What's on your menu today (Tuesday) RNYers?
Happy Tuesday Friends! Ummmmmm am I the only one that just realized that tomorrow is Valentines Day? I am so not prepared! I hate when dates seem to sneak up on you. Tomorrow is the 18th year anniversary for me and my husband of our first date. We will be going out on Sunday to our fav steak house to celebrate. Anyone got great plans or a surprise for your sweetie? And if you are single do you do something with kids, family, friends or just ignore the whole thing? I am going to grab the ingredients tomorrow to make some dark chocolate covered strawberries for hubby & I as a treat, I will be sure to track them in MFP!
Accountability: added in a Nature Valley oat & honey granola bar on my way to the Vet (my female dog has a bladder infection, ya fun times, she is on a super strong antibiotic for 7 days)
QOTD: If a classmate asked you for an answer during an exam while the teacher was not looking, what would you do? I have to admit when I was in grade school or high school I was fine with helping a friend out but as I got to University I really did not like this at all and would not help others out.
Time since surgery: 4 yrs + 3 months
Menu is a copy & paste from MFP:
| Breakfast - 7:00am | Calories kcal | Protein g | Carbs g | Fat g | Sugar g | Fiber g | |
| Better Than Coffee - Dark chocolate & Cranberry, 1 bar (25g) | 100 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |
| Premier Protein - Vanilla Protein Shake, 22 oz | 320 | 60 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
| 420 | 65 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Lunch - 11:00am | |||||||
| Kellog's All Bran Buds - All Bran Buds, 3 gram | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Clover Leaf - Solid White Tuna In Water (Albacore), 0.5 can drained (60 g) | 70 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kraft Balsamic Vinaigrette, 2 tablespoon | 90 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| 168 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Snack # 2 - 3:00pm | |||||||
| Banana - (Small) | 90 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 3 | |
| 90 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 3 | ||
| Dinner - 7:00pm | |||||||
| Mexican cheese - Shredded Cheese, 1 tbsp | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Burnbrae - Egg White Patties, 1 patty | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 58 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Snack #3 - 10:00pm | |||||||
| Cheese, brie, 2 oz | 189 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Longo's - Red Pepper Jelly, 15 ml | 35 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 224 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 960 | 102 | 59 | 37 | 30 | 12 | |
| Your Daily Goal | 975 | 122 | 49 | 33 | 72 | 25 | |
| Remaining | 15 | 20 | -10 | -4 | 42 | 13 | |
| Calories kcal | Protein g | Carbs g | Fat g | Sugar g | Fiber g | ||
TOTALS: 960 calories, 102 protein, 59 carbs
V: patches are on + oral DryD3 & B12
E: 8km hike with the dogs on the snow then 60 mins step class then 60 min muscle pump
Have a wonderful day everyone!
Daisy 
5'5" HW: 290 SW: 254 CW: 120
Nov 15, 2013: RNY - Toronto Western Hospital, Nov 2, 2017: Gallbladder removal & hernia repair
Sept 7, 2023: three +1 hernia's repaired in bowel
10+ years post op, living & loving life! 
Good morning! Our Valentine's Day is going to be low key but lovely. We'll have dinner out at one of my favorite restaurants and then a showing in the theater of When Harry Met Sally. It's our "unofficial" anniversary, too, Daisy! We learned that we were at the same place at the same time on Valentines Day, a few weeks before we met. Awww.
Accountability: Perfect.
QOTD: I am still mad that I used to let a kid cheat of of me in third grade and he ended up going to an Ivy League college. Haha.
- High Weight before LapBand: 200 (2008)
- High Weight before RNY: 160 (2015)
- Lowest post-op weight: 110 (2016)
- Maintenance Weight: 120 (2017-2019)
- Battling Regain Weight: 135 (current)
Two more sleeps til surgery! I was restless last night. I wasn't thinking about surgery, but I was thinking about pretty much everything else. Primarily an old friend from high school who's wife won't let him be friends with me because I'm female. I was really hurt by that because he went along with her, knowing it was super immature. Anyway, I wondered if my brain was just bringing up old stress to distract me from the current anxiety.
valentines day is pretty low-key around here. DH and I aren't real romantics and often don't do much more than any normal day. Plus there's more going on this year--my mom is coming in so she can be with him in the waiting room bright and early Thursday morning and she and I might go get pedicures on Valentine's. Maybe I'll convince DH to come along--his feet could use the work!
qotd: in high school and below I didn't care, I'd let people copy my answers, but not my work on things that actually took some effort, like term papers. But in college I was serious about not cheating.
Menu: liquid
HW: 340 SW: 329 Goal: 170
CW: 243
Surgeon: Dr. Kalyana Nandipati (Omaha, NE)
Two more sleeps , I am so happy for you.
- Pre- Surgery/ Type 2 Diabetes, High BP and Cholesterol, treated with 6 medications, including Insulin. Post Op- low dose BP med 2022, Mounjaro 10/2023
HW - 299 , Consult day weight - 277, Day of surgery ( 11/19/2014) - 259,LW - 178, GW - 195, CW- 194.2 - reached goal
Happy for you too..It's here, and I'm the first of the day, 6 am. Hope all the Dr's and surgeons are drinking all the coffee I can't, lol. Can't believe it, I'm actually doing it..I'm so proud of myself and I know the hard work is just beginning, and all I see is me in a Mother of the Groom/Bride dress and Happy to be in photos. So excited about seeing my kids get married and me being looking as good as I feel!
Talk to you all in a few days..Happy Valentine's Day!
Good Luck..my RNY is tomorrow and I'm just trying to do so much that I have no time to 'think". However, today is actually my 32nd wedding anniversary, and tomorrow maybe the day of love, and I can't think of anything more romantic than loving myself more than anyone, so that I can be around to love everyone more! This is the first time since going back to work after being a stay at home mom for 15 years, that I actually took real time off from work that wasn't vacation time. This is the first time since being an adult, that I'm putting myself first and although a little hesitant, nice to say the outpouring of love, support and good wishes from family and friends has been amazing..so Happy Valentine's Day whatever you do!
