Good Monday Morning menuers. The weekend was pretty good. Got some stuff done outside and went to watch Mason's football game on Saturday. His team won. We could tell the coaches are teaching them more stuff. Mason blocked a couple of times and got a touchdown.

I got sucked in the Packers vs. Cowboys game last night and stayed up to watch the entire game. Running on fumes right now. Pulled into work this morning and thought the plant was on fire there was smoke billowing out of the boiler house. Come to find out boiler 1 is plugged bad we are trying to get the water wash crew out to clean it. They have the office doors open as it stinks in here big time. I'm actually wearing a mask it smells so bad. I should have called out today.

QOTD: What's the dumbest way you hurt yourself? I was playing with the dog Saturday and somehow slipped on I think a rock. My right leg went sliding forward and I heard a pop. From my butt cheek to the back of my knee my muscle hurts. It was horrible Saturday to the point trying to sit on anything was not good. It feels better today, but I have to be careful of how I move or I get a Charlie horse in my thigh.

B: Coffee and protein shake

L: bok choy soup

D: hamburger and salad

Have a great day everyone!!

Good morning all and Happy Friday,

It's going to be a beautiful day. 80s and sunshine. Maybe the last one of the year?

I'm a big mess right now. I have a lot of challenges and my motivation is almost non existent.

That said, I am trying to do some self care along the way. This weekend, I'm going on a nature walk, Hyde Park Jazz Fest, speaking at an event Friday, some folk/country music at a new venue Sunday night. I haven't seen my mom in a while so may get together with her and my sister for a meal.

QOTD- What are your biggest eating challenges of the fall and Halloween season?

I have pumpkin spice, which I allow myself two pumpkin drinks. Halloween candy is my love and nemesis. I like that you can try different types without committing to a whole candy bar. My mind sees that as an invitation to eat everything in sight. I end up binging if I'm not careful.

Accountability - 3 Buffalo wings, one Korean wing.

B: lox, cream cheese, cucumber. Yogurt.

L: Al pastor Taco in a bowl.

D: ???

Good Morning gang. Looks like today is going to be a nice day. I have some office chairs that I'm hoping to repaint the chrome. When Covid hit we had to sanitize everything twice a day and the sanitizer solution we used after a while put some rust spots on the legs of the chairs. So I figured I would sand them a bit and then spray paint them with a chrome paint. We might go watch Mason practice football tonight and tomorrow we have to go get 10 round bales of hay. Other than that not much else going on.

QOTD: Can't think of anything right now. If someone wants to put one in feel free.

B: coffee and protein shake

L: ham and cheddar wrap

D: fried eggplant with ricotta cheese

No Y tonight.

Have a great day everyone.

Some of the pumpkins we grew. There are still 6 more in the garden.

I use skinny syrups. It doesn't take very much but I love the chocolate shake with the wedding cake flavored syrup!

I found the jimmy dean ones at Sam's that are turkey. Not my absolute fav but better than any I've had so far. My absolute fav sausage is by applegate farms. It's maple chicken sausage. So so much better but a lot more pricier. I get one bag a month (almost 13 dollars) and try to make it last. 3 sausage links are a serving but I usually just have 2. They also have patties.

I have seen exactly one episode of the mandolorian because I was basically forced lol.

Happy Thursday! (Or Friday if your time zone is past midnight.) I agree with you that it would be fun if the lurkers would join in the chat. Sorry to hear that you aren't very flexible. Your instructor sounds like a gem.

A Mexican food truck sounds like a delicious idea. The Mexican half of my SIL's family are all amazing cooks and have pretty much ruined restaurant food for me. One of these Autumn days i'm going to plan a cheat and eat refried beans for one of my protein meals. Its funny that after 4 months on these meds i'm back to watching the nutrition data on recipes and grocery store foods. Your chicken loaf sounds delicious, I'm going to nosy around the web and see if I can find a recipe for it.

12/06 is my 19th surgiversary and protein powders and RTU's were so different then! We regularly got free samples at our support group meetings. The only RTU I recall was Isopure in the glass bottles, no powders. You had to be pretty desperate to quickly boost your protein to drink them back then. There were even expensive, jellied protein 'shots' that were around 40 grams. I mostly used Whichever chocolate whey protein was the best price at Costco and learned how to make a tasty, filling milkshake that I could sip from 4a.m. till around 11 when we had lunch at work. When winter came around I had to figure out how to make something warm...that was difficult because you can't put mix those traditional whey protein powders with hot coffee...Lump City. And in the blender: Foam City. But then I found Click protein that had a java version and was designed to mix smoothly in ho****er. During this round of dieting the options are amazing! The only pre-packaged one that is yuck is the Nuri chocolate. Vanilla and strawberry are great. I also love the Premiere Protein chocolate, caramel is ok. Probably the best tasting is the Fairlife chocolate. It was so nice to get the case of Premiere Protein as a gift from OH. My sister has a Ninja ice cream maker and says it is really yummy to take RTU shakes and make ice cream.

Haven't eaten very smart today, slept good last night but after I'd woken up I fell straight asleep and slept till nearly 11. Hubby was ticked, I think.

B: My choc protein/collagen shake. I always forget to mention that it has a healthy tablespoon of instant espresso powder added in.

L: water

D: sautee'd yellow squash.

Going to have to drink a PP to get my protein up to at least 60 g for the day. Must do better, still no appetite.