What's on your Wednesday Menu, RNYers?

Thanks Amy! Weirdly, I can only see the first couple of sentences i posted, but from your response it looks like more is visible to you. Strange! Xox!

Only 3 lines, still...

I was commenting on the 169.4! What is your goal?

Hi Amy! I'm not sure why I can't get the entire post to publish, but oh well, it wasn't anything earthshaking!

My original somewhat soft goal is to be under 150#. Dr. Billy told me that he could get me to 200 pounds, but I responded that I wanted to be under 150. He told me "then you're going to have to do everything right".

I weighed 142 for a long time. It wasn't a perfect weight - I always felt chubby - but in reality, I looked pretty good there. The entire population was much thinner then, and 125# was kind of the standard target weight most women I knew tried to hit. I was tall and though I weighed 124, honestly I was thinner than I want to be now. I always liked weighing 137, so maybe that's a good goal. I don't really want to go down into the 120s as I fear both looking too drawn and haggard (even without massive weight loss, at 64 I am deep in the face lift years), and having overly draconian dietary restrictions as I transition into the lifelong challenge of maintenance.

I thought that having a Dexa scan sometime before I stop the losing phase would help me to know where and when to start adding calories and more healthy carbs and fats.

The truth is I'd probably look pretty good even at 149, but I don't want to stop losing with no wiggle room at all. So that's out. I guess I'll see what's what when I get there!

Keep up the great momentum you have and don't look back, you are AMAZING! I've been derailed (by life and self sabotage) so many times this last year. It gets harder and harder to lose each time to below my previous low... Anyway I will figure it out and won't give up until I get there - whatever it takes. So proud of you!!!!

ETA - My Dr said 185 for me if I was lucky

Thank you Amy! I'm proud of you too, you are so gorgeous and have transformed so amazingly! It's far from easy to alter ourselves on the deep level where our emotional fallback behaviors lie. I'm in a relatively ok place right now so am not being tempted as much as I'm sure I will be during stressful times to come (and you know they'll come). For now, I am doing my best to keep a grip and my eyes on the road ahead! I know that you will be successful in reaching whatever weight you want to reach - I have absolute confidence in you, golden girl.

Awww thank you Cara! We can do it!! My goal is 145 and PS!!

I'd love to have PS too! Onward and downward!

Posting late, so I'm not sure anyone will see :P I had a busy morning of training and rushing and am just now able to sit at my desk a minute.

Qotd: I don't go on many long road trips alone, but I generally listen to music if it's just an hour or two. If we travel longer, DH and I will listen to an audiobook or comedy album.

Breakfast was coffee and Premier...and I accidentally tripped and landed with my mouth on a donut hole. Don't even know how that happened. Nothing like that has tempted me for a long while but today a coworker brought a bunch of Dunkin Donut munchkins, and I had one in my mouth before I even considered it. Gah!

lunch was 2 turkey meatballs with spaghetti sauce and mozzarella

dinner will be a chicken apple sausage/brat and salad

Bites happen sometimes, especially the further out from surgery you go. Just take it as a learning opportunity and get back on track. You're really doing great!

If I'm being honest, I didn't feel that guilty about it, but I think its because I KNOW it isn't going to ruin my whole day, week, etc.

before, if I was dieting and had that first munchkin, I would have probably had another couple and then just called it a "cheat day" and used it as an excuse to eat whatever else I was craving.

And more honesty? I didn't even think it tasted all that great.