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@GreenTealael & @FluffyChix are old hands at this game. It is so much easier now days then when I had my "real" restriction

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36 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

@Sheribear68 🤣

@GreenTealael & @FluffyChix are old hands at this game. It is so much easier now days then when I had my "real" restriction

Bahahaha!!

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49 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

@GreenTealael & @FluffyChix are old hands at this game. It is so much easier now days then when I had my "real" restriction

Then it was "Sunday New York Times Crossword" level tough!

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On 09/06/2019 at 10:33, sillykitty said:







@Sheribear68 🤣




@GreenTealael & @FluffyChix are old hands at this game. It is so much easier now days then when I had my "real" restriction










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Meal prep for the bf ... non bariatric portions!

BBQ chicken Salad

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(excuse the dirty counter!)

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Mozz & Sundried Tomato Stuffed Chicken Breast with Cherry Tomato sauce, Spicy Broccoli & Spinach Fritters

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Sesame crusted seared yellowtail, Protein Pasta salad, gochujang cucumbers

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9 hours ago, sillykitty said:

Sesame crusted seared yellowtail, Protein Pasta salad, gochujang cucumbers

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This illustrates why your numbers are so much better than mine. My "after" plate would have no veggies left, just one or two pieces of fish.

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9 hours ago, Orchids&Dragons said:

This illustrates why your numbers are so much better than mine. My "after" plate would have no veggies left, just one or two pieces of fish.

Mine would have been licked clean of every speck. :D :(

@GreenTealael Did you have any nausea after eating the fish filet? I struggle so with high fat meals, and I'm so chicken to try to eat a piece of fried fish. I can do oven-fried or air fried...but that looks delish! What was your experience mam?

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19 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Mine would have been licked clean of every speck. :D :(

@GreenTealael Did you have any nausea after eating the fish filet? I struggle so with high fat meals, and I'm so chicken to try to eat a piece of fried fish. I can do oven-fried or air fried...but that looks delish! What was your experience mam?

No nausea and Fish was fine, not super oily but I havent has an issue with oil. But I did only eat one...

High refined sugar/carbs on the other hand (maybe higher than 10g) may do me in.

But I didnt like the onion rings so I didn't eat those and they were by far more oily.

Hope that helps

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Thanks hon! Yes, it did help!! I might screw my courage up to try a filet or even half of one! I do miss the occasional fried fish or shrimp or small piece of fried chicken or a chicken wing...etc. Once a year would probably do it for me. :) It's thankfully not one of my triggers (yeah, I'm talking to you pasta!) hahaha

Glad you don't get ill feeling from it! It totes sucks about the carbs and 10g/meal limit on it. But yeah, I get it. For me it depends on where I get those 10g from. From a salad or veg? I'm probably ok. 10g from carrot cake would send me to the morgue. You know? Or make me wish I could go there.

Remind me...do you have your gallbladder?

TY!!!

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54 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Thanks hon! Yes, it did help!! I might screw my courage up to try a filet or even half of one! I do miss the occasional fried fish or shrimp or small piece of fried chicken or a chicken wing...etc. Once a year would probably do it for me. :) It's thankfully not one of my triggers (yeah, I'm talking to you pasta!) hahaha

Glad you don't get ill feeling from it! It totes sucks about the carbs and 10g/meal limit on it. But yeah, I get it. For me it depends on where I get those 10g from. From a salad or veg? I'm probably ok. 10g from carrot cake would send me to the morgue. You know? Or make me wish I could go there.

Remind me...do you have your gallbladder?

TY!!!

Yes my gallbladder is still in... Surprisingly

but i didnt lose weight rapidly and im more or less maintaining even after RNY

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I’ve found that I can do sugars okay, but thankfully I hardly ever want them. Things like mayo or too much heavy cream give me stomach cramps for hours. I haven’t had anything fried so far PO, and quite honestly very thought of it gives me the jitters 
And so far my gall bladder is just fine
*knocks on wood

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On the run meal at café zupas. Chipotle pulled pork salad.

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