Weight Loss Surgery

3/31/10 - Gastric Bypass. I work out every day and eat healthy and low carb. I've lost 110 pounds. My favorite recipe is a muffin in a minute:

1/4 cup flax meal
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp splenda or sf davinci or torani syrup - any flavor
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 egg

mix all ingredients together very well in a large coffee mug and microwave for 1 min 20 sec. This is a fun recipe because you can do whatever you want with it to make a delicious muffin that keeps you regular. (always a problem with wls!) Makes a HUGE muffin that I can only eat 1/2 of at a time. Usually I'll slice it up and put smart balance on it.

Yesterday I made one with sf german choc cake syrup, 2 tbsp cocoa powder, tbsp sliced almonds and tbsp sf choc chips.

Today I'm having a carrot cake one with grated carrot, unsweetened coconut, sf coconut syrup, chopped pecans and a few raisins. Made a frosting of RF cream cheese, packet of splenda and 1/2 tsp vanilla. I'll slice the muffin and put the frosting on the slices.

I've also made one with peanut butter in it and then I toast the slices and put butter and peanut butter on.

Or you can skip microwaving it and make it into 2 smaller pancakes or 1 large pancake. I usually put a few blueberries in when I do this and top with sf maple syrup.

Its the most versitile recipe and good for all stages of wls. I always add the cinnamon though as it cuts the flax meal taste. Don't over cook. If it looks a little wet, just let it sit for a minute or two and it will set up.

Thanks Scuba! You've done AMAZING with your weight loss!! It is so wonderful to be able to things now.

I do love my sweets, but I'm more partial to peanut butter or cheesy foods! lol. I make a lot of crustless quiches with veggies, bacon and loads of cheese. Also made a lasagna the other day with sliced zucchini instead of noodles that turned out awesome.

Have you checked out Susan Maria's bariatric site? They have a wonderful forum and support group online, plus loads and loads of recipes. I follow their plan as opposed to my surgeon's/nutritionists plan as they have many members maintaining their weight loss. My nutrionist told me that over 40% of the people that have wls gain back some or all of their weight. I didn't go through all of this only to gain it back so I'm very careful.

Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels! :-D

I love, love love the people on Bariatric Eating as well as the recipes. Linda Farnsworth's recipes are the bomb. She also has her own website called eating well living thin. I've never had a miss with any of her recipes and, if you have questions, she's quick to respond.

I haven't tried the pure unflavored protein yet, but I should. I got the cinnamon apple spice one though and I hate it! So expensive that I haven't tried again. I usually go with Designer Whey or with Unjury. Love Unjury but it's so expensive! Also my new found love is unsweetened vanilla almond milk. Makes a bang up smoothie! I do at least 2 protein shakes a day.

Another good site I've found is genaw.com. It's not a bariatric site, but a low carb recipe site. Lot's of great recipes on there and the gal that posts reviews all the recipes too.

This recipe sounds great!

Hi Scuba,
I had RNY WLS a year ago and it has changed my life. Still looking for recipes, tips, education, on what works to maintain as I am determined not to be one of the regainers.

Thanks for the recipe, I have seen it somewhere before but have not yet tried it. Just realized I have all of the ingredients on hand so that sounds like a good idea for this mornings breakfast.


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