What's on your Tuesday Menu?

It is understandable why you don't eat meat.

G'morning all!

I hope the appt with your mom goes well. DH insists with his mom that she needs cataract surgery but she is afraid and doesn't wanna do it. She is 88 and slowly going blind, but she is also stubborn.

I, on the other hand, got my ducks in a row for the shoulder surgery. I have a bone impingement that will be shaved off and torn labrum that will be reattached but at a lower level. The Dr said it's an outpatient surgery and I will be under anesthesia for about an hr. It will be arthroscopic. My main concern was recovery time. In general terms about 2 weeks in the sling, about 3 months active recovery, and then 6-12 months for full recovery. After the first 2 weeks I'm allowed to jog and during the first 3 months I can start with light weights. We are aiming for the beginning of Nov after I come back from Italy.

QOD - nothing religious. If I could choose I wouldn't eat hare or venison. But where I grew up both meats are used in a lot of dishes. When poor DD got fed hare in a spaghetti sauce, not my doing but my sister in law's, she was traumatized and kept blaming me for feeding her Thumper.

My meals yesterday:

• Coffee
• Costco egg bites
• Iced coffee w/PP, epic chicken
• TJ chicken fajitas
• E: 5 miles wog + HIIT

Happy Taco Tue!

Glad they have a plan to get you out of pain!!

Yay for ducks!!!

I had cataract surgery last year and it is as a modern miracle. They take the old lens that is like a scratched up cloudy piece of glass and replace it with a sparkling new lens. Everything is bright again. I no longer need glasses or contacts for distance. I do need reading glasses after the surgery for fine print.

Oh good news on the arm. You have way less restrictions than I had. I was only aloud to walk for 3 months.

Good morning ~ Hope all goes well today with your mom. I thought a lot about yesterday's QOTD all day and night. It made me realize 100% I need to make a plan that is sustainable long term for me, even if slow. I'm not getting anywhere now anyway. Even though I am good on 800 calorie most days, on the days I'm not I'm overeating 'forbidden foods' and feeling like mental and physical hell. I need to make room for all the things. For example - I rarely had bacon growing up. Anytime bacon was available I ate all of it. A family gathering buffett was the best, all you can eat and I really did. It was a special treat sort of things, not every day so of course that is permission to overeat it when available. Now? Rob loves bacon and we have it at least once a week. I don't even like the smell anymore, anything with bacon or smelling like bacon is now gagging me. Have I had enough bacon for a lifetime? I doubt that but it has no hold on me anymore. So if I was able to make room for all the things, would the fat girl stop caring about them so much? All the high protein snacks and low carb versions of things are really upsetting my stomach. Protein chips, shakes, bars, Better bagels, Hero bread and croissants all taste good, but are hell for me later on. I still have some high protein ramen to try, but I assume that will do the same to my system. I'm chasing favorite foods and flavors (all the time) that will fit into my 800 cal low carb, high protein diet. It's f***g maddening. Not sustainable. Maybe I'm better off with the occasional regular versions of things that I could include in my plan? I LOVE protein and veggies but half of an english muffin or a small potato is not going to kill me if I plan for it. It would make me happy and maybe I can stop some of the intestinal and mental insanity. Something I'm thinking about. Exercise too, I need to do it solely for my health and muscle retention/growth, not weight loss. Long term health is the goal. I'm getting off the roller coaster.

Heading out in a little bit for the rest of the week. For the drive, I've downloaded Orpah's book - Build the Life You Want - sounded inspiring and interesting. If that is a dud, back to my fluff books that I am enjoying.

QOTD - I don't have any religious or moral issues with food. I eat what I like. I could never be a vegan, or even vegetarian for that matter. All the fake meats and plant protein things makes me physically shudder - I want the real thing.

b- coffee x 2, ratio yogurt

l - in n out protein style double meat burger

d- I think we are going to Cheesecake Factory so chicken lettuce wraps

s- I packed veggies and dip, jerky too

Have a great day!

Yma, So much this!!! I think it's absolutely worth having a small portion of the real thing once in a while. Nothing fake quite satisfies. "Normal" people are able to do this. Most people naturally eat in the 80/20 or 90/10 range. Room for enjoyment and room for fueling your body. It's very hard for non norms!

Right? Does it all really come back around to healthy moderation? I think it does after trying all the alternatives and figuring out what is important. Whodathunkit!

I totally get what you are saying.
Coming from a sweet tooth person, I rarely look for the low carb version of what I like. I try but they never live up to what I had in mind. Do you remember a couple of weeks ago I made a protein pumpkin muffin? I gagged on it and threw it out. Last Sun I bought the real pumpkin muffin from Starbucks, ate it and got he craving over with. Now I'm no longer drooling after it for the rest of pumpkin season. I'm not saying it always works this way, but certain items I don't even buy them low carb. Tortillas are the same; I'd rather have the cauliflower thins than low carb tortilla. You just gotta figure out what you really want and plan for it once every 10 days of two weeks; don't sub with low carb items, let your taste buds enjoy the real thing.