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

27 minutes ago, BoyMom86 said:

I can finally participate! Got the green light from surgeon to try soft foods. I started with 2oz soft salmon and 1oz green Beans. I finished half the fish and all the green beans with no issues to speak of, knock on wood!

Congratulations!!!

@GreenTealael thank you! It felt like a big moment.

I felt the need to bake today so most of these will be off to work tomorrow with coworkers- cheesecake brownies, chocolate peanut butter marshmallow fudge, crumb top apple pie, maple bacon bars, no bake cookies, coconut macaroons and sugar cookies with mini M&Ms mixed in.

All of these baked goods *almost* made me want to bake! ?

10 hours ago, Starwarsandcupcakes said:

I felt the need to bake today so most of these will be off to work tomorrow with coworkers- cheesecake brownies, chocolate Peanut Butter marshmallow fudge, crumb top apple pie, maple bacon bars, no bake Cookies, coconut macaroons and sugar cookies with mini M&Ms mixed in.

This one looks like art suitable for framing!

11 hours ago, Starwarsandcupcakes said:

maple bacon bars

I was okay until you said this. <whimpering and drooling>

1 hour ago, ms.sss said:

This one looks like art suitable for framing!

I always love baking things I can swirl or that have swirls- these brownies, cinnamon rolls, jelly rolls, cinnamon swirl bread… it brings me joy.

11 minutes ago, FutureSylph said:

I was okay until you said this. <whimpering and drooling>

The recipe is pretty straightforward and I think it could easily be adapted with low carb flour and sugar options like swerve but haven’t tried. I did omit the vanilla and used maple flavor for the bars itself and I know there are sugar free maple flavored syrups on the market that could be used for the glaze. And my secret for not having to actually cook bacon is the real bacon crumbles you find in the aisle with the salad topper stuff. ?

47 minutes ago, Starwarsandcupcakes said:

And my secret for not having to actually cook bacon is the real bacon crumbles you find in the aisle with the salad topper stuff. ?

Whaddya know, we have the same cooking secrets! LOL The main problem with those crumbles is they don't make the whole house smell like bacon frying, which is one of my absolute favorite aromas.

Thanks for the recipe adaptation ideas. I probably shouldn't make them, because I'd want to eat the whole pan, but maybe I will right after surgery, when overindulging isn't an option.

15 minutes ago, FutureSylph said:

Whaddya know, we have the same cooking secrets! LOL The main problem with those crumbles is they don't make the whole house smell like bacon frying, which is one of my absolute favorite aromas.

Thanks for the recipe adaptation ideas. I probably shouldn't make them, because I'd want to eat the whole pan, but maybe I will right after surgery, when overindulging isn't an option.

I take almost all of my goodies to work. I usually leave with empty containers. Doctors and nurses are really good at hitting up free sweets. ?

Okay so I can’t get them to post in the correct order but I found cauliflower Mac and cheese and new cauliflower breadsticks at Publix and that and grilled chicken breasts was dinner. Not bad for weight loss phase the entire plate was about 410 calories which was dinner and some left over for snack. I mostly wanted to post to tell y’all about the breadsticks though because to me they tasted just like the real thing

I wonder if calorie wise it would be the same to buy the Velveeta cheese sauce packet separately like they sell at dollar tree and just put that with cauliflower because that’s basically all it was was cauliflower and a cheese sauce pocket. I just thought of that because that would be cheaper and also taste better to me I like the Velveeta cheese sauce flavor.

1 hour ago, ShoppGirl said:

I wonder if calorie wise it would be the same to buy the Velveeta cheese sauce packet separately like they sell at dollar tree and just put that with cauliflower because that’s basically all it was was cauliflower and a cheese sauce pocket. I just thought of that because that would be cheaper and also taste better to me I like the Velveeta cheese sauce flavor.

Let us know if you try it and how it turns out!

1 hour ago, ShoppGirl said:

Okay so I can’t get them to post in the correct order but I found cauliflower Mac and cheese and new cauliflower breadsticks at Publix and that and grilled chicken breasts was dinner. Not bad for weight loss phase the entire plate was about 410 calories which was dinner and some left over for snack. I mostly wanted to post to tell y’all about the breadsticks though because to me they tasted just like the real thing

I’m going to look for these

Is the cauliflower mac & cheese just cauliflower au gratin? Steamed cauliflower, smothered in béchamel sauce & backed in the oven until golden?