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

As promised a wrap using lettuce: pastrami/turkey/gouda

I left it opened/unrolled for the pic to show the size of the lettuce leaf (A really large Tupperware top for scale ?)

Edited February 7, 20206 yr by GreenTealael

3 hours ago, ms.sss said:

Haha, technically, chicharron is fried pork skin, fat & meat (think crispy fried pork belly). Sometimes its called cracklins, I think. (Different from Pork rinds which is just the skin and kinda puffy like a cheetoh)

It gets a bad rap as being super unhealthy due to its super high fat content (but really, sugar is waaaaay worse for you than fat is). I wouldn't recommend eating it during weight loss phase though, as its quite high in calories and not very filling. It does have a good amount of Protein, but still...there are better choice if you are trying to lose weight.

I find it a suitable snack in my own maintenance diet: decent protein, virtually no carbs....and sooooo yum.

@MusicalKate13

What @ms.sss said lol But I will add that the meaning of the word "chicharron" varies per country. Here's an example:

A few years ago one of my friends invited me over her house to eat. She said she was frying up chicharron so I skipped the dinner my parents offered me to eat at her place. Ill add that my friend is Mexican and when i arrived at her house I was devastated because for Mexicans, chicharron is just the pork skin/pork rinds, no meat at all. She made the pork rinds and these pin wheel things made out of flour. They call the pin wheels chicharron as well.

For Peruvians, chicharron is mostly meat. Basically fried pork chunks with no skin and a little fat, sometimes including the bone. For salvadoreans, chicharon is similar to the Peruvian version but it gets shredded. For Colombians, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, and I believe Filipinos, chicharron is the pork belly with fat, crunchy skin, and meat.

And then theres chicken chicharron, calamari chicharron but thats a whole different thing lol

Here are those pinwheels

2 minutes ago, MarvelGirl25 said:

@MusicalKate13

What @ms.sss said lol But I will add that the meaning of the word "chicharron" varies per country. Here's an example:

A few years ago one of my friends invited me over her house to eat. She said she was frying up chicharron so I skipped the dinner my parents offered me to eat at her place. Ill add that my friend is Mexican and when i arrived at her house I was devastated because for Mexicans, chicharron is just the pork skin/pork rinds, no meat at all. She made the Pork rinds and these pin wheel things made out of flour. They call the pin wheels chicharron as well.

For Peruvians, chicharron is mostly meat. Basically fried pork chunks with no skin and a little fat, sometimes including the bone. For salvadoreans, chicharon is similar to the Peruvian version but it gets shredded. For Colombians, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, and I believe Filipinos, chicharron is the pork belly with fat, crunchy skin, and meat.

And then theres chicken chicharron, calamari chicharron but thats a whole different thing lol

Here are those pinwheels

Interesting, I've only seen/heard the pinwheels called Duros

Adding on the Chicarron in Mexican food, it is very often fried, just like a pork rinds or crackling, but can also be braised, and used in tacos etc..

1 minute ago, sillykitty said:

Interesting, I've only seen/heard the pinwheels called Duros

Adding on the Chicarron in Mexican food, it is very often fried, just like a Pork rinds or crackling, but can also be braised, and used in tacos etc..

Ive heard of duros too and the longer version, chicharrones de harina.

When i went on vacation to Mexico city I forgot what I learned going to my friends house and ordered chicharron street tacos. It was braised jiggly pork skins in sauce. I had to give it to my boyrfriend because I hate pork skin ?

Finally!

2 hours ago, sillykitty said:

Finally!

Ahahahahaha

I've never shown my face on here before y'all. But there has never been a reason like today's ....

Edited February 8, 20206 yr by sillykitty

Valentine's Day this Friday! ?

Anyone have some sugar free, or lower calories candy recipes?

7 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

Valentine's Day this Friday! ?

Anyone have some sugar free, or lower calories candy recipes?

Dipped fruit !

https://www.thespruceeats.com/sugar-free-chocolate-dipped-strawberries-3151406

And my all time favorite quick indulgence

1 minute ago, GreenTealael said:

Dipped fruit !

Dipped fruit is my favorite sweet treat! Especially dipped strawberries and bananas!?

2 minutes ago, MarvelGirl25 said:

Dipped fruit is my favorite sweet treat! Especially dipped strawberries and bananas!?

And now there's no reason you can't have it! I ❤ sugar free stuff

On 02/09/2020 at 11:13, sillykitty said:

Valentine's Day this Friday! ?

Anyone have some sugar free, or lower calories candy recipes?

Lol, I’m skipping any candy and going for 2 glasses red wine. ?

2 minutes ago, Sheribear68 said:

Lol, I’m skipping any candy and going for 2 glasses red wine. ?

Any low calorie red wine suggestions?

Leftover pizza from yesterday evening. This one is with pineapple.