What's on your Tuesday Menu, RNYers?

It's always good to hear from you. One foot in front of the other...you can do it!

QOTD: My hair is almost to my waist, no bangs. It's wavy and does what it wants, the only time it's straight is after I see my hair dresser or I use my straightening brush,which I don't do often. I've always had a little wave in the back of my hair but I swear after radiation treatments it is much wavier. Knock on wood I haven't lost any more hair than usual since WLS. I had long hair until I was 25 and then cut it off, I didn't want to allow anyone to grab me by it again, and after my head was beat against the wall I lost a bunch of it and was very discouraged. About 11 years ago I read a book and there was a line in it " I used to believe my strength was in my hair" and it just hit me that I wanted long hair again.

Today I'm only up about 1.5 lbs, so I'm moving in the right direction and hopefully not stalled for long. Hard to imagine you can gain weight on 900 calories a day.

I was going to finally get my courage up to go to the gym and swim and discovered my swimsuit is 3 sizes too big, so I've ordered another one and it will be here this week. The other suits I have are too small, but I'll get there soon. I'm just going to suck it up and go to the gym, to hell with my social anxiety disorder. Swimming is one of my greatest pleasures, it soothes me and clears my mind.

Food has been good, making 75+ g of protein a day and about 900 calories a day.

I still hate my job and wonder how much the stress has contributed to my ulcer. I wish I could retire, but I can't get social security for at least 1 1/2 years or medicare for 4 1/2 years. My health insurance is too expensive and my current job does not offer benefits, holidays or vacation. And I really need a vacation. I've been looking for a new job, but I don't want to have to drive any farther. I have the best commute now only about 3 miles, and I like most of the people I work with. I just need to not let it get to me.

Sorry about the job stress--I'll be shocked if I don't end up with an ulcer by the end of the year, lol.

Just wanted to check that you are weighing and measuring your food? 900 calories estimated can be 1300 real, very quickly if you are guessing. And just FYI--(I know all bodies are different) but 900 is where I maintain, I have to be closer to 700 to lose...

Good morning friends...

Today was the first time I looked in a mirror and seriously did not recognize myself.
I am wearing a sweater I ordered on Amazon last week and they sent me the wrong style...but when I put it on I was like WHOA! so I am keeping it LOL. (and yes It is almost 90 degrees out and I am wearing a sweater because my office is a refridgerator!)

QOTD: I have medium length hair right now--a few inches below my shoulders, it's mostly one length and pretty damaged from lightening it about 8 months ago...I got it cut and darkened just before surgery but I haven't had a cut since then and am way overdue. I dye it at home most of the time (Deep red/burgundy-brunette for now) but I change it a lot. I had a really cute short pixie cut for many years and grew it out right after story was born...I LOVED my short hair but it is super demanding to maintain getting it cut all the time. I usually wear it pulled back in a ponytail or braid with the front clipped back in a roll to control the little flyaways in front.
I used to have super thick hair which is probably good since I've lost about half of it in the past 2 months. hoping the loss will slow down soon...I go back and forth debating whether to cut it all off again or let it grow super long for the first time in my life...right now I am on the letting it grow fantasy but I feel like It's never going to happen now that I'm losing it all!

Morning: stopped for a Dunkin Iced coffee today
B: light & fit greek yogurt
L: leftover turkey sausage w/kale and beans
S: string cheese
D: turkey crust pizza DH is making

Mornin' All!

annual appt with the bariatric surgeon went well. I weighed 151 on his scale (afternoon - with shoes and clothes on - so a bit heavier than what I weighed at home that morning). I was 144 when I was there last year. He didn't care. He said an uptick is very normal during years 2-3 (as we all know...) and I'm still within a normal BMI range, so he's fine with that. In fact, he said I'm good for his statistics (ha!). Dietitian was happy too. I told her I eat in the 1500-1700 kcal range to maintain, and she said that was fine - a nice, comfortable amount - but (she said) I don't have to be that strict about staying in my calorie range - that I should just listen to my body more. HA! She doesn't know me - listening to my body is what got me up to over 300 lbs. No thanks. I'll continue to eat within that range. Otherwise, everything was OK. Glucose was low, though (54), even though I'd just eaten. Remember when I said I've had this occasional dizziness and nausea going on the last couple of months? Foggy brain? Once I even had blurry vision? I had a complete work-up about a month ago (including an EKG), and they found nothing wrong. I thought then that I might have some weird glucose things going on - perhaps even some RH. My glucose tested normal that particular day, but the 54 from yesterday is low. And one other time I had it tested and it was low like that, too...the nurse wondered if I felt faint. Those occasional really low numbers - plus the fact I noticed the symptoms coming on once about two hours after I ate a whole piece of cake (as opposed to my usual two or so forkfuls) makes me wonder if that's the case. I have a pre-op appt on Thursday with my PCP (for surgical clearance) - I'll run it by her.

anyway, today - plumber coming sometime this morning to check some leaks DH found. Meet with a caterer over the noon hour to discuss meals for my organization's meetings for this upcoming season. Meeting my friend from Turkey at a movie tonight (I've already seen it (Book Club), but she's dying to see it, so I'll go again. It's a rare movie that I watch twice, but I'm game...)). Lots of stuff to do in between - like continuing to work on my org's Web site and reading over all this trust stuff to make sure it's exactly what we want. This will take forever...

QOTD: my hair is chin-length and has some layering in it. It's naturally straight, but I put mousse or a texturing spray in it and style it with a round brush and blow dryer. It's gray, but I have it dyed - it's sort of a light brown with blond highlights (my natural color is (or was) medium brown, but that color is too dark for my face now. If I go much darker than what I have now, it screams "dye job"...)

3 years 1 month out:

B: homemade Greek yogurt with raspberries and blueberries

MS: Miralax/protein shake (with espresso powder thrown in since I may not have time for coffee)

L: not sure. If I'm home, probably cheese & crackers or a salad with some kind of protein

AS: yogurt

D: I think I'll make a pizza with a cauliflower crust

have a good day, All!

my 3 year is in Dec, trying to get to 140 which is what I weighed last dec. I've put on some weight since then due to stress and weight training which im trying super hard to get off!!

we're the same height, so I'm guessing if you're under 155 or so (which I know you are), he's not going to care. I know WE care, but I bet he won't...

P.S. amazing how hard it is to lose 5 or 10 lbs when you're normal weight. I used to lose that in like a week when I was SMO...

its soo hard to get off. I don't get it at all! I can't drop down under 1200 calories and stick with it-I'm sticking at 1500 and increasing cardio to get it off- There has to be a balance there or I will end up bing eating crap once or twice a week and that isn't a healthy path for me.

same - there's a risk of binge eating if I drop below 1500-ish....at 1200 it would be a *big* risk.