What's on your Tuesday Menu?

Good Tuesday Morning everyone. I think my allergies are already acting up by yesterday afternoon my throat was scratchy, and my nose was stuffy which are both a sign for me that there is stuff in the air. I've seen early flowers blooming and the little buds on the trees are getting bigger. Plus, the dog has been scratching like crazy and shedding. They don't call them German Shedders for nothing. LOL Popped some allergy meds and I'm on my second cup of coffee. Only positive about the allergy flare up is I end up with zero appetite.

QOTD: Speaking of allergies how many of you here are allergic to something? You are all going to laugh, but I am literally allergic to everything I deal with at home. The dog, cat, horse, grass, hay, pollen of all sorts of plants. Thankfully the allergies are all environmental/animals and zero food ones.

B: 2 coffees

L: I have some beef jerky with me if I feel hungry

D: Maybe some soup

Holding off on the treadmill until tonight.

Have a wonderful everyone!!!!

Good mornin y'all.

missed yesterday, had an appointment with my surgeon from my surgeries. He was ok. He suggested in the future I might consider a revision but not anytime soon, which I totally agree with. I'm no where near ready for that! I felt like a failure though. My weight is bad and it's time to put my big girl panties on and get on with it. I'm to record/journal everything I eat for 3 months and he's going to call me and I'll be sending in the journal for him to review.

We had 4 or more inches of snow Saturday. Before that we had one 2 inches of rain Thursday and into Friday. This next Saturday we'll be in the 90's. Gotta love spring!

We are getting the toilet in the garage bathroom replaced today. Oh fun! The dogs will be so much fun lol

QOTD: I am allergic to morphine. I'm allergic to cashews but if I eat them in small amounts I can handle it. I'm sensitive to eggs but I also can eat them with just minor side effects.

B: 1 slice 80 calorie bread, 1 egg, 1 turkey sausage patty, 1 tbs of Gorgonzola, 3 tbs of creamer with my coffee

I'll update my other meals later!

Good morning, everybody!

Florida pulled it out last night, so I won $166.50 in my brackets. This is only the second time that I have ever won. I have been doing brackets most years since 1981, so I am probably a bit behind even with those two winnings. I used to be in a work pool that had hundreds of entrants, so you had to pick a big upset to have any reasonable chance of competing. At the beginning of March Madness, I said to myself "one thing for certain, it will be warm spring weather by April 7th."

Um, no.

Tuesday is a work from home day. Not too much planned today except for CrossFit and working. I have a number of calls that are interspersed throughout the day. Saturday, I am going to a clinic to learn how to change the tires on my bike, so I need to get some tubes and air (I think it comes compressed in cans?). But the bike shop is closed on Tuesdays, so I can't do that today.

QOTD: I might be allergic to scallops, so I don't eat them and don't get iodine based tests at the hospital.

Breakfast: Bagel

Lunch: Chicken

Dinner: Kielbasa and Pierogies

Have a great day, all!

Many years ago I kept breaking out in hives and had allergy testing, I am allergic to sulphur.. They used to spray it on salad bars to preserve the food. I ate a lot of salads and would break out. I quit the salad bars. Also in dried fruit and red wine.

QOTD- Mold, mildew, dust mites and minor to cats. But I'll never get rid of my cats. But I was tested years ago, so who knows now.

Rainy and windy and possible thunder and hail coming this way.

I finished the pantry, and moved most everything into it. It's not ideal but it gives me more space. It's harder to add water to the espresso machine, but it will work. My kitchen is really small and doesn't have enough cabinet space. So I was using the Kallax shelf from Ikea in the dining room to store the excess, that doesn't fit in the cabinets. There really isn't any way to enlarge the kitchen without spending a ton of money so it's not happening. I'm not sure how the previous owners with 4 kids survived with this kitchen and tiny dining room, but they lived here for 50 years.

I need to get to work.

Have a great day everyone!

Good Morning! Nice and bright sunny day here with lots of blooms which means pollen in the air. I have several times on my calendar so the day will go by fast.

QOTD: Seasonal allergies and kiwis.

TSS: 10 years 7 months

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

L: Turkey and cheese sticks, oikos yogurt and some fruit

S: A piece of fruit and yogurt

D: Italian sausage with zucchini noodles, a banana, and 2 mini York peppermint patties

ES: Protein ice cream and carbmaster toast

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

V/W: On track

Totals: Cals:1345 Protein:109 Carbs: 121 Fat:54

Have a great day!

Hi All -

I do check in here and read postings occasionally, but I think I need to get back into it. It's been a crazy few months. We had to move my mom into assisted living (her dementia was getting worse, and she needed more help (I'd hired people to come in an hour or two every morning - which worked for a while, but as of last fall, she needed more support)). Then I was supposed to have my right hip replaced last December, but it had to be rescheduled twice because of another medical issue I had that had to be resolved before he'd do the surgery. And then we lost two of our cats - eight days apart. But now I've finally had my hip surgery (and am doing great!), and spring is here (well - almost - it's still pretty cool today), so things are looking up!

I'm hoping I'll drop a couple of pounds because it's common to have a slight metabolism boost after having a major surgery (your body expends a lot of energy healing itself). I haven't been on the scale yet, though. Weight loss is so slow these days that I'd be disappointed if I've just lost half a pound, which is probably realistic. But we'll see. I'm hoping, too, that with this new and improved hip, I'll be a lot more active.

I've been pretty good with eating since having the surgery (three weeks ago), but I just downed a bunch of chocolate. I was thinking we're going out for pizza tonight (my niece's boyfriend's b-day), so I'm going to blow it anyway, so what the hell? I'll just eat this chocolate. This is thinking I used to have before RNY. Hopefully these thought will be out of my system after today. If my metabolism is in fact higher than normal right now, I'd better take full advantage of that, because that little boost doesn't last forever.

QOTD: the only thing I know I'm allergic to - or at least react to - is some kind of adhesive they use in surgeries. It was horrible during my arm/breast lift. I thought I would die from itching. The surgeon put me on prednisone for ten days since there's no way he could have removed the surgical tape the day after my surgery. It's in my MyChart that I'm allergic to surgical tape - and I told the hip surgeon as well as his PA about it, and they said they'd use a type of tape that people tolerate well, but guess what? Hives the next day. At least it wasn't itchy and they were gone after a couple days, so it was an improvement. But still..

B: plain skyr with blueberry/lime compote, coffee with half & half

S: iced latte made with SF syrup, Salvadoran quesadilla (my brother's in town - he wanted to go to this Salvadoran coffee shop near my house)

L: small "grain bowl" - roasted sweet potatoes, lentils seasoned with taco seasoning, 1 T avocado, cottage cheese, tahini, hot honey

S: Lesser Evil popcorn, way too much chocolate

D: 1-2 pieces of pizza

It's late in the day, so hopefully everyone had a great one!

I have learned that it is OK to have a piece of chocolate or a dish of ice cream. Life is meant to be enjoyed and the occasional treat is part of that enjoyment. Enjoy your evening. Glad to see that the surgery is over and you are going to be back to normal.