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What's on the menu today, RNYers? - Good morning! Sunny and beautiful here this morning!!!! B:  choc shake While hiking:  protein bar and chicken salad sandwich and cherries After hike:  out to dinner with my hus...

Daily Debrief, how did it go today? - Hi everybody! I stuck pretty close to my plan today.  I got inspired at lunch and made a roasted chicken and sauteed zucchini, yummy!  I also made whole wheat blueberry muffins wi...

Reflections on my before picture, long! - So sorry, I have NO CLUE how to get a picture on here, so let me describe my before picture:  very happy and exhausted 250 lb, 5'3" me on the top of Algonquin Mountain, I was a siz...

What's on the menu today, RNYers? - Good morning! Today my goal is to remember that I am not hiking for ten hours and need to eat accordingly :) B:  shake S:  yogurt with blueberries L:  turkey sandwich with vegg...

Daily Debrief, how did it go today? - Hello!!!! I had another amazing day.  Woke up at 3:30 AM (holy $#%&!!) to go hiking.  Did an insanely hard hike and felt so great I added a loop that added three miles and a ridic...

Daily Debrief, how did it go today? - All this accountability and debriefing is paying off, today was AWESOME!  i am totally happy with all my food choices.  It has been a long time since I have said that.  This mainte...

Daily Debrief, how did it go today? - I am sooo happy with my day.  The huge revelation today was that I started to go towards the food and mindless snacking this afternoon and i stopped and asked myself what I really ...

Daily Debrief, how did it go today? - Hello!!!  I couldn't log on over the weekend because I can't remember my password and to get OH on my phone I need it.  I despise having to remember passwords, DESPISE it. I have ...

What's on the menu today, RNYers? - I can't believe I am the first one up!!  Everyone is sleeping in today :)  Here is my plan: S:  tea with milk B:  in the car with the kids, I am going to bring my yummy noodle-l...

Daily Debrief, how did it go today? - Oh dear.  Not well.  There were a collection of crises from a suicidal client to a flat tire to MULTIPLE bouts of screeching children.  My food for the day got all miscombobulated ...

Daily Debrief - Now and again I need to take a few minutes in the evenings to take a look at what worked and what didn't during the day.  Not to beat myself up but to LEARN from it!  Here is what...

Accountability Check In. Spoiler Alert: it is no - I am 22 months out, have done pretty well.  But.  The last month or two have been rough.  I am up a couple of pounds (4 to be exact) and on my frame a couple of pounds is really no...

Holy Smokes! I think I figured it out, bowel obst - As some of you know I have been having bowel problems for the last 14 months.  I have been on this totally wild ride with it, I thought it was food allergies/intolerances so I have...

OT-lab result question for al you medical folks - I had a bunch of labs done and there are some numbers that are just slightly off so I am not super worried but just wondering what this means.  BUN is 20 (high, 7-18 normal), eGFR ...

A little freaked out. OT. - I had some labs done yesterday, several values were off, all possibly related to kidney function.  Lots of you know that I have been having all sorts of strange problems for the la...

I love the fancy allergist! - I finally went to the fancy allergist to get some direction about the wacky problems I have been having.  And I LOVE him!  You have to know that I really really really don't enjoy ...

Menopause, poor planning, cheddar biscuits and oth - It has been a rough day folks.  Some great stuff, worked in the garden for hours, got a huge pile of brush into the wood chipper (my neighbors are thrilled I am sure!), had a great...

Best dinner ever! - Turkey Kielbasa, sauteed peppers, salad with lots of veggies and sauerkraut.  so good.  I may have it for breakfast as well!

Dandelion greens for Mother's Day Brunch! - My husband picked piles of dandelion greens from our yard today and I picked out this recipe for my Mother's Day Brunch.  Get out there and pick some greens!  Yummo!!  just be sure...

online calorie counter that includes times? - I am looking for an online food diary that allow you to indicate what time you ate.  I would also love one with an android ap, and that is free.  Preferably I would like one that c...

Love this! - Embrace your story!! http://www.buzzfeed.com/juliegerstein/shape-magazine-refused-to-let-this-woman-wear-a-bikini-on-it?bffbstyle  

I am loving my new way of eating/cooking! - I have had a wild few months!  I had a wacky medical problem (unrelated to rny) that really restricted what I could eat for a while.  But there was a silver lining, I remembered ve...

Incredible, pay attention to what you are telling - Fascinating study here:  http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/04/14/299179468/mind-over-milkshake-how-your-thoughts-fool-your-stomach?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=npr&utm_campaig...

A slew of wholesome NSVs! - I am all about the wholesome family fun this week.  Took the kids to a bouncy house place.  My littlest scampered up the big climbing wall but was then afraid to go down the (reall...

great article - As I read this I thought again of how painful my experiences with the medical profession have been.  And how odd it is to seek medical care as a thin person and be treated so diffe...