What's on the menu today, RNYers?

Oh yay!  So glad to hear it :)  Can't wait til you are post op and posting here with us!

I agree with that. even though I haven't started yet, I still use the ideas. I am still trying to eat right regardless . Thx for posting everyone!

Good for you for starting pre-op!  I didn't and I really regret it.  I could potentially be in the low 200s if I had started eating healthy before surgery :(  So glad you like the post and can't wait til you are post-op and inspiring us with your menu!

B:  1 oz almonds and greek yogurt

S:  1 cup bean salad

L:  Hummus and veggies

S:  Frozen yogurt

D:  turkey sausage with tomatoes and broccoli

S:  Beans salad again

Getting back on track after yesterday's disaster.  Thanks heavens for new starts!

Yeah, these holiday weekends make it easy to veer off track :(  Glad you are back on board today!  One day does not a disaster make - think of it as a bump in the road and today it's protein and veggies.  :)

It's a new day! 

A few years ago I did an Optifast program at one of my local hospitals (see how well that worked, but that's neither here nor there). I really liked the nutritionist who ran the program and she told us a story about an epiphany on of her clients had. 

When the client was coming to an appointment with her, he hit the curb really hard parking and popped one of his tires. Obviously he then backed up a little, parked the car very carefully, and called AAA. When he came in he said something like "It just hit me, when I popped my tire, I didn't just keep going and pop the other tires by ramming into the curb again, I paid careful attention as I finished parking... but when I make a poor choice with food, I think 'well I already messed up, I might as well just keep going for the rest of the day and restart tomorrow' and that doesn't make any sense." 

This has always been a problem for me - getting back on the wagon when I fall off. I think practicing this ability to just pick right back up on good habits when we've made poor choices is going to be key to maintaining. The next meal or the next day just start back to our good habits and choices! You can do it!

agree. I am right there with you.

I definitely needed to hear that. Thanks, Anny!

Mmmm, hummus! Do you make your own, or buy it? I'm a fan of restaurant style, really super smooth hummus, but I'll gladly settle for the kind you can get in supermarkets.

B: 1 oz turkey lunch meat, 1/3 oz cheese

L: 1/4 cup low-fat chicken salad

D: ?

S: unjury vanilla protein shake with 1/2 cup frozen bananas/strawberries