MusicalKate13

Birthday berries for two friends. Still working on my drizzle.
Couldn’t help but make a dipped berry for myself 😅

Kofta kebab w/ homemade light tzatziki & romaine lettuce, tomatoes and quick-pickled cantaloupe salsa.
Was the first time making these kebabs....sooooooo quick & easy!
(Ate all the salad & half the kebab)

Same Quinoa salad now with

😂😂😂😂

Tandoori chicken and basmati rice! 4.5 ounce chicken, 2.5 ounce rice.
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Tandoori chicken and basmati rice! 4.5 ounce chicken, 2.5 ounce rice.
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Tandoori chicken and basmati rice! 4.5 ounce chicken, 2.5 ounce rice.
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Tandoori chicken and basmati rice! 4.5 ounce chicken, 2.5 ounce rice.
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Tandoori chicken and basmati rice! 4.5 ounce chicken, 2.5 ounce rice.
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Absolutely not monotonous! Just healthy, delicious, filling, substantial, beautiful, colourful gorgeousness. I've been eating like this everyday for years, and it never gets old. Just wanting to pass along a few favourite cookbook recommendations, in case you ever need inspiration or do get bored, though.
Show Up for Salad: 100 More recipes for Salads, dressings, and All the Fixin's You Don't Have to Be Vegan to Love by Terry Hope Romero salad Samurai: 100 Cutting-Edge, Ultra-Hearty, Easy-to-Make Salads You Don't Have to Be Vegan to Love by Terry Hope Romero The Modern Salad by Elizabeth Howes Food52 Mighty Salads: 60 New Ways to Turn Salad into dinner by Food52 Williams-Sonoma Salad of the Day by Gorgeanne Brennan Saladish: A Crunchier, Grainier, Herbier, Heartier, Tastier Way with Vegetables by Ilene Rosen Ruffage: A Practical Guide to Vegetables by Abra Berens Salad for Dinner: Complete Meals for All Seasons by Jeanne Kelley Mandy's Gourmet Salads: Recipes for Lettuce and Life by Mandy Wolfe

Yes, thankfully. I'm so sad because big beautiful salads have always been my go-to meal and favourite. That's what I craved the most after surgery. But about 5 min. Into eating one-saliva, stomach cramps, bam. Throw up. So so sad. I'm ok with lettuce wraps, weirdly. And like baby iceberg salads, but those have no flavour or nutritional value

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Yes, thankfully. I'm so sad because big beautiful salads have always been my go-to meal and favourite. That's what I craved the most after surgery. But about 5 min. Into eating one-saliva, stomach cramps, bam. Throw up. So so sad. I'm ok with lettuce wraps, weirdly. And like baby iceberg salads, but those have no flavour or nutritional value

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We're glad you're back! And I will have to just love your salads visually since they make me sick

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We're glad you're back! And I will have to just love your salads visually since they make me sick

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Its, been a while, but glad to see one of my fave threads still going strong with so much deliciousness. I LOVE looking at pictures of food. Is that weird? LOL.
You guys have stepped up your plating game!
I've basically stuck to eating my go to meal 95% of the time: salads with stuff on top, here's some. I know, I know, kinda boring...but DELICIOUS. I heart salad 4-ever.

The other 5% of the time, I may eat some of what I made for the fam. Here was last night's dinner: Sweet potato and corn chowder w/ crispy bacon topping:

More from my personal little meals on wheels program 😂

Pork Roast, Sugar Snap Peas, Stuffing & Maple Mustard Rolls

Made myself a jumbo salad after a 3 mile run. I am honestly surprised at how much I was able to eat 

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No, I’m sorry it doesn’t. Crying out for help involves wanting help, I don’t think you want help. You’ve declared many, many times in many many ways on this forum how unhappy you are, how much you regret having surgery and how somehow after a whole 2 months you’ve decided that it didn’t work.
We get it, you hate it, you seem to enjoy complaining rather than listening to people who take the time, effort and their personal experiences to try and help you. You self declared/diagnosed that this surgery didn’t work for you. You believe that 2 months and 14 pounds later.
*The surgery is working, you’re just uncomfortable.
Someone mentioned therapy earlier to you and your response was something like: “That would be like spitting in the wind” (not verbatim)
Why are you spitting in the wind here?
There are a lot of people that had their surgeries canceled due to Covid, are heartbroken and would trade places with you in a heartbeat.
You gave up from the start. You don’t need permission or an excuse to fail at this, and you certainly won’t get it here.

ok I cant believe I am jumping to this thread to tell my story in hopes that you can relate or find hope or commonality in my story.
I had my first Surgery as My Marriage was coming to an end it was an attempt to save it but was a joke, nothing was going to save it.
I got banded and got miserable throwing up all the time lost 30 pounds and divorced healed a little emotionally. Started dating, Still heavy not as heavy thought like you it was easier to date fatter.
Anyway, flash forward 5 f**king years of no luck no love dating. uckkkkk to the nth degree. but I knew I wanted love.
And kept trying. I eventually said ok if not love than an education. So I went back to school and got a degree lol still no luck no love dating. But I wasn't as focused on it. But still dying inside wanting to be in love or at least like, and a partner to go through things with.
Well despite my pathetic attempt with the lap band I gained it all back. Finally after a trip to emergency room I decided to have it out and got sleeved. Finally real weight loss. Still dating no luck no love dating.
I kept trying because like I said I wanted love. I did everything people said "learned to really love myself" I wasn't even close had to really figure that **** out. Weight or no Weight. Got it mostly figured out. Kinda,
Being obese is a mechanism to not really deal food was my drug,
OK so Finally still dating now thinner a little more success.
And then it happened met him On Zoosk. But the best part was we went to a restaurant on our first date and as we are looking at the menu, he starts to say, oh I really dont eat much not sure if you would understand but I had this thing done to my stomach. LOL I just looked at him in disbelief. Not to mention I was digging him anyway.
Well there it was we split our first of many Entrees "steak tips" laughed about Protein Shakes and all that went with the first year. He was a year and a little out I was nearly two years out.
Ok so Moral of the story don't give up but don't focus on it. And while you are waiting get **** done. Getting my degree was amazing. I used to pray for God to send me a Man a good man, Or at times any man. When I stopped focusing on that and my pray changed to Get me to graduation and let me be thinner or at peace with my weight.
So year after 7 long years I did it. I am in love with a man who has a gastric sleeve and teenage boys who play sports and video games like mine.
Sorry to tell you the sappy story.
Best of Luck
Dawn Marie

This is more of a venting than anything else. I find being single now after I have lost alot of weight harder than before the surgery. I knew why I was single when I was heavy. I have not been on a date since loosing weight. I have tried single sites, going out dancing even trying to recruit friends at work. People tell me how well i'm doing and that I look good now but still no success. I have not always been heavy and dated plenty before I gained the weight so I know how to talk to the oppisite sex. has any one else been through this. before you say it I know.....just give it time but it still sucks.

I have left relationships that have lasted longer for less. Please don't let the amount of time spent with someone be a deciding factor in what you should or shouldn't be doing. If someone isn't actively adding to your life, then they aren't worth being there in the first place. He sounds like he is insecure with you losing weight and gaining confidence, hence his reactions and belittling of you. There are plenty of men out there who would adore you and support your journey, so please don't let some a*****e ruin it for you. ♥

So I started reading your post, and this was the first thing I noticed. I had to stop and start responding right away. This is a RED FLAG. This decision was not about him, it was for you.

A lot of people who are uninformed about the surgery say this. Every person that has ever had bariatric surgery knows that it isn't true.

I am very sorry to hear that he does not support you with your decision. I hope you remember that this decision wasn't about him. The fact that he continues to demand an explanation of how this will benefit him is a bad sign.
I am very proud of you for doing what is best for you. I hope you continue with doing so because your life isn't about anyone but you and thus you should try your best to make decisions that result in your own happiness even if it means leaving people behind. ❤️

Hey girls! I started my journey at 338 pounds!!!!! I’m now 158 pounds and at my goal weight!!!!!! BEST DECISION EVER!!!! I share my story in Instagram! I’m Maddie5088 on there!

I enjoy this lunchbox. Where's it from?

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That's totally normal!

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That's totally normal!

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