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At four months now, I am experiencing pure joy. Happiness about how I feel, but most importantly, the independance and no pressure with food. I know that I can always run to the corner store and buy a yogurt, a cheese stick, or a cottag cheese double! What a life!!!
Today, I am smacking my lips, enjoying the best homemade lunch ever:

CORNMEAL OVEN-BAKED FISH-FRY WITH TZATZIKI CUCUMBER salad, 21 GRAMS Protein, 190 CALORIES
Recipe Link

I decided to highlight my RNY NSV's on my blog. Hope you enjoy this timeline:
http://proteinartist.com/2014/10/post-op-weight-loss-surgery-success-timeline/

I'm 6 days post-op. As soon as I have someone else's size 16 or 1x stuff, I'd be happy to pass mine alone to you :-)

I literally inhaled a 4 ounce portion in minutes. Feeling stuffed and happy!
OMG Beef Crumble with Tomato Gravy, Bariatric chewable meat Meal, 9 grams Protein per 4 ounce meal http://tinyurl.com/nmnwsce

I just scarfed down three of these! I think this is my newest most favorite recipe, EVER! Probably because of the no chewing part. MMMMM
http://proteinartist.com/2014/09/dreamy-creamy-pancakes-9-5-grams-protein-per-4-ounce-meal-soft-enough-for-bariatric-puree/
or:
http://tinyurl.com/kbuys7p

p.s. I froze them in stacks of 3 pancakes with topping in between them, and it reheated in the microwave very well. Also, I froze the bananas whole, and ran them under hot Water until I was able to peel them. It chopped up in the food processor in seconds, even if they were frozen.

They look really good. I may give them a try when I am able to eat again!

I parboil it, shred it like coleslaw pieces, and make a cold salad, with low fat mayo and plain low fat yogurt mixed together as the dressing. You could mix in grated carrots, too.

Cool site!! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you! I absolutely love this site.

My spreadsheet looks a lot like this one http://proteinartist.com/60-gram-protein-menus/ but it has the added column of the calories. I also have on Sheet1 a list of all the foods I typically eat. I refer to it as my 'inventory' and instead of looking in the fridge to see what I should eat next, I go by what is mising still in my daily menu, and find a matching number (6 grams missing, 9 grams missing, etc.) on the food list. Then, I can copy/paste it straight into my menu, and the calculation is done.

Yes that was me. See here http://proteinartist.com/2014/07/falafel-balls-and-dill-dip-16-grams-protein-per-4-oz-puree-lunch-meal/

And went from a size 3x to a size XL. At ten weeks now, my size 14's are hanging. It's been a size every ten days. The thrift shoppe has been very kind to me.
I attribute my success to meticulous documentation of my intake on an excel sheet, so I can see my patterns and match them to my progress.

And went from a size 3x to a size XL. At ten weeks now, my size 14's are hanging. It's been a size every ten days. The thrift shoppe has been very kind to me.
I attribute my success to meticulous documentation of my intake on an excel sheet, so I can see my patterns and match them to my progress.

July 1st, 2014 - RNY - the first day of the rest of my new life!

Also see http://www.proteinartist.com

I wonder if going off your diet caused your stomach to stretch and that caused more strain on the staples? Sucks that this happened right as you were finally getting back on track! Hopefully the recovery time will be minimal and you will be able to continue your new efforts to eat well and exercise again.

In my three week stall, I went from a 2x to a 16.

I'm having an odd time adjusting to all the new found attention & "admiration" from strangers now that I've lost weight & was just wondering how everyone else is dealing with this mindf**k.
Reflecting back on 77 lbs ago, I really felt transparent. I feel so "visible" now.
I don't know how to put this into words without sounding like a narcissist- (trust me, I'm not) but people DO look now. Often for what seems like a prolonged amount of time. I'm more self aware than ever & definitely don't feel like I'm imagining this.
When I was fatter, I was mostly left alone. I *never* felt stared at. Men didn't chat me up randomly in public the way they do now. Their faces didn't light up when they looked at me.
I vacillate between pride & annoyance most days. Pride because I spend hours upon hours in the gym now & eat healthfully and I've worked HARD to get this weight off. Annoyance because of how superficial this world is...most of the people who lavish attention upon me now wouldn't have glanced my way 77 lbs ago. I was a beautiful person then. Or at least I feel like I was.
It's weird. I'm happy with who I'm becoming, but I mourn for the fat girl who was treated as disposable and unworthy by everyone else. She was beautiful, loving, generous, and kind and she deserved better.

I was on a cruise once and was in the elevator eating an ice cream cone. When I got off ---- before the doors closed ---- someone said, "That's the last person who should be eating ice cream." I will never forget that incident! I was mortified.

I am starting to be seen as a respectable person. Today, someone offered to help me with my stuff to my car. Then, I went to pick up my accordion from the repair shoppe, and was commissioned to write a concerto (before they even heard my work!). This stuff never happened to the plus size grannypantyflabbylady! I just think it is so sad that this is what the world cares about. I'm sure it wasn't my $3 size large t-shirt from the Salvation Army.

Sucks doesn't it......
I don't think this will end in our generation. But I do think that if we stand together and try to stop this fat shaming as it happens in front of us to others we may make an impact one person at a time.
I know there has been a few times that I have spoken up when I have seen it happen at the grocery store or park.....
Because now, no one knows who I am and I am like a stranger. Unless I pulled out a picture. They would not believe that I lost 211 lbs.
It is a sad time we live in when size really does matter in the human race!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Eggbeaters, yoghurt, cottage cheese, and shakes. Pretty much what I stuck to fora few weeks at the soft foods stage.

Our second Rensselaer/Albany local chapter meeting is fast approaching on August 9! We will be discussing The High Price of Gas... no not THAT gas! It should be a rip-roaring good time!

Why not opt for RNY once and for all?