What's on your (PHOTO) Friday Menu?
The deer are so pretty! Yesterday we were watching a home improvement show and the homeowner wanted to plant tulips but he wouldn't let her because the deer would eat them. I said, "So what I am hearing is that if I plant tulips, it will attract deer? Let's do it!".
- High Weight before LapBand: 200 (2008)
- High Weight before RNY: 160 (2015)
- Lowest post-op weight: 110 (2016)
- Maintenance Weight: 120 (2017-2019)
- Battling Regain Weight: 135 (current)
LOL. If you are in deer country, yeah.
My neighbors always hated the deers because they would eat their new plants. I never understood the big deal until we planted a new lemon tree. Every morning I would come down to see all the new leaves chewed up. We had to put some sort of fencing/net around the tree until it grew a little more. But I agree, they are so cute that I don't care if they eat the plants. We are in their territory, not vice versa. It breaks my heart when I see them on the side of freeway, because they are trying to go from one green patch to another.
SW:261 6/26/17 GW:150 10/6/18
CW: High 140s
PGW: 140-142
Good Morning JB and Menuers,
Looks like we all could use a distressing weekend and hope everybody takes full advantage of the 2 days off. It is absolutely beautiful here in Pittsburgh. The fall foliage is full bloom and we are going to have and 80° day here today. Pretty unheard of for this time of year but of course it will all change by morning. Looks like I can plan on wearing a sweatshirt tomorrow. I had to dig in my summer closet to find something weather appropriate to wear today.
QOTD: I am going to say I saw a Tik Tok Video that and artist picked up a little person and painted his portrait with his feet then turned it up and it was the little person. I laughed very hard because they were dead serious. The little person hatched from a cocoon before the artist grabbed him and painted. Really one of those you had to see to believe, If you Tick Tok please be one of my followers and I will send great content if and when I find it. I am @teenie61 Just let me know your from OH so I don't ignore you.
Accountability: I jammed around 5 oz. of Pumpkin spiced almonds in my mouth at one sitting and believe I gave myself RH. I did not take my blood Sugar level but I had all the symptoms. Dizzy hot flashes lethargic and 20 min after I ate way to much sugar.
TSS: 2 years 10 Months and 12 days 132 (lowest 130.8)
CB: Dark roast coffee with SF ID Pumpkin Spice w/Miralax and Fiber
MS: Rasbery Cottage Cheese Doubles and berries
CB2: Dark roast coffee with SF ID Pumpkin spice
L: White Chicken Chili and Snack selects
D: BBQ chicken bake. and Cauliflower hash browns.
Water and vitamins: On track. I take a Bariatric advantage Ultra multi w/iron I use bariatric advantage Calcium chews and my blood work has been great. My B12 has been High so I cut my sublingual to every 3rd or 4th day. And I have now added 500mg of Magnesium
Exercise: 3 Mile run (Done).
Everybody have a Great day.
Brightest Blessings
Chrissy
Photo is a spit of me then and now and a picture of our Marigolds. We plant them from seed every year and they come to full bloom for September and October.
HW 299 SW 290 CW 139 GW 140 2/08/2019 OPERATION: Surgical Hernia with excision of total surface area of 55 x 29 cm of abdominal skin.
Good morning. Expecting a big work day today, so the day should fly by. Big plans this weekend. Watching the CMA's we recorded tonight. Tomorrow though, really looking forward to it. We have a bayside bike ride planned followed by lunch at the new restaurant that just opened on the harbor. Like it hangs over the water. It's a new location of a local favorite, and the food is Mexican and yummy. They have this amazing dip they serve when they serve salsa and chips. It's a white cheese jalapeno and it's good enough to just drink. But since I really don't eat chips anymore, I am not sure what "vessel" I will use to transport this dip to my mouth! Spoon? Is that rude? Do I care as long as I get some of the dip? TBD. After that we are going to do a couple errands. Sunday not much planned, and I hope to do another yoga class. Got in a 58 minute one last night and got into a new pose and held it. I was like so impressed with myself!
QOTD: My son and son in law. They both have dry, sarcastic senses of humor and make me laugh out loud a lot. Both of them made me crack up this week. They are not close, and I'm not sure they "really" like each other. I suspect it is because they are both a lot more alike then they realize.
Menu:
B: emipie egg salad
L: left over chicken and broccoli with spicy peanut sauce from OH. It was really very good!
D: bbq rib, spaghetti squash au gratin, a little salad
Have a wonderful weekend! Peace, everyone!
Height 5'3"
HW 200
surgery date 10/29/19 177.9
CW 121.4
goal weight 125
It's the first day I can walk " normally" - picking my foot up. I'm still a little sore doing it though- I did a few laps of the apartment around 4 am took some healing aminos and tried to rest ... thinking about trying a short gentle walk with a friend but she hasn't responded to me yet .
Otherwise exercise will be much-needed shopping which I've had to put off way too long and long overdue tidying ,vacuuming and mopping.
SUNNY MORNING !! yay!! ( it poured all yesterday afternoon and evening 
) Yesterday I stayed home for dinner rather than eating and watching TV with the 'rents- ate 1/3 a loaf of sourdough French bread some w pizza sauce n fat free mozzarella ( surprisingly good) some w ff sour cream and 75% FF Cabots Cheddar
B- Chai tea latte
Shopping
L- " layered potatoes" Hungarian style- 97% fat free hotdogs sliced with Hungarian Smoked sausage ( just a bit for taste ) about 4 hard boiled eggs and 4 hard boiled egg whites , sliced , 3 boiling ( red ) large potatoes boiled cooled and sliced , fat free sour cream n butter buds. The ingredients get layered in a casserole dish and baked at 350 for 15-20 minutes until hot and smell good.
traditionally served with sliced cucumber salad in vinaigrette but this takes several hours so probably just a salad instead
D- leftover chicken stuffed pancakes , ff sf pumpkin cheesecake, salad
S- maybe popcorn, ice milk, or a bit of fresh bread .
I saw this very interesting ( but way too long) video of 5 foods to avoid that promote arthritis and inflammation- gluten, sugar, processed foods fried foods and fast foods, trans fats, and something else lol... if I only had a brain! 
The items that STOP inflammation and pain are - Devils claw( an herb) ... rutin ( found in apples), Boswellia extract ( found in Ayurvedic medicine ) and ginger ... which I eat a ton of already. Also natural enzymes such as are found in raw foods and probiotics and citrus bioflavonoids really help supposedly.
