Good morning Tuesday! Quick post and then I am out the door for the gym. I don't want to go but I'm repeating the mantra "what's the point in making goals if you are not going to push for them" over and over in my head. No excuses. Or, at least that's the effort I'm trying to make.

Yesterday was successful on all counts. 452 move calories, 58 minutes of exercise, whi*****luded credit for 20 flights of stairs. 10,286 steps. I had my Dexa scan. I don't love all the data, but don't have much to compare it to. I've got 39 pounds of fat on this body. I need some of it, we all do. But I don't love where the majority is accumulated. I'm 35 percent under the average total body fat for women my age/height. I'm waiting for my trainer to review all the rest of the data and weigh in. It's confusing to read this report and then try to google it and see if I am doing well. So many opinions out there. Great choices in food and lots of water. Not a good nights sleep. Currently needing the sleep idol back in my hands.

QoTD: Very, very rarely now. And if I do, it's preplanned and brought with me. Pre surgery, some of our favorite words were "Road trip snacks!" There was cherry sours, Doritos, etc. Sitting on my ass for hours in a car seemed like the perfect excuse to eat crap.

Bites today

B: egg and bacon

L: leftover carne asada meat and veggies

D: Turkey and cheese burger minus any bread. A few oven baked fries

3 ish greek yogurt with mix ins

9 ish: 2-3 ounces carnitas meat or turkey

Peace!

Good morning, everybody!

Normally Tuesday is my work from home day, but we have an in-person meeting and a toast to some new promotes this afternoon. So, my plan was to go into the office. But I didn't make it to Crossfit last night and didn't get up early enough to go to 6:30. So my new plan is the following: 1) take my 10:00 call from home, 2) go to Open gym and do the workout, 3) drive into the city for the meeting. It's so much easier to get to the gym at night when the daylight is longer.

Tonight we have flu shots. If I can get a COVID vaccine I will do that also. I've done the one in each arm before and it seemed fine. I've never knowingly had COVID, so I would guess that I was one of the asymptomatic ones.

QOTD: Despite today's plans, I actually don't spend that much time in my car. If at all possible, I take the train into work and most of my other destinations are pretty close to my house. But consistent with some others, if I do eat in my car now, it's a little snack vs. the drive through trips of pre-surgery.

If I eat fast food (or quick service) now, it is likely to be a Chicago Hot Dog, a deli sandwich or a piece of pizza. I would dine in (or take it home) for all of those because of the mess. Occasionally i will get breakfast at McDonalds, but the one time I ate a meal there did not go well. I don't drink a lot of coffee, so even Dunkin' Donuts is fairly infrequent for me now. I used to like to go to Boston Market, but most of those have closed.

All of this reminds me of how much I would like to have my car detailed again!

Breakfast: bagel

Lunch: Chicken

Dinner: Carnitas (my son is making)

Have a great day, all!

Mornin' All!

Tim Walz and Barack Obama are in town today. I got the approval to attend the rally, but I've been going back and forth about it. I hate to miss my classes, it's a several-hour thing when you factor in they're opening the gates at 10:00 AM and the thing starts at 1:30, and there will be several speakers before Walz and Obama come out. It'll also screw up my eating (they do have food at the arena (I doubt outside food is allowed, but I'll try to sneak in a protein bar), but I'm sure whatever food they have at the concession stands is not what I'm supposed to be eating. Plus I'm getting sick of politics. But then - when do these chances come around? I did see Obama years ago when he first ran - and I saw Biden back in June - and it was great fun to be there and very motivating. I don't know - maybe I should just go. I might regret it later if I skip it.

QOTD: not unless I'm taking a long (as in several hour) road trip, which is pretty rare. I don't think I ever did pre-WLS - I'd just stop somewhere. If and when I do take stuff, it's usually protein bars and individual packs of nuts or trail mix.

coffee with half & half

skyr with fruit, Danish rye with butter and jam (this is if I go to the rally, because I want something to tie me over for a long time. Otherwise, just the skyr with fruit)

I don't know about the rest of the day. Hopefully a protein bar if I'm at the rally (if I can get it in through the door).

dinner - I'm going to make celeriac soup when I get home, regardless if I go to the rally or to class. So that and some kind of protein

have a great day, everyone!!

Good Morning! Those legendary pastries are yummy! Yesterday was one of the more decent payroll days and today it's a few meetings but I'm hoping for a low key day. Not sure if I mentioned it already but Em and I have added Universal Studios to our concert trip next month. We've never been to universal and the tickets were buy 1 day get 1 free so we'll get to go for two days. Looking forward to a getaway, the concert, universal and most of all the time away with Em.

QOTD: Not often, sometimes I will have to eat my snack on the way to an appt or something. Now pre surgery I'd eat in there all the time, fast food while driving.

TSS: 10 years 2 months

B: SF latte, 3 turkey sausage links, and an orange

L: Turkey and cheese sticks, carrots, light and fit yogurt and some fruit

S: A piece of fruit and yogurt

D: Turkey burger on keto bun, broccoli and cheese steamer,a banana, and dark chocolate

ES: Protein ice cream and carbmaster toast

E: 1/2 hour elliptical, 1 mile on treadmill and 20 mins Pilates bar

V/W: On track

Totals: Cals:1228 Protein:125 Carbs:127 Fat:40

Have a great day!

Thank you for the link!! I thought they stopped making it and you were making your own. I love the Quaker one, it's really good.