Menus and Miles Friday Feb. 5th

WARNING TO SELF AND TO ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN!!! AVOID 'BAD' CARBS AT ALL COSTS!!! THEY ARE ADDICTING!! THEY WILL SLOW DOWN YOUR WEIGHT LOSS DURING THE LOSING STAGE (and you won't even notice)!! THEY WILL MAKE THE SCALE GO UP AFTER THE HONEYMOON PERIOD IS OVER.

Success in Maintenance starts with GOOD CHOICES during the Honeymoon Period.

I feel I need to repeat this: I am a FIRM believer in Good Whey Protein Drinks!!!!! I have IC (Irritable Bladder Syndrome) and I can only have them while I'm not having a flare up. It is sooooo much harder to do Maintenance without them!

It's Friday!!!   My scales finally moved up this morning to the bottom of my comfort range. This does not upset me in the least.  Except for Dinner and NOT having a Brownie basically my menu is the same.  I do so much better when I don't have to decide what I'm going to eat every day.

Maintenance 7+ years

Breakfast:

Protein:   Matrix Mint Cookie 35g

Snack:     Baby Bell Lite Cheese

Lunch:     Scrambled Eggs and Tuna...YUM

Protein:   Matrix Mint Cookie 35g

Snack:     Laughing Cow lite swiss cheese and 6 Saltines

Dinner:    Usually eat out on Fridays

Snack:     3 TB's Popcorn with a little salt and oil

Hi Roz,

I missed yesterday because I had to travel and then stopped by my son's house and had supper and played with the grandkids.  It was late when I got home and had to make 2 batches of cookie dough to cook today.

B:  Protein Decaf Coffee
S;  Decaf Coffee
S:  Lemon TEa Protein Drink
L:  Salad w/ chicken, cheese, lite rasp. vineg dressing, 1 low carb tortilla wrap
S:  Lemon TEa Protein Drink
D:  ??

Vitamins:  Morning Done
Water/Fluids:  60 ozs so far
Miles:  None

Linda

Grandkids just melt my heart!

Sounds Good Linda!

Good morning fellow RNY-ers!

I get in food ruts as well. I try real hard not to, but my job is kind of an "eat on the run"...so to prevent that, lunch is usually the same! But, yesterday, I had a visit form family and actually went out. I do not like to eat out most of the time as I feel it is a waste of $$$ and they never cook it like I like it.

B- coffee (SF latte from the store) as it was cold out. I did not wake up in enough time to fix my own. '

S- Power Crunch Bar

L- grilled cheese on whole grain dunked in tomato soup

S- apple

D- homemade chili with cheese on top and a dollop of sour cream

Got the munchies later on and had some marshmallows....weird I know. But, it killed the sweet tooth

Getting released from shoulder injury next week and hope to be exercising. But, truth be told, I HATE EXERCISE.

I never thought of it as a food rut.  I never bore eating the same thing every day but I feel it probably bores other posters. Even when I was heavy I basically ate the same thing every day.  It works for me.

We eat out at least every Friday with our DD's.  I usually order an appetizer as my meal or from the kids menu if they allows.

I had a handful of mini marshmallows last night too.

I'm not seeing much protein (especially good Protein)....... 

I'm not an exerciser either and I made the decision from the very beginning not to do it.  I've noticed that the posters who did it at the beginning and then gave it up when they lost a lot of their weight struggle to keep it off.

Long work day! Glad to be home

B protein coffee

S coffee

S 1 oz raw almonds

L 1 cup veggie soup, ham roll up with a cheese stick, dill pickle

S 1/2 c mango

S roasted turkey roll up with cheese stick

D cherry tomatoes cottage cheese

Calories 970 Protein 101grams

fluids 56 oz

vites missed a batch of iron

Miles 12, 179 steps on my pedometer

Sounds like a great eating day!

Hi guys,

MENU: (DS Maintenance Mode)
Pre-B - protein coffee with 1/2 & 1/2 (30g)
B - 2 eggs and sausage
S - Greek yogurt w/blueberries
S - 2+ regular coffees w/1/2&1/2
L - chicken chili
S - popcorn
S - protein shake (30g)
S - 2 White Russians to de-stress after doing taxes
D - fish nuggets
S - 

VITES:
morning batch: done
calcium batches: done
iron: stopped
evening batch: done
heme iron: stopped

MILES:
2 - 15 min walks, 20 leaning push-ups, and 20 squats

hahaha....I did my taxes last weekend but trying to find time to review them before I push the submit button.  My desk is a MESS!

Not sure what White Russians are but pretty sure I'll never have one.

Menu looks short today but looks a decent Protein day.

lol  A White Russian involves vodka, cream, coffee liqueur, ice and shaking. Sort of like a protein coffee without the protein and heat.