Like weight loss before and after photos but of your new diet !

I'm especially interested in before and after meal photos (take a pic at the point you feel restriction) but it can be of recipe substitutions, your refrigerator/pantry/shopping cart/etc

VSG2017 HW 249 SW 238 CW 167

Did it taste as bad as it looked?

And I agree...I brake for long posts!!!

Edited December 14, 20196 yr by FluffyChix

2 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

Did it taste as bad as it looked?

And I agree...I brake for long posts!!!

Pretty much ...only the pasta with creamy sauce and the fried chicken were edible. Even the desserts were bad??

I did learn that I only like beets cold .... hot beets, not so much ?

((hugs)) Welcome "home"!!! I raise a matzoh ball to you!

Wegman's Italian Sandwich

Still have limited capacity apparently

1 hour ago, sillykitty said:

Wegman's Italian Sandwich

Still have limited capacity apparently

We ❤ Wegmans

15 hours ago, Sheribear68 said:

Okay so we really do love long posts.
I’m the queen of them TBH.

it really sucks to get stuck in an emergency situation and not know exactly what’s in something, but I feel like you made a fine choice.
Besides, it’s not like you planned to go off course and you’ve been planning and staying the course so it’s all good.

One day back when I was still in the first 4 months post-op, I had a similar situation.
Left my cottage cheese out in my car and it was a few hours before I realized and it was prolly at least 90 degrees outside.
So I ordered lunch off of my Panera app (we don’t get breaks at my job and I’m prohibited by law to leave the premises) and got a turkey avocado sandwich.
Even though I ate only the insides, I got a piece of bread in a bite and it tasted God-awful and made me feel horrible that I had left my planned lunch in the car.
After that, I brought emergency food to work like packets of bari-oatmeal and the bariatric hot cocoa that I keep in my cubby.

Oh well, we live and learn.

True, I just don't won't to sabotage myself so I tend to over think everytime I eat something that I bought or didn't cook.

I didn't even think about how my body would react if I ate normal bread. Hopefully now you are able to eat whole grain carbs here and there. I have a mini fridge on my desk where I keep fairlife milk but maybe I need to keep an emergency meal in there. Thanks!

8 hours ago, sillykitty said:

IMO, dealing with real life eating is a good skill to have. You won't always be able to only eat food you cook yourself. Additionally, succeeding after WLS does not require perfection. Plenty of us have had great success, and have eaten non ideal foods

And about stomach stretching....

I just finished watching the whole video and its crazy how info varies between doctors. I was told to not do any of these myths, except the carbonation. My surgeon and dietician said that doesn't stretch it just all depends on whether I tolerate the gas or not. Its definitely something to think about, but you're right. I won't always be able to eat food i cook so I guess its another skill I need to learn.

So many things i need to learn! lol my list keeps getting bigger and bigger.

Stuffed avocado w/ shrimp. No after pic because I ate half then my bf ate the rest including the eggs.

My birthday dinner out with family I had shrimp,steak and chicken combo fajitas without the tortilla and I gave away my Beans and rice to my sister. Brought home my leftovers home. My plate made 4 meals total for me (still have two meals left hehe). About 4 ounces to 5 is what I can eat almost 4 months post op

11 hours ago, Bianca S. said:

My birthday dinner out with family I had shrimp,steak and chicken combo fajitas without the tortilla and I gave away my Beans and rice to my sister. Brought home my leftovers home. My plate made 4 meals total for me (still have two meals left hehe). About 4 ounces to 5 is what I can eat almost 4 months post op

❤❤❤❤Happy Belated Birthday❤❤❤❤

Happy Belated Birthday @Bianca S. It looks so yummy. I heart grilled shrimpy and fajita fixins!!!

Happy belated birthday @Bianca S.!!! I hope you had a good one! ?????❤️❤️❤️

Breakfast with the fam this morning. It’s a ham, sausage, bacon, green pepper, onion, mushroom, tomato omelette with cheese. Gave my toast to my brother.

3 minutes ago, MarvelGirl25 said:

Breakfast with the fam this morning. It’s a ham, sausage, bacon, green pepper, onion, mushroom, Tomato omelette with cheese. Gave my toast to my brother.

Yassssssssssssssss We ❤ Diners!

Had brunch with the fam this morning too!

Here's my plate: Steak Bene w/ sides of salad, fruit & potatoes.
Mr & the Kid ate whatever potatoes are missing from the plate as well as that prime piece of bacon when I wasn't looking! ....and after I took this pic, they ate what was left of the steak, egg and potatoes.