What's on your Monday menu, RNYers?

Congratulations!

Good morning! It was so nice this morning after raining for a year this weekend, I loved the walk today. The weekend was still pretty good. I finished my taxes, played with the kids, went for a nice drive with my wife, and just relaxed a bit.

Menu today:

B: Protein bar, small granny Smith apple

MS/AS: 1/2 cup cottage cheese with 1/2 gs apple

L: 1 cup beef barley soup.

S: unknown

All water and vites, coffee and decaf aplenty.

I'm heading to a water park with my kids (wife has to work) for a few days. A bunch of families going so it'll be fun. I went last year too, but the year prior I was still recovering from WLS. I likely could have gone and just relaxed, but I didn't want to risk complications and be out of Canada. My benefits would have covered problems, but it would have been just a headache (not to mention, ruined the week for the family dealing with me) so I stayed home alone to rest. Last year and this, totally different story. My kids think I'm nuts for thrill rides and they can't keep up which is hilarious to me. I might not be online much this week.

QOTD: We do the DST thing, but I never really react much to the sleep changes. I only ever sleep 6, maybe 7 if I'm lucky. Sunday morning I got up none the worse for wear but I would do away with the time change too. I hate trying to fix the clocks. Some of them you need to be a Neuro surgeon. LOL

lol, raining for a year this weekend

raining for a year this weekend

Have fun at the water park!

Good morning

Still sitting a pound over goal range for the last 2 weeks. This week is about "tweaks" - starting with no more gum. That will kill me, as I'm a 2 pack a day gum chewer (usually eat it to remind me not to drink for 30 minutes after food), but I just keep popping pieces too much after that 30 minutes. I figure between the gum and sugar free candy, I've been consuming close to 150 to 200 calories of fake sugar. Time to clean that out. The second goal is just one pre-workout snack and a small afternoon snack. That's a goal my therapist and I discussed last week. He's not a believer in small meals/snacks. He's a 3 meals and a small snack believer, so I'm giving that a try this week. If all goes well I should be back under goal by Sunday. Other than that - all pretty good, though shoulder (arthritis) acting up - so cutting back on some lifting this week and last.

Workouts have been good - I decided to try a hard Peloton ride this morning. 8.6 on the rating scale (usually do 7.8 to 8.2). It was tough, but when I was done - the KJ meter was at 355. I usually range 270 to 310 and my PR was 331.

QOTD - I go with the flow during time changes. Though I forgot and it was 10:30 when my wife reminded me to reset clocks. I was like "sh.." I have to be up at 6 and it was essentially "11:30" and I had lots to do before bed. It was indeed painful to get up Sunday morning. But in general, I adapt within a day or two when we change and I always really enjoy the reset when we can sleep an extra hour.

Pre-Workout 1/2 protein bar - made into cookies

Breakfast - 2 hardboiled eggs (dump 1/2 a yolk); 2/3rds of a sausage (got full - I think I'm going to dump the morning sausage in favorable of some nuts). I find a neet a little fat and the egg yolk isn't enough usually.

Lunch - 4 oz deli turkey; 1/3 cup roasted brussel sprouts I made this weekend - yummo; small salad with vinegar

S - 5 oz Fage plain 2% and a small apple and a few sprouted watermelon seeds

D - Small salad, rest of sprouts and left over brisket from last nights dinner out with friends

Evening - hot tea

I can't do SF mints and gum. I call them farty mints/ farty gum

Yup!

Good luck with the tweaks!

Hello and Happy Monday all!

Here in MD, we do daylight savings. I don't mind at all because I LOVE when it's lighter in the evening. I don't have to wake up at the crack of dawn so I am not upset about darkness at 6 am :)

My eats at 5 years, 3 months

B: 4 oz ever roast chicken, 1 oz goat cheese, after my 14 oz coffee with half and half and caramel pecan sugar-free syrup

L: My tuna concoction - a can of tuna, half a container of crumbled feta cheese, 1/4 of a diced red onion, a bit of olive oil, crushed red pepper, and the delicious contents of about half a jar of Aldi's artichoke salad - this will be two meals

D: a new recipe thanks to LadyGodiva: cast iron chicken thighs in a lemon butter garlic sauce, with asparagus https://cafedelites.com/one-pan-lemon-garlic-butter-chicken- asparagus/

E: Meeting some gal pals at the gym for a "7UP" challenge that NYMom Cynthia created for us. We are doing 7 exercises 7 reps, and we plan to do them 7 times (so each exercise is done 49 times). Not sure how I will get 49 knee pushups out of this body, but I will try!

Have a wonderful day, everyone!

Oh, I am totally making the lemon garlic butter chicken with asparagus soon!