What's on your Saturday menu RNYers?
Sorry for the travel delay. Let us know how your son is doing.
Feeling good in our new bodies is hard! Keep at it! You are loved just as you are.
HW: 248+, SW (RNY: 2/28/17): 244, GW (10/17): 125; LW: 115; 45# regain (19-20); CW: 135.6; new goal: 135; Plastics: Ext mastopexy, Ext abdominoplasty-5/18/2018; diagnosed w/ gastroparesis 11/20.
Good Morning Erin and Menu family!
QOTD: I'm proud of my improved health. Before surgery I was told that if I that if I didn't lose weight I'd be in total liver failure in 5 - 10 years. That's what my dad, (who was MO), died of. That's why I got the surgery. I'm so happy to say that my liver enzymes are back to normal now! My blood pressure is better and I'm no longer diabetic. My arthritic joints no longer hurt and I'm just in so much better shape physically.
Accountability: Yesterday: Protein - 105, Calories - 1,380, Carbs - 166.
B: prosciutto & mozzarella sticks, light & fit Greek yogurt
L: ham & cheese on 45 calorie bread, light & fit Greek yogurt
D: Healthy Choice turkey meal, light & fit Greek yogurt
S: prosciutto & mozzarella sticks, light & fit Greek yogurt, frozen yogurt
E: walking Blossom
Have a GREAT day everyone!
~ Karen 
Mornin' All!
I had yoga class early this morning and am now in the cafe (inside the studio) drinking coffee. Ah - this is the life. I was hoping to meet up with my mother and sister this morning for coffee, but they both said tomorrow is better for them. Not for me, but I'll squeeze them in. Nothing on the agenda for today (and DH is still out of town), other than dinner with a friend tonight. I guess I'll go over to the farmer's market and then...???? Maybe read?? I'm sort of in the mood to do something, though...
QOTD: I guess I'm most proud of the fact that I lost all of my excess weight and have been able to maintain it (even given a 10-pound bounce back - but I'm still at a normal BMI) for the last 18 months, even though statistics were against me (only about 10% of people who start out SMO make it to normal weight, from what I understand). I know I'll need to really work at keeping where I am for the rest of my life, but if I continue to weigh, measure, and track my food - and come here every day - I think it'll be possible. Hard, but possible.
3 years out:
B: homemade Greek yogurt, homemade cherry/cranberry sauce
MS: coffee with half & half, Miralax/protein vanilla latte shake
L: grilled chicken breast, vegetables
MS: maybe a tablespoon or two of peanut butter on celery sticks so I don't maw at dinner (the fat is very filling!)
D: we're either going to a Thai or a vegetarian restaurant. I'll do protein-forward either way - with veggies. No rice or other white carbs.
ex: yoga
RNY 06/03/15 by Michael Garren (Madison, WI)
HW: 373 SW: 316 GW: 150 LW: 138 CW: 163
on 6/23/18 2:21 pm
Your accomplishment is wonderful! I hadn't read that 10% statistic, but I believe it. The majority of people who I know had WLS are still at least somewhat heavy long past their active losing period. In fact, seeing my friend and neighbor stall at a hight BMI after having her gastric sleeve surgery was what tipped my decision away from the sleeve and towards RnY. I really wanted to achieve normalcy, slenderness, and improved health, and I really didn't want to go through surgery only didn't to stall or give up prior to that. I felt my best shot at that was via gastric bypass. That being said, I know there are sleeved people who achieve their goals! Things are still comparatively easy for me at 12 months out but I know that more challenging times will come. I agree with everything you wrote: weighing and tracking every bite, weighing myself every day (this is important for me), and coming here are all going to be critical factors in my long term success. I know I could blow it and lose all that I have achieved! But I will not do so. You're an inspiration to me!
