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I must confess...i have :-(

Preop weight 389 current weight 327 that's 62 lbs lost since RNY 6/11/13

It's called "ruminating" I've heard of people doing it but never felt the need to do it myself.

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I made meatloaf with ground chicken spinach mixed in and stuffed with low fat mozzarella cheese with a light alfrado sauce over it.

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I cooked steak in crockpot five hours on high with onions celery carrots in a beef broth. In the last half hour I added roasted red peppers for added flavor and garlic. The steak was tender. My husband loved it. High Protein and low carbs

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I am going to suggest not eating chicken and sweet potato in same meal. I got so full omg it hurt. Didn't vomit but I kinda wish it would have happen. I need to learn the take a bite chew 25 times sit fork down and go again. It's hard to do that when te sweet potato is creamy and no lumps. I did chew chicken well nothing got stuck. But pheww it was painful.

When I know that I have something to eat that is simply soft and will probably eat too fast, I get up from the table and do make work. Like get containers to put remainder of dinner in for my husband's lunch. I slow myself down and his lunch is ready.

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1 head of broccoli' date=' florets trimmed and stalk peeled and chopped

3 slices turkey bacon

1 large onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

1/2 tsp dried tarragon

6 cups low sodium fat free chicken broth

1 cup fat free half n half

1 Tb cornstarch made into a slurry with 1 Tb Water

6 oz shredded chicken

4 oz low fat sharp cheddar cheese, shredded

Cook bacon in pan coated with cooking spray. Remove when crisp. Add onions and broccoli stems. Cook over medium heat until onions are translucent. Add garlic and tarragon, cook one minute. Add chicken broth. Bring to boil, reduce to simmer for 15 minutes. (At this point I purée the Soup because my daughter won't eat the broccoli stems, but you don't have to.). Add half n half and cornstarch slurry. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce to simmer and add chicken and broccoli florets. Cook 10-12 minutes until florets are tender and soup has thickened. Add cheese and reserved bacon. It's so good. I attached the mfp stats.[/quote']

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Meatballs again... I'm really getting sick of my diet but after a 12 day I don't want to cook anything. Nor is it easy to cook for one especially when I'm not a huge fan of leftovers.

Rock| me |hard place

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2 cheese ravioli,2oz polish kielbasa, Tomato sauce with a chopped up string cheese on top.

DOS:358 CW:270 SD:1/28/13

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1/3 cup whole grain cheerios and lactose free/fat free milk. I have never tasted anything so delicious in my life.

I haven't had carbs since the end of Feb. Tonight I am hurting and in pain and just feel like I needed some kind of snack. This was perfect. I hope my pouch feels the same way. Please, oh please...

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Meatballs again... I'm really getting sick of my diet but after a 12 day I don't want to cook anything. Nor is it easy to cook for one especially when I'm not a huge fan of leftovers.

Rock| me |hard place

Sometimes I pick up prepared food at the grocery store. There's one next door to my work that has a Soup bar, a hot food counter, and other foods available at the deli. On different days of the week they have an Italian bar or Asian bar. I can buy a 1/2 cup of chili, chowder, or broc cheese Soup, a slice of quiche, one meatball or crab cake, a mini meatloaf or grilled chicken, 1/4 lb of eggplant parm or general tsao chicken, or a little egg salad, cranberry walnut chicken salad, or six bean salad. If I don't feel like cooking little meals for myself I get a little something different there. I buy such small amounts it's not cost prohibitive. :-)

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Sometimes I pick up prepared food at the grocery store. There's one next door to my work that has a Soup bar' date=' a hot food counter, and other foods available at the deli. On different days of the week they have an Italian bar or Asian bar. I can buy a 1/2 cup of chili, chowder, or broc cheese soup, a slice of quiche, one meatball or crab cake, a mini meatloaf or grilled chicken, 1/4 lb of eggplant parm or general tsao chicken, or a little egg salad, cranberry walnut chicken salad, or six bean salad. If I don't feel like cooking little meals for myself I get a little something different there. I buy such small amounts it's not cost prohibitive. :-)[/quote']

This might be my fate. They're opening up a whole foods near my work very soon. I might just have to take a look at what they got. I just have this impression or some reason that the pre made stuff isn't that great for us. There's no nutritional facts that I can pick apart so I just assume its not good. I think I'm going to need to get over that.

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I just had 1 1/2 meatballs and I'm so full I can't move!!!

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Spaghetti squash and two shrimp. I'm so excited about the thought of some 'pasta'. I put 1/2 cup squash in my bowl and after 3 bites I'm full. This stuff is awesome!!

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This might be my fate. They're opening up a whole foods near my work very soon. I might just have to take a look at what they got. I just have this impression or some reason that the pre made stuff isn't that great for us. There's no nutritional facts that I can pick apart so I just assume its not good. I think I'm going to need to get over that.

Whole Foods will display ingredients lists on their food bar and deli section. The rotisserie chicken salad is AHHHMAZING!!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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