Jeepchick42

I just looked it up and the nutritional facts are making me a little nervous. 41 grams of carbs minus 5 grams of fiber. That equals 39 net carbs. They say there are 31grams of "protected" carbs. What exactly are "protected" carbs. I would personally stay away. : (. I miss pasta.

Fish chowder. Always better the next day. Yum

It actually isn't to bad. I got the 1% evaporated and used a half a can. Funny enough, the fat free has 2 grams more sugar then the 1%. And the 1% has only a half a gram of fat. A serving of chowder only has like 3.5 grams of fat and 8 grams of sugar and the sugar is from the milk. The chowder came out really rich. Yum

The weber original was the lowest sugar sauce I found (6grams). I sear the tenderloin then put it in the crockpot with 3/4 cup of the sauce and about 2 cups of water. When it falls apart I pull out the pork and reduce the sauce back down the 3/4 cup. Then I measure out only a half cup from that. It's plenty sauce an it keeps the sugar down.

I get like that on the weekends when I don't have work to distract me. I could go all day at work and not even think about food.

I agree. And I bet she's so excited!! Let her enjoy it. A month is a drop in the bucket in the long run.

Just made chowder and it came out amaze-balls. 208 calories, 3.8 grams fat, 21 carbs (dang potatoes), 8 sugars, and 18 grams protein. Perfect for this yucky day.

By the way I have a serious sunglasses addiction. I probably have 20 pairs of high end sunglasses. It's sick. I wonder if the have a support group for that. Lol.

Thank you!! I'm super excited. As a treat when I get paid this week I'm buying myself a pair of sunglasses I've had my eye on.

Its such a nasty day out today (rain/thunderstorms) I was thinking about making fish chowder. Mmmmmm liquid comfort. The way I make it I usually use 1% milk so its not too thick. My question is has anyone tried to make chowder of any sort using evaporated skim milk? For some reason I have it stuck in my mind that evaporated milk is better then regular. Am I correct or not?

Yes it affects your credit score. It's bill consolidation and you'll end up paying more then you owe. I get them too and I only have one credit card and no other debt. Junk mail. Throw it away.

Thank you!! Feels great!! ????

Just had to share!! Morning losers!!

Woke up to this this morning. Maybe ice cream is the key to losing more weight. Lol.

Ooo I had my helix done. And an industrial, double conch, single conch, lobes, tongue, and eyebrow. Eyebrow came out when I was probably 21. The rest I actually took out for surgery and never put them back in. I'm also looking into having a few tattoos removed (they're really not well done at all). I want to completely transform myself from my previous self. Congrats on your piercing tho!!

Just caved and had a few bites of ice cream. It was good. But now I'm so full I can't drink my protein shake. I've also had an enormous craving for fried food over the past couple days and I forgot to take all my vitamins today. Don't get me wrong, I am extremely grateful for this surgery and I'm amazed everyday at my results, but I just want to feel normal again. I don't want food taking up a huge amount of my day anymore. I want to be able to go out to a restaurant and not have to pick through the entire menu for something I can eat and possibly not be able to eat anything. I know this is the path I chose and I knew 100% what I was getting into but when will this not be such a big deal anymore. This is a diet roller coaster and I can't get off. And I know this is how I ate myself up to 270lbs. Previous diets I would get to this point and abandon my diet because I want to be feel normal again and not have to constantly scrutinize everything that goes into my mouth. I guess I'm just frustrated. Anyone else feeling this way? My rant for today. Thanks for listening.

Pulled pork. Yum

Just hooked my bra on the last row. Time to go shopping!!!

200.8... Might achieve my goal of being under 200 by the weekend!!!!

You should talk to DL. He is a wealth of knowledge on gastric bypass.

I was never really an emotional eater. I knew that I ate too much tho and knew that I made the wrong decisions with food choices. I typically ate very different when I was around other people as supposed to when I was by myself. When I was alone I'd pile a huge dinner plate full of food but if I was over at someone's house having dinner I would only take a small portion. And the funny thing was is that after that small portion I felt full. I felt like I was going to bust when I would eat alone. This has taught me to slow down and enjoy my food and that its not a contest of how much I can fit in my stomach at one time. However I do see myself getting back into old habits. Example I had meatballs last night and was full after 3 1/2 but I pushed myself to eat the other half of the meatball because I didn't want to waste. That's stinkin' thinkin'. I've also been taking larger bites and eating way too fast. Oh and my nemesis of not drinking and eating at the same time. I guess I'm a work in progress.