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

7 hours ago, ms.sss said:

I dunno, its weird...i still love food, but its not so much about actually eating it anymore...i really just enjoy cooking it, plating it, planning to cook it, looking at pictures of it, smelling it, watching others eat it. And - don't judge me - I absolutely LOOOOOVE reading restaurant menus in their entirety. I probably spend more time perusing the menu than I do actually eating. Not sure if this is some weird mental issue, but i seem to be functioning well in society so its all good. LOLOLOLzzzzzzz.

I’m the same way. Out of the 20+ dozen cookies I made this week I had maybe 6 over 4 days. I just enjoy being able to make others happy with a treat or just making their day suck a little less (hospital healthcare is a nightmare right now) so to me researching a new recipe to share or learning a new technique for baking makes me feel better and seeing others enjoy helps reduce the anxiety and stress of working.

And strangely some coworkers have asked me when I’m opening a bakery or if I’m taking cookie orders for the holidays….. ?

Also, I woke up early Friday to make another 6 dozen cookies before work to celebrate a couple of coworkers birthdays- triple chocolate chip, strawberry shortcake, chocolate caramel, and chocolate butterfinger.

Edited October 9, 20214 yr by Starwarsandcupcakes

Fall comfort food. Split pea and ham soup. Pumped up the protein by using bone broth instead of regular chicken broth. A bunch of chopped kale goes in at the end.

On 10/10/2021 at 12:48, kristieshannon said:

Fall comfort food. Split pea and ham Soup. Pumped up the Protein by using Bone Broth instead of regular chicken broth. A bunch of chopped kale goes in at the end.

Looks so good!! I’m in Texas so not quite fall here lol

I can’t wait for soup season!

2 hours ago, kristieshannon said:

Fall comfort food. Split pea and ham Soup. Pumped up the Protein by using Bone Broth instead of regular chicken broth. A bunch of chopped kale goes in at the end.

@kristieshannon I made tortilla soup a couple weeks ago too. It was good. Wish Texas was having some fall weather. Nothing like a cup of hot soup on a cold day.
Yours look so good too!!

Was that hard to make? Looks good

On 10/10/2021 at 14:58, Kaminsky Dyer said:

Was that hard to make? Looks good

Nope, super easy. Dice an onion, a couple carrots, and 4 oz ham. In a pot with 7 cups liquid (I used 2 cups chicken bone broth and 5 cups water). A 1 lb bag of split peas, a couple bay leaves, 2 tsp salt, 1 tsp pepper, 1 tsp garlic powder. Let it simmer a couple hours until the veggies & peas are soft. Chop a bunch of kale and stir it in for the last 5 minutes.

I just had Gastric bypass 5 days ago so still in phase 1. Tuesday will be a week for me not eating just liquids but I hope I will be able to a least eat some cream of wheat.

Just now, Kaminsky Dyer said:

I just had Gastric bypass 5 days ago so still in phase 1. Tuesday will be a week for me not eating just liquids but I hope I will be able to a least eat some cream of wheat.

Congratulations!!!!

This is all so new for me..

Spring time here on the opposite end of the earth. Friendly Butcher bird came to visit as I sat on my deck with my mid morning snack. Didn’t like the way he was eyeing off my multigrain crackers though & I wasn’t sharing. ??

Your soup looks yummo @kristieshannon but you all know I love soup regardless the weather.

Congrats on your surgery @Kaminsky Dyer. We’ve all been where you are now & undesrand the newness & strangeness of the post surgical eating play. Just take it day by day & you’ll be able to eat soup like Kristie’s (without the kale to begin - too coarse) before you know it.

On 10/10/2021 at 4:13 PM, GreenTealael said:

I can’t wait for Soup season!

Lol ? soup season is EVERY season.

Packed my lunch (meals really) like always-

green smoothie- kale, spinach, unsweetened almond milk, frozen pineapple and Syntrax lemonade protein powder

egg white and American cheese everything bagel thin with extra everything bagel seasoning

onions, zucchini and tomatoes with everything bagel seasoning

2 protein shakes (for coffee)

2 different dried fruits, beef bone broth packet, a pack of seaweed snacks, and a 100 calorie chocolate almonds as snacks

and a random orgain protein bar because I was still hungry 9hrs into my shift.

Edited October 12, 20214 yr by Starwarsandcupcakes

Salmon with a Dijon chive sauce; zucchini and potato wedges from a hello fresh box. I had half a salmon portion and probably quarter or less portion of the zucchini and potatoes and didn’t finish that.

On 10/9/2021 at 8:43 AM, ms.sss said:

I dunno, its weird...i still love food, but its not so much about actually eating it anymore...i really just enjoy cooking it, plating it, planning to cook it, looking at pictures of it, smelling it, watching others eat it. And - don't judge me - I absolutely LOOOOOVE reading restaurant menus in their entirety. I probably spend more time perusing the menu than I do actually eating. Not sure if this is some weird mental issue, but i seem to be functioning well in society so its all good. LOLOLOLzzzzzzz.

Food porn.

Carry on!

Tek

Edited October 12, 20214 yr by The Greater Fool