What's on the menu today, RNYers? Mon!
Hello OH friends!
It's a short week for those of us in the US with the 4th being on Friday! This makes me EXCEEDINGLY happy. There is a heat wave passing through DC but now that I weigh less, it's more tolerable. I'm sure you can relate! That's a major NSV for sure.
In crazy news, I resigned from my job and got a new one. I'm a mixture of excited, sad, and terrified. It's a great new opportunity. I had a thought the other day - no one at my new company will know me as super morbidly obese. I mean, at 223 lbs, I am no skinny minny, but to them I will be overweight and nothing more. Whereas at my current job every single day I get compliments and looks (which I don't mind) but everyone here knew me back when. Crazy.
Anyway, on to the menu. Lots less traction on this post these days...but I know Anny, Karen, Kenyatta, Pam, Dodgergirl, Finding Feather, Liv's Mom etc...you will hopefully chime in!
Time Since Surgery: 6.5 months
B: 3 oz boar's head turkey, 1 oz pepperjack cheese. My pouch isn't always hungry for food (as opposed to a protein shake) in the morning so we will see. I am working on a coffee right now. Then I will try to eat
L: Ugh, this week is filled with people taking me to lunch (nice, but I prefer to pack my own and control the calories). Luckily today is sushi so I will have tuna sashimi and avocado
D: Seeing old family friends that live in VA. They are making stuffed shells, garlic bread and salad. I will have...salad. LOL!
E: None today. I went Tues-Sun and my body is SORE. I need a break today.
V: This is one area where I have GOT TO GET BETTER. Taking them now.
Well my totals will be pretty awesome today. Planning on 800-900 calories and at least 80 g of protein. Dinner is the wildcard.
As a topic for today, can you tell me what brand of jeans you are wearing and at what size? I am not finding ANY that fit my saggy thighs and newly flattened butt. Yeah, looking hot let me tell ya! HA HA! Thank god I feel so amazing and have so much energy or this new body of mine would be pretty depressing!
Em
on 6/29/14 10:51 pm
Congratulations on your new job.The heat here in Jersey isn't as bad as it was when I was 300 pounds.I don't mind sweating.
Jeans I am wearing a size 14 from American Eagle.I like the way they fit and I do like that they hold their shape.I don't want to spend a ton of money on jeans.When I get to goal I will though.
B:Egg with zucchini and chicken sausage
L:I am thinking turkey and cheese wraps
D:Pork tenderloin with sweet potatos and green beans
S:Cheese stick/if I need one
Vitamins first round are done 20oz of coffee done.
Exercise I am going to do some yard work and get my grill ready
Good luck finding jeans.
Its hot in Illinois too,Em,but Lily and I already got our three miles in today. When I finish my cup of coffee I will spend some time with Jillian as well. Twenty minutes of torture is how I see it but I need to tone the muscles in these saggy arms so there you have it! I am now 22 months post op and weigh in at 119.8. On track with vitamins and water as well. Here's the plan: B 1/2 c oats with nuts and 1/2 banana with peanut butter L 3 oz deli turkey and cheese and 1/2 c cottage cheese S whole grain crackers with peanut butter D ham and beans couple bites of a corn muffin S 3/4 c Greek yogurt with nuts. As far as jeans go I wear whatever brand I can find and my butt is so tiny that the ones that fit best are girls size 14. I also can wear misses size 0 which are hard to find or juniors size one. The juniors are often so low cut on the hips that they are not really comfortable. I too have a hard time finding a fit that I like. Used to I couldn't find them big enough and now I can't find them small enough! Hope everyone has a great day!
Oops, we DID post at the same time. So I'm just going to paste my post into this one...but first - the jeans. Not sure if you're looking for casual or "dressy" jeans, but I'm loving the Old Navy boyfriend jeans. They're super cheap, like $20ish, and are supposed to be a little slouchy, so they are pretty forgiving. I'm wearing a 16 in them. I'm not down to spend much on jeans for now since I'm going through sizes relatively quickly. I also have a pair of dark wash Lee skinny jeans, but I can't remember the actual style - they are pretty flattering as well - mine are 18s, but I think I could wear 16s.
Good morning everyone! Despite the fact that it's Monday, I hope everyone is up and at 'em and feeling good!
I had a fun weekend with family celebrating my grandma's 93rd birthday - which involved THREE cakes, peanut butter fudge, and ice cream. I did have a few bites here and there, which I actually think wasn't great. In the future when presented with that type of situation I'm going to put an itty-bitty piece of cake and half a piece of fudge on a plate and that's it - not a little bite from my sister's cake here and a little bite of my nieces fudge there - there's no good way to track that. Lesson learned. But I didn't dump and I didn't overindulge - but I want a better strategy.
I also took a little hike (A HIKE!) yesterday afternoon AND tried 2 new recipes. I loved, loved both. The first is a little "ice cream" treat that I doctored from a Pinterest pin: 1.5 cups lite Cool Whip, 1 cup FF vanilla greek yogurt, .5 cup purred strawberries - mix it all together and freeze. I divided mine into 10 servings of about 2oz each before freezing - so the stats are 43 calories a serving, not too bad. The second recipe was Lasagna cups made with wonton wrappers. Delicious! I used FF ricotta, what I had, and a "lite" tomato sauce instead of diced tomatoes and ended up with 148 calories and 15 grams of protein.
Time since surgery: 15 weeks
B: Light and Fit greek yogurt with 2T wheat germ
S: Nectar protein shake, coffee with cream
L: Quest bar and 10 almonds
S before Y: Babybel Lite, .5oz Fiber Gourmet cheese crackers
D: Lasagna Cup, steamed carrots
S: Strawberry "ice cream"
TOTALS: Calories 778, Protein 89, Carbs 63 (a little high with that Quest bar in there!), Fat 24
V: started
W: about to make a dent
E: running like a mad woman at work, Aqua Jog tonight at the Y
Hope everyone has a great day. Today is Day 1 of Science in the Summer, our 4 day science camp, so I won't be around much until later in the day.
RNY @ Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia with Dr. Tatyan Clark 3/18/2014
Hey Anny! Thanks for the advice re: Old Navy. I swear, they give me diaper butt. They fit in the morning but by late day it looks like I have a load in my pants!!! Does that not happen to you? I did just buy 8 (no joke) tank tops there for $4 each on Friday. I do love a lot of their stuff...but I haven't loved the jeans. I haven't tried the boyfriend variety though!
Lasagna cups sound intriguing. I have found some wonton wrappers but they are super high in carbs. Hmmm. I will have to consider this recipe. I am hoping to make shrimp cakes this week and will post the recipe if/when I do :)
Yeahhhh I have made the mistake of buying some Quest bars. They taste really really really good. I am trying to make myself eat them in an emergency only, or when traveling. We will see how long I can hold out!
I hear you on the diaper butt - but I think since the boyfriend cut is slouchy to begin with I don't have this problem with them. I also seem to be keeping my booty, for now, but man, the girls are getting smaller - I need to go bra shopping, but am trying to hold out as long as possible!
RNY @ Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia with Dr. Tatyan Clark 3/18/2014
OMG Anny someone once described their girls as empty tube socks. I laughed. I am not laughing anymore! Go get a bra! It's worth it!!! I got a bra fitting at Nordstrom's and I was in the WRONG bra and they sold me two bras that did cost $130 in total (brand Chantalle) but man I look amazing. Seriously my whole body looks better when the girls are right!
