Kris77

Work was so damn exhausting. We're (chronically) short on staff and yesterday and today were the first two days since a long time when things were really going slow.
I'm on vacation now until January 8th.

Thank goodness I’m not alone. I seriously thought it was just me having a challenging week 😪

me!
im tired and have a cold and TOTALLY social'ed out. i can't wait until holiday season is over and i can get back to doing nothing.

No, not just you. Been exhausted for days. I’m blaming the stress of Christmas prep & eating too much. Don’t think I was anywhere near my Fluid or Protein goals for days plus too much sweet stuff. So glad to get home yesterday & my routines. Also excited to cook & eat my food tonight after restocking my fridge with vegetables & non Christmas meats today.
Thank goodness Christmas is once a year.

Yes, but also YES! Kids have had some form of pizza 2 nights in a row (pizza rolls with salad yesterday and chain restaurant pizza tonight) and tomorrow is also looking like a high chance of pizza related food…
I will have salad every night if I have to not think about cooking until after new year’s!

salad time because I’m back to not cooking. Is anyone else absolutely exhausted or is it just me?

I got to take all the bandages off yesterday and I took a good look for the first time,like a really good look.
First I couldn’t believe I actually have hip bones, I’m pretty sure they have been in hiding since 1989.
Second, I think they took me seriously when I said I wanted to bounce a quarter off my tummy. It looks amazing but the back pain for walking all slouched over is REAL!
Lastly, I have a cute, scabby, discolored belly button and I can’t wait for the scab to fall off so I can really appreciate all its beauty!

I am 51 years old and really went back and forth about this because of my age and I was really worried that it wasn’t going to be worth it…..
people hear me when I say, if you have the opportunity to go for it, do it. I cried on and off today for no other reason than pure joy!

Just another random food photo dump.
More Asian chicken kelp noodles, balsamic chicken and veggies.
Surimi salad and shrimp (only ate one shrimp).
Stir fried tofu with zucchini, onions, tomatoes, and mushrooms.
Egg and cheese English muffin with Tomato and cucumbers.
Chicken and veggie fajita rice.
Greek yogurt, caramel rice crisps, and blueberries.

Kids bday dinner at a vegetarian/vegan Thai restaurant. Vegan lettuce wraps with ginger sauce (2 meals worth) and it was surprisingly good.

I’m absolutely exhausted with eating out, I don’t like most of the things I order so I’m eating the food I have at home:
Lettuce/tomato, pepper couscous and buffalo wings (didn’t eat them) before vs after

"lunch"
leftover korean short ribs from the fams dinner last night, 3 grape tomatoes and soft boiled egg with furikake (japanese seasoning).
188 calories for the plate.
achieved "satisfaction" much earlier than anticipated but will def eat the rest later if someone doesn't get to it first.

Congrats!!!!🎉
You look great too!!

the fam ordered chinese food take out tonight.
fully intended to eat all of my Cantonese Chow Mein serving, but at about 3/4 of the way, i remembered that i wanted some of the dessert. Glad i stopped cuz after eating all my Tofu pudding, i was on the verge of being too full. Almost.
I added some maple Syrup to the pudding cuz we didn't have any simple syrup on hand.
448 cals for all of it.
P.S. the kid just handed me a fun-size Snickers and me and the Snickers are now sitting side by side on the couch watching tv while i digest dinner and decide if im going to eat him or not. stay tuned 🤣

put this little plate of a pork/beef-mushroom-swiss slider (sans bun) together with some ketchup and mustard and a few fries together for "dinner", but after i took the pic decided i didn't want it anymore.
so anyway, 320 cals which i may or may not eat tomorrow.

Currently my favorite breakfast! 155cals. I add 0cal ranch seasoning to my chicken & eggs for a lil change

Crispy soy glazed tofu and cucumbers (everyone else will have it with rice and cucumbers).

about to park ourselves on the couch for a couple hours to watch a movie.
no popcorn in the pantry today so movie Snacks will be...CHEESE!
we are a household of cheese lovers and always have a bunch of different ones on hand. this snack plate has feta, sheep cheese with pistachio and a black pepper bellaVitano (my fave of the bunch)
223 calories for the plate. im sharing so not sure yet how much i'll eat.
mmmmm....cheese.

This is what I wore to school on Tuesday this week.

Wedding time...... We had a great time. No the black sash was not part of the "original" dress....

And a little head to toe colour from me. Was attending a lunch for a charity of which a friend is a director. It supports families who have lost a child from gestational losses to children in their 20s. First gala lunch they’ve been able to hold in 2 years. Tickets sold out in 5 minutes so they had to have additional people in a second function room & also live steamed the event. They raised $91 000. So marvellous for a worthy cause.

Finally wearing something that’s not black again and I match a bathroom 😅

Goodbye lunch with friends at the new Grand Bohemian Hotel in Greenville, SC...

Invited to attend a Brisbane Fashion Festival event last night with all the beautiful people. Great people watching. Some amazing fashions & some that were questionable (usually worn by young women taking selfies of each other 😉). Had a little angst as to what to wear because it’s winter here & a colder night was predicted. All my latest better clothing is northern spring/summer so my choices were limited to things I could wear a wool skivvy/sweater underneath & not look like a school girl in a pinafore. Ended up wearing the coat dress & went for traditional French fashionista chic - all black. LOL!
Fortunately they had erected a marquee this year as the sky opened up just prior to the start.

You know you’re old when your high school wardrobe comes back into style.

I was officially 4 years post op last week, and i was gonna go do a 4-yr anniversary post with pics, but alas i got lazy. So for now here is my OOTD at 4 years, 6 days post op, wearing my laze-about-at-home clothes (when its too hot to wear a shirt, lol).
Surgery Oct 2018 - 235 lbs
Goal May 2019 - 127 lbs
Today Oct 2022 - 119.2 lbs