What's on your Menu today (Photo Friday) RNYers?

On the bus to Chicago! I wish the wireless was working on here so I wouldn't have to type on this microscopic phone!! Will any of you librarian types be at ALA? Is so, OH meet up!!

Stayed on plan yesterday, but my weight was up to 142.2 this morning. Alarm bells went off. I'm sure it's all the restaurant eating the last few days. It'll be high protein and low carb at the conference. I brought lots of protein bars and powder with me in case I have times when I'm in a bind. Hopefully there will be a fridge in my room so I can stock it up....

2 years out

B: homemade Greek yogurt, peach

S: protein shake, coffee with half and half

L: ?

D: ?

Happy Friday!

Today I'm 9 months out. Weight has been the same all week at 142.5. It's definitely slowed down with only 6.5 loss this month but I'm plugging along regardless. This weekend is filled with cleaning the house because next week my sons girlfriend will be visiting and rehearsals in Boston. Looking forward to getting this place in shape.

Accountability: yesterday was pretty good. I kept to my menu as planned but I didn't drink enough so I'm hoping today I'll do better.

QOTD: my husband took me but had to leave before surgery. The last person I saw was my nurse. I can't really remember details cause I was so nervous they gave me something to relax and everything is fuzzy. I do remember waking up to my surgeon and daughter standing there! He brought her into the recovery room for me when he heard she was there.

B: decaf, sf torani, pp, fage yogurt

L: leftover salmon in romaine leaf with babybel

s: decaf with almond milk and Splenda, uncared turkey salami with babybel

D: sirloin steak and broccoli

calories 751, protein 107, carbs 21, fat 26

The pics below are from last summer are from my daughters graduation, then for her gift she wanted a family road trip to Florida so that is my husband and son at the fort in St. Augustine, below is a pic from Tanglewood where I sing during the summer months often, next is a pic of two of my very best friends and my former student who had his broadway lighting designer debut in NYC and we went to see the show, the last pic was the day my daughter picked out her kitten which was her grad gift to herself

Wonderful pics!

Will you be at Tanglewood this summer? I love it there! Last summer went there on my birthday and had a lovely fancy picnic on the lawn.

Yes! I'll be there from July 25th-30th. I'm singing on the evening of July 29th and the afternoon of July 30th. When is your Birthday? I have tons of comp tickets for most of the concerts. If you'd like to go again this summer for any concert except the "popular artist series" I can hook you up for free!

Love, love, love Tanglewood

Let me know if you ever want lawn tickets cause I have many free comps.

Happy Friday everyone. Poor Amy. Give her a smoochie for me.

This is likely to be a busy weekend. My Godson is coming over this morning to move patio furniture so I can get it set up for the summer. I have a 10 pound lift limit, so I will just point and issue orders. He's a 17 year old football player, so he can carry a lot of stuff. Tomorrow I am getting together with friends, and then I have a Roger Waters' concert on Sunday. I've got to be careful to remember not to overdo.

Accountability: I stuck to Plan up until dinner. I forgot I had a BOD retreat last night, and it was a dinner meeting. I had a bit of salad, and ate the chicken and veggies off the top of a rice dish (no rice for me). It wasn't a bad choice, but I'm sure more calories then I planned for.

QOTD: i didn't bring anyone to the hospital for my surgery. My friend dropped me off, and then came back after I was out of surgery. The last thing I remember is the surgical team standing around me in the operating room discussing my case and what they would be doing. It's a safety check they do with the patient. Then the anesthesiologist said night, night and put me under.

My pics below are from two of the best things I did last summer. One is zip lining on Kauai with friends (I'm the short one in the middle. I am 5'7"). It was a bucket list event that I couldn't have dreamed of doing when I was MO. The second

is from Desert Trip, the epic concert outside Palm Springs. I saw The Rolling Stones (my 12th Stones concert), The Who, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Roger Waters and Neil Young. Best concert festival EVER!

My menu today is exactly the same as yesterday: omelette, egg salad with cottage cheese, turkey meatballs, chicken sausage and curry chicken thigh, and a couple of protein waters.

Have a great Friday!

TGIF!! Can't wait to move on to the weekend, and then have it over with as well....My family is clearing out my mom and dads house this weekend and I am hoping it goes smoothly. I'm not holding my breath that it will be perfect but I will not be a part of anything ugly. It's been a month today since my mom passed. I love and miss her dearly but I am at peace. Feeling back to normal at work and feeling on top of things after taking so much time off. I'm still behind, but it's manageable.

Accountability - I ate another little handful of walnuts last night before dousing them in dish soap and throwing them away, ugh! Other than that I wasn't really hungry last night, so didn't eat all of my chicken which made up for the walnuts.

QOTD - I brought my BF, DS, sister and BIL. I was very lucky to have so much support with me. The last thing I remember is arriving in the operating room and it was FREEZING! Everyone was so incredibly caring and kind. They asked me if I was ready and I said I've been waiting to hop on this table for 6 months, lets do this! Everyone laughed and then down came the mask. Waking up is a blur, just a faint voice of someone asking how I was feeling.

7 mo post op! 201 -down another pound - so close to onederland I can taste it!

b-coffee w/half and half and splenda, bacon

l- hot link sausage

d-chicken

v/l - on track

e - 60 lap swim

Have a great ya'll!

Full on before picture from about 1.5 years ago. I'm thinking I gained about 20 more pounds before surgery

Taken this morning

You look so good! Amazing transformation!! And I applaud you for your attitude about this weekend's tasks. I felt the same way after my dad passed.

Thank you, Stacy!!! It's hard enough already with out added drama, no thank you.