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Snow Cones have helped me get my 100 ounces of Water in!! It was SF Wedding cake today...tomorrow SF Spearmint!!

My daughter and I were on vacation and had walked into a store that we have never been in. As we were walking around the produce section I looked across the store and I saw two people that had on our same outfits. The one I noticed first was the lady dressed like me, only she was much thinner then I was. Then I noticed the other woman, and realized she had the same outfit on as my daughter, I walked over to my girl to point the two out to her, and then it hit me! I wasn't looking across the store at two different women wearing our outfits, I was looking into a big mirror that was placed there ( I guess to make the store look bigger) and so of course I was seeing us....I just didn't realize that I was so much thinner then my mind gave me credit for. I still pointed it out to her while laughing at myself....we both started laughing so hard, that I am sure that anyone else that was around must of thought we were either completely nuts, or just on some kind of drugs! Lol
Well that I consider an NSV right there....not even recognizing myself in a mirror! Haha
Hope you enjoyed my silly little NSV!

Yesterday was 10 mons since my surgery. OMG, down from size 13/14 to size 4 pants & shirts from x-large to x-small. Unbelievable.

This recipe is from emilybites.com. they look totally adaptable for a mini muffin pan. I am going to try them without the crackers, I think they will hold together just fine. The nutritional values posted are for a regularsized muffin tin. My mini tin yeilds about 1 oz of protien.
Meatloaf Muffins
Source: Cooking Light


Ingredients:
1 t olive oil
1 c finely chopped onion (I used a food processor)
1/2 c finely chopped carrot (I used a food processor)
1 t oregano
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 c ketchup, divided
1 1/2 lbs 95% lean ground beef, raw
24 finely crushed fat-free saltine crackers
2 T mustard
1 t Worcestershire sauce
1/4 t freshly ground black pepper
2 large eggs
Cooking spray


Directions:
1. Pre-heat the oven to 350.
2. Bring the olive oil to a medium-high heat in a large nonstick skillet. Add the chopped onion, carrot, oregano and garlic and sauté for 2 minutes.
3. In a large bowl, combine ½ c of the ketchup, the ground beef, the crushed saltines, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, pepper, eggs and onion mixture and mix well.
4. Spray a 12 cup muffin pan with cooking spray and spoon meatloaf mixture evenly into the 12 cups. Spoon 2 teaspoons of ketchup over the top of each muffin. Bake for 25 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes and enjoy!


Yields 6 servings (2 muffins each). Weight Watchers Points Plus: 7 per serving (P+ calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)
Nutrition Information per serving from myfitnesspal.com: 271 calories, 31 g carbs, 7 g fat, 22 g Protein, 2 g Fiber

This recipe is from emilybites.com. they look totally adaptable for a mini muffin pan. I am going to try them without the crackers, I think they will hold together just fine. The nutritional values posted are for a regularsized muffin tin. My mini tin yeilds about 1 oz of protien.
Meatloaf Muffins
Source: Cooking Light


Ingredients:
1 t olive oil
1 c finely chopped onion (I used a food processor)
1/2 c finely chopped carrot (I used a food processor)
1 t oregano
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 c ketchup, divided
1 1/2 lbs 95% lean ground beef, raw
24 finely crushed fat-free saltine crackers
2 T mustard
1 t Worcestershire sauce
1/4 t freshly ground black pepper
2 large eggs
Cooking spray


Directions:
1. Pre-heat the oven to 350.
2. Bring the olive oil to a medium-high heat in a large nonstick skillet. Add the chopped onion, carrot, oregano and garlic and sauté for 2 minutes.
3. In a large bowl, combine ½ c of the ketchup, the ground beef, the crushed saltines, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, pepper, eggs and onion mixture and mix well.
4. Spray a 12 cup muffin pan with cooking spray and spoon meatloaf mixture evenly into the 12 cups. Spoon 2 teaspoons of ketchup over the top of each muffin. Bake for 25 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes and enjoy!


Yields 6 servings (2 muffins each). Weight Watchers Points Plus: 7 per serving (P+ calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)
Nutrition Information per serving from myfitnesspal.com: 271 calories, 31 g carbs, 7 g fat, 22 g Protein, 2 g Fiber

I was sleeved on March 19th. I have not experienced any pain or nausea. I am now on Puree and today my husband and I made baba ganoush, lamb with roasted eggplant, Cauliflower and creamed spinach. It felt so good to be back in the kitchen!
It is so awesome to be satisified with 1-2 ounces of food. I am not hungry but I know when my body needs nourishment.
Looking forward to my new life!

Today I am officially 70 lbs lighter. I lost some of the weight pre-op and 32 lbs since surgery 2/25/12.

Ok, so after reading all of your fabulous success stories, I was really beginning to feel somewhat discouraged. I was sleeved on March 19th and as of this morning I am down 12 pounds. Then I remembered that somewhere someone said that if the scale stops moving to measure yourself. Well I measured myself neck, shoulders, biceps, chest, waist, hips, and thighs, the day before surgery. I took out my journal and tape measure and I have lost a total of 16.75 inches!!! 5.5 of my hips alone, super excited.

That's exactly where I'm sore - left side! Other than that, I'm doing good, too. Sleeved 3/26 - 21 lbs down as of yesterday, all post-op!

I am 4 days post op and on a very limited full liquid diet. It consists of yogurt, protien suppliements, and pureed fruit. I was craving something savory and the chicken broth just was not cutting it. my husband came up with an excellent add in for the plain yogurt, taco seasoning! I just popped the contents of the packet into my spice grinder and added a small amount of the powdered goodness into the yogurt, it iasted like I was eating a dip with a spoon, spicy and creamy. Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Hi everyone
I am from Lafayette La

I am 4 days post op and on a very limited full liquid diet. It consists of yogurt, protien suppliements, and pureed fruit. I was craving something savory and the chicken broth just was not cutting it. my husband came up with an excellent add in for the plain yogurt, taco seasoning! I just popped the contents of the packet into my spice grinder and added a small amount of the powdered goodness into the yogurt, it iasted like I was eating a dip with a spoon, spicy and creamy. Does anyone have any other suggestions?