What's on your menu this Thursday, RNYers?
I think January blues is common and in the old days, I would bake some breads or cookies or a cake and bring it into the office to "share" and come home at night , curl up in a blanket and sit by the fire with the rest of the cookies/bread/cake and a hot chocolate and feel very satisfied....
CARBS......you have 3 more days to do your business...I have not lost any weight either and keeping carbs low is ( for me ) a surprising struggle.....I agree it is easier to count calories than carbs....But I made an amazing discovery yesterday which I am sure you all know about or there is a secret trick that means it has 10000 hidden calories.....unsweetened vanilla almond milk...low cal and low carb and it froths! 30 cals/3 gr of carbs for a cup...(blue diamond)
Soooo
B: decaf coffee with frothed almond milk, 2 veggie sausage links, 1 rice cake, 2 tbls of light boursin cheese
L: 2 poached eggs, smoked salmon
S: 1/2 quest bar
D: 100 grms grouper, salad (no tomatoes which were one of my go to food as they are loaded with carbs...booo!)
S: maybe fat free yogurt and 2 tbls cool whip or a Dairy queen fudgicle
gardening,Yoga, pottery, shopping for exercise!
Have a great day all!
Joan
Unsweetened almond milk for 30 calories a cup is AWESOME - when I was having Syntrax matrix mint cookie shakes for breakfast every single morning, I used that milk. YUMMO!
I love Boursin cheese but supposedly the container has 5 servings and I can eat the whole thing, so i don't let myself buy it. It's a shame because 3 containers are like $10 at Costco which is about 1/3 of the normal price!
No party here
b- protein shake w 1 c almond milk
s- 3 oz honey ham 1/4 c liquid eggs
l -3 oz corned beef, 1 slice wheat bread
s - protein shake 1 c almond milk
d- 2 oz meatballs 1/8 c basmati rice
s - 50 g ham garlic sausage, 1/2 oz cheddar cheese, 2 Breton crackers
cals 1061 protein 143 g carbs 50
e - 1 hr elliptical
have a beautiful day 😋
Hi Anny! I am sorry the scale didn't move, but for your height you are actually already at such a low weight, so I have a feeling these last 3 lbs are gonna be a ***** to lose :( Remember the months where we would lose 20 lbs? Those days are long gone lol
My low carb challenge is going well - day 1 wasn't great, but yesterday my carbs were lower (closer to 70) and today I have a plan to be even lower. I crave less crap when I eat less crap :) Duh!
For SuperBowl, I am going to an Italian themed party. There will be stuffed shells, various flatbreads, dessert, wine. There will also be a MASSIVE cheese and charcuterie board (that I am bringing) and meatballs. I won't be an angel, but nor will I gorge myself. It makes me want to be extra good this week.
B: The last of the Costco rotisserie chicken salad, a coffee with half and half and Splenda
L: Panera power hummus bowl - I haven't tried this yet but I am going to be working from there for a change of scenery, and because it's around the corner from a Vitamin Shoppe that apparently has Quest bars on sale! And I have turned into a protein bar hoarder.
S: 3 oz Boar's head turkey with 2 slices of 45-calorie thin pepperjack cheese
D: I am going to a massive happy hour that will inevitably last 5 hours. I have budgeted to eat tuna and lobster (favorite apps of mine at this bar) as well as 2 or 3 vodka sodas over the five hour time period. Mostly I will be chatting and catching up with people!
I woke up today to go to the gym and couldn't drag myself there. I have done strength training classes every day for six days and my body wants a break. So although I feel slightly guilty, I am not exercising today.
My totals are 1,350 calories, 118 g protein, 50 carbs. Here's hoping I can hold to it!
OHHHH! I tried the most delicious thing ever yesterday - the brand is Yasso and I found them in the dessert section at Harris Teeter. They are frozen greek yogurt bars. Sea salt caramel! A bar has 100 calories, 16 carbs, 7 protein. And the taste is INCREDIBLE.
You will not regret it...I mean, I guess all tastes are personal, but I have tried Skinny Cow things, Weigh****chers things, Breyer's Carb Smart things...and most of them have a "fake ice cream" sort of taste, and little to no protein. These Yasso bars are honestly delicious and feel like a great treat, but have protein too. They seem to have a chocolate peanut butter flavor which is my FAVE so I have to track those down. They also have mint chip. HOLLER! ha ha
Those Yasso bars maybe just what I need when I want ice cream, sounds yummy. Haven't seen them, but I don't go down that part of the freezer section often, too much junk calling to me. I will go to try these though, thanks for the tip 
Good morning all! My family decided since our beloved Packers aren't in the Super Bowl we were going to have a movie night with apps instead. I'll likely put out a cheese and sausage tray, make deviled eggs for my boys, and we'll have everyone make their own mini bagel pizzas (I'll use a flat-out). We have been hooked on the Avengers movies lately so I'm sure its time for another one ;)
I realized on the way to work this morning that after my weigh-in this morning I am only 0.8 lbs away from 90 lbs lost! It is totally blowing my mind. When I started this process I knew I would lose weight but I never actually thought I would lose this much. I am so thankful for surgery and the opportunities it has given me. I have so much more energy and am so much more confident. I just wish I had done it sooner.
Time since surgery: 6.5 months
B: SF Latte and 1/2 flat out and 1/2 a chicken sausage
S: Coffee with whole milk and SF syrup
L: 1/2 Chicken Sausage and string cheese
S: Lay's Baked Potato Chips (I have been dying for chips lately so I stole one of the little bags my kids take for lunch - portion control!)
D: Tuna noodle casserole (extra tuna for this girl)
W/V: Started
E: It is supposed to be my rest day but I am going to try to do something because I have been lazy all week.
Have a great day all!
