Happy Memorial Day from BariatricPal! - May 2017
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Happy Memorial Day from BariatricPal! The day is officially the chance to remember those who died serving in the country’s armed forces, but it also serves as a long weekend, and the first unofficial day of summer. Most of us experience Memorial Day as some combination of all three of those purposes. It is also a chance to get your weight loss on track or keep the momentum going. Start here!
• Build a Better Burger
• Your Summer Start: The Time Is Right!
Sincerely,
Alex Brecher
Founder, BariatricPal
Memorial Day is a welcome holiday for so many of us, and a chance to hang out with friends outdoors for the first time in a while. Make sure to not to let enjoying your friends’ company get in the way of your weight loss goals, though. Your Memorial Day picnic or grill can be healthy and fun.
• Baked beans with a day’s worth of sodium and sugar in a cup.
• Fried chicken, with half a day’s worth of fat in a piece.
• Flag cake, frosted brownies, and red, white, and blue pies.
• Broccoli salad with Greek yogurt, walnuts, red onions, sweetener, and pepper.
• Vegetarian Sloppy Joe as a topping for burgers.
• Soft-baked Protein Brownies or Chocolate Chip Protein Cookies.
• Key Lime Tarts.
That beef burger or frank in a bun seems so natural when you are grilling, but you are not doing yourself any favors. Fatty beef gives you unneeded calories and artery-clogging fat, while a hot dog is typically a source of cancer-causing nitrates. That bun adds refined starches, and toppings such as bacon, chili, and mayo can come together to create a package that has more calories than you should get in a day…not to mention a source of a stomachache or worse for WLS patients.
You can easily build a better burger with more nutrients and fewer carbs and calories as the old go-tos. They can be so tasty and easy to prepare that everyone else at the picnic wants the healthy version, too!
• Soy crumbles with Low-Carb Pasta Sauce in Asian, Garlic and Herb, or Tex Mex flavors.
• Portabello mushrooms.
• Frozen, ready-to-cook, salmon, black bean, or soy burgers.
• Fat-free cheese for full-fat. A slice can have as little as 25 calories, and melt so nicely!
• Avocado or guacamole for mayo.
• Protein Potato Chips for fried chips (some of us just love a little crunch in the burger…).
Any new season is a chance for a fresh start. Memorial Day is no different. Summer is unofficially here, so take advantage! What are your goals for this season? Where do you want to be on Labor Day?
• Your weight loss has stalled, and you need to get back to weighing food and tracking it to get back on the weight loss path.
• You are ready to get started on your WLS journey, and you need to schedule your surgery.
• You are not sure how to lose weight for good, and need to find out more about WLS to decide whether it is the right choice for you.
This summer can be the best of your life, and you have the power to make it happen. Give yourself a good start on Memorial Day, and let the momentum carry you through. Stop by the BariatricPal forums whenever you need a lift, and see how well you can do this summer!