What's on your Saturday Menu, RNYers?

I totally feel you! I hate obsessing so much over food, but I fear if I don't I will lose all control and go back to my old eating habits and gain back all my weight and then some. That scares the crap out of me because I in no way want to get back to being my old size. Isn't it so unfair those people who stay so skinny and yet can eat whatever and how much they want? My brother is one of those people. He's tall and skinny and pretty much eats enough for 4 grown men and never gains a pound. Like how did he get to be tall and skinny while I'm short and fat? So not fair!! Lol.

Hang in there! We will get there eventually!

Yeah, that's pretty much what's happening to me right now. 25 lbs of regain, but with a peaceful brain... Which do I choose?! It's a cruel choice... I'm the only fat one in my family, my weight issues are more hormonal than genetic, I was a skinny kid before puberty... makes me feel just GREAT. Not. We'll get there... if nothing else, it makes us VERY determined!

I totally get it! Sometimes it is so hard to stop the OCD about food and others it's like I refuse to track it. I would love to get to my goal but I'm not sure it is worth all the effort. I struggle with anxiety and depression so all of this is sooo hard at times. I finally kicked the Effexor to the curb and decided I like myself better without it. It is a process and none of us are perfect, we just have to keep trying.

Good morning friends.

not a great night but alas I think that's just the normal for me. Mentally I'm feeling pretty good. Bored outta my gourd but I think a lot of people are dealing with that.

This is a tie to yesterday's post about the pictures my grandpa took. I don't have his albums right now(my aunt does) so this is all I have. Also attached is a newspaper article from a few years before he passed away in 2009(Alfred Garrett). He was never a perfect person but was perfectly him. I miss him a lot. He didn't get these photos done until the 80's. He had ptsd and often had troubles with malaria that he got in N.Africa. He was my hero just for being him.

qotd:hmmm I guess MASH

b:steel cut oats and half a banana

l:pp shake with strawberries

s:popcorn(100 calorie bag)

d: not sure.

What a fantastic legacy. Thanks for sharing this. You are so fortunate to have his stories and pictures.

Melody - I did some research and the 757th tank Battalion was attached to the 34th Infantry Division. 34th infantry had 517 days of combat, the second most of any American division in World War 2. If they read today, your grandfather served in both the areas of Sheila and Cara's families.

What an AWESOME article!!!!!!!

I still watch Green Acres some nights on Antenna TV and love the theme song.

Today I plan to spend all afternoon working on the grass. We have had continuous rain and snow, so today is my first day of this year cutting grass. It is supposed to be sunny and get to about 61.

With Weigh****chers, you get extra points every week and if you don't use them, you lose them. So every week I plan a special treat to use up my extra points on Saturday. I have a box of full size Hershey Milk Chocolate bars and plan to enjoy one this evening. I have 12 points left and the candy bar is 11 points.

When I do my once a week points splurge I think of all the years when I would do splurges daily. I have a list of things I will enjoy once a week and save the points for. Dairy Queen small strawberry sundae and one Dunkin Doughnut are on my list for weekly treats this summer. Another thing I will probably have this summer is Hostess Cupcakes. They are not that good but I have a sentimental attachment to them.

But I can buy Dairy Queen fudge bars that are 2 points and have one every day. I try to always have some low point treats in the house. My weigh in day is Wednesday. I always thought weighing in on Monday ruined my weekends, so like having Wednesday as a weigh in time.

I have only done actual in store shopping twice. I feel suffocated in the mask and very rushed and anxious. I have dreams of walking around a grocery store with no mask and stopping to examine things with no stress. I never thought that could be taken away from us. I used to go to Walmart or the mall and do my daily walks there in bad weather. At one point, I thought about getting rid of the boring treadmill. Now I am so grateful that I have it.

Mary

My sisters used to sing/dance out the theme songs...the high notes, of Eva Gabor, would always end up with our dad saying WHO IS KILLING A CAT, IN THERE??? Same game, every time...We did the "Beverly Hillbillies" pretty well, also!!

Sorry I've been MIA lately. I went from being a quarantine sloth to a busy little ant overnight. My accountant got back to me with a bunch of business tax return issues, our quarterly business taxes came due and had to be filed, and our Premier has started talking about re-opening businesses in May, so we've been busy ordering PPE supplies and getting the salon deep cleaned and ready to re-open should the day come sooner than later. Our province has had the fewest cases of COVID19 and so we may be the first to re-open, so just want to be ready and not scrambling at the last minute while supplies are sold out and shipping is delayed. Trying to be proactive... Who knows though... Could still be as late as September, depending on what happens over the next weeks and months to come. We already had issues over the Easter long weekend, so not holding my breath. There's also the "small" issue of our province de-regulating cosmetology years ago, so it's a nightmare of a minefield for officials right now. My husband has been in the business since long before de-regulation so he's properly licensed and certified, and we've passed multiple health inspections with flying colours... but who knows what the future holds for the industry, or what hoops we'll have to jump through in order to re-open. There's rumours we could be the last industry to be cleared... with good reason, of course!

QOTD: Has to be Game of Thrones... It's so dramatic! We watched the whole series on DVD as a family over a 10 month period, and I hated it, I don't like fantasy, gore, violence, or explicit scenes, so not my thing, pretty much the only thing I liked was the theme song. hahaha The things I do for my family... Now they are humouring me and watching Durrells of Corfu... much more my style!

Today is my weekly weigh in and it was pretty grim. I completely stopped tracking and have basically been eating all the things, and now my weight is up 2.6 lbs for the week. Frickity frick frick. Not going to beat myself up. I got what I deserve. Just going to start fresh today and have a great weigh in next Saturday. Still doing the WW Green plan:

Menu plan today:

Meal 1: applesauce, greek yogourt, granola with nuts

Meal 2: Kale & chickpea salad

Meal 3: Taco salad

Snacks: apple, babybel cheese, sugar free Lily's chocolate

I've never uploaded a pic on this forum... what site do you all use?