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Yay! See you on the other side ❤️

Drink and Mr. aside, I am SALIVATING over your double wall ovens. lol.

Yassssss! Looking good! Congrats on the weight loss! ❤️

yeah, you totally should! One of my favourite pastimes after I reached goal was to show people (who asked) the pics of me bigger. For some reason, I really liked to show these bigger pics of me...which is funny because I used to hate them and would go to great lengths to avoid having anyone see them.

HOTTTTTT ????

1000000% AGREED. I actually HATE it when someone offers to help (or if Mr. asks one the Kids to help me). I don't want to discourage helpful behaviour, but at the same time, inside i'm all: You're doing it wrong/too slow/etc...)....When someone is "helping" me, it becomes WORK. ....But don't tell them that!!

I was hoping you would post a piC of this when you mention it last. I think it looks good, you can tell Its the kind of chowder that zooms in and hits the spot, lol. i’d eat it out of a mug outside in the cold....yummmmmm

Some food from today.... 1st pic, first meal of day, a salad, of course. My regular salad stuff with beets, some of yesterday's shakshura, and some curried chicken salad: 322 calories. Me and the Kid ate out of the container at the same time, and am guessing I probably ate a little less than a quarter of it (she eats faster than me!) 2nd pic, today's baking item: Earl Grey Macarons w/ earl grey infused buttercream filling & Ginger Macarons w/ glacé-ginger cream filling. I ate almost half of one of the Earl Grey ones: 130 calories. (the sad looking clumps at the bottom left of this image were shell fails) 3rd pic, dinner: Tamarind Soup with chicken: 219 calories. (drank all the broth first then worked on the solids)

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CHALLENGE. ACCEPTED. P.S. Though after watching this I have more of an urge to make shawarma (note to self: how to I get my hands on one of those contraptions....) P.P.S. the language of food is universal lolololzzzzz.

Ooooooommmggg. I just googled it and it IS super easy to make! Thanks!!!! P.S. we'll have a reserved "regulars" table just for you.

Filipino steamed buns are sweeter and a little denser...and Chinese ones are fluffier (and whiter).

I love how you post pictures of your "same old boring food" that look like plates served at a fine restaurant ❤️ I will take your same old boring food ANY. DAY. Lololzzzzz.... And yes: You. Me. And the cafe of dreams one day. If not this life, then the next. P.S. would you believe I cannot find queso fresco in my MANY months of having it on my grocery item list. I need to find me a specialty store or something....

My husband's libido towards me did not/has not changed throughout our entire relationship. And it was/is a very healthy libido. From when we first met when I was 125 lbs, through to when I gained weight to be 235 lbs, and through to now after I lost all the weight, his attitude towards did not change. He did not see me as a "big tub of goo".

ah-ha. I think this was probably (yet another) issue. I only had 1 green pepper and the recipe called for 3 red ones, lol. Wouldn't think it would make a diff! (and i used basil instead of parsley/cilantro for garnish cuz it was all i had). so maybe i didn't make shakshura after all....?

Ok. PSA for all Food Porn lovers, and Vacation porn lovers, and Stanley Tucci lovers (but NOT Stanley Tucci Porn lovers though, lol) Do yourselves a solid and watch the CNN series Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy. Who doesn't love Italy, Italian Food, and did I mention STANLEY TUCCI. I love this guy. And food.

@Kukubari: Ugh. I hear you. On the first day of puree stage I blended up a bit of beef, took one look at it (plus a sniff), gagged, and went straight back to full liquids, for another 2 weeks lol. I did eat cottage cheese, yogurt, scrambled eggs made with lots of milk so they are really runny, with a tsp of paté on top...which may take care of your meat want?

Around 8-9 months....was probably the first time I actually felt what I thought was actual hunger (i.e., not cravings). Food aversion/not wanting to eat is still a thing for me sometimes (it comes and goes) and i'm 2+ years out. ....and like @GreenTealael said, the hunger I feel post-op is very different from what I remember pre-op. Before it was like a ravenous, urgent type of thing, now its way more subdued and can wait.

Cumin, sweet/smoked paprika, cayenne & chili flakes. All of which I have used in many dishes before! I theorize it may not have been thick enough, or was too tomato-y (i went off-recipe and added sundried tomatoes) or my bread sucked. In any case, I'll try my hand at it again someday. ...mabye in Tel Aviv! ( @OAGBPal lol) @GreenTealael have you made it before? Any tips?????

Saw this made on an episode of Masterchef and just needed to make it. I had a couple tablespoons and *I* liked it, but fam was not that enthusiastic about it. Asked if it should go into rotation and they were all, nah ?. I tried. I think it LOOKS good though...will be making a ragu out of it for tomorrow. Geez. Shakshura:

Ok, i got one sorta in the same vein: i wont miss ME bumping into corners or walls because i underestimate how big I actually was. ?

Skipped dinner yesterday (cuz i had a pretty late lunch) so got hungry earlier than normal today. A variation on the salad I always have, but this time with leftover garlic shrimp and roasted beets. I bought a 2 for 1 package of the beets, so its going to be make an appearance on my salads for the next week or so. Romaine, carrots, cucumber, feta, roasted beets and shrimp. + an espresso martini beforehand (not shown. YES, I had a drink before noon. Don't judge me.): 464 calories total. Ate/Drank it all.

That's one thick original slice of bread. Your 1/2 slice looks like a regular slice to me!

Yummmmmm.... (now i wanna make chicken & bacon chowder...)

Both those dresses look fab on you (and u look so happy ❤️)