What's On Your (photo) Friday menu, RNYers?

Good Morning and greetings from the playroom at the Viking Hus.  That's right, my friends, I am home from work today and it is glorious.  LOL  And because I'm home, I was able to scan and upload the only recent picture I have.  May I present to you photographic evidence of my existence:

Well, ****  That's really small, huh?  Whatevs, that's me and my lil family at the Bronx Zoo last month.  I look borderline insane because my son is trying to choke me.

So, I'm Mother Hubbard right now and one of the things on my lazy agenda is a trip to WalMart for some eats.  As a result my menu is "flexible", but here's what I got so far...

B:  coffee and a Click Mocha

L:  Tuna chick pea salad and Sesame parm cheese crisps

D:  Wegmans bacon cheddar burger

TOTALS:  Cals:  884  Protein:  81  Carbs:  44  Fat:  47

Have a great day peeps!

OMG! YOU ARE REAL! And you guys look adorable. Seriously!

Here's my Friday Photo. I snapped it this morning at the gym and I realize now I'm making a seriously funny face, giving myself some side eye LOL. But that's not the point! Sometimes I see a picture of myself and don't even know who I am, who is that skinny girl? Recently a friend (5+ year post RNY) told me she was looking at some of my old pictures on Facebook and how I looking at them now I looked SO big, but she never thought I was that big in real life. She mentioned people had the same reaction to her too. It was an interesting observation. Like I see pictures of my old self and think how I never FELT as big as I look in them - but do I just look REALLY big because I'm so much smaller now? Perception is such a weird thing!

 

I also picked a gym pic because I need your help! Starting Monday and I'm going to do a "Gym Streak," as in go to the gym every day for two weeks. I don't think exercising at the gym every single day is sustainable long term, but I want to get back into my exercise routine and I think this will kick start me. Now the help...I need a little incentive for myself at the end of the Streak, I'm a prize kind of gal - but I'm having a hard time thinking of a good incentive. Any ideas?

Time since surgery: 1+ year

B: Coffee with cream, Chobani tube and a breakfast sandwich

S: I have a meeting, there will be snacks...eeeek! 

L: Cottage cheese double, granola thin, string cheese

S: turkey sticks and a Babybel light

D: TJ's turkey meatballs with sauce and some cheese

S: pop corn, trek mix, a froyo bar

TOTALS: Calories 1250, Protein 79, Carbs 116, Fat 60

V/W: started

E: gym trip!

Have a great weekend, y'all!

You look fantastic!  Also, I love those leggings!

Rewards:  Pedicure, Massage (you may need it), new running shoes, new piece of furniture, redo your bathroom (I love new colors in the bathroom), buy a new kitchen gadget (food processor, ice cream maker, etc), or my standard NEW CLOTHES!

I looove those workout pants too! They're Old Navy, which are my favorite work out pants because they have a little hidden pocket in the waistband and I can fit my phone in there to listen to music!

My problem is lately I've been on a spending spree and anything I want I seem to just buy....I need more restraint LOL

Well my first thought was YARN!  But I may have a slight problem in that area ;) 

How about the pretty Tory Burch "skin" for your Fitbit?  So pretty! (holy ****those suckers are expensive..lol)

I NEED the silver Tory Burch band, saw it in person at a meeting earlier in the month...O-M-G!!!

Oh wait....I KNOW....if you do workout for 2 weeks straight I WILL MAIL YOU YARN!!!!!! 

Hahaha, love it!

So I splurged and bought $90 worth of yarn to make myself a sweater. This is my first adult-sized sweater ever (I make socks and crazy intricate lace, but was always to scared to make something that actually had to FIT). It's top-down raglan construction so I finished the bodice, tried it on, and decided it was too big! So now I just ripped the whole thing out and am starting again...

Good thing I'm a process knitter!

OOOO Is that the awesome sweater (that I also have in my queue) you have in your Ravelry projects??  LOVE the pattern, and LOVE LOVE LOVE the yarn!  mmmm yummy

A) Love that you say YUM in regards to yarn, I totally do too.

B) Yes! It's the Tin Can Knits pattern I recently added to my ravelry. I'm in love with their patterns and I looooove this one too. They recommend 0-2" negative ease on the pattern and I tend to knit tightly so I went with the size that would be 0 ease, assuming I'd be a little tighter....well, even though I swatched, it turned out a little big and it's just to lovely a pattern and too expensive yarn to not love the fit! You know?