What's on your Thursday Menu?

Queen JB
on 12/10/20 12:57 am, edited 12/10/20 2:48 am
RNY on 07/20/15

^^actual photo of a post op body without plastics, haha!^^

Morning all! Or is it the middle of the night still? I just never found sleep last night and after tossing and turning for hours I just quit and got up at 2:30am. Luckily today is a pretty passive day of meetings. I will be attending a marathon zoom meeting from 11 - 3, but just as a participant, yay! I do have trainings of my own to run from 7am - 8am & 3pm - 4pm, but I'm super familiar with the content and could give these trainings in my sleep, which is good, since I probably will, haha.

Yesterday's meeting with my NUT was good. We have worked together for 7+ years out of my 12 year WLS adventure, and I trust her. We talked at length about everything... I shared my screen and showed her many months worth of MFP menus (the good bad and ugly) and she's asking me to try changing my macros pretty dramatically.

New Plan: lower the calories (by a lot!)... lower the protein & fat by a little, and up the carbs by a little, too. She is not anti-keto or low carb at all, but one of the things she cautioned is that fats are the hardest thing to measure accurately and I may be inadvertently adding in more fat (which would lead to much higher calories) without being aware--even though I weigh and measure. Being as small as I am, adding in a hidden 150 calories a day could really make or break my goals!

Anyway, I trust her, and I am up for the adventure. For the last 2.5 years I have really flitted around trying to figure out the right macros for me, and I am up for trying this! I played around with my menu yesterday and added and deleted things for hours until I could get to close to her numbers. It will be tough until I go to the grocery store, but I think I can make it work for a few more days.

QOTD: What was your favorite purchase (big or small!) of this year? Mine is probably my NordicTrack iFit Treadmill! I am really happy that I have had a way to virtually travel and exercise during these last few months and it will continue to be a wonderful gift to myself for years to come, even when I am back to commuting.



  • 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)

MadisonRose
on 12/10/20 4:37 am
RNY on 01/23/19

Good morning all! I'm exhausted this morning. Quick post before starting work as I'm running behind!

Accountability was really good yesterday...it's been pretty good all week actually. I haven't been so ravenous like I normally am thank goodness! And this morning I am finally 2 ounces away from completely losing my regain! Yay! So I can finally focus on getting back on track to meeting my goal!

QOTD: I can't remember if I bought my Ninja single serve blender this year or last year but it's definitely my favorite purchase as I use it daily for my protein shakes! Also another favorite is my new ninja coffee bar I purchased a couple weeks ago. My old one stopped working properly and was making my coffee taste nasty. I am finally drinking delicious coffee again!

B: coffee w/Splenda & sf creamer x 2

B2: protein shake

L: 2 oz low sodium turkey breast & a laughing cow cheese wedge

D: 4 oz baked salmon and broccoli

S: L&F Greek yogurt & an apple

Surgery: RNY on 1/23/19

Emiepie
on 12/10/20 5:17 am
RNY on 08/11/14

So happy for you, you've worked hard! Great job.

RNY 8/11/14 with Dr. Kelvin Higa PS Lipectomy 4/12/17 with Dr. John Burnett HW291.4/CW165/GW150

supershopper
on 12/10/20 5:23 am

wahoo for losing regain!

HW 305 SW 278 Surgery weight 225 GW 160 LW: 118.8

RNY 12/15/2015,

GB removal 09/2016,

Twisted bowel/hernia repair 08/2017

M1 Dec 2015-13.0, M2-7.0, M3-14.5, M4-9.4, M5-7.1, M6 9.8, M7-7.6 ,M8- 7.6, M-9 5.5, M10-6.4, M11- 2.2, M12 Dec 2016- 5.8

Melody P.
on 12/10/20 6:08 am - Amarillo, TX

Doing a virtual happy dance for you!

Teenie
on 12/10/20 7:22 am - Pittsburgh , PA
RNY on 12/19/17

WTG. Glad you found a happy place on the scale. I knew you would do it. You worked very hard. You need to be proud you deserve it.

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.

Sheila_H
on 12/10/20 8:06 am - Central Coast, CA
RNY on 06/26/17

Great job at keeping at it to lose the regain.

SW:261 6/26/17 GW:150 10/6/18

CW: 151

PGW: 140-142

Liz WantsHealthForAll
on 12/10/20 4:39 am, edited 12/9/20 8:40 pm - Cape Cod, MA
VSG on 03/28/16

Good morning from Florida (for 3 more days). I changed my flight and am going home Sunday instead of Tuesday! Yeah! I am missing everyone and after this Covid bout am really looking forward to going home for a few weeks. But I think I have to tell DS about my illness before I get there. I was going to tell him in person but he is making noise about quarantining me.

In the meantime I am driving my car to Mike's for a couple of days so I can get my stuff there in preparation for flying home on Sunday.

QOTD: Hmmm... I bought a lot of nice clothes (many Lilly Pulitzer so I am done buying that brand for a while) and a pair of Tory Burch shoes I really like. And I just ordered a Roomba for Florida, my annual gift from DH, even though he isn't here anymore. I might end up loving it. After doing a thorough cleaning here this week I decided I liked the idea of having my floor automatically vacuumed. ETA: And I love the necklace I had made from my wedding ring and a pendant DH had given me when we were first married:

TSS: 4 years, 8 months

B: Coffee!!! Eggs and cottage cheese

L: unsure

D: unsure - probably out

S: blueberry cheesecake yogurt pie and/or nut thins with cottage cheese

Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-123 CW: 120 (after losing 20 lb. regain)!

Emiepie
on 12/10/20 5:19 am
RNY on 08/11/14

Such a beautiful necklace.

RNY 8/11/14 with Dr. Kelvin Higa PS Lipectomy 4/12/17 with Dr. John Burnett HW291.4/CW165/GW150

supershopper
on 12/10/20 5:25 am

love that!

HW 305 SW 278 Surgery weight 225 GW 160 LW: 118.8

RNY 12/15/2015,

GB removal 09/2016,

Twisted bowel/hernia repair 08/2017

M1 Dec 2015-13.0, M2-7.0, M3-14.5, M4-9.4, M5-7.1, M6 9.8, M7-7.6 ,M8- 7.6, M-9 5.5, M10-6.4, M11- 2.2, M12 Dec 2016- 5.8

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