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Dinner: ham hock, cauliflower mashed "potatoes" and gravy

Hi Misty did u get through it all. Can't tell from the photo how big the ham hock is ?

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Hi Misty did u get through it all. Can't tell from the photo how big the ham hock is ?

Yes I did. It was about 45 grams. I stay around 45 to 60 grams for meat. It was probably 1/3 cup of cauliflower.

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Hi Misty did u get through it all. Can't tell from the photo how big the ham hock is ?

I think the eye is tricking you bc I think this is a small saucer plate, when I take pics if my food in my tiny plate I am shocked at how big it looks lol!

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I think the eye is tricking you bc I think this is a small saucer plate, when I take pics if my food in my tiny plate I am shocked at how big it looks lol!

So true

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Cold roast chicken bits (no more than 30 grams aside from bones), 4 Water crackers with pate, one baby bel, one small Tomato

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If you consider eating Indian food normal that is :)

So if you're worrying you won't be able to eat or enjoy your food or be normal? Here's what I made for lunch today. Brown rice for the kids, ground beef curry, cucumber/tomato/Greek yogurt salad, palak paneer (spinach. with a homemade cheese). Apart from the rice, all good for us sleevers to eat.

I sometimes see people thinking they won't enjoy food, or that they can only have baked chicken and steamed vegetables. SO not true. I make Indian, Thai, Ethiopian, Greek etc all the time.

What is true however, is that my two kids (23 and 13) and my husband and I all ate--and we finished about a fourth of the food you see here :)

Feel free to post pics of what you're enjoying today that is sleeve friendly.

My hubs luvs that food! I buy the frozen antre from Amy's. ..that's as good as it gets for now..Haha...sounds great!

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Cold roast chicken bits (no more than 30 grams aside from bones), 4 Water crackers with pate, one baby bel, one small Tomato

Mmmm pâté why didn't I think of that def now going on the menu

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My new lunch fav, and sometimes Breakfast too! The dietician at our surgeon's office showed us this as an appetizer option this summer at our last support group meeting so I made it to a meal serving, roughly 200 calories for both pieces!

2 Wasa crackers

4 TBSP fresh ricotta

Drizzle of Olive Oil

Drizzle of balsamic(I left this off for the pic bc mines a spray bottle and doesn't looks so pretty in pics lol)

Fresh basil

Salt & pepper

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Egg, lentils, chicken sausage, peppers, new mans own Tomato sauce

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Egg, lentils, chicken sausage, peppers, new mans own Tomato sauce

I'd love this recipe, would you mind sharing? Looks divine!

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Thank you. Lately... my haunting thought is... "well you will never be able to enjoy food for the rest of your life."

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We will enjoy wat we luv LATER after we get the weight off first! Just no where near amount we had been! But these pics above look great!

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Thank you everyone for taking the time to show us your yummy meals. I hope when I am post op and allowed to eat food, I can duplicate some of your creations. Blessings, E.

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That looks delicious! What is it?

I had chicken korma that I made in a crockpot and yellow squash "noodles" but I forgot to take a pic. Oopsie.

Do you have the what-cha-ma-call-it gizmo that takes veggies and makes a spiral noodles?

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