Menus and Miles Wed. Nov. 14th

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WARNING TO SELF AND TO ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN!!!   AVOID 'BAD' CARBS AT ALL COSTS!!!  THEY ARE ADDICTING!!  THEY WILL SLOW DOWN YOUR WEIGHT LOSS DURING THE LOSING STAGE (and you won't even notice)!!  THEY WILL MAKE THE SCALE GO UP AFTER THE HONEYMOON PERIOD IS OVER.

Success in Maintenance starts with good choices during the Honeymoon Period!!!!!

Our receptionist who was gong to be 81 next week passed away on Sunday.  Our office just got back from the funeral and  they ordered Chili dogs in her honor.  I ordered 2 with no bun but of course that would have been too easy.  I ate one with the bun and I'm going to wrap the other one up for tomorrow.

Protein:     Matrix Mint Cookie  35g  
Lunch:      1 Chili Hotdog in bun
Protein:     Syntrax Lemon Tea Protein 23g
Protein:     Syntrax Lemon Tea Protein 23g
Dinner:      Steak
Protein:     Syntrax Lemon Tea Protein 23g 
Snack:      100 Calorie Bag of Popcorn

Hey Roz!  Sorry to hear about your Receptionist...

I've figured out I do much better with my eating when in MI - I tend to NOT snack hardly at all. Here in Va I seem to be munching all the time...   May be because I eat out a lot more here, whereas in MI I eat at my daughters' a lot and she cooks healthy stuff.  I do order protein when I go out, but still... I get bored very easily here whereas I'm really busy in MI and hardly even think about eating.

I also tend to drink more pop when in Va.  I have a very small fridge that I can hardly get anything into and will put ice in a cup and drink some pop - also at work.  At MI I have my juices, tea, etc.  I need to change things here. The scale had been moving downwards.. I need to keep it on that momentum.  Since Monday it has jumped 3 lbs - and I know its from a lot of sodium (pizza, sushi, etc)  I actually ate 3 pieces of pizza last night... shame on me!  I usually stop at 2.  Don't know if I've ever eaten 3 pieces in a sitting since surgery...  then I went back and took out the Wheat Thins,  night before was popcorn with added salt.. Need to stop that.  Think I've eaten as much food in the past 2-3 days than I did all last week. (Well, seems like it anyway!)

B - a garlic bagel with cream cheese and butter (that used up all my carbs and calories for a few days!)

L - chili

D - IDK.

Vits:  yes

Water:  not good

Thanks Jody...she was an amazing lady and such an inspiration at her age.   A little grumpy at 80 but she had such a wonderful heart. She would come in 2 hours early and leave right on the minute of when her time was up. We are really going to miss her.

The the only thing that scares me in your menu is the IDK. That's when I get in trouble.  It is just too easy for me to grab something quick when I don't give it enough thought or when I'm tired.

I started preparing and  freezing a lot more.  I bought freezer containers and bags so I have soups, flourless PB cookies, egg/sausage bites, pizza chips, salmon cakes,  etc. ready  so I can grab something when I'm hungry that won't blow the day and make the scales move up. 

I've only had a few tiny sips of pop since surgery.  I loved the carbonation feel before surgery but it's uncomfortable now but I don't think it would be hard for me to get hooked again so I'm going to continue to avoid it.

Happy Day to you all!

RNY Maintenance:

Protein: Banana Matrix with unsweetened Soy Milk

Breakfast: Extend Drizzles: caramel, 1.2 oz raw almonds

Lunch: Turkey, Colby cheese, and BBQ soy chips

Snack: Proti-Diet Chocolate Dream bar

Protein: IsoPure

Some sort of exercise here

Dinner: Colby cheese, Chicken tenders, romaine, taco bell sauce, and a cocopop (wegmans)= makes a taco salad

Dessert: Quest Lemon Pie bar

Vitamins: 2x 28mg iron, 1 celebrate soft chew calcium, 1 ENS citrus splash, 2 kirkland calcium citrate tablets, vitacost chewable calcium, vitamin d-3, celebrate multivitamin

total: 2 multi’s, 56mg iron, 1500mg calcium, 5000 IU D-3 (all done except for the ENS and 1 iron)

Totals: Calories: 1443, Fat: 63gm, Carbs: 89gm, Fiber: 36gm, Sugar: 13gm, Protein: 160gm

Sounds Good Jenna!!!

Glad to be back to my routine.  DH is gaining some movement, starts OT and PT tomorrow.  I have my followup appt with my eye.  I have great distance vision but still need glasses for close stuff.  No pain or discomfort at all.  Amazing.

decaf protein coffee  33g
2 eggs, 3 turkey bacon
hot chocolate protein  25g
leftovers, chicken salad, tuna salad, greens, turkey thigh
hamburger, salad
protein shake  33g

Hi guys,

MENU: (DS Maintenance Mode)
B - 2 protein coffees (60g)
S - Fage Greek yogurt w/blueberries and protein coffee (30g)
S - JayRob bar
S - popcorn
L - protein shake (30g)
​S - sunflower seeds
D - beefy veggie soup


VITAMIN:
morning batch: done
calcium batches: done 
omega 3: done 
iron: done   
evening batch: starting      

MILES:
walking
 

Living in a hotel post storm- 20 or so days now .  Scheduled to take out furnace on  Saturday   and install new - HOPING it works as planned . 

usual menu-  breakfast  buffet - free  hard boilefd egg whites ( about  6 or 7 ) w salt n papper

chai tea w  1% milk - about three cups

toasted English muffin w peanut butter

banana

lunch - none usually

dinner - a chinese takeout  made with no oil - tonight I had hot n sour soup, brown rice  with eggplant n chicken in garrlic sauce .  red wine

i joined my colleagues for a beer tonight at the hotel - lots of insurance adjusters etc here .  The peperwork trail is KILLING me lol ... my life is  working all day and  typing all night !