What's on your Tuesday Menu?

Good Morning Menuers sorry I've been MIA. I had some unexpected family stuff come up during the holidays that I needed to take care of and then when I came back to work one of the boilers was off-line due to blown boiler tubes which turned into three days of down time and people not following protocol when a new year starts with contractors coming on site. Things are hopefully back to normal now.

I am going to do my best to commit to M-F starting of the menu thread until at least Spring gets here. I know many of us here look forward to it and with the new year here I know it helps to get us moving in the right direction.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. On 12/28 I celebrated my 50th birthday and my 15th work anniversary. Didn't really do anything because of things going on, but I plan on making up for it this Summer.

Last Saturday I went with my mom and two of my sisters to an Elvis birthday celebration at Indian Ranch in Webster, MA. My mom loves Elvis and the guy who was impersonating him did a great job we had a lot of fun.

QOTD: What are you plans for 2025? I have so many different things planned that I have to make a list and decide what to do first. One thing we did do is get rabbits for the farm. Took a ride to NH on Sunday to get Silver Fox and Creme D'Argent meat rabbits. They will be our breeding pairs.

B: 2 eggs with cheese and 3oz ham

L: 1/2 cup cottage cheese and bok choy soup

D: chicken thighs with bacon and kale

S: cucumbers and celery with hummus

30 minutes on the treadmill

On a side note both my husband and I agreed to not drink any type of alcohol (really only drink wine) as of January 1st. I have lost 7lbs since the 1st and his morning blood sugar has gone from 165 to 106. Absolutely crazy that not having a couple of glass of wine at night can make such a huge impact on weight loss and blood sugar.

I've also gotten back to really measuring out what I can for foods.

Have a great day!!!!

Good Morning! Happy belated birthday! As expected, yesterday flew by but I was surprised by 2 bouquets of flowers for my birthday (one from John and Em and the other from Kobe and Em that they hand delivered). Today my team said we are going to go to lunch since we weren't able to yesterday.

QOTD: I don't have anything planned yet but I know we will find fun things to do.

TSS: 10 years 4 months

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

L: TBD if we do go out

S: A piece of fruit and yogurt

D: TBD, if we go to a diner at lunch I'll have leftovers

ES: Protein ice cream and carbmaster toast

E: 1/2 hour elliptical and 2 miles on treadmill

V/W: On track

Totals: TBD

Have a great day!

Yeah, for all the fun birthday surprises.

Happy Birthday. So many awesome Capricorns!!!!

Good morning, everybody!

Happy birthday, Jennifer - you are a such youngster!

Julia, did you watch the FCS Championship last night? I wasn't planning on it, but what a great game. North Dakota State has won 10 Championships since 2011, that is a run up there with the Yankees, Celtics , Canadians or any recent dynasty in any sport.

We only got a dusting of snow, but it's cold here today. I took 2 weeks off from swimming, but go back tomorrow. Digging myself out of bed and out to the pool in this cold weather is going to be a challenge.

QOTD: Yesterday, I was counting the days until my next vacation and realized that I had only been back to work for 3 days, LOL. 2025 is my last full year of work. We are going to Palm Springs with Lisa and Roger during March and are going on a family cruise in June and a friends cruise in September. Hopefully, my oldest will be able to land a job during the next few months.

Breakfast: Bagel

Lunch: Roast Beef

Dinner: Hamburger

Have a great day, all!

Funny you say I'm a youngster. I had some auditors come into from FM Global to do an audit of our boilers and turbine. While waiting for the plant manager we were chatting about the weather, and I mentioned that living in this area for 50 years I still don't like the cold. One of the guys looked at me and said there is no way you are 50. I said yup just turned it on the 28th. He said WOW I would have said you were maybe 40. Well, thank you very much sir I wish I was 40. LOL.

Morning gang. Happy birthday LG, and thanks for starting us off. And happy belated birthday to Julia S.

I'm really lucky that I don't drink any calories at all. Even the extras that folks add to coffee add up to a lot, and alcohol can be a big culprit. And they don't make us any less hungry. I'm glad it's one less thing I have to fight.

QOTD: We've got a couple of classes we're taking this year, but other than that we don't have any plans. This past year, especially the fall, was really busy. I'm sure we'll find plenty to keep us busy.

Good Morning Jen and Menuers,

Thanks so much for starting us off with a positive vibes and motivation. I appreciate you taking the reins and digging in. If you need someone to step up on a one-off occasion let me know. I will be a little later than you but very happy to help out.

Just got back from my colonoscopy and just like I thought, and you all already knew. I am a perfect ********ee me again in 5 years, The prep sucks but it looks great on the scale. I went from 167.4 to 163.2 in 24 hours. I wi**** was real life. As I try to keep on track, I am reading articles to keep me motivated. This one I found helpful. If you are not following this, you probably need too. I know going back to basics is the only way to recover from regain.

QOTD: I plan on getting to Cosa Rica and I am hoping I am motivated enough to run the 5K I do on the 4th of July. As soon as weather breaks I want to start training. I would like to medal since I am moving up an age class.

Accountability: I was on a clear liquid diet with no room to cheat.

TSS: 7 years 0-months 27-days 163.2 Lowest (129.4)

B: Coffee with SF Coffee-Mate Chocolate Caramel creamer

MS: Dippy egg slice of ham, piece of toast

CB: Coffee with SF Coffee-Mate Chocolate Caramel creamer

L: Protein shake I am mixing with water.

D: I have beef soup bones on the stove, and I am going to make homemade egg noodles.

Exercise: none today

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 day my friends.

Brightest blessings

Chrissy

So glad all went well with the colonoscopy and I hope you're resting today.

Clean as a whistle, inside and out!