What's on your Monday Menu, RNYers?

Hi all! Happy Monday!

I went to a political BBQ yesterday afternoon. It was pretty interesting and extremely well attended. There was an absolute ton of food. I had most of a hamburger (no bun, no extras), about a tablespoon of baked beans, and a very small amount of salad which was tossed with some dressing and feta cheese crumbles. I couldn't finish. The person I went with filled her plate to overflowing, then went for another overflowing plate of seconds, including huge mounds of stuff like potato salad and macaroni salad. Then she loaded to completely overflowing a dinner plate with good sized servings of every single dessert (there were at least 10), plus three jumbo cookies, balanced on top. It was actually kind of disgusting to witness her eat so much. She is around 5'6" and maybe 140 pounds, so I really don't know where she put those thousands of calories. I was grossed out sitting next to her, especially as she licked her fingers over and over with such noisy gusto! I had to make myself reel in my disgust so she wouldn't sense it, and divert my attention. I also had to remind myself that that was exactly the sort of volume I used to eat, especially the sweets! And then I'd have done it all over again the next day or even later that night! So I was no better. But I'd for certain have had restricted myself to a demure and ladylike amount in public, and only pigged out when I was alone - as if my ballooning size didn't give my secret eating away! Anyway, it was interesting to me that I found her excess to be so grotesque, and the volume and even type of food she consumed to be so off-putting. The worst for me was the repetitive, noisy finger licking, done with such relish. She even hummed her approval as she did so! She is a very nice person, but I don't really want to eat around her again! Did others here eat modestly when in company, but overeat when nobody else was around? I sure did. (It reminds me of that scene in Gone With the Wind when Scarlett is advised to eat before the party, so she would only have a tiny bite of two, like a little bird, when surrounded by all of her hopeful beaus.)

QOTD: My blind and deaf little Siamese cat Mia wakes me up early by nonstop yowling at incredibly high volume. She only weighs around six 1/2 pounds, so really it's incredible that she can be so stunningly loud! Anyway, this usually occurs at around 5 am. I get up and open up a fresh can of food for her, which occupies her for a little while. Then she starts up again. This is completely impossible to sleep through. So I get up, wander out of the bedroom, and open all of the downstairs blinds. If it's chilly, I turn on the little heater the cats love. They both come out of the bedroom and settle into their bed in front of the heater. Then Mia sleeps without complaining! If I'm really still tired I go back to bed for a couple of hours, if not I make my first cup of tea!

First: two huge mugs of tea!

B: 2.5 ounces of wild-caught salmon with a tiny bit of Greek yogurt

L: London broil with smoked gouda

D: more salmon with a tiny bit of Greek yogurt

S: Not sure. If still hungry, I'll choose some protein!

Have a wonderful Monday, my fellow RnYers!

I remember feeling that way abou****ching others eat enormous plates of food after WLS. I would eat a respectable amount in public - basically whatever I could get away with but had no boundaries at home in private. Minimal boundaries with family/friends cuz seriously -who was I kidding- and most of them overate as well!

Perhaps it shouldn't have bothered me - who am I of all people to judge anyone for their consumption, anyway? It was the sheer excess which got to me, but I know that I was as bad and worse prior to WLS! That may be why I experienced such revulsion. It also mystified me how she could eat so incredibly much at one sitting, yet not be obese. She is very athletic, but still! It was a mystery!

Hmmm maybe binge and purge???

I know that it sounds like a possibility based on the quantity she consumed and her size, yet I don't have the sense that she is bulimic. I know she grew up dirt poor, the youngest of 5, and she is super thrifty now, buying day old bread and dented cans, and doing her other shopping only at the dollar store and at thrift stores. Maybe she was just determined to get her money's worth from the $10 suggested donation we both contributed. I don't know!

Suuuupper late post today! Had to make a last minute appointment with my pcp because I have been dealing with kidney pain on and off for a month now. I thought I passed a stone wayyy back at the begging of all this (and still think I did - worst pain EVER!), but I've been dealing with this for ever since and have been trying to tough it out. No such luck. I would not wish this on my worst enemy. Thankfully, today is my day off and the imaging center took pity on me and said they could squeeze me in for my renal ultrasound. What a way to start the week. Hope that I can get this resolved quickly and that I didn't make a huge health mistake by being stubborn and trying to pretend it'll go away on its own. So here I sit in the waiting area doubled over with random pings of pain.

Qotd: didn't sleep a wink but my alarm was set for 4:00 since hubby had to catch another flight for work.

menu is completely up in the air. Going to do my best to not stress eat. Wish me luck lol!

Oh no! Feel better soon.

Thank you! Working on it. Feeling a little stressed about having to be on my feet all week to work on clients but I'm gonna tough it out. Gotta just put my big girl pants on and make it happen lol.

Adulting sucks.

I'm so sorry you're experiencing such pain! I hope that you receive an accurate diagnosis now, and that whatever is going on is quickly addressed and resolved. Feel better!