What's on the menu today, RNYers?

Well thank you! I try!

I'm also heading to the stores this weekend to stock up on veggies, seafood, chicken, and fish. Trying to leave the beef alone. I even got my babe eating like me!!! Also, I'm getting our gym memberships this weekend! Its time to work it out! I'm actually excited about working out even though I have RA.

Kenyatta

Breakfast: Jay Robb Protein shake (chocolate)

Snack: Caramel Macchiato almonds

Lunch: Mexican skillet leftovers from last night (quinoa, zucchini, black beans, tomatoes and peppers, chicken, avocado and chili powder)

Dinner: Honey Garlic chicken (chicken, honey, blackberry jam, soy sauce, garlic, onion, red pepper flakes all crockpotted together for an afternoon)

Later: FF, sugar-free hot chocolate (I made it - super easy to make a whole jar and actually tastes good!)

Wow your dinner sounds amazing! I just bought a crock pot so I will definitely be looking for recipes once I get back to town! Enjoy :)

12 weeks out

12 oz powerade 0

20 oz of decaf coffee with splenda I drink decaf always have I don't sleep well

Breakfast: yogurt with almond slivers and three strawberries

Lunch:spinach salad with chicken

Snack: Yogurt 

dinner:3 oz of steak with a bit of broccli

hot chocolate with protein powder 

I got all of my water in and vitamins.I ran up and down the hall at work.No one was there so no one could see me.Well one person was there but he is too busy to notice.

11 months post op

B - Leftover stir-fry chicken & rice

S - cheese stick

L - part of a chicken chile relleno and 5 tortilla chips with salsa

S - peanut butter crackers (pre-workout... I need some carbs)

D - spaghetti... because that's what hubby made while I was at Zumba and I was not going to complain!!

Exercise - 1 hour of Zumba

1150 calories

11 months post op

B - Leftover stir-fry chicken & rice

S - cheese stick, cutie (those little oranges)

L - part of a chicken chile relleno and 5 tortilla chips with salsa

S - peanut butter crackers (pre-workout... I need some carbs)

D - spaghetti... because that's what hubby made while I was at Zumba and I was not going to complain!!

Exercise - 1 hour of Zumba

1150 calories

I almost didn't post, because my menu was SUPER boring today.  I made a huge crock pot of beef stew yesterday, and literally ate it for breakfast, lunch and dinner.  (I ate mostly beef, with a couple of small bites of the veggies). 

For snack, I had a cheese stick in the afternoon, and some yogurt for an after dinner snack.  I also went to a show tonight and chewed on a few tic tacs,

Definitely on track for vitamins and water.

I can't wait to put my crock pot into use! I know I better make something good since I will also have to eat it for every meal lol. 

9 months out from surgery

B:  skim latte, french toast made from one multigrain sandwich flat about 3/4 egg (I crack an egg and never use the whole thing), splash of milk, diet butter spread, sugar-free syrup

L:  Syntrax Nectar protein shake (lemon/grape)

S:  Healthwise cheddar puffs

D:  4 oz. sirloin, asparagus, small roasted potato, 3 diet oatmeal cookies for dessert

1035 calories, 110 grams carbs, 97 grams protein

I'd told myself I'd raise my calories to 1,200 after the first of the year.  My trainer has been after me for months to eat more (he wants me at 1,300 calories/day).  But I find I'm either just below 1,000 calories/day or just above it.  I've gotten in to a groove of what to eat every day and I don't want to monkey with it too much.  If I'm hoping to maintain somewhere around 125 lbs., my calorie intake is going to need to be 1,200-1,600 (on exercise days--per my heart monitor, I routinely burn 350-400 calories a session).  So I might as well continue as I'm going.

Hi Karen,

Congratulations being goal weight (almost) just nine months after surgery! It seems like your diet is really working for you. I can't wait to feel "normal" again and not be obsessively weighing my food and not able to eat salads and other healthy things that are a no-no at this point. Tonight, just as I feared, the food at the bowling alley was atrocious. So I walked a few blocks to a restaurant and ate seared tuna. I wasn't even tempted by the sliders or egg rolls or fried shrimp. The pizza...well that was a little tempting :) anyway I know you're in the Middle East so your day is already well under way. Where do you live?

Have a good day!