Rainbow_Warrior

A day of cooking for me. Guess I was in the mood! So dinner is now in the oven. It’s a new recipe I’m trying from budget bytes, vegetarian. But you can omit to cheese and make it vegan or use vegan cheese, I should think. Very rare that I make a recipe twice, so imagine doing mostly plant based for almost a year now and having a different dish almost every single time! Lots of variations. Anyway, back to the recipe. It’s a vegetable polenta casserole. I picked at each of the layers, pretty good taste separately, so I’m anticipating a good turnout with it all put together. Here it is:
https://www.budgetbytes.com/2014/01/vegetable-polenta-casserole/
imagine the veggies being poured on top of the polenta/spinach mix and then the cheese spread on top. Sorry, I didn’t bother with a pic of it put together. Anyhow, it’s in the oven now. Smells pretty good in here . 😊

Yum!!!! I just made this vegetarian recipe. Kind of threw it together on my own getting the idea and ingredients from another recipe. So I sautéed an onion, mushrooms, sun dried tomatoes, and kale. Added salt and pepper and feta cheese. Didn’t even think about garlic...man, that would have been good. Anyway, I whisked some eggs and thinned it out with some almond milk. Sprayed the muffin cups and filled them with the veggies and added approximately 1/4 cup of the eggs in each cup, maybe a little less. The first batch I put the cheese on top (see pic). The second batch I mixed the cheese with the veggies for more we’ll rounded tasting bite. Baked for about 20 min on 350. My thrown together recipe made 24 of them. They’re cooling off and waiting to go in the freezer. I managed to try one (I say that cause I had already eaten) and did but without being super uncomfortable (I still haven’t learned!!!). It is sooooo good. Nice and easy meal prep for breakfasts, that’s for sure!

Solid work!

Well done to date.
I was one of the outliers on here back in July last year.
I began at 191.8kg (422 pounds) some time back. Despite the fact that Australia went metric 46 years ago, I still like to check my numbers in pounds and stones as well.
Check the RED figure in the table ... I fell under 300 pounds last week.


Date
Mass kg
Mass lb
Mass st
BMI

Heaviest Mass
01/Mar/2006
191.8kg
422.85lb
30.2st
61.92

Start Mass
17/Jul/2017
174.6kg
384.93lb
27.49st
56.37

Pre-op Mass
12/Oct/2017
158.4kg
349.21lb
24.94st
51.14

Current Mass
19/Feb/2018
136.0kg
299.83lb
21.42st
43.9

Goal Mass
10/Jun/2019?
74.6kg
164.46lb
11.75st
24.08

My next target to pass in my "fall" is 20 stone (280 pounds).

Yeah, that will be a great day ... hopefully early 2019 for me.
Good luck maintaining your downward trend.

Progress pics...last Tuesday vs last year. 67 lbs down. I work out twice a week doing pole fitness. I have a cheat day once a week. I still enjoy beer and wine.

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My typical night out with friends now is very different to ten months ago.
1. I order and eat SIX NATURAL OYSTERS and a 150mL (5oz) glass of white wine at my Tuesday event. This is regarded as an entree.
2. I order "Salmon Cakes with Vegetables" at my Sunday event. I eat one (of two) salmon cakes and nibble at under a third of the vegetables. I accompany that with two tumblers of Water in the two hours following.
3. At my Wednesday gathering, I order a deluxe hamburger with hot potato chips (Australian term for "French fries") and garden salad ... and I eat the meat patty, the guacamole coating, maybe two (or three) hot chips out of about 30 and I pick at some cucumber and cherry tomatoes. I leave the bread roll on the plate with 75% or more of the chips and salad.
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This is an amazing new skill for a man of 62 years who grew up in a home where plates had to be cleared of all food. It was regarded as an insult to the father/breadwinner and the mother/cook/chef to leave anything on a plate.
I'm pleased that I can, AT LAST, pass on what I feel won't fit in.

Ditto.
I have to pay close attention to:
i) putting down my knife and/or fork and/or spoon between each mouth-load.
ii) putting smaller amounts on each forkful/spoonful. [My dietitian suggested using only teaspoons and cocktail-forks.]
iii) sipping my drinks AND putting down the tumbler/water-bottle/container between sips. [My dietitian suggested using drinking with a teaspoon from a wide-mouthed cup.]
It is very easy to lapse into forgetfulness. It's best if I eat at the breakfast-bar or dining-room table with the TV off and no newspaper or puzzle book open near me.
OLD HABITS DIE HARD but I am getting so much better.

129 days elapsed since surgery = 18 weeks, 4 days = 4.25 calendar months.
Down 22.4kg (or 49.38 lbs) since surgery
= 1.2kg per week average (or 2.66 lbs)
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129 days elapsed since meeting my surgeon
Also known as 31 weeks = 7.07 calendar months.
Down 38.6kg (or 85.1 lbs) since July 17th, 2017
= 1.24kg per week average (or 2.74 lbs)
I truly had no expectations except to lose comfortably on a regular basis AND to leave my morbidly obese life well behind by my 63rd birthday (June 2019). I hope I'm under 84kg (or 182 pounds) by then ... 91kg lost (200 pounds).

129 days elapsed since surgery = 18 weeks, 4 days = 4.25 calendar months.
Down 22.4kg (or 49.38 lbs) since surgery
= 1.2kg per week average (or 2.66 lbs)
- - -
129 days elapsed since meeting my surgeon
Also known as 31 weeks = 7.07 calendar months.
Down 38.6kg (or 85.1 lbs) since July 17th, 2017
= 1.24kg per week average (or 2.74 lbs)
I truly had no expectations except to lose comfortably on a regular basis AND to leave my morbidly obese life well behind by my 63rd birthday (June 2019). I hope I'm under 84kg (or 182 pounds) by then ... 91kg lost (200 pounds).

Dont drink cows milk. Only plant based milks

1. Yes. Before and since the op. I have a monthly appt with the practice dietitian.
2. Yes. And the hospital kitchen staff were very aware of my surgery and my limits.
3. Yes. I have a folder from the dietitian with (a) an over-arching plan presented to me in July 2017 and (b) monthly updates in print form given my exercise and some useful food favourites and combinations.
4. Yes. Not so much ounces but volume and density of food AND the order of eating.
5. Yes. Got all the warnings generally and specifically ... at the pre-op 'lecture' and in written notes from the clinic and dietitian.
6. Yes. Small Soup. Black tea. Jelly (jello). Skim milk to drink. NEXT MORNING: Protein Drink, skim milk, high Protein yoghurt.
7. Yes. Very much so.

Ditto.
I have to pay close attention to:
i) putting down my knife and/or fork and/or spoon between each mouth-load.
ii) putting smaller amounts on each forkful/spoonful. [My dietitian suggested using only teaspoons and cocktail-forks.]
iii) sipping my drinks AND putting down the tumbler/water-bottle/container between sips. [My dietitian suggested using drinking with a teaspoon from a wide-mouthed cup.]
It is very easy to lapse into forgetfulness. It's best if I eat at the breakfast-bar or dining-room table with the TV off and no newspaper or puzzle book open near me.
OLD HABITS DIE HARD but I am getting so much better.

Precisely ... no pain from weights, machines or my own weight and arthritic joints.

Moscato. It's so good I have to limit myself to 1 glass because I can seriously drink the whole bottle!

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I am 4mo out and have lost 66lbs and a lot of inches I'm so happy I decided to begin this journey.


SW 294
CW 228
GW 135

Precisely ... no pain from weights, machines or my own weight and arthritic joints.

Moscato ... white, pink or ginger/lemon infused.

While not an out-and-out BAN, a majority of bariatric surgeons swear a jihad on commercial breakfast cereals.
They are poor nutrition overall ...
** USUALLY TOO MUCH SUGAR;
** USUALLY LOW OR ULTRA-LOW FIBRE
** USUALLY TOO FEW COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES
** USUALLY TOO HIGH IN GLYCEMIC INDEX
They add to the bread and pastry problem for obese/overweight people.
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EXCEPTIONS:
*** Small serves of rolled oats
*** Small to medium serves of steel-cut oats.
*** A handful of brands of wholegrain breakfast biscuits made without sugar.
The liquid in these should be in the preparation ... NOT in the serving.
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I find the crockpot version of steel-cut oats ideal - high fibre, filling, integral (optional) milk or skim milk. Would you like the recipe?
Just don't add sucrose or milk at the table while serving.

As you eat push your food to the outside of the plate, leaving a good sized empty spot in the middle of the plate (not exact center). They will see the large empty spot and think you ate a lot more than you did.

I havent eaten out yet but I'm going away for the weekend to a heavy metal festival so I know I'll find it tricky. I forsee a lotta Soup minus bread!
@Creekimp13 I love the idea of having a medical card to order from children's/senior menu. I will definitely be asking if they do them here in the UK at my next consultation.
I was thinking either order a starter only or asking for a half portion may be an option but the children's menu maybe a better solution.
@michaeli while we all adjust to our new lifestyles, we've gotta stop feeling guilty.
Like @Rainbow_Warrior said, I too grew up in a household where plates were to be cleared and if they weren't it was an insult not only to your family but to God for what he had provided for us and to the starving people of the world. It's only now that I'm training myself to stop feeling bad when I can't clear my plate.
If my kids leave stuff cos they're full, I don't have to eat it for them. We are not garbage disposals and don't need to feel guilty or give restaurant staff an explanation if it makes us uncomfortable.
Be kind to yourself.

Hi Rainbow Warrior i live in Australia [emoji1037] and at the moment we have had temperatures of 40 to 50 degrees Celsius and I’m hanging out for winter [emoji300]️

Oooh thank you!!

Progress pics after 4 months or 18 weeks.
A tribute to my 105 (or more) hours per month swimming and doing Water calisthenics/aerobic exercises.
1. FOUR DAYS BEFORE SURGERY - taken 8th Oct 2017

2. 67 DAYS POST-SURGERY - mid DECEMBER 2017

3. TODAY - 127 days POST SURGERY

I might just stand in front of the full length mirror and enjoy what I see.

Progress pics after 4 months or 18 weeks.
A tribute to my 105 (or more) hours per month swimming and doing Water calisthenics/aerobic exercises.
1. FOUR DAYS BEFORE SURGERY - taken 8th Oct 2017

2. 67 DAYS POST-SURGERY - mid DECEMBER 2017

3. TODAY - 127 days POST SURGERY