What's on your Tuesday Menu, RNYers?

Good morning! Thanks for all of your well wishes for me with my new team yesterday. It was a pretty good day. Tiring, but good. The next two days I am back at the central office for MORE trainings. Oy.

Accountability: Despite the meme saying otherwise, I actually managed to completely avoid the copious amounts of First Day Back to Work candy that was floating around. However, I also left my lunch bag on the table again (I know!). I rummaged through my desk and found cheese crisps and pork rinds and that held me over until dinner. See--being a food hoarder pays off sometimes ;)

QOTD: How do you wear your hair? I have a shoulder length bob and I just got a Kerritin treatment (oh yeah--that was another expensive thing I bought last weekend, lol.) and I hope that helps it stay a little more manageable. I like how it looks when it's straight, but it it naturally wavy and frizzy and it usually takes a lot to keep it down. Today is my first day styling it straight on my own and I like it so far!

Glad your day went well, hope the rest of the week goes just as well!

Today I am going shopping with my mom. We do this every summer. She is getting older and doesn't like to drive too far from home so I pick her up and off we go to wherever she wants to go. It sounds weird but, I pick her up in NJ to take her shopping in DE and I will be back home in MD by 3 because she gets tired easy. Last year we went shopping three Tuesdays in a row! I love doing this with her.

QOTD: My hair is shoulder length. I wear it in different ways; straight, beach wavy, braided, half up. I only was 2-3 times a week so I have mastered the art of dry shampoo. I started that at month 3 when my hair was falling out but now it is starting to grow back in nicely. Most of the time in the summer it is in a pony or braid and when I am totally lazy (or not going anywhere) I throw a ball cap on my head!

B: Premier chocolate shake

L: TBD

D: chicken thigh, fresh green beans, and yellow summer squash

Edit to Add a picture of my hair - LOL

Have a great day!

Very nice picture. Your hair is beautiful and I love your top.

Thank you!

Beautiful!

Thank you!

Good morning all! Another hot and humid day on tap for us, then the rest of the week is supposed to be cooler. Not sure if I will get out to walk today or just walk indoors.

Yesterday was a busy day with an hour with the personal trainer and then an appointment with the PS. The gym time was great and challenging but not overwhelming. I am enjoying the challenge of seeing what my body can do and then pushing myself. The PS is very pleased with my progress and I don't have to see him again for 3 months. I'm still having swelling in my lower belly but he says that it will be months before that is all gone.

Menu:

Breakfast: eggs, turkey sausage, 4 almonds

Snack: Cappuccino protein shake, chomps

Lunch: fish, salad

Snack: Chomps, apple

Dinner: chicken breast

Exercise: laps at the pool

So glad you're healing so well.

Good morning! Another round of canning--I did 3 pints and 6 half-pints of sweet pickles last night.

qotd: I have a shoulder-length layered cut, which was suggested by my stylist to help give my thinning hair some texture. I'm not sure if it helps! I currently have it brunette on top and it "melts" into a purple ombré. I wa**** as little as possible because I don't want the purple to fade too fast so I tend to style it in a cycle: after washing, I'll blow dry it and wear it down (straight), the next day I'll curl it into beachy waves, and sometimes with a bit of dry shampoo that works for day 3 also. Day 4 I twist my bangs back and wear it in a pony. Then I wash again and repeat. I washed this morning and I think I noticed less hair coming out so fingers crossed that I won't go completely bald!!

breakfast: coffee with premier

snack: Greek L&F

lunch: 2-3 oz of deli sliced garlic herb chicken and 1/2 C cottage cheese

Supper: last of the turkey meatballs with sauce and cheese

calories: 730, protein: 90, carbs: 30

Months 3 - 9 were rough for hair loss for me, but now at year 3 its all back and thick & strong as ever!