What's on the menu today, RNYers?

haha...it's mine too.  I swear, it adds a min. of 2500 steps to my day, which is great for the days I can't work out.  I've started to add some bathroom jumping jacks too :)  It's a regular 24 hr fitness in my work bathroom :)

I eat a lot of the same things too Em because I will eat it til the leftovers are gone. Glad to hear that you are getting out more JJ. That will help every aspect of your life and help you to feel better too. Lily and I got a late start this morning because it was raining,but we did get our 3 mile walk in anyway. I will bike for 20 minutes here when I finish my coffee. B 1/2 c steel cut oats with but and seed mix and 1/2 banana with peanut butter L 31/2 oz strip steak(again) and 1/2 c sweet potatoes S apple with peanut butter D 31/2 oz lean pork chop with 1/2 c snap peas and mushrooms S 3/4 cgreek yogurt with nuts. I am 21.5 months post op and maintaining well. Hope everyone has a great day!

Karen, the leftovers are crazy, yes? I make a full recipe just like I'm used to, and then have to eat it over and over again or throw half of it away. Just another thing to relearn!

I love seeing your posts, they make me feel so good about the future and maintenance. I'm looking forward to it rather than dreading it, partly thanks to your comments here.

I can't say this often enough, Karen, I want to be like you when I grow up! Your maintenance is going awesomely, you get your exercise in - inspirational!

Good morning, Em! I find myself using the Copy feature of MFP a lot, LOL! Sometimes I just get into a food rut, and sometimes it's just a matter of eating something I've cooked until it's gone. Today I ended up breaking my breakfast routine, but not in a good way: I went to the gym and found out that my personal trainer appointment is tomorrow, and not today like I'd thought! So I got myself all psyched up to do my strength training this morning and then I couldn't, since I'll be doing it tomorrow. Ugh. I was aggravated at myself for messing up like that, and more than I should have been. So on the way home I stopped at McD's and got myself an Egg McMuffin in addition to the large coffee I'd planned. It wasn't a *total* failure, since I did avoid my kryptonite (aka McD's hash browns) and I didn't get a McGriddle, which would have been my practice in the past. I was at least mindful enough to get the McMuffin and build it into the day's totals, so all in all it's not terrible. I do need to not fall into the fast food habit, though, but I'm confident I can continue to avoid that problem since there's so little that actually works for me from fast food places anymore.

So for today, Exercise - half a mile done at the gym on a treadmill before I got too disgusted with myself and left, will do a couple of miles this afternoon/evening at home. Water - On track, 60 ounces in already and working toward 120 or more today. Supplements - Morning batch done, alarms set for the rest. I've added some glucosamine/chondroitin in to try to help with my aching joints, and the pills are HRUGE. Like, immense. I take them at night with my last dose of vitamins, and I guess I'm lucky that I can swallow such big pills with no problem. Food for the day looks like this:

Enjoy your day, everyone!

Ugh! Super annoying about the gym. So a McMuffin wasn't the best choice, but it wasn't the worst either. You've accounted for it in your plans for the day - you got this! 

I need to learn to not be so hard on myself, LOL! And the McMuffin won't become a habit, for sure. I didn't even really enjoy it that much, all that bread in the muffin...spongy, tasteless and icky! It's amazing how often when I "cheat" I end up not even liking the food I thought I wanted so badly. Which is definitely a good thing!

Thanks for the support. 

I'm right there with you! The few times I've "cheated" so far, I haven't really liked what I've tasted (with the exception of the tiny crumb from the top of a crumb cake this morning, it tasted like heaven, which mostly just confirmed for me that I can NOT let cake back into my life any time soon!)

Pam you are definitely too hard on yourself. We all are but I think it is important not to fall into that rut again. I am pretty sure that most of us lived in that eat-guilt cycle pre-op. We should all vow NEVER to do that to ourselves again. You are such a lovely woman, Pam, and you showed a lot in insight during the whole McD thing. No harm done and you thought it through. I am proud of you.

Pam I feel you on the fast food.  Pre surgery I was a total fast food junkie.  All of meals (it seemed like) were fast food.  One of my biggest concerns is that I will go back down that road the further into this process I get.  I feel like I've come to peace with my food choices and allowing for some "treats" here and there, but fast food is my kryptonite, so I'm staying away.  And McD's breakfast, OMG, you did awesome picking the egg mcmuffin and adding it into your day.  I think that's the key.  It's not like an egg mcmuffin will kill you, it only kills you if you do what I did before surgery and eat 2 of them and then not factor into your menu for the day :)  Looks like you made great choices!