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For Keto or low carb, yes pork rinds are ok.

The cheese and cracker plate on American Airlines, washed down with some Bloody Mary mix.

I'll start! Last night, I tried making breading out of crushed Pork rinds and grated parm. It worked out fantastic. I crushed about a cup of spicy pork rinds as small as I could get 'em and mixed them with an equal amount of grated parm. We then took some boneless, center-cut pork chops and pounded them thin, tossed them in the "breading" and washed them in eggs (twice for each) and then pan-fried. The result? Zesty carb-free pork schnitzel. It was awesome, much closer to the real chicken-fried deal than I had any right to even hope.
Each little chop came out to 253 calories, 32 grams of Protein and zero carbs.
It was terrific.

First picture 10/25/17- Starting weight
Second Picture 2/17/18
Surgery 12/29/17
7 weeks post op.
I can definitely see and feel a difference.

First picture 10/25/17- Starting weight
Second Picture 2/17/18
Surgery 12/29/17
7 weeks post op.
I can definitely see and feel a difference.

First picture 10/25/17- Starting weight
Second Picture 2/17/18
Surgery 12/29/17
7 weeks post op.
I can definitely see and feel a difference.

First picture 10/25/17- Starting weight
Second Picture 2/17/18
Surgery 12/29/17
7 weeks post op.
I can definitely see and feel a difference.

First picture 10/25/17- Starting weight
Second Picture 2/17/18
Surgery 12/29/17
7 weeks post op.
I can definitely see and feel a difference.

First picture 10/25/17- Starting weight
Second Picture 2/17/18
Surgery 12/29/17
7 weeks post op.
I can definitely see and feel a difference.

First picture 10/25/17- Starting weight
Second Picture 2/17/18
Surgery 12/29/17
7 weeks post op.
I can definitely see and feel a difference.

First picture 10/25/17- Starting weight
Second Picture 2/17/18
Surgery 12/29/17
7 weeks post op.
I can definitely see and feel a difference.

First picture 10/25/17- Starting weight
Second Picture 2/17/18
Surgery 12/29/17
7 weeks post op.
I can definitely see and feel a difference.

The left was at Christmas. I was sleeved on 1/9. The right is on 2/9. I can’t see it when I look in the mirror, but I can in this photo for sure.

HW 250
SW 242
CW 212
GW healthy
Carla from LV

A couple of my fur babies. Parker is a Yorkshire Terrier and WIllie is a long haired kitty. I also have 2 Chesapeake Bay Retrievers named Bailey and Diesel.

This was my superbowl snack. Where's the crust pizza. Low carb and helps the pizza craving. It was really good.

I was going to call this Break On Through To The Other Side (thank you Doors). But I figured I'd get sick of it after a while. I'm going to use this space to keep track on the 2 week march toward surgery and then to keep track of the recovery and progress. That way I can keep it all together and if I just do one thread, it's all in one place without clogging up the Blog Area. I'm sure it's gonna be excruciatingly boring to everyone--me included! I'm a list and minutia kinda gal. I like tracking and counting--although I can be equally lax about crap. So I stop just short of OCD town (not that there's anything wrong with that).
My official 2 week liquid diet starts tomorrow. I decided to jump on it today because Sunday feels like a great place to start and because it's hard to do better than yesterday as my last food day before surgery. I'm a Texan, born and raised, and yesterday we had a fairwell to my ass and thighs via a Texas BBQ tour through Houston and Tomball. I ate so much brisket, sausage and ribs, I can honestly claim to be over it. Growing up in a BBQ family, slow smoked meats is almost in my blood. So it was only natural that I would choose that as the last rights.
I'm having RNY on February 20th and as I understand it, moist (fatty) brisket might not be my friend post surgery. Supposedly high fat foods (which moist brisket is) might cause a sort of "dumping" in the poop department. So I figure my future, once healed, might only include lean cuts of brisket and smoked meats. It's a choice I will readily make to lose weight and get my health back.
So the morning Day 1 hasn't been very difficult--a little hunger and growly tummy, but nothing that makes me feel anxiety. Protein Drinks on board and this afternoon will shop for SF popsicles, SF Jello and Bone Broth. I think I'll stick to packaged bone broth so I can get the actual nutritional information from a certified source. There's no real way for me to tell how many calories and carbs are in the bone broth I make here at home.
My Pre-Op Plan includes: 80-100g of protein; low fat; 60g carbs and somewhere around 1000cals per day.
4-5 Protein drinks containing a minimum of 15g of protein per serving. They must be low fat and low sugar and can't contain over 4g of sugar per serving. I can have clear low sodium broths, sugar free drinks, sugar free jello and sugar free clear popsicles (no fudgsicles or ice cream based pops).
I will do this from now until February 20th.
I'm pretty sure I will be doing plenty of the following:

This was my superbowl snack. Where's the crust pizza. Low carb and helps the pizza craving. It was really good.

2 very small squares. and i just ended up eating mostly the topping. I kept the lid on so it made the bottom a little soggy.

2 very small squares. and i just ended up eating mostly the topping. I kept the lid on so it made the bottom a little soggy.

I wanted wings SO BAD but made my own low carb Buffalo chicken dip and it was like heaven. Weird not eating chips with it lol but whatever, it's good on a fork.

This was my superbowl snack. Where's the crust pizza. Low carb and helps the pizza craving. It was really good.

My surgery was 12/29 and im down 21lbs. I started exercising this weekend. Got a gym membership. I do some cardio and weights. Going to Start doing Zumba on Saturday Mornings. Its so much fun!

Same here! Eating used to be something i enjoyed. Now i just eat because i know i need it to be healthy. I am learning to eat to live not live to eat.

Thats great! I have always loved salads as well. They are def something i am looking forward too and i hope my stomach likes them as well.

I LOVE oysters. I never even thought about how much protein is in them. May have to try and see how well the go down.