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6 hours ago, kristieshannon said:

Do y’all get in ruts with food? I’ve had the same thing for lunch every day for a week. Still enjoying it though! Deli turkey wrap made with a carb balance tortilla, turkey, light cream cheese, and a sprinkle of everything but the bagel seasoning.

I eat the same things for lunch all the time. chicken tenders & salad or prawns & salad & slight variations of the same. Means I don’t have to think about what to eat, portion size, Protein content, etc. I think if I still enjoy it, I’ll keep eating it. Today I’m making garlic prawns as I couldn’t get my usual cooked prawns. I’ll just eat the prawns.

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Lunch: martini (not shown) and a salad: 482 cals, ate 1/3, then another 1/3 about an hour later.

Snack: the rest of my salad plus cucumber toast and some truffle cheese: 179 cals

Had other Snacks throughout the day: chicharron, 1/2 of a banana muffin, pepperoni stick, walnuts, cheese.

dinner was marinated skirt steak and some avocado salad.

Ended the day at 1888 calories.

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food for my work day-

salad with romaine, cucumber, Tomato, a hard boiled egg, chicken breast and Italian dressing

2 Protein Shakes for coffee

Peanut Butter Protein Cookies

oatmeal made with peanut butter Protein Powder

vegetable stew made with fairytale and Thai eggplant, garbanzo Beans, fire roasted tomatoes, celery, red onion, garlic, and carrots

Mini bell peppers with whipped cream cheese and everything bagel seasoning

black seedless grapes, 6 ritz crackers (not pictured) and 1/2 a garlic cheese French bread pizza.

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On 4/29/2022 at 4:38 PM, kristieshannon said:

Do y’all get in ruts with food? I’ve had the same thing for lunch every day for a week. Still enjoying it though! Deli turkey wrap made with a carb balance tortilla, turkey, light cream cheese, and a sprinkle of everything but the bagel seasoning.

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All of the time! I can barely post here because I’m eating the same thing so often 😂

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8 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

All of the time! I can barely post here because I’m eating the same thing so often 😂

In hear ya, i’ve been posting basically the same salad for 3 years lol

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dinner last night, it looked much better in person!

Miso glazed cod (à al Mr.) and lightly battered fried onions (à la Moi). Black cod is my fave fish btw, meaty texture like lobster, yum 🤤

176 cals, ate it all.

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lunch today!

(sorry, im bored today and have not much to do but post pics of what im eating)

Sugar-feee chia pudding (made with coconut milk) topped with some almonds: 192 calories.

Ate it all.

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On 04/29/2022 at 21:58, Arabesque said:






I eat the same things for lunch all the time. chicken tenders & salad or prawns & salad & slight variations of the same. Means I don’t have to think about what to eat, portion size, Protein content, etc. I think if I still enjoy it, I’ll keep eating it. Today I’m making garlic prawns as I couldn’t get my usual cooked prawns. I’ll just eat the prawns.


Yes I eat the same thing every day for lunch and sometimes for dinner if what the fam is eating is like Pasta or something I don’t eat. And I eat it on the weekends. Love love love my salads!!
Def no judgements here!! Lol

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Honey BBQ chicken, couscous and mixed greens. I finished almost everything but forgot to take a pic.

I’m currently teaching my youngest daughter various recipes she wants to learn, but honestly I can’t wait for the day when I'm presented with a complete meal I had nothing to do with. 😂

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Everything LOOKS so yummy! Penn State is known for their amazing creamery - sooooo local hotel features bathroom wall coverings in WA -LA!

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Tonite’s dinner: chicken wings and fries.

326 calories.

Ate all 3 wings and like 3 fries (the kid gobbled them up before i got to them 😡)

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My mom wanted to go to lunch today as a family so we went to my dad’s favorite Chinese buffet. They make these amazing garlic green Beans so that’s mostly what I ate. I didn’t even touch the rice I got. After, I spent a few hours gardening and picked my first strawberries of the year! So good!

This was dinner tonight.
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Plate and calories (148 total) adjusted-

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And my plate after the poachers got to it!
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5 hours ago, joecornell said:

Where is the best place online to order the multi-vitamins

Depends where you are but I recommend the BariatricPal Store & Amazon. I think have also used iherb and vitacost in the past but I’m not sure about the quality these days.

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Turkey & cheese sandwich on Keto bread.

The log says “wheat bread” but it’s their new white bread (it’s just not in the database yet). As usual I use only one slice of bread and slice it into two.

Also this sandwich was clearly meant to be a salad in another life. 😂

I’m always shocked when I see that it’s only ~300 cals for this whole thing


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