What's on your Monday Menu?

Helloooooooo and Happy Monday! I hope you all had a fantastic weekend. Mine was very nice. I worked my butt off on Saturday and got to a decent place. Then Sunday we took a drive up to Kennebunkport Maine which is my favorite vacation spot. We didn't do much--just a few hours of popping in and out of stores and then lunch at the Clam Shack. Yay! It was 72 degrees & sunny and it was lovely to have a day completely disconnected from work :)

Back at it today. I am welcoming a few new staff to our team today and I am thrilled to get them up to speed on a few things that I am desperate to take off my plate! Fingers crossed that it is a smooth onboarding this week.

QOTD: What was your favorite pre-op Fast Food chain? I was never too into typical Fast Food places, probably because I worked at McDonald's as a teen and the smell was just so permeating that it never smelled super appetizing to me, again. But I liked D'Angelo's for sandwiches and Papa Gino's for pizza!

I let myself have lots of "treats" this weekend. I am going to try to get back on track today.

B: Protein Coffee

S: Trader Joe's Eggwich

L: Lemon Pepper Chicken

S: PB Crackers & Apple

D: Trader Joe's Autumn Harvest Soup

G'morning all!

Back in US and trying to deal with jet-lag. Hence me being up since 2:00 am my time. My body is like "hey, it's 11:00 , shouldn't we get up and do something?" And then by 6:00 pm I'm completely out because once again my body thinks it's almost 3:00 am, why aren't we in bed?

Other than jet-lag, my trip was lovely and very restorative to my soul. It was great seeing my mom, my brother, and my sister who did a quick 3 day trip from UK just for me. We have all gotten older but the dynamics are the same. My brother lives for scaring the sh*t out of me while driving and he hasn't changed at all. He has bought one of the new hybrid Jeeps that look like a tank and loves going off road. I have tons of photos and will share some on the future Fridays.

My meals in Italy were not as strict as I am here, but surprisingly when I weighed myself on Sunday I had gained only 2 lbs. I think it was thanks to my keeping up with my workout routine and portion sizes in Italy. I am planning to go back to ADF for the foreseeable future.

QOTD: Not very big on fast food chains. I loved subway but nowadays can't do it due to the bread. Although they have huge salads, again too big for me. In-n-out was and is still my favorite burger place. Their protein menu is perfect for us.

My meals yesterday:

• B: coffee + barebells bar
• L: Mexican (I missed it during the vacay)- burrito bowl, light on rice and beans, heavy on chicken and salsa.
• S: had to try the new Quest pumpkin bar
• D:skipped
• E: rest day

Happy start of the week!

Your back already! Wow that went fast. Glad you got the soul refresh you were looking for.

Tell me about it, it went by too fast.

Welcome home! I'm glad you had a great trip.

Were you able to get that wheel of parm through customs?

You are not gonna believe this, but I had about 5 lbs of Parm that I totally forgot in my mom's fridge. I had planned to put them in my suitcase last minute , but the morning of my return (at 4:30 am) I totally spaced out. When did I remember? When at check in they weighed my suitcase and I was underweight by, you guessed it, 5 lbs!

Sheila, at the airport

Welcome Home!

You have my permission not wait until Photo Friday to send us pics of everything!

What is it they? Crazy is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results? Whyyyy do I keep letting Mondays happen?

QOTD: before surgery-Taco Bell all day, every day. Now? I love the insides of McDonald's sausage McMuffin . I cannot find a sausage at the store that tastes anything like it. Rarely eat it but love it!

shake

coffee

half a burger on smart bun

my last Serving of this soup I made that I Hate!