Food Before and After Photos

[GreenTealael 24,859]

14 hours ago, Starwarsandcupcakes said:

The bolillo were purchased along with the kimchi and other ingredients but tossed everything together. I like math so breaking down food costs is fun for me. Like the cucumber- a whole English cucumber was $.98 but I only used 1/8 of it so for the amount I used in my bowl was $.12. The bolillos were $1.98 for 6 so $.33 each.

You’re so good at it. I really hoped (at some point) we would have a cost analysis of the Bariatric lifestyles to show that food waste isn’t that significant and saving money in one area can free it up for other things (and maybe make it more inclusive/budget friendly)

[GreenTealael 24,859]

1 hour ago, Kris77 said:

I think this looks so pretty and I’d love to eat it! Not sure what kimichi is but it looks good!

Kimchi is so good. For reference, I would liken it to a Korean version of sauerkraut with way more spice.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimchi

[Kris77 1,506]

No spicy for me. I’m wimpy 🌶

[Starwarsandcupcakes 1,897]

16 hours ago, Kris77 said:

I think this looks so pretty and I’d love to eat it! Not sure what kimichi is but it looks good!

Kimchi is a Korean a group fermented side dishes. Some are really spicy and some aren’t. Most people are familiar with kimchi made from Napa cabbage but there’s loads- cucumber, green cabbage, chive, and radish kimchis as well. If spicy isn’t your jam you can try making it yourself to adjust spice levels or looks for something called Water kimchi which is more of a pickled vegetables type of deal.

[Starwarsandcupcakes 1,897]

16 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

You’re so good at it. I really hoped (at some point) we would have a cost analysis of the Bariatric lifestyles to show that food waste isn’t that significant and saving money in one area can free it up for other things (and maybe make it more inclusive/budget friendly)

Oh for sure. People (in general not just WLS) would be so surprised in general the package cost isn’t the same as what you’re eating cost. So let’s make a hypothetical dinner for 5 people of steak, quinoa and mixed veggies with prices near me-

Organic quinoa- $3.27 for 16oz bag with 10 servings

Top sirloin $8.99/lb

Butter (for steak)- $3.58/lb or 32Tbsp

Frozen mixed veggies $1 for 1lb bag

Total cost would be- $16.84 You aren’t using all the butter or quinoa so food cost for the meal meal will be different.

Cooking 4 servings of quinoa, the 1lb of steak with 2Tbsp butter, and the bag of veggies makes dinner around $11.53 or roughly $2.31 per person.

It also comes down to 395 calories with 29g Protein, 17g fat, and 28g carbohydrates of which 6 are Fiber.

[Starwarsandcupcakes 1,897]

“Breakfast” for today- iced coffee and a potato kale skillet with an over easy egg. I had a coupon for free eggs this week! 🎉 Had I not though it would’ve been $1.82US instead.

[Arabesque 6,476]

dinner out with my colourist & her husband. Pre dinner gin & basil cocktail at local boutique hotel followed by dinner at nearby restaurant. Started with Brie baked in wood fire coals with fennel jam & fermented garlic honey. It was delicious. Wanted to scoop it up in spoonfuls but I used two small pieces of lavosh which sat ok. Then duck breast with puréed parsnip & baby carrots. Also sipped a glass of a lovely Grenache which I sadly couldn’t finish. I ate almost one piece of duck & 1/3 of the purée & carrots & have the leftovers for dinner tonight. Yippee!

Lots of young beautiful girls at the hotel. All dressed the same, with their matching laminated brows, lip & check fillers, lash implants & blonde hair. All mirror images of each other. Not an individual amongst them. Sad really.

[GreenTealael 24,859]

8 hours ago, Arabesque said:

dinner out with my colourist & her husband. Pre dinner gin & basil cocktail at local boutique hotel followed by dinner at nearby restaurant. Started with Brie baked in wood fire coals with fennel jam & fermented garlic honey. It was delicious. Wanted to scoop it up in spoonfuls but I used two small pieces of lavosh which sat ok. Then duck breast with puréed parsnip & baby carrots. Also sipped a glass of a lovely Grenache which I sadly couldn’t finish. I ate almost one piece of duck & 1/3 of the purée & carrots & have the leftovers for dinner tonight. Yippee!

Lots of young beautiful girls at the hotel. All dressed the same, with their matching laminated brows, lip & check fillers, lash implants & blonde hair. All mirror images of each other. Not an individual amongst them. Sad really.

The Lavash 😍

[GreenTealael 24,859]

Slightly curried chicken salad wrap. This was two meals worth of food but the log shows the total for all of it.

I used to eat lettuce wraps constantly because I like them and I couldn’t find good low carb substitutes. For me this what returning to basics would look like (not going back to a liquid diet).

What does everyone’s “back to basics” include/remove?

Edited June 12, 2022 by GreenTealael

[summerseeker 1,848]

On 5/10/2022 at 1:46 AM, ms.sss said:

I made seafood fried rice and miso Soup for dinner for the fam tonight, but i dont really eat rice so just the Soup for me: 168 calories.

Thank you for a new food idea thats quick and easy and very easy to add other ingredients too. I like tofu so its ideal

[SleeverSk 617]

50 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

Slightly curried chicken salad wrap. This was two meals worth of food but the log shows the total for all of it.

I used to eat lettuce wraps constantly because I like them and I couldn’t find good low carb substitutes. For me this what returning to basics would look like (not going back to a liquid diet).

What does everyone’s “back to basics” include/remove?

Nice, Lettuce is a bit of a luxury item in Australia atm up to 15.00 dollars each !!!

[GreenTealael 24,859]

28 minutes ago, SleeverSk said:

Nice, Lettuce is a bit of a luxury item in Australia atm up to 15.00 dollars each !!!

Oh no! Well if it’s any consolation I’m trying to regrow my lettuce from the stalk. If it works (and is fairly easy) I’ll let you know if that may be an option.

Edited June 12, 2022 by GreenTealael

[Kris77 1,506]

On 06/12/2022 at 07:35, SleeverSk said:

Nice, Lettuce is a bit of a luxury item in Australia atm up to 15.00 dollars each !!!

Wow?!! For lettuce! That’s crazy high!!

[SleeverSk 617]

2 minutes ago, Kris77 said:

Wow?!! For lettuce! That’s crazy high!!

Yeah its because of the floods wiping the crops out. Most of our fruit and veg that is locally sourced is quite highly priced at the moment

[ms.sss 14,670]

4 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

What does everyone’s “back to basics” include/remove?

Dessert and alcohol 😂