What's On Your Thursday Menu, RNYers?

No snickering here. Both of my son's have unusual names that came from family members too. The oldest was Rudolph Augustus called Rudy un less he was in trouble and Samuel Ells. All names with family meaning,

I highly recommend investing in an electric blanket!!  Saved my marriage ;)

At least you have the family connection with your name.  I fear I may have doomed my youngest son with his name. It is Kaladin Elias. The name had three meanings for my husband and me. 

Kaladin is the protagonist from The Stormlight Archive by our favorite author Brandon Sanderson.  We took his middle name from a character from the Wheel of time fantasy seies. We HAD to have a middle name that started with EL because when his first and middle names are shortened it is Kal-El. 

Nerds 4 life!

GENIUS, GENIUS, GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He sure is a "Super" kid. 

Good Morning!

Feeling pretty "meh" today. Still have a dull lingering headache and work has been incredibly stressful this week with hard deadlines for big projects. It's seems like when it rains it pours. Such is life :) next week will be better

My middle name is Mae. I desperately wish that when I changed my name when I got married that I made my maiden name my middle name. My middle name is after someone in my moms side of the family who is a total a-hole and my life is better without them in it. I've contemplated paying the court fees to change it, but it's really more of a time issue. Haha enough of my little rant...

Time since surgery: 11 months

B: Turkey Chorizo Egg Muffin, LC light Swiss wedge
S1: Ellie Quark Yogurt
L: Monster Muscle
S2: TJ Brie Bit, beef stick
D: TJ Italian Turkey Sausage
S3: Light & Fit Greek Crunch
E: Gym

Cal: 960 Protein: 74 Carb: 62 Fat: 41

Good morning gang. I am so wiped out. So my kid slept through the night last night, but I did not sleep well at all. I couldn't fall asleep at all, and then I woke up repeatedly throughout the night. I feel like I didn't sleep at all. I seriously considered calling in sick today, but I always feel guilty when I do. After having to be so tight with my PTO for the last few years because of my health issues and then the surgery, I don't skip work at all. I'm feeling burned out. My therapist tells me I need to worry less about other people and take better care of myself, and I've definitely been trying to do that, but still feel myself falling back into the habit of being here because of other people when I should be taking care of me. Sorry for the rambling, I am feeling a bit loopy from lack of sleep. I have a week vacation scheduled for the first week of April, and next weekend we have a 3 day weekend for Presidents Day. I'm thinking of taking the kids down to the Detroit Science Center on President's day.

My name is Deanna Marie, which is one of the most common middle names there is. My mother named me after Deanna Durbin, the actress. My dad wanted to name me Deborah, but mom pushed for Deanna because she really liked the name. You'd think that Deanna would be uncommon, and it usually is more so than names like Jessica or Jennifer, but I went to school with 2 other girls named Deanna, so it's not that uncommon.

Today is my 6 month surgiversary. I'd be super excited if I wasn't so damn tired today. My weight is slowing coming down and I'm trying very hard to stick to plan. I feel like I've gone from the hare to the tortoise, lol. I just charted my loss in a spreadsheet and it really made me feel better. The loss has slowed down, but as long as I stick to plan.

Plan:

B: Pizza Quiche, coffee with cream and splenda

L: Salad with shredded mozz and albacore, skinny girl dressing

D: the infamous pork loin chops that I keep not cooking because they don't sound good. I have to cook them tonight or they will go bad. Steamed carrots. Last night I ended up making an omelete with spinach, bacon and feta, and my numbers were very similar to what they would have been if I had my pork and carrots

S: Light and Fit Greek Key Lime, Turkey Pepperoni and a cheese stick

Totals:

Calories 681 Protein 77 Carbs 31 Fat 31

I'll likely go grab another coffee from Tim Horton's this afternoon, it's a block from the office and I really need it today.

Happy surgiversary!!!

Do you make the Pizza Quiche?  Recipe?

I make it,  but this recipe is just okay. I used some ricotta as filler and don't really care for the texture it brings.  I will post the recipe later when I get home,  but I'll likely change it next time by halving the ricotta and adding more turkey pepperoni. 

You really have had so much stress lately.  Bad sleep is one of the worst things to deal with!  I totally empathize. 

Learning to manage stress while still making healthy eating choices is one of my greatest challenges.  I have had some enormous family stresses since my surgery--things that were always there, but that have become more apparent and needed dealing with now.  Beyond these deep emotional stresses, we have had regular life stresses plus a string of house problems (Floods!  Mouse infestation!  carpenter ants!  dying appliances!  Dying cars!)  

I have been grateful sometimes that the surgery just helps me "hang in there" in eating better than before--it helps me not to gain weight when I probably would have gained in previous years. 

I have realized that stress is a huge eating trigger for me.  I am working hard to learn to better manage the stresses of life.  Part of it, for me, is trying to accept the stresses as "normal" and to be willing to let a lot of other things go.  Of course, letting things go also leads to stress!  With some of the deeper family issues, I have been striving to accept them--to see these as things that will always be there.  These are serious issues, and to accept them brings me such grief.  But it is also becoming a little bit of a relief, a little bit freeing--I cannot fix them, I cannot change them, it is not about me, etc. This emotional work has been truly the very hardest HARDEST thing I have done in my entire life. 

So, here's to managing stress.

xoxo

Thanks for this.  It's nice to know I'm not alone,  though I don't wish problems on anyone.

My hubby called, his job in Texas is taking longer than expexted, so he's missing his 1pm flight that would get  him home by 5.  Now he won't be home until at least 10, IF things go well.  He may have to stay another night.  I'm feeling overwhelmed and exhausted,  and he just wants to chatter away on the phone telling me specifics about the technical problems he's having with the machine.  Of course, I have no idea what he's really talking about,  I have an overload of work in front of me that he interrupted,  and I don't want to hurt his feelings by ending the call when he was just being courteous by calling to update me.  

I'm feeling extremely depressed right now. 

Good news to temper the bad: grandma sent a text and said Kal pooped in the potty again.  He initiated it himself while she was changing the baby.  I'm bringing him a potty award home so we can hang it in the bathroom.  He just turned 2 in November and I hope to have him trained by summer.  

More news from the hubby, he WILL be coming home tonight but his plane doesn't land until 9, so hopefully he'll be home by 10ish.  Thank goodness, I really hate to sleep alone.

Good Morning and happy Friday-Eve! I am Kelly Lynne (yes, you have to have the E!) When I was younger I wanted to go by Lynne since there are also boys that spell Kelly with just the Y at the end too. What's funny is people still shorten to Kel or Kells

Time since surgery: 17 months

B: SF latte, egg beaters with spinach, broccoli, and cheese

L: Sweet and spicy tuna packet, baby carrots and a string cheese

S: SF latte, L&F Greek raspberry yogurt, and Sargento balance breaks, and pouch of turkey

D: TJ sweet basil chicken and turkey sausage, broccoli and SF pudding with toasted coconut flakes

E: 6 miles running

V/W: On track

Totals: Cals:1203 Protein:124 Carbs:86 Fat:38

Have a great one!

Friday Eve, yas!