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Open food diary, feel free to look at what I eat, I am at maintenance now 5'5" and 150 lbs. 10 months after sleeve

I was referred to as a Sylph!! I have been obese since 2nd grade so I actually blushed and got a little teary eyed. I love it when people say I am looking fit.

You will love later that you took progress photos. Rock that selfie sweetie!! You look great!

Have to agree. These are quite nice. I did salt the water tho which was not on the instructions. I then made a quick Alfredo with fresh grated Parmesan and topped with some crumbled bacon. $4.99 a pack at Whole Foods. In my opinion it feeds 6 not 4 but for me pasta is a side, never a main dish. I have a pack of the black…

I use Kroger carbmaster vanilla milk in my coffee. 11 g of protein a cup. This gives me 2 large lattes

The best you can say about fondant is that it is edible...but only in the legal sense!

LMAO!! I did have some cauliflower tabouli at whole foods last wk and it was tasty.

Even if it says washed, wash it again. It is covered with saponin which is natural soap. Boil it up in chicken broth. If you still don't like it then hey, you gave it your best:)

Papaya like persimmons only taste sweet when they look revoltingly rotten. Otherwise they taste soapy.

Steak and kidney pie. Golden flaky crust, rich beefy gravy interior, I was just about to bite down and got a whiff. Turns out the scent of urine is just a no go for me. The jaws clamped shut. I have never thrown away something so pretty and delicious looking without tasting it. But I just couldn't do it.

Rule #1. Love yourself 100% exactly the way you are right now so that you will have the strength to follow rule #2 no medicating with food. If you are bored, tired,pissed off,celebrating, grieving, hired, fired, broke, sad....just be. Feel the emotions. No running to food to improve or augment your feelings. The feelings…

Wendy's chili is great! Most towns have one and it can save your bacon if you didnt plan well on a trip

I threw away so much food the first 3 months. I learned to cut recipes waaaay down. Some things I am happy to eat on for a week like my lentil sambar or pot roast. Some things I just couldn't eat fast enough and they weren't good for freezing. But 90 days is not a bad learning curve. Those green bags are very helpful…

As long as regularly is 1/3 cup soft, wet meat, 2 tbsp of veggies and 1 tbsp of a moist whole grain carb 3 x a day.

Just hit Kroger this am and Simple truth Organic 21 g protein bars are on sale for $0.89. tried the chocolate. it was fine, definitely a bargain.

Lentils, all sorts of dried beans Greek yogurt Vanilla Greek yogurt Kroger carbmaster vanilla milk Oatmeal Kale Quinoa Parsnips Radishes Celery Carrots Kabocha Pb2 Coconut oil Ghee Onion, garlic,ginger, chilis Egg beaters Edamame Coffee Chicken thighs Pork necks Liquor for cocktails- my current fav is Amaro Siciliano

Because the protein will coagulate at higher temps you have to stir it into partly cooled food. I used Unjury unflavored but did not like it. I rapidly switched to Kroger carbmaster vanilla milk(11g protein) in my protein shakes until I was on soft food. Then I just ate ricotta,egg beaters, tuna, cottage cheese, mashed…

My food diary is open feel free to look. Hope all is going well.

This is a copy of a previous post that kind of encapsulates my response to people who are inquiring about WLS There is one huge consideration you must face prior to deciding on surgery. Are you prepared to completely alter your relationship with food? As obese people we tend to medicate with food. When we are…

I saw David Chang do an amazing egg puff using one of those CO2 whipping canisters. I saw it on The Mind of a Chef tv series on Netflix. He basically shot it into simmering broth. I don't have the recipe or proportions. I do know that chefs often salt eggs last before serving because salt alters the chemistry of eggs…

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PUP7U5vTMM0 Gordon Ramseys's scrambled eggs. The simple chicken egg while extraordinary in potential is remarkably easy to ruin. Which, in my opinion is often why people can get turned off by eggs. I can't bring my self to eat over cooked eggs, I find them revolting. One of the biggest…

i second the peanut butter. With your exercise schedule you may have dropped your calories to where you are gonna lose muscle tone. i know you are a big weigh and measure person. i have less issues with stalls since i just weigh in grams mostly.

I don't know what veggies are cheap in Australia. I have a cheap $3 behriner veggie slicer from my local Asian mkt. I slice parsnip, carrot, celery,zucchini and kabocha squash paper thin and sautée in olive oil. When almost done I toss in a 2 handfuls of julienned kale. I own a pressure cooker and use it to cook lots of…

There is one huge consideration you must face prior to deciding on surgery. Are you prepared to completely alter your relationship with food? As obese people we tend to medicate with food. When we are bored,sad,tired,happy,angry,grieving,broke,hired,fired,excited we eat. It is our default activity. In my opinion there are…

I love that I can touch my knee to my forehead. Completely useless skill but I don't care :)

2 rules for wt loss. Rule #1 you have to love yourself 100% exactly as you are right now in order to have the strength to follow rule #2 when you are bored, sad, angry,depressed, grieving, etc. just be. Be bored, sad,angry,depressed. Don't run to food pleasure to avoid feeling. When you do this something amazing happens.…

Here is where I started http://www.vanderbilthealth.com/surgicalweightloss/15825 I also cruised the web. I was most concerned with what caused WLS failure. That was just my personal thing. Many people want surgery details. I discovered more of what I had already found to be true. Obesity is mostly caused by medicating with…

IMHO it all starts with the brain. Start thinking healthy, start eating healthy then you can move healthfully and then, one day, you ARE healthy. Congratulations on whipping anxiety's *kitten* and getting your life back.

Actually, I don't find that obsessive. I find it accurate. This is your medical dry wt. I always tell the pts. Weigh first in the morning naked after you pee and before you shower. This is the only accurate wt of the day. That said i usually only look at Sunday mornings wt. I weigh 150 but the scale goes up and down about…

Because 6 months is all any heroin addict or alcoholic needs to get their health related issues in order. All addiction is the same root cause. Medicating pain to stay functional. Abusing food was enough to keep me functional, I didn't have to resort to drugs or alcohol. Those silly smack heads and alkies, all they really…