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Labs came back better than expected. No more #2's yet, so things are good as far as we can tell! Thanks for asking!

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So the fam is eating Chinese food tonight and its driving me nuts! I WANT FRIED RICE!!!!!!

I have a great recipe for ginger beef....I'll post it if you want

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So the fam is eating Chinese food tonight and its driving me nuts! I WANT FRIED RICE!!!!!!

I have a great recipe for ginger beef....I'll post it if you want

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I have a great recipe for ginger beef....I'll post it if you want

Yes please!

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1 lb tenderloin or flank steak

2 garlic cloves

1 cup fat free beef broth

2 t fresh ginger

2 oz hoisin sauce

3 T soy sauce

1 T cornstarch

1/4 t crushed red pepper

4 oz broccoli florets

1/2 red pepper, cut into strips

3 green onions, cut into diagonal slices

2 medium stalks of bok choy, sliced

Stir together steak, garlic, and ginger...coat well

Mix broth, hoisin sauce, soy, and cornstarch; stir til dissolved

Heat some sesame oil and the pepper flakes in a hot wok

Add steak, cook 4-5 minutes til browned

Remove steak, add pepper and broccoli and green onions...stir fry over medium high about 3 minutes

Add bok choy, stir fry another 2 minutes or so

Add broth mixture....cook until broth thickens

Add beef to pan....cook all for 1-2 more minutes until warm

Yummy!

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Stats for ginger beef:

Protein 17 g

Fat 8 g

Sugar 6 g ( less if you omit hoisin sauce)

Calories: 275

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Stats for ginger beef:

Protein 17 g

Fat 8 g

Sugar 6 g ( less if you omit hoisin sauce)

Calories: 275

Do you know what the serving size is?

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Do you know what the serving size is?

1/6 of the recipe

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1/6 of the recipe

Thank you!

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Hey guys! How's everyone doing? I also wanted to pass along my myfitnesspal name because I'm looking for friends for motivation; ellismommy4241. What exercises are you doing? What's working for ya and what's not. Talk to you soon!

Chris

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I'm doing ok. 2 week post op tomorrow (yay). Looking forward to some soft foods. I've developed a small hard mass behind my left incision. Nurse said not to worry but that's not in my vocabulary lol

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So the fam is eating Chinese food tonight and its driving me nuts! I WANT FRIED RICE!!!!!!

I know it's not fried rice but it may curb the Chinese takeout craving: go to www.chefwoody.com and look up General Tso chicken. It's a Bariatric friendly recipe website and there's tons of food options there for whatever place you are in the journey. I'm actually cooking this tonight for my family. :-). Ill let you know how it goes! I've also made the very berry Protein smoothie and I'm making Bariatric baked Beans, enchilada casserole and pumpkin fluff this week :-). I still love cooking....and this website helps me keep it healthy and Bari-friendly for my whole family! Good luck!

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I'm actually having a really rough time. I'll be 3 weeks out tomorrow and while I'm at the pureed stage (thank goodness) I can still barely walk. I'm in constant excruciating pain.

I don't actually question having had the surgery, I just wish I could heal faster (I had complications and still have a large abcess). Maybe tomorrow at my clinic visit they'll give me better pain killers ;-).

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I'm actually having a really rough time. I'll be 3 weeks out tomorrow and while I'm at the pureed stage (thank goodness) I can still barely walk. I'm in constant excruciating pain.

I don't actually question having had the surgery' date=' I just wish I could heal faster (I had complications and still have a large abcess). Maybe tomorrow at my clinic visit they'll give me better pain killers ;-).[/quote']

Oh no. I hope you feel better.

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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.

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