What's on your Monday menu?

Good morning ~ Monday-Monday, here we go again! I had a nice weekend. A very lazy Saturday and a very productive Sunday so I'm ready for the week. Today I have a 11 hour day - yuck. I have an all-day online demo I need to score and post notes for, so no half paying attention and doing other work. I also have a deadline of 10/31 that I'm behind on and struggling to get done. I just need to make it to Friday, then I can breathe. I made my checklist of all the things I need to do daily to stay on track. I included some additional self-care items and geez it's a lot. Seeing it written out is overwhelming. Although I'd love to get an A+ everyday, I just want to be consistent. I finished Berry Pickers - good read. I had to pause The Shift in chapter 4. My mind kept wandering from the monotone so I'll finish later, a break will help. I just started The Housemaid and I'm totally intrigued!

QOTD: Weight stigma and thin privilege - what has your experience been with both?

People can be cruel. The looks, comments and the judgement - childhood was the worst because I didn't understand. There was always that teacher, cousin or kid in the neighborhood or at school who could make me cry. I will never forget how mean my brother was to me because my weight embarrassed him. Being the safe friend or friend zoned, invisible. I'm positive it only made me eat more and in secret, making it worse. Thankfully, there were/are many wonderful people in my life who didn't make me feel that way and I learned to handle it better as an adult. Thin privilege is mind blowing to me. It makes me mad, it's so unfair. People are nicer and I'm taken more seriously. No one looks in my grocery cart or bats an eye when I order food. I move through the world easier now. It's bittersweet.

Accountability - Fair but not horrible, I ended up over in cals and under in protein. 17 active minutes, 10,195 steps. Today I'm 168.0 and I have 30 minutes done on the treadmill.

B - coffee, TJ's eggwich

L - tuna celery and quest chips

D - eggbeater cheese wrap

s- jerky, string cheese, apple

Have a wonderful day!

Good morning, everybody!

Today is a bit of a milestone for me. We are officially through 4 weeks of the fiscal year, which means that I have 100 weeks until my mandatory retirement day. Each Friday afternoon will be 1% of my remaining work time. Woohoo!

So what part of Wicked Wine Run, held on October 27th, in the evening, at a really cool outdoor facility caused me not to realize that it was a Halloween event? What a dummy I can be sometimes. Although I was not in costume, there were tons of people who were, lots of groups with matching outfits, just a fun environment all around. There was a 5K(more on that) run at 4:00, and then a 1K wine walk at 5:30.

It was pretty chilly by the time that the race started at 4:20, so I was ready to run. When I finished, I asked Marilyn what time it was and she showed me 4:50 on her phone. I thought "that seems fake." And sure enough, Marilyn later mentioned that some people, who must have had GPS, had said that the course was more like 2.5 miles. 30 minutes for 2.5 miles is about a 37 minute pace for 5K, which I would be happy with.

Unfortunately, Marilyn didn't get to do the 1K because we had to rush home for a gala that we went to on Saturday night.

Today, I am in the office and a rest day from Crossfit. Hopefully, I can get a lot of stuff done and set myself up for a calm week.

QOTD: Yes. To my surprise, one area where I didn't have the thin privilege effect was work. My highest earning year were actually when I was obese and in the year right after surgery, which would have been based on pre-surgery results. I think that some unrelated factors offset any benefit that I would have had.

In my previous job (back in the 90's) any time that I mentioned promotion, the conversation somehow wound its way around to my weight, because "they were concerned about my health."

Breakfast: Bagel

Lunch: catered

Dinner: Some Indian dish that has required Marilyn driving all over Chicagoland looking for spices for my youngest. I will report back

Have a great day, all!

Whoo-hoo! Great time in the run!

WTG on the run! I don't know how I would have handled it if a boss commented on my health while discussing a promotion... I love Indian food - enjoy!

Good Morning! New week indeed. I'm glad to see that you have planned self care into your week. I had a good weekend with hair, shockwave/chiro, teppanyaki on Saturday and pedicure yesterday with the normal errands thrown in. I need to get a meeting scheduled with the other owner early this week to talk through the process of another acquisition/purchase. Right not, it's set to close 11/14 with their first payroll being 11/22 which is when I'm in universal studios. My hope is that we can roll the one/two days from the first half of November into the Dec 7th but we'll see if that's an option. If not, it'll be crazy the week before I go and I'll be stressed when I'm gone. When we planned the concert, the close date was in October.

QOTD: I am not if I have more confidence now or if I'm treated differently or maybe it's a combination of both? Post surgery I don't feel as judged or that I'm being looked or treated like I'm lazy, I can't really put it into words but it's different for sure.

TSS: 10 years 2 months

B: SF latte, 3 turkey sausage links, and an orange

L: Turkey and cheese sticks, carrots, light and fit yogurt and some fruit

S: A piece of fruit and yogurt

D: Tri tip tacos, spicy edamame, a banana, and 2 mini York peppermint patties

ES: Protein ice cream and carbmaster toast

E: 1/2 hour elliptical, 1 mile on treadmill and 20 mins Pilates bar

V/W: On track

Totals: Cals:1168 Protein:98 Carbs: 128 Fat:45

Have a great day!

Sounds like a great weekend! I've wondered about your answer too. Is it my size difference or am I more confident therefore more approachable? I feel the same though, still humble and especially after the regain/loss.

G'morning all!

LOL, that meme. Speaking of thin privilege do you know how many times I admired skinny people at the gym who could move with grace while I was huffing and puffing? But even thin/fit people have their own hangups.

I'm white knuckling this week till Thursday is over. Too many chocolates around and I'm hoping I won't blow it, green couch be damned.

QOTD: I think I was the person who judged myself the worst while I was obese. I couldn't believe I had let myself go that way, so I would berate myself and then punish or sooth myself with food. It was a vicious cycle. I'm sure people judged me too but I rarely heard anything said out loud. I even thought my family was embarrassed by me, so I wouldn't go out with them because to me it looked like I was starving them while eating all the food by myself. Nowadays I walk with a sprint in my step and couldn't care less if I'm judged or not. And yes, I don't feel bad about my cart even if it's full of cookies and chocolate. In short, my berating myself for my weight and my having the thin privilege is all starting with me. I'm not saying outside factors don't count, but the most important person who can pull me down or hype me up is me.

My meals yesterday:

• Coffee + Barebells bar
• Beef sirloin and salad
• Protein float
• Mixture of edamame beans and cancha
• E: supposed to be rest day but walked almost 14,000 steps

Happy start of the week!

The gym gazelles!! I love that you shared that with me, it will be my go-to now! I agree - we are our own worst enemies.

Good Morning Amy and Menuers,

Amy such great QOTD this weekend and you're really needed to save Sundays Meme for me today. I have so many M&M's in the house for the Trick or Treaters and honestly have not touched even 1. Too bad it doesn't reflect on the scale. I also been dry since October 1st and it has not helped either. I know I got to get moving more. I'll make it happen. Just when that is the question.

QOTD: Unbelievable that skinny privilege is a real thing. Since weight loss so many situations I'm just waiting for someone to be cruel, and it doesn't happen. Even my doctors have changed their tunes. I no longer get the side eye walking down the airplane isle. I remember a women treating me badly at the perfume counter at Macy's and they work on commission. I then made her work and demo every fragrance out that fall. At the end I decided nothing was up to my liking. I went in the next day and saw a different salesclerk and ask her to help me. She was kind and I spent $400 on new scents that day as I was checking out the other women came around the corner. I loved it. One time a man almost hit me driving over the speed limit in the grocery parking lot and I flipped him off. He proceeded to spill many awful slangs about my appearance. when he was done all, I said was "Wow your mom should be so proud." This man was in a business suit.

Accountability: To many carbs yesterday.

TSS: 6 years 10-months 20-days 167.8 Lowest (129.4)

B: Coffee with SF Coffee-mate pumpkin spice creamer

MS: snack select, Chobani zero sugar free strawberry cheesecake Greek yogurt, berries

CB: Coffee with SF Coffee-mate pumpkin spice creamer

L: scrambled eggs, roasted red potatoes, turkey sausage

D: RGF stuffed chicken

Exercise: Dog walking

Water and Vitamins: On track. I take a Bariatric Advantage Ultra multi w/iron I use bariatric advantage Calcium chews and 500mg of Magnesium. I also use MiraLAX and fiber in my first coffee of the day.

Have a great weekmy friends.

Brightest blessings

Chrissy

Damnit! You're right, I should have saved that meme for you! Your Macy's story reminds me of Pretty Woman - big mistake - HUGE!