thursday Menu, RNYers?

Hi Sheila,

Yes, her internship ended May 4th and she came home last night! She has applied for a job at the local library and has a job interview this afternoon. I sure hope she gets the job! I'll bet you'll be excited to see your daughter again soon, too!

Yay! I keep my fingers crossed. It would be so nice to have her near by. Happy for you and her!

Yup. Can't wait for mine to be back home.

Wonderful that you met up with Cassie! Go OH buddies! And I am just so happy for you, Karen, that your lovely daughter is home again. I know you missed her terribly, and the pups and Pigie must be delighted to see her too!

Thanks, Cara! Yes, the dogs' reaction when they saw her again was priceless! Even Pigie coo cooed with happiness!

Good Morning and Happy Friday-Eve! I was tossing and turning most of the night too but I had a good run this morning so I will take that. I watched Rise this morning during my run, I can't believe next week is the season finale already.

Accountability: I added somersaults and a kind bar to my menu yesterday.

QOTD: I like organizing pretty much anything.

Time since surgery: 3 years 8 months

B: SF latte, eggbeaters, ½ an orange and 2 turkey sausage links

L: Albacore lettuce wraps and baby carrots

S: Bacon ranch tuna pack, cauliflower sandwich thin, ½ serving Trader Joes Bamba peanut snacks (found them yesterday!), and Carbmaster yogurt

D: TJ Chile lime chicken burger, spinach salad (crumbled Bleu cheese, walnuts and Skinnygirl raspberry vinaigrette dressing), and 2 squares dark chocolate

ES: Homemade Greek yogurt with SF syrup and ¼ cup fiber cereal

E: 6 miles ran this morning and 40 mins of elliptical at lunch

V/W: On track

Totals: Cals:1238 Protein:128 Carbs:70 Fat:52

Have a great one!

Good morning. Can't wait for tonight. Go Preds! But again, I'll be listening to it on the radio - my luck I'll be getting my award just as they score and I'll yip. Then I'll have to fake it like those kids getting their diploma last weekend and dancing across the stage.

Accountability was great and then it wasn't. I was in a funky mood all day and ended up eating 3 cookies I was saving for my birthday. So my decision was to get rid of all little favorites I had saved in the freezer - it wasn't much. But it's all gone now. Thankfully the stuff my wife likes and bakes doesn't tempt me - so I ignore that stuff. But feeling good this morning. My leg, which was bothering me yesterday, isn't (I wonder if that is why I was feeling funky). Spin class was great. Nice and hard and she played 70s and 80s the entire time.

QOTD - I love seeing a movie by myself in a theater and that just freaks people out. We were out to dinner last week and I mentioned that I saw Infinity Wars and Black Panther. My friend asked my wife how she liked the movies and she just laughed. No (swear word deleted) way I see those! Then he said - you went by yourself. Twenty minutes on how that was weird and that they feel sorry for the people sitting by themselves...... I couldn't explain to his satisfaction why it works for me. Just totally freaked out by it. I'm slightly an introvert, but I turn on extrovert in a second (I can talk to anyone, almost at anytime). I just recharge on my own vs. in a crowd. Why you ask do I hate going to movies with people? I hate people asking me - what did they say or why are they doing that in the movie. Thankfully my wife hates my favorite movies, so I see all the sci-fi by myself - though oddly she liked Deadpool. I still don't get that (we saw that at my uncle's house on vacation). But she has no interest in seeing DP2 in a couple weeks. I do go with her to see her movies when she wants company. Then I don't care if she talks to me or if we are in a group and everyone talks. When I got my hearing aids the audiologist activated positional mics as a feature. I just smiled. I can direct focus forward and essentially dampen hearing any side and behind me conversations. I'm so using that in the next movie. I also can't wait to check out the Telecoil feature to see how that sounds.

B - 2.5 scrambled and salsa

S - Baby Bell Cheese - Light

L - 3/4 cup of Costco Moussaka and a small salad (I removed the layer of potato). It's actually pretty good. But I love eggplant.

S - Fage and tbs protein powder

D - I ordered steak 4 months ago when they scheduled this awards dinner. I have no idea if I can chew it. But I'll be fine, as I'm sure there will be plenty of shrimp during aps

S - likely eat the fruit desert at the dinner

Thanks for the tip on the TJ peanut snacks. I found them yesterday.

Mornin'!

almost forgot to post! Not much going on today other than meeting a friend for lunch. She wants to meet by the food carts on campus - cripes - makes it hard to plan when I don't know what they all have or which food cart to go to, but it'll be something safe. I'd better take a protein bar with me just in case, though...

accountability was great yesterday.

QOTD: I love managing money, and I'm pretty good at it. In fact, I've thought about doing that for people after I retire - you know, like seniors who can't really do it anymore. I don't really have any credentials in that area, though - and people like credentials. Maybe our local community college has some sort of financial planning program?? I don't want to do things like sell people securities - I'm more interested in stuff like paying their bills and figuring out where they can save money. But then, credentials matter. I suppose people who do such things need to be bonded, too - but I can probably deal with that. Another weird one - my favorite course in college was....calculus! I think I'm one of the few...

2 years 11 months out:

B: homemade Greek yogurt with 1 T huckleberry preserves mixed in

MS: coffee with half & half, Miralax/protein chocolate latte shake

L: ?? something safe

AS: if needed, Greek yogurt

D: I've got to eat that damn pork chop tonight! I've intended to for the last two days, but something else catches my eye. Also, vegetables

ex: yoga or gym

Good morning! I feel like it's been forever since I checked in. It's been quite a week. Last Wednesday I got to work only to receive a call that my grandfather was asking for me. I left work and spent about 20 minutes with him before he passed away. He knew I was there, gripped my hand and grunted a little, so he knew which was so important. Even though he was 92 (so not entirely unexpected at his age), it was heartbreaking. I spent Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday with family doing funeral things. Sunday I left for a work-related training course out of town, returning last night. Spending a few days alone in a hotel room after an event like that was difficult, but calling my family back home helped out immensely. I stayed pretty well on track, to boot, though a bit of party mix happened while I watched the game. I wrote the course exam, fairly certain I aced it, and drove home to try and enjoy my evening. Yesterday was also the 1 year anniversary of losing my close friend, so I spent some time reflecting on things. I drank some of our favourite coffee just for him and enjoyed watching my kids play in the park. The tree I planted at the exact moment of his passing is in full bloom and quite beautiful. Anyway, it was a very quiet evening.

Menu: Protein bar and coffee for breakfast, MS/AS 1/2 cup cottage cheese with 1/2 cup cucumber slices

Lunch: Protein bar OR shake, haven't decided. LIkely a shake

Supper: Unknown but on-plan

QOTD: I love shoveling snow. There's just something about clearing off my driveway that I find satisfying. So satisfying that I do 3 or 4 neighbour's driveways too. LOL

You've certainly had a difficult time lately and congrats on sticking to plan! Hang in there and take the time you need to grieve and remember the ones you love.