What's on the menu today, RNYers?

Me too, Dodgergirl! I would get a meal from Burger King, and then go down the street and get another meal from Wendy's! It seems like so long ago, and almost like it was another person doing all that, you know? But it's true. And I have so much that I can look at now to keep me strong whenever I get the urge to fall back into those old habits and do the fast food thing. I agree that I did ok, but just ok. The white carbs irritates me, but since I didn't even like it that much, I'm good for quite a while now without being tempted I think. Tomorrow, and every day after that, the target will be to do better, not necessarily to be perfect!

I agree with you 100%.  Target is to do better not be perfect.  I would do the Exact. Same. Thing.  driving to multiple places.  I think about that now and I shudder.  But I honestly think in a weird way it came from a mindset of having to be perfect, and if I fell off whatever diet wagon I happened to be on at the time, I would just tank the day in a major way, which resulted in multiple fast food runs.  Somehow, I convinced myself this was better than going to the store, b/c at least I wouldn't have food "in the house", which meant it was a one day binge.  God, my thinking was screwy and my justifications were the worst.  The best thing about surgery if freeing myself from that mindset, and honestly it really does all start with the "target will be to do better, not necessarily to be perfect".  Thanks for the inspiration Pam!

Justifications are the worst - agree!  Pam, I am so glad that didn't taste good!  Don't kick yourself, just don't go back to McDonald's :)  And I imagine you were frustrated to learn your session is tomorrow...I am having to train myself to do strength training alone because on days I don't have a session with my trainer, I have to be able to manage my time at the gym.  All new and scary things for us!  It's good you did some treadmill and have more planned.  Think about those new size 16 jeans and how they will fall off of you in a month or two ;)  (ok, don't think about the money wasted, think of how AWESOME it felt to fit into them, and how it will be even awesomer to have them fall off!!!) :)

Story time! I used to work for a company that did major construction projects, like chemical and power plants. Stuff that cost literally billions of dollars. I worked for the project director of one of these projects, and he was the best boss I've ever had. Brilliant, in the true sense of the word, with a mind like a steel trap. Anyway, he was tough to work for, but in a good way, as he demanded a lot from himself as well as the people who worked for him. One thing he didn't tolerate well was missing project milestones (deadlines.) Whenever someone missed a due date or a milestone, he wanted to know why. If they said that they were trying to make what they were doing even better before submitting it, he would tell them "Perfect is the enemy of good. Make it good - not 'good enough', but good. Forget perfect, it's unattainable." I always try to remember that.

That's a great story Pam.  This journey has been all about adjusting that mind set.  I tell myself if I'm just a little bit better than I was the day before, I'll get where I need to be.  That's one of the reasons I love this post, I think it helps me, both with ideas and support!

Oh man fast food. Everytime I ate that, I'd still feel hungry eventhough I just ate like 1500 calories! I'm loving eating whole, natural foods now.

Me too!  

Good morning all! I think we all fall into eating ruts sometimes. As many have said, if you cook a recipe you end up with so many leftovers you almost have to be in a rut for a few days. I try to freeze many of my dishes in 2oz portions so I can easily pop something out and nuke it - this way I don't get too bored with any one thing. 

I saw my sleep doc this morning, who I haven't seen since....maybe September and apparently even though his office forwarded info on my sleep study to my surgeon, he didn't know about my surgery so when he walked into the room he was already saying, "You've lost 70 pounds?! How?!" He was very pleased with my progress and felt that probably when I'm in the 180-200 pound range my apnea will most likely abate - yippee! Looking at the data from my machine's chip it showed that the pressure used to average 12, but now averages 6, so he was really pleased. He said I could do a sleep study now, but it might mean needing to do another when I had lost another 20-40 pounds, so we decided to hold off - even though I'm soooo anxious to get rid of my CPAP. 

Time since surgery: 12 weeks today

B: 3oz cottage cheese, 1 mini whole wheat muffin with a teaspoon of light butter

S: 12oz coffee with half and half, 12oz Nectar lemon tea protein shake

L: Quest protein bar (normally I go home for lunch, but since I came in late to work I figured I'll probably end up working right through so the protein bar is easy peasy)

PreY S: Babybel Lite, 1/4 cup frozen pineapple tidbits

D: Omelet with turkey sausage crumbles, onions and 1oz TJ's chevre 

S: Nectar Lemon tea protein shake

TOTALS: 792 calories, Protein 100, Carbs 47, Fat 27

According to MFP, yesterday my net calories were negative. Now, I don't really believe MFP's calorie burn estimate for my exercise, but it was a busy day with tons of steps and an elliptical workout. I was starving when I got home from a late meeting at 10pm, so I did decide to have .5oz of roasted chick peas, unplanned....I'm concerned about falling down that trap though, so I want to be careful!

Anny!  /pounce!  /hug!

Yay, that's great news from your sleep doctor! I can understand wanting to get rid of the CPAP, but it sounds like you've had so much improvement so far that waiting a little longer may show that you're no longer having apnea episodes after you lose a bit more weight. Terrific progress, you must be happy! It's always a great feeling when the docs like how we're doing, yes? Good for you!

I agree that the MFP calories burned for exercise seem way high sometimes. Negative net calories? Certainly possible, but even if it's not, it doesn't seem like adding a quick snack would hurt you for the day.

Yes, my need for approval soared when he was so impressed LOL. I'm really looking forward to getting rid of the CPAP, but I'll wait a little while longer...

PS. So glad you're back and hopefully the family drama has remained quiet again today!