What's on your Thursday Menu, RNYers?

Good morning~JB, my body hurt just thinking about all the work you are doing!! I am killing it at project step it up! I am taking every opportunity to get in even just 1 extra step everywhere possible and it's really making a difference, yay! The weather has been great lately. I love sunny 70's weather. Having our first official beach day Saturday - not just for the usual walk, but the pack up and stay for hours kind of day and I can't wait! I really need this, ahhh. I actually bought my first pair of shorts yesterday in about 20 years? I was shocked at how comfortable I was in them and that they actually looked good. So happy about this!

QOTD - Step goal achieved!!!!!

Accountability - Killin' it here too!

19=8 mo post op - 167.4

b-coffee x3, HB egg, beef jerky

l-tuna w/mayo, balsamic vinegar, onion, SF bread and butter pickels

d-leftover pork loin or turkey taco meat

e-walk walk walk

v/l - on track

Oh happy day y'all!

Wow Amy! Congratulations on your new shorts! I look forward to that too!

Thank you, Cara!! I'm still floating around on a cloud about this NSV!!

Totally get that. I would be too!

Morning everyone! Glad the flooring job is going well, even if it is tough on the bod. I want to get rid of the carpet in my bedrooms and install hardwoods (likely fir under the carpet), but I am dreading the disruption. I have remodel fatigue.

Yesterday was fun. It is Rose Festival time here, and one of the events is a Junior Rose Parade. Any child middle school age or younger can march in it, and it is always super cute. I participated in it when I was a youngster. My house is close to the parade route, and right in the middle of the muster area. The marching bands and drill teams use my street to reach the parade route, so I get treated to some awesome music every year. Those middle school bands are surprisingly good.

This year I invited my friend and her 96 year old father to join me. It was a gorgeous day, and we sat on the front porch and enjoyed it all. I mean, how many people get marching bands at their house? I have a bistro table on my porch, so we had lunch too. Chicken Caesar salads. Fun Day.

QOTD: Kiddos are cute.

Today is Girls Day Thursday, and we are going to a farm to pick strawberries, and then out for lunch. I do not know where we are going, so my menu is incomplete.

3 years + 7 months post op:

B: Egg Beaters, bacon, mozzarella and Xtreme Wellness tortilla

S: Cottage Cheese/Egg Salad

L: ???

D: 4 oz rib eye

Have a great day everyone.

The only room I wish was carpeted is my bedroom.

Sounds like a great time in Rose City.

My private yoga practice class didn't happen yesterday *pout*! I went but it was double booked with someone else. The whole point was a - private - class. I did not want to stay and practice yoga with one of my husband's co-workers who I don't know! Ugh. I was really looking forward to that too. Oh well. I did do a lot of cleaning so I got my step goal and burned a lot of calories.

Qotd: With family visiting and these two kids I just need a one word sentence.... "AAAaaAAAAAHHHHH!!!!" They are awesome but oh my gosh.

Accountability: Yesterday was exactly to plan. I think the key for me is going to be planning my menu the day before.

BF: 1/3 serving cream of wheat, 1 egg, 1/4 cup raspberries, 1 bite of brown sugar muffins I made for our guests

MS: 2oz cottage cheese, 1 scoop beneprotein

L: 2oz canned chicken, 1T miracle whip, 3 triscuits

AS: 1 babybel cheese

D: 1/2 serving realgood pizza

A premier protein pudding (hopefully if I have time to make it)

Good day!

Menu is again, bars and shakes, with some apples. It's pretty light overall and combined with more walking (and house repairs) is resulting in a weight drop as I shock my body again with new things. I'll take it. It's more processed stuff than I'd like, but I'll be back to normal soon enough.

QOTD: Ready for bed.

I was pretty wiped out yesterday, mentally and physically. By the time bedtime rolled around, I think I was asleep on my feet brushing my teeth. I can relate to the weird menu JB, but I tend to go the opposite way because of my mindset while working on things. I just plain forget because I never feel hungry, which I know is a no-no. When I was 3 months post-op last May, I tore down our old shed and I was out there all day. I didn't drink anything, just kept working and listening to my music happily while playing with sledge hammers and power tools. I didn't feel weak, or sore, or thirsty, hungry, nothing. I didn't eat anything because I didn't feel hungry and just plain forgot. Around suppertime, my wife came out and gave me hell for it after she asked me what I had on the day. Can't blame her, so I watch it pretty closely now with alarms if necessary. At 15 months out, I still don't feel hunger or even thirst, but I'm a LOT better for being mindful of it (except building my new shed last Sunday...I didn't drink but I built it all between lunch and supper). I'd say I'm about 99% good for remembering the important stuff now but it was a looong learning curve with a few "chewings out" from my wife and the NUT at my 1-year appt. My vitals and vitamin levels are all good though and I watch it close now.

Today's better. I've got my Dave Matthews Band in my ears, and I'm rollin' here at work. All food/vitamins/water intact. :)

Maybe you have explained this and I missed it. Why/how are you doing the shake&bar thing? I'm curious bcz I am struggling the last 14 lbs to goal, it's going too S-L-O-W and I would like to speed it up a bit. So what are you doing? How many proteins? How many carbs? What kind of bars? Bars are like my forbidden candy bars. If I can lose on bars I'm all in. Please share. Thanks!

Well, the shakes and bars are always during the work week, never weekends. They're nothing special and mostly because I'm caught running out the door or feeling lazy or whatever. Depends on the day, and most weeks I bring food lunches if possible. Just this week I'm not.

The NUT isn't a big fan but said that if they work for me then do it and if I'm going to do bars, to follow the 10/100 rule. 10g protein for every 100 calories of bar. The only ones I have found that I like that fall under that are Pure Protein which are found in bigger boxes at Costco.

The shake, also Costco is Kaizen whey protein isolate. 35g protein on 150 calories, low carb low sugar etc. The best label numbers I've found.

The apples are small, and really only for staying regular. They're sugar and carbs sure, and I could likely eliminate them and use laxatives but that's yet another processed thing. Apples aren't disagreeing with me or causing issues so a few of those is ok in my case.

Suppertime and if I chose to have a snack are always food. High protein low carb.

The commute is likely another factor but they say exercise is less a weight loss factor than caloric deficit. In my books exercise supplements it and prevents injury as your body composition changes.