What's on your Sunday - funday menu?

Good morning everyone ~ i actually slept in and I'm feeling human today! I drank so much water, lots of slushies and many popsicles all day to hydrate. Now I just need to be really careful so can keep the losses going cuz I'm not messing around anymore. Easy day - I'm watching VC Andrews Dawn part 2, kiddo is coming over and we will run errands/shop. I need to do some house stuff and prep for the week too. BBQ for dinner and watch some Jeopardy episodes. Back to the grind tomorrow!

QOTD - Were you overweight as a child or did you gain you weight later in life? I was a bigger kid, but solid until I started noticeably putting the weight on in the 5th grade and was considered fat. The summer after 7th grade (I was 150 pounds) I went on my first official diet at the Diet Center and I've been on the diet roller coaster ever since. 7th grade! I wonder if that is what really started it all. I possibly could have outgrown that weight - lots of kids have those pudgy years and level out in high school. Hum...

Food today is whatever I can tolerate, but the plan is:

b- coffee, egg

l- chicken bites

d- tri-tip

Have a great day!!

Glad you are feeling better! I jus picked up the VC Andrews biography when it was on a daily deal on kindle. I hope they explain how she became a zombie, since she's had more books since she died than before, lol

qotd - I was always heavy, husky jeans and my grandmother telling me the x in my 6x size in kindergarten was for x-tra special.

getting my hair done this afternoon and dinner and some hang time with my bestie before her red eye flight tonight. There are advantages to being close to the airport!

VC Zombie, lol! All the stories follow the same disturbing formula - rinse and repeat, but I love them! Enjoy the time with your bestie!!

Mornin'!

I'm planning to go over to my mother's later this morning to show her my photos of Denmark and Sweden and tell her all about her relatives (the ones I met while there - we "met" via DNA a few years ago and finally met in person!) (I also visited my father's relatives in a different part of Sweden, but we've know about them for years and my parents stayed with some of them a few times during their many trips to Sweden. But this was a first encounter with my mom's relatives). One of the cats is having a bout with pancreatitis, but he seems OK this morning so I feel safe leaving him - and besides, DH will be here - at least this morning.

QOTD: not really. My mother has always been super weight conscious and was always on me about my weight - and even mentioned to my 5th grade teacher about my weight, which was met with "she's not overweight" (my mother was shocked by the response and told me about it later - but really, I wasn't overweight - only in her mind!). And when I look at pictures of myself - nope - I looked fine. But I was always the tallest kid in my class until 5th or 6th grade, and I'm pretty muscular and have a large frame (broad shoulders, etc) - whereas my mom is very petite, so I guess in her mind, I was overweight. I remember weighing 151 lbs in 11th grade (that number stuck with me because of Bacardi rum) - which is within a normal BMI range for me. I didn't really start putting it on until college. I do remember weighing 170/180 during some of those college years - which yes, is overweight for me (my range goes up to 154). It gradually increased - up and up and up - until I was over 300 lbs sometime during my 30s or early 40s. So anyway, no, I wasn't overweight as a child, although I grew up thinking that because of my mother's perspective. I kind of wonder if I wouldn't be so obsessed with weight and eating and calories if it weren't for my mother and her constant obsession about my damn weight (she always obsessed about my brother being "too skinny" - he looked fine, too! He's just a naturally lean guy - but he looks fine! Sheesh!!)

B: plain yogurt with a tablespoon of lingonberry preserves, coffee with half & half, a couple of Wasa crackers

MS: protein shake

L: black bean dal - unless I decide to have it for dinner and just have Ratio yogurt and/or bagged salad instead

AS: 6 black bean chips dipped in hummus

D: whatever I don't have for lunch

ex: I'm going to hold off another day or two. Lots of muscle and foot pain the last couple of days - I think I really overdid the walking while I was abroad. Although that doesn't explain the arm pain. Legs and feet - yes. But arms? Not sure what I did...

Good morning!

I not only love that meme, it's also a fair representation of how my body looked pre WLS. Yesterday was a good day. I was absolutely making zero plans to exercise and then Roger got invited to go play pickle ball. So it gave me the gumption to get out and get a few miles in. The rest of the day was quiet until we met the kids for dinner and brought the grands home for the night. I'm almost done with Demon Copperhead. I'm having to plough through it as it was only a 7 day lend period. Almost there. Very on the fence about it.

Stairs are done. 21.27 minutes, 1 pause. The pause was actually for dog traffic, so I am taking no demerits on that. Grands are going home soon and I need to work upstairs and clean up there. I haven't been up there in forever and I don't think my house guests dusted the entire time we were gone. Gross. But I'll feel great when that job is cleaned up. And then I can finish my book. Big plans for the day

QoTD: Always smooshy. Always conscious of it. Dieted all through jr high and high school. Even though I was about 128 when I graduated, I still was one of the fat girls. Years later, my goal weight was always 145. Maintaining that took daily dieting, WW and never having a cheat day. But the last 5 years, with menopause and the hysterectomy, I was out of freaking control. Gaining a minimum of a pound a month. No matter what I did, ate, medications.

Menu today

B: leftover roasted veggies an egg

L: probably leftover chipotle cream shrimp

D: avo/zucchini/green pepper salad with pistachio vinaigrette, chicken shawarma, spoon full of coconut rice. 1 glass of a nice red wine we have open on the counter from a dinner party Friday. Can't let that go to waste!

Peace everybody.

128 pound fat girl sounds crazy! Menopause sure has thrown a wrench in for me as well - not that it was ever much easier but now - forget it. Your menu always sounds SO good to me!

Do you think it's a coincidence that the first word I found today on Wordle was donut? I love food.

Good morning,

Yay for feeling better, and for having a plan for the day. Good to hear it.

I've been to the store again today since this one has better produce. I've got a game hen stock on the stove that I'm excited about as the base for some soup and Matt's family matzoh ball recipe this week. I've also got a few chorizo recipes lined up to use the sausage I have if I'm up to it. And I'll whip up some mushroom gravy to go with my leftover pork. Yep, food on the brain.

I did get the well filters changed yesterday. This is good and I've seen a boost in water pressure. Took a pic of the bird's nest from the mama that chased me out the last time I tried. Looks like she successfully raised her babies and departed. More cleaning and laundry today.

QOTD- I started getting larger around puberty and it just went from there.

Accountability- I was good yesterday! 111g of protein, so success.

Exercise - Intentional tug of war with the dog, store stuff and recumbent bike. I think it helps in this case to push through some of the discomfort and pain.

Menu

Breakfast - Dave's thin-sliced seed bread with 4oz chopped deli chicken and havarti cheese, toasted

Second breakfast- Slice of Mestemacher pumpernickel with a smear of cream cheese, avocado, smoked salmon, and crumbled seaweed flakes

Elevensies - Two boiled eggs with mustard

Lunch - leftover asiago pepper roasted pork with mushroom gravy

Dinner - More of the same, plus a spoon of scalloped sweet potatoes with bacon and herb cream sauce

Supper - poblano stuffed with chorizo filling, I hope

Protein pudding if needed.

Happy Sunday, everyone!

Good afternoon everyone!

Not feeling great but oh well.

Nothing much happening today. I'm having an issue with my BP. It's like I'm a new post op, I stand up and bam I almost pass out. It tires you out. The NP I saw wants me to take lisinopril and wouldn't listen. I was stressed out at the doctors office and felt miserable. It took the girl 5 times to take it. Grrr.

QOTD: sooooooo I was a string bean up until 3rd or 4th grade. By the end of 5th grade I was OW and 6 foot tall. Like you Amy, my first diets were in middle school. I got the lovely comments from my grandma that I'd be so pretty if I lost weight, I'll buy you all new clothes if you lose so and so weight....my grandma mind you was OW too. She didn't have support as a child and it showed with her kids and grandkids. Since that time of profound change the lightest I've been is post op at 236. I now weigh 249. Wow that's some real stuff for me to admit that. I mean I knew it but to tell someone other than my mom. I feel like a failure but I know I'm just human. It's something I struggle with...being good enough. For what or who I'm not sure. I always feel like I don't measure up...that nothing I do is right or good enough. Ahhh emotional abuse(and some kinds of physical) is so not fun.

that really helped me get out of my own head so thank you for asking that question! It helps me to talk about things and my family is full of hiders.

food today is liquid like food. I might eat a small amount of watermelon. We'll see.

hope everyone has a wonderful week ahead!