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

Happy Friday, My Friends! Has anyone ever had a longer week? Yikes. Our Boston Schools are still open but I am quite sure today will be the last day. It is starting to feel very irresponsible to wait for our kids to be exposed before we close. I am hoping to look like this kitty for a few weeks (only I will remember my snacks, dammit).

I am not feeling like I have enough food. We definitely have enough for 2 weeks, but not much longer. I'm just feeling like its likely we'll be quarantined for more than 2 weeks, and when it lifts I don't think they'll be easy access to food or supplies. But I am definitely someone who feels "food insecure" even when I am not. I always over buy food and worry about not having enough. Maybe this is the diet I have been looking for?? Funny/NotFunny, right? Argh.

Accountability: Well... I followed my plan all day until I came home and ate cheese crips and wine for dinner. I was in a "fuck-it" kind of mood. I don't usually think of myself as a stress eater, but damn...

I decide to do a before & after for today's photo Friday :) I needed a reminder that I am not quite as big as I was before I started this WLS Adventure. #feelingfattoday Pics are me with my parents 10 years apart.

QOTD: If you are going to hoard something that is not a necessity, what will you hoard? I am all about the coffee. The first day that I heard about this possibility, two weeks ago, I ordered a month's worth of my fav coffee pods off of Amazon. I am thinking about ordering another one today!

It's Friday!!! Whoo hoo...between some other things at work and pandemic planning, this week has been a month. Is everyone feeling this way?

We have some meetings tomorrow and I'm sure there will be some Sunday as well, as we continue to adapt. Some of our local grade and high schools announced closures through 3/31 yesterday.

i can't remember how long Julia was going to be at Disney but I hope she was able to get her trip on before it closes on Sunday.

Good for you for looking back at the old pictures and seeing how far you have come; I was looking for the picture I wanted for today and saw some pictures of me from 2006, which was NOT my heaviest and I was shocked. How oblivious we can be about our selves.

qotd - I stocked up on coffee, more coffee and cheese. Good news is that many of the doctors have said that hot liquids help with preventing the virus from getting worse if you have it. Us coffee and hot tea fiends are already combatting!!

I thought about stocking up on more protein bars but I know I would eat them all right away. I cannot have them in the house, even in pandemic times.

i don't have a meal plan today but it's probably going to be ever roast deli chicken, cottage cheese and light and fit in some combination!

For my photos today, Given the global toilet paper shortage, I thought I'd share these two from my trip to Australia. This is a paperbark tree...you can pull the bark off and use it for TP in a pinch (close up).

have a great Friday and weekend all! Take care of yourself!

I had a number of pandemic preparedness conference calls yesterday also.

I've gotten tons of emails from stores about how clean they are and how prepared they are...yes it's been months already this month.

Hmm, I only have oaks and maples in my backyard...!

Happy Friday all!!! We finally made it! I am so exhausted! Everyday this week I had been waking up before my alarm went off except for today. I was dead asleep when it went off this morning. I hate when that happens! I feel like I need time to prepare myself before I have to actually get out of bed instead of being jolted out of my sleep. Sigh...

QOTD: Oh definitely coffee! There is no question about that! It's kinda funny to think that this time last year I could not drink coffee as it made me so sick....just being a couple months out from surgery. So glad that passed!!! Speaking of coffee, I do need to get me some more. I'm not completely out, but just in case we have to be quarantined I wanna be prepared. I'm grumpy without my coffee! Lol

B: premier shake

S: L&F yogurt w/banana

L: salad

S: some almonds

D: I'm feeling soup tonight

I am only asleep when my alarm goes off a couple times a year, and it is literally the worst. I agree... gotta have ten to twenty minutes to transition from sleep to awake!

hi all- worked from home yesterday as I had a rough sleeping night the night prior so needed to not be driving in. weight is waay up but I think that is bathroom and lack of sleep related.

QOTD: I have lots of coffee and never like to run out. I used to go into a panic when I felt like I didn't have enough food but that panic has died down the last year or so.

I think we will be good for 2 weeks if I didn't buy anything else- though I would like some almond milk and more eggs and veggies... I have tons of protein powder, egg whites, frozen veggies, a ham bone, chicken and shrimp so we would be fine I think.

pic is of some whole whiing fish I made last week- never prepared it this way before. it was yummy

food for today:

protein shake

coffee

water

more coffee

water

shrimp/stir fry veggies

water

dinner: unknown

snack: shake

Far as I'm concerned any fish cooked any way is delicious!

Yum, that fish looks great!