Kris77

chicken caesar salad for brunch.
290 calories, ate it all.

Good for digestion as well, lol.

Well, today is the day. SURGERY DAY. It's more complicated than when I had the gastric sleeve because not only are they doing a revision from sleeve to bypass, they are removing my entire lower and mid stomach (the part that is bypassed) because that's where all my polyps develop.
It's a 2 hour surgery, and I was told I'll be in recovery for about an hour after. It's like having 2 bariatric surgeries in 1, so the recovery/healing/down time will be worse than my original surgery.
I'll be in the hospital for 2 nights, so I'll be home sometime on Friday the 30th. That sucks, and is really annoying (I hate hospitals) but I know it's necessary and will be worth it.
I can't wait to get my life back. Working out, feeling good, no more in and out of the hospital, being ME again. This has been a looooong road, but I'm finally almost at the finish line. It's gonna be awesome when I hit my weight loss goal (I'm 70 pounds away and speaking it into existence now that THIS TIME NEXT YEAR I will be at my goal weight).
So wish me luck, and I'll see ya'll on the flip side

300 g of (almost) pure frozen mango goodness. 🤤

i don't normally eat Pasta unless its homemade by my Mr. (he makes THE best fresh pasta, omg)
so todays lunch is about 1 cup of his cooked pasta, tossed in butter and olive oil topped with grilled asparagus and sautéed mushrooms and some parmesan.
324 cals for the bowl.
got though about 1/2 the pasta noodles, but ate everything else.

A kid cooked !!! 😳 Turkey burgers and fries. This burger was massive maybe 6-7 oz so I only was able to eat half but I’ll eat the rest later. I’m overestimating 500 cals for what I ate and 750 cals for the meal

lunchtime!
about a cup of one of those pre-made costco bagged salads, some cheese and about 1/2 cup of cut mango.
284 calories for the bowl.
Ate all the mango and about 1/4 the salad (the dressing was little too sweet for me...this is why i prefer to make my own dessing/vinaigrette!!) and like one bite of cheese cube (tasted weird with the salad, so pushed it off to the side)
...the Kid ate my leftovers.

What part of Texas?!!

doing great. sitting at a happy 130. it's hard to stay at this weight. but my hip have come back, my hair came back and well the boobs are still.......... well, huge. hehe I don't come here much. I should.... Oh and i started playing golf

one of the many, MANY pics i happily posed for on most recent vacay. i don't normally wear alot of bold colour, but this skirt was screaming at me to buy it from one of the centro shops. now need to find another reason to wear it again! 😂

The only pic I could convince my BF to take of me during a vacation 🫠

OOTD: my son got his driver’s license!

Had my sleeve in August of 2019. My HW was 316 (groan) and my CW stays between 158 to 160. I pretty much eat whatever I want but in much smaller portions and reasonable exercise. My doctor didn’t want me to go below 165 because of all the loose skin. He was afraid I would be underweight (as if that has ever happened). I am still debating getting a plastic surgery (I am 71 and wondering if it is worth the expense and pain at my age).
The best part of the surgery is the confidence I have about not putting the weight back on.

Prepped a batch of Bulgogi (korean marinated beef strips) and froze batches of it a month ago...finally got around to defrosting one of the ziplocks and cooking it. OMG so yum, if i say so myself!
Portioned our about a cup of the cooked bulgogi and a 1/4 cup of cooked white rice (cuz u can't have bulgogi without rice!).
378 calories for the bowl, ate about 2/3 (maybe 3/4?) of it all. not sharing my leftovers with mr. as im keeping it for later cuz its so yum.
p.s. the onions were not part of the frozen ziplock contents...i sliced and sautéed them separately 😉

I’m 2021 I was gifted an airfryer and it totally changed my mind. I barely cook any other way for myself. For larger family meals I still use the stove/oven. I can’t believe I waited for so long to join the airfryer club 🥺

I'm 9 months out and am super happy with my arm results so I wanted to share some before/after pics. As you can see, the scar is still pretty visible although it is fading. My surgeon thinks it will likely fade for up to 2 years.

I’m so glad I’m not the only that looked at my knee fat with plans 😀

I have the big Ninja two drawer air fryer. We are a family of four. Kids are two big over 6 foot boys who eat a lot. It works for us.

Salmon (Freshly poached/baked or pouched or canned salmon) hand mixed with various spices, a whole egg and binder of your choice (I use ground almonds, whole chia seed ,flax meal and kale) form into round Patty and pan fry med temp in 1/2 inch or less of oil until golden brown on both sides. Voilà.

Salmon croquette, shredded purple cabbage, redbean stew, cottage cheese

5 oz plain Fage Greek yogurt with macerated strawberries in balsamic and swerve fake sugar with almond slivers. I will snack on this all afternoon till I finish.

Grilled chicken- 4oz weight (prob 3/4 -1 cup cut up). (Reg size paper plate)

I will have to look into it. I was interested a while back but the small chamber size turned me away , I have teens and I would have to make batches and batches, so I took a hard pass. But I'm not in willing if the right one came around.
thanks!!!

I actually have made falafel in the airfryer. As long as it will hold together somewhat it should be ok.
Although I do appreciate the fat free aspect of the airfryer, I also appreciate to no mess aspect vs. frying and the "set it and forget it" aspect.
My mom and my neighbor do a lot of wings in their airfryer, they both claim (and I agree) they are superior to pan fried. In fact my neighbor whom used to fry a majority of his meals (chicken, pork chops, etc) told me he has barely turned his stove on in months, and his last gas bill was $8. He is definitely not motivated by the health benefits either.

Parfait: vanilla greek yogurt, blueberries, chia seeds and honey