What's on the menu today, RNYers?

Good morning friends! The clouds are burning off here and it looks like it's going to be lovely. I'm especially excited because I'm wearing a super cute shirt that I bought yesterday on my shopping trip with Emily, aka DCGirl!

 (just in case, here's a link to the pic)

Yesterday, we met up in Wilmington (random) and had delicious protein-packed brunch and then shopped at Ross. For those of you who don't have a Ross or haven't been - it's an awesome place while losing weight - everything so pretty cheap!

Hope everyone is feeling good today - tell me, what's your menu?

Time since surgery: 20 weeks

B: Loaded Greek Yogurt

S: Chike high protein coffee, 1/2 bag of Skinny Pop (thanks Em!)

L: a new recipe from my 5-years post-RNY friend, Buffalo Chicken Salad, 1oz Fiber Gourmet wheat crackers

S before workout: string cheese and almonds

D: Zucchini "spaghetti" with turkey meatballs

S: Cool Whip FroYo, a popsicle sometime I'm sure

TOTALS: Calories 847, Protein 80, Carbs 63, Fat 40

V: started

W: waiting post breakfast

E: headed to Aqua Job tonight, I didn't get to any water aerobics last week, I was very sad!

Good morning that is great you guys met each other. I do love Ross Tjmaxx for shopping for cheaper clothes. Chinese food I need to stay away from it. I swelled up like a tick. Stayed up way too late watching Housewives of Beverly Hills I star****ching and can't stop.I ate a yogurt when I was up late.But I had planned it. 

B:Protein coffee

S:Quest bar on the run 

L:Eggs

D:Steack with zucchini.

S:Yogurt

Vitamins are almost in for the morning working on the water.

Nothing wrong with a snack as long as you plan for it 3BH.

What scares me is the staying up late and snacking that was one of the habits that got me to over 300 pounds. I do try to allow myself a snack at night so I don't feel bad about it.

Planning is the best thing for me.I love myfitnesspal.

I'm not very tech savvy so I record my food and exercise using paper and pen. I enjoy looking back at my old journals too to see how far I have come. I'm almost two years out and still record everything and measure my food when I am at home. It helps to keep me on track.

Yes! The planning is the key part to a snack, I think 3B! My plan wants me to eat just 3 meals a day and no snacks - but they also say I should eat every 4 hours and I should get 1000 calories and my meals should still be 1/2 cup. Geez! I'm awake from 6 or 7am to like 11pm, I need to add some snacks! But again - always planned and (usually) protein and carbs.

MFP is the best thing ever!

Since I am unwilling to give up me tv habit I have been taking my one planned snack upstairs and watching tv in bed.  I am much less likely to go back for more snacks if I am upstairs.  I am slightly embarrassed about my tv habit but... not enough to stop!!

Hey 3B, that's so funny, I was just having that though about Chinese food.  I had it last night (spent all night at the emergency room with my grandma, then the whole family went back to my parents house, and ate leftover chinese).  I only ate pieces of meat (not breaded) but woke up SUPER bloated this morning. Why did I never notice that pre-op?  The scale wasn't kind either.  Needless to say, no more chinese food for me any time soon :)

I am so jealous Anny! I wish I could actually get to meet some of my OH peeps in real life. But I am here in the middle of nowhere by myself. Maybe when my husband retires I will make him come with me to an OH convention. I would love to meet the people behind the posts. I already finished my morning walk with Lily and we went 3.74 miles today. When I finish my coffee I will do 20 minutes of level 2 on the 30 day shred. On track with fluids and vitamins so far. Here's my food for today: B 1/2 c steel cut oats with nuts and half a banana with peanut butter L 1/2 c turkey sausage and 1/2 c Greek yogurt S whole grain crackers with peanut butter D chicken kebobs,fresh green beans and a couple bites of veggie paella S Greek yogurt with nuts. Have a great Monday everyone!

 

 

 

 

 

Karen, it was VERY fun to meet Emily! I'm sorry you're not in an area with many folks. But yes, you should totally start planning for a trip to the OH conference or somewhere else where you could meet up with OH folks - it was a blast.