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

Mike - first, you look great.

Second, off topic. Hulu. I was watching this show last night and I thought I gotta tell you, which is silly because I have no idea what your taste in TV shows are. Designated Survivor - edge of your seat political ala house of cards or scandal but with a twist and you don't know who the bad guys are. Both seasons are on Hulu.

Is that with Keifer sutherland? I do want to watch that one as well!

Yesssss! So good.

Handsome then handsome now! You look great, Mike!

And the cowgirl is cute too.

Mornin' All!

I'll be headed out for coffee in a few minutes - I need to get in a half-day of work today, which I'll do remotely. I'm speaking to a pre-op class this morning at 11:00, then I have my infusion of Reclast (an IV-delivered osteoporosis drug) at the hospital this afternoon (I was supposed to have it two weeks ago, but my insurance approval hadn't come through yet). Nothing else planned for today - or the weekend - since I'm not sure how I'll react to the drug. Flu-like symptoms and bone pain are common for the first couple of days - but some people feel nothing at all.

QOTD: I never felt like I weighed 373 lbs, so I had body dysmorphia on that end, too. Seeing myself in a mirror - or in photos - was always shocking. But I feel it on this end as well. I felt like my brain was most aligned with my body when I was in the 200-250 range, for some reason. My dysmorphia isn't too bad, though. I don't feel huge, and when I go clothes shopping, I now go directly to the rack of mediums. But photos sometimes surprise me. I used to hate them because my face (and body) looked so huge. Now, my body looks OK in them, but my face sometimes looks thin and drawn and wrinkly - esp in crappy fluorescent lighting! (face looks fine in the middle picture, though)

2 years 9 months out:

B: homemade Greek yogurt, 1 T tahini, homemade blueberry/blackberry sauce

MS: coffee with half & half, protein/Miralax shake

L: probably just a protein bar (may not have much time before I have to be at the hospital)

D: 4 oz pork chop with cherry/cranberry sauce, Asian-inspired cole slaw

ex: may stop at the gym on the way to the coffee place to do 30 minutes on the cross trainer

You've come so far, Trish, and you look AWESOME!

thanks! Never in my wildest dreams did I ever expect to make it all the way. My first goal was 199 lbs - even that seemed like a pipe dream! And also, I think I was around 190-ish at my one-year post-op appt. My surgeon was very pleased - and I was pretty sure that was about where I was going to stop (and I would have been OK with that...). I credit this site - and esp this menu thread - for my continued loss!!! Being forced to plan what I'm going to eat every day - and also having lots of examples on here of super successful people - including some who started out as heavy as I was - has really been key.

You look great!

thanks!! You do as well!!