What's on your (PHOTO) Friday Menu, RNYers?

On the bright side I have heard that it is an extremely attractive spectator base.

Looks awesome and comfy!!

Morning all! No photos but a link that you might enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npjF032TDDQ

Think tacos!!

Happy that it's Friday and I'm working from home. Still hard to get out of bed! Tomorrow will start with early errands, and hoping to workout with a couple who may be new clients. They have a wonderful Golden Doodle who would make it even more fun! Sunday we have brunch with friends. It'll be nice to catch up.

Today I have a lunchtime workout with my trainer and then back home for more work including OT.

Weight is slowly coming back down. I am trying to keep it below 120 now and I had gotten up to 121.8. Back down to 121. My lowest weight was 116 and I've spent most of maintenance around 117-118. I have definitely added more muscle since I started lifting a year ago and especially since lifting heavy beginning in March. I don't want that to be an excuse for letting my weight go up drastically though. I probably won't have another DEXA until October so I can't be sure how the percentages are changing. Just trying to keep it all balanced.

Menu:

B: coffee x2 w/ Miralax, TJ's ham, 1 blueberry Eggo waffle

S: Carbmaster yogurt

L: deli roast beef, baby carrots

S: Lactaid cottage cheese / blueberries & slivered almonds

D: salad from Whole Foods w/ chicken

E: hour in the gym

PS: does anyone make protein popsicles? Most of the recipes that I've seen include bananas and/or avocados and I don't eat either of those. I also don't like Premiere Protein so those frozen aren't good. Recipes?

Ha! If it starts raining tacos, I am just going to abandon all hopes of weight loss :)

I never tried making protein popsicles, but I did make some good frozen protein bites out of yogurt, on my first summer post op. I don't remember what recipe I used but I know I did one that had peanut butter and it was a super delicious treat!

I've made frozen pudding/ice cream pops which you could add protein powder to...

I use a box of sf pudding mix, add 1 C cold milk to dissolve and 2C heavy whipping cream...whip til it becomes thick and stiff peaks form, then I've added flavor extracts like mint, caramel or coffee...spoon or pipe into popsicle containers and freeze. they're super rich and creamy because of the heavy cream and this makes a TON so make sure you have a lot of popsicle holders.

it's actually the recipe I found for cake frosting which is incredible as well (not frozen obviously lol) so it makes enough to frost an entire cake. I had so much leftover I froze it and it was really good! I have small popsicle containers from when story was a toddler so they were kind of a perfect size/portion.

The flavor profile for the proteiny dessert I'm making is delish, I will let you know how they freeze. I did put one in a popsicle mold to test!

The texture was pretty good on the frozen dessert.

1 sm container ricotta

1 am container greek yogurt

combine in blender with a bit of HWC and any extract/flavor you want, freeze in individual containers

since this was a party dessert, I also used juice from two lemons and some blackberries in the mixture, and about 6 pieces of crystallized ginger. I didn't want to use any artificial sweeteners for a group and wasn't sure how they'd like it competley unsweetened. When I make it again for me, I will be leaving that out (I tried the mix after I added the vanilla and it would be perfect for me). Also going to try it with a bit of cold brew instead of the HWC.

Yum!!

QOTD: River Song on Doctor Who!!

Had time to give the Corgis a bath at the doggie wash! Makes life so much easier to come home with clean dogs instead of cleaning up the bathroom after they are done. Trysten's coat is also a little too think to wash at home.

B: Coffee and protein bar

S: Protein shake

L: Cheese wrap, ham w/mayo, mustard and lettuce S: Protein bar

S2: Carbmaster yogurt

D: Chicken w/broccoli

AD: Low carb snack bar

W: 120 oz

E: 5 miles (already have 3 miles in) train dogs!

AC: Daily goal of 40 carbs or less...

TSS: 2 years 7 months

*edited to fix

i just went aaaaw reading your answer to QOTD!

I'm a huge Dr Who fan!

Sweet puppy!!!

He is such a Mama's boy too!

G'morning all!

Happy fri-yay!

JB - I love the outfits and the hats. That pink coat I'd wear it in a heart beat.

Dragging my feet because I gotta do my run before my 8:45 call and that means gotta get out of the house in the next 10 minutes if I wanna be showered and presentable during the call. Otherwise just gotta sit in my sweat for 2 hours and it makes me go ewwww!

QOTD: 13th Dr Who, or any of the previous drs companions. I also like to be Tea Leoni in Madam Secretary. I grew up wanting to be a diplomat but I ended up somewhere with no embassies or consulates near by!

My meals for the day:

• Coffee, coffee, and more coffee
• Salmon burger from TJ
• Chili lime chicken burger
• Yogurt or parm cheese

These memes made me LOL. That's my face when I see cookies!

Have a great Friday and a restful weekend!

Yum, cooooookies!!