What's on your Tuesday Menu, RNYers?

Good morning all, welcome back, JB! I haven't taught in years, but those couple of weeks before students returned was always super hectic and in my particular school, the air conditioning wasn't switched on until the night before students arrived. So any classroom prep I did was done in sweltering heat, with giant industrial fans blowin all my stuff around. Oy vey!

ive been super exhausted and tired but I think it's the weather. The last two days have been rainy and windy and today is hazy (smoke?). One of my Mammoth sunflowers fell in yesterday's winds, so sad!

qotd: the Swedish chef! Lol no particular reason other than I like to cook and he always made me giggle.

Breakfast: I forgot to grab my Premier so my coffee will be black this morning.

Snack: Volpi mozzarella and prosciutto

lunch: Greek L&F

dinner: leftover zucchini lasagna

Probably a protein shake before bed to make up for missing my morning one.

Good morning menu friends! Miss Lily and I raced through our 4 miles this am and got home just as it started to rain. We'll do at least another mile sometime today. Accountability was good with12,428 steps and zero extra bites. Post op 5 years 11.75 months and weight at 119.6 today. QOTD Big Bird. Heres the food plan B 1/2 c steel cut oats with protein and peanut butter L 1 c beef stew no potatoes D 4 oz smoked sausage 1/2 c lettuce mix with ranch dressing S sm apple with 1 T peanut butter. Have a great day full of smart and conscious choices everyone! Now its coffee time!

Good Morning! Hi JB- glad to see you pop in and thanks for getting us started. I hope things do settle down for you once school starts and you get your groove.

QOTD: Maybe Grover...not sure though

Time since surgery: 4 years

B: SF latte, eggbeaters, ½ an orange and 2 turkey sausage links

L: Albacore lettuce wraps and baby carrots

S: Pork rinds, coconut protein-infused water, carbmaster yogurt and an iced latte bar.

D: 4 oz grilled sirloin steak, mashed cauliflower with butter and shredded cheddar cheese, sliced fruit, and 2 squares dark chocolate

ES: Homemade Greek yogurt with SF syrup and ¼ cup fiber cereal

E: 6 miles ran this morning and 40 mins of elliptical at lunch

V/W: On track

Totals: Cals:1235 Protein:133 Carbs:90 Fat:42

Have a great one!

What do you put in your albacore for your wraps? I always mean to ask you but forget by the time I read the thread :)

I just mix it with yellow mustard and salt and pepper. Nothing too fancy.

Morning everyone!
Its another rainy gloomy day but at least its not happening on my day off!

forced myself to do my workout again last night even though my inner voice kept trying to convince me I could skip it. I swear I wish I knew how people just become exercise fanatics after being MO most of their lives?
I was talking to my sister about it this weekend and she's been relatively thin most of her life, but said some people just don't ever enjoy it!--she hates it but has always just made herself do it to stay fit/healthy...and I am sure it's easier when you're not MO but still...I want to be someone who enjoys working out. I seriously hate every minute of it until it's over, but then I feel good...like I accomplished something...and it does help reduce my stress/anxiety but I don't realize it until I'm done.

QOTD: I think part of me is Kermit--responsible, sort of care-taker and leader...and part of me is Miss Piggy--fashion and makeup obsessed and always wants to be loved.

B: coffee w/sugar free hazelnut creamer, greek L&F yogurt
L: leftover sausage egg roll in a bowl
D: turkey taco salad
S: light string cheese

have a fabulous day all!

I totally know what you mean! I often dread it, but once I get there, and especially once it's done, I feel so strong and accomplished. I have found that I have to really enjoy the activity. I am someone who is motivated by group classes - I get sort of secretly competitive and really push myself much harder than if I were just alone on my elliptical, for example. I am also motivated by good music! Give me a Beyonce playlist and I will slay that workout!

Another thing that works for me is to schedule my workouts at the beginning of the week. I look at my work schedule, social schedule, and gym class schedule and decide what I am going to do and put it in Outlook. Then, I am not sitting around thinking about how I suck on Tuesday night - it's a scheduled night off, ya know?

Hopefully you find something that really works for you.

I have a feeling I would totally love doing group classes and feel way more motivated but unfortunately my schedule just doesn't allow time for it...at least not on a regular basis.
I am hoping that one day in the future I can do them, but DH works opposite hours and we have a 3 yr old. the time factor is rough.
I need to be my own motivator right now, doing it at home and it is hard, but I am trying!

I joined a gym with childcare when my son was that age. It made exercise time more fun.

I get the secret competitive, I think many people are that way. I will purposely pick a treadmill next to someone that is running just so i get the feel like I am running on the road. I also choose to ride and elliptical that is next to a Bike - there is a lady that rides that bike and really pushes herself and I push myself harder when she is there. I sneak peeks at what speed people are running at as well...LOL