What's on your Monday Menu?

Queen JB
on 12/21/20 1:57 am, edited 12/21/20 3:55 am

RNY on 07/20/15

Morning all! Oh this weekend was just not long enough. I needed to crash hard after a very stressful work week, and there just wasn't enough time to rest up from the madness of last week and to prep for the madness of this week! But yesterday I let my competitive spirit overtake me, and instead of resting, I spent from 4am - 12pm baking and decorating intricate cookies for a zoom baking competition at work today. Then another few hours to clean up my giant mess. I'll post pics if I win! I'm back at it today with marathon meetings and no break, but at least it is only from 7 - 3. I am already tired.

QOTD: Are you the messy one or the clean one? I am used to being the clean one! I am generally cleaner than my parents, and I am about a billion times cleaner than any roommate I have ever had. But I am definitely the messy one in my relationship with Grim, haha. Part of it is me just getting lazier in my old age, but he is really fastidious. Yesterday, after I covered the house in frosting and sprinkles with my cookie adventure, he yelled to me that he's glad I am as messy as I am because if I ever kill him, he knows I will be caught because I'd be incapable of cleaning a crime scene. Lol. *edited to add that I am the organized one. He is nut-balls about keeping up with dishes and laundry, but I am the one who cares about how the Tupperware drawer looks and closet organization... We're a good pair!

Accountability? Lets not discuss the last two days... I was a disaster.

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)

Partlypollyanna
on 12/21/20 3:04 am, edited 12/20/20 7:17 pm

RNY on 02/14/18

Good morning JB! Happy Monday everyone! I can't wait to see your winning Zoom cookies!

This will be an interesting work week, as the week wears on, more and more people are out of the business -- I've decided I'm off as of noon on Wednesday rather than Wednesday evening....but that might end up being off on Wednesday entirely, lol.

QOTD - I am both the neat one and the messy one, just depends on the room, lol. When my friend stayed here in November, I realized I have gotten very particular which is different than when I had roommates in my 20s.

I'm on track to finish the 12 days of Christmas rowing series this week so one of those sessions will be my workout today, plus I have to do a little work on my handstand. My trx handstands are coming along -- yesterday I did 4 variations including baby handstand pushups....so I think my year long goal of unsupported handstand will be checked off by the 31st! 2020 has been a train wreck of the year but physical fitness wise, I've taken advantage of it!

Other than work, the only things on my agenda today are a quick drive east to get away from the lights around sunset to see if I can get pix of the convergence (I bought a pair of binocs that you can attach your phone to) and then I have a call with my new found half sister this evening so I'm looking forward to both of those.

menu toda

made half a pot of coffee so I'll have that....it was so enticing it got me out of bed this morning!

either GF PB toast or a scrambled egg with cheddar cheese

ever roast chicken with slice cheddar

4 oz steak

L&F greek

Have a great start to the week everyone!

Oh and happy Solstice everyone! I don't think I've ever been so happy for the days to start getting longer!

HW: 306 SW: 282 GW: 145 (reached 2/6/19) CW:150

Jen

Emiepie
on 12/21/20 5:29 am

RNY on 08/11/14

How awesome! You've done amazing with your fitness goals. Congrats!

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

Teenie
on 12/21/20 6:46 am - Pittsburgh , PA

RNY on 12/19/17

Congratulations on your fitness goals. I am so glad you were able to nail that handstand. Your amazing.

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.

White Dove
on 12/21/20 6:55 am - Warren, OH

RNY on 10/16/07

Happy Solstice Jen. I am so tired of it getting dark at 4:30 and thinking it is midnight when it is not even 7:00 PM. The light therapy is keeping me and my kitty sane this winter. When I turn it on she runs to get in front of it.

Real life begins where your comfort zone ends

Greateight
on 12/21/20 6:59 am

RNY on 08/29/18

great job!

Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4

Christina135
on 12/21/20 7:15 am

RNY on 03/23/09

Jen,

Thought of you today, especially seeing your pictures of Stonehenge! Today is a beautiful day to manifest some happy!

Christina

Let it begin with me.

03/2009 - SW:261 GW 135 (CW:131)

NYMom222
on 12/21/20 7:37 am

RNY on 07/23/14

Wow to handstands! Where did you find this exercise progression to get to it?

Cynthia 5'11" RNY 7/23/2014

Goal reached 17 months. 220lb Weight Loss
Plastic Surgery Dr. Joseph Michaels - LBL and Hernia Repair 2/29/16, Arm Lift, BL, 5/2/16, Leg Lift 7/25/16

#lifeisanadventure #fightthegoodfight #noregrets

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Greateight
on 12/21/20 7:59 am

RNY on 08/29/18

Interested also

Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4

Partlypollyanna
on 12/21/20 11:08 am

RNY on 02/14/18

I started with this but then I also found that doing the climb up the wall worked well for kick into the handstand too so I've done both plus I've been doing trx handstands since about August so working up to the handstand + movement with the trx has helped with overall core and arm strength.