Whatâ??s on your Saturday menu RNYers?

I think I had a NSV yesterday! It certainly feels like it anyway. I went clothes shopping for an upcoming trip, there was one store in particular I wanted to start at. Not because I thought anything there would fit, but to get an idea of what to look for in travel ready clothes. The sales lady though immediately began pulling clothes for me! She didn't tell me to go to another store or ask who I am buying a gift for! Then, to top it all, the clothes fit!!! I may have gone a little bonkers and bought literally everything I will need for the trip at that one store but I got to shop, without embarrassment in a "regular" store!!!

Qotd: I haven't been in years but I still have all my gear and I hope to go again someday. It is mostly though, a challenge of convincing my husband to go.

Accountability: lunch yesterday was my question mark meal, but it was great. The place had the yummiest meatballs. I also got the chance to try 2 different Epic meat bars mmmmmm. So good! Under calories for the day.

Bf: 4oz siggi's yogurt, 37g Julian's bakery pro granola

MS: 1/2 serving Epic Turkey bites (3 pieces)

L: out again, this time with my husband so I can be even pickier about protein

AS: 1/2 serving Epic Turkey bites

D: leftover meatballs, 4 triscuits

A premier protein pudding, 120 oz water, all vitamins, walking around shopping ( husbands turn) and 65 minutes on the treadmill.

That's a wonderful NSV! Congratulations!

That is a fantastic NSV! Congratulations!!

Afternoon RNY'ers! I've been on my run, grocery shopped and took the teen to piano. I'm relaxing a bit now before I head to a bbq. Someone from work invited me-- I generally don't mix work and fun- but I really respect the Chief who invited me- so I'm looking forward to it. Tomorrow we're heading to the jersey shore, my son's birthday request. We'll spend the night there.

Qotd: I've never been camping, wanted to when the kids were younger- but I'd rather tag along with another family experienced in camping. The interest dies a little more each year.

218 today, 3.2 years out

m1: egg McMuffin from McDonald's, with double egg.

m2: chicken, ham and cheese sandwich with pickles

m3-4: cookout so I'm not sure. I'm brining fruit. I'm sure there will be protein.

Hi my weekend menu peeps! Happy Saturday!

IF, thank you for posting that beautiful photo. Love the mist on the water!

178.2 today, another 1/2 pound down. I hadn't calculated this in a while, and was stunned to realize this morning that I've lost over 175 lbs.! It's such a big number that it's practically unbelievable that have come so far in the past 12+ months. It's completely amazing to me! I am so, so grateful to no longer be carrying around all that excess avoir-du-pois every single second. Whatever it takes to ensure that I never, ever return to that is worth the ongoing work to stay lean a thousand times over. It's kind of strange to look back and see how very difficult life was, in so many ways, such a short time ago. How grateful I am for this opportunity to re-set my life! I'm sending my wonderful surgeon a thank-you through the ether as I type this post.

Today I 'm going to a block party - folks are still celebrating the 4th up here! I like my neighbors. I'm going to make some deviled eggs. Our hosts are providing burgers, hot dogs, and brats, so there will be plenty for me to choose from.

QOTD: I enjoy camping, but haven't done it since I moved from the East coast. I used to have lots of camping gear but no longer have any of it at all, so if and when I ever go again I'll have to either go with others who are prepared, or seriously stock up.

First: 38 ounces of yummy tea!

B: ham and smoked gouda

L: roast beef

D: probably a hamburger

Have a wonderful Saturday, my friends!

there's part of me that would like to weigh 372 lbs again for one day just so I can remember what it was like and why I never want to be there again. It takes awhile to lose all that weight, so it's sometimes hard to remember everything about being that heavy. I know I was in pain a lot - and I remember lying in bed sometimes worrying that I was going to have a heart attack and there'd be nothing they could do about it because of my weight. I remember all those things like not fitting in booths, being afraid I'd break chairs, etc - but I want to remember the way I actually *felt*....and compare it to how I feel today.

You are further out than I am. Perhaps at some point I will no longer be able to summon up the physical memories of weighing 353, but at this point, I can acutely recall what it felt like, the near constant pain, the myriad of small indignities, the brutal out and out shaming, the exhaustion. The virtually absolute lack of clothing options. How hard it was to get up from the floor. How hard it was to get up from a chair! How hard it was to get up from or turn over in my foam bed. The inability to take a bath - thank goodness for showers! The miserable attempts to trek through the airport, and through hotels. The need to sit down to recover when doing so - at least every five minutes! The humiliation of having to flag down one of those airport golf carts in order to get to a distant or not-so-distant gate. The embarrassment of needing a seatbelt extension. The near non-stop pain and exhaustion! I am so lucky that I have good genes and am generally healthy, because otherwise I really might not have survived my miserable dance with obesity.

I do remember the emotional stuff pretty vividly - and the inconveniences: not being able to find clothes - being afraid of being kicked off of planes - and some of the other things you mentioned. It's more - the pain. The feeling like I might suffocate. The physical stuff. All of that went away gradually...

oh! I do remember getting awful rashes under my breasts and my fat rolls. Sometimes it got so bad it hurt!

I remember that awful feeling of suffocation too! Thank goodness we're not there now!

Your progress is amazing, Cara! I still remember those things well though they are starting to fade. I used to resent how much better I was treated by strangers, but I don't even notice anymore - its the new norm. However, it has changed the way I treat others which is a great thing.