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

Lunchtime! (Technically breakfast actually)

Baked salmon, beef brisket with BBQ sauce and 1/2 a sweet dinner roll: 370 calories.

Ate one bite of the brisket and al of the rest. The BBQ sauce i poured over the brisket was too sweet to eat for first meal of the day. I put it back in the the fridge but I already know im not going to eat it later…got too turned off, boo.

I had pasta sauce and meatballs and sausage

Spaghetti bolognaise!
My husbands portion on the left (what I would have eaten pre op), mine on the right.
It was delicious!

On 12/11/2021 at 3:15 PM, Summermoose said:

Spaghetti bolognaise!
My husbands portion on the left (what I would have eaten pre op), mine on the right.
It was delicious!

Always eye opening to see the volume of food we used to be able to eat before vs now. Crazy.

Edited December 12, 20214 yr by ms.sss

Junky afternoon snack while watching John Wick for like the 20th time.

Sour cream and onion chips and a peanut butter cup: 292 calories

Yes, i eat chips and chocolate.

Mr. ate a little less than 1/2 the PB cup and a couple chips and i ate the rest.

Edited December 12, 20214 yr by ms.sss

@ms.sss no judgement here! I had a crunchy Taco Bell taco and 2 servings of pringles while putting up Christmas trees (yes, trees!) And just had a protein bar before I head to bed.

Chocolate?

I knew better than to eat just leftover chicken tenders and French fries for dinner after only having a protein shake, a protein bar, and a cream cheese cookie the rest of the day. ?‍♀️ Calories is total for the day so far. I have to work tomorrow night so I’m trying to stay up as late as possible so I sleep during the day. Hopefully I’ll be able to eat something else.

On 12/13/2021 at 1:59 AM, Starwarsandcupcakes said:

@ms.sss no judgement here! I had a crunchy Taco Bell taco and 2 servings of pringles while putting up Christmas trees (yes, trees!) And just had a Protein Bar before I head to bed.

TreeS! Nice!!

Small plates are my absolute fave way to eat a restaurant meal (I.e., dim sum, tapas, izakaya, tasting menus). One can sample a variety of food without the commitment of a full entrée.

Here was last night’s 13 course meal. Each course was probably the size of a fork head (no more than 2 normal sized bites each). Didn’t eat everything put in front of me…I marked the items I passed on with an X below for reference…which someone gladly ate lol. Figured I ate about 2 (maybe 2.5) cups total in food volume over a span of 3+ hours. Was more than satisfied, on the verge of stuffed…almost, but not quite.

There was no easy way to figure out the calories for everything so I just logged 1800 cals for the night (I also had 2 glasses of wine).

Now while me and the Kid were happy, the men wanted to go for pizza after ?

Edited December 14, 20214 yr by ms.sss

Mashed potatoes (one large potato, maybe) with vegan meatball (just one ?)

Edited December 15, 20214 yr by GreenTealael

11 hours ago, ms.sss said:

Small plates are my absolute fave way to eat a restaurant meal (I.e., dim sum, tapas, izakaya, tasting menus). One can sample a variety of food without the commitment of a full entrée.

Here was last night’s 13 course meal. Each course was probably the size of a fork head (no more than 2 normal sized bites each). Didn’t eat everything put in front of me…I marked the items I passed on with an X below for reference…which someone gladly ate lol. Figured I ate about 2 (maybe 2.5) cups total in food volume over a span of 3+ hours. Was more than satisfied, on the verge of stuffed…almost, but not quite.

There was no easy way to figure out the calories for everything so I just logged 1800 cals for the night (I also had 2 glasses of wine).

Now while me and the Kid were happy, the men wanted to go for pizza after ?

These are so cute ?

Food pic dump!

Yesterday’s snack: homemade milk bread, chicken salad, Parmesan, & crunchy garlic chilli oil. Ate one of them : 169 calories

Yesterday’s dinner : Salad! : 336 calories for the whole thing. Leftovers shown, which i tossed cuz it just wasn’t yummy enough to go back to. I blame the pate, it was kinda yuk (as you can see how i pushed it all to the side) and it touched the other food and made it smell like paté, lol.

Todays breakfast/lunch : Another salad! 373 calories. Currently eating it. If don’t finish (which I already know I won’t) I’ll eat rest for a snack cuz it’s delicious.

Edited December 15, 20214 yr by ms.sss

I made my very first hand cut zucchini pasta last night! ?

I took about 3 forkfuls to taste but this meal was for someone else

Edited December 16, 20214 yr by GreenTealael

On 12/16/2021 at 17:09, GreenTealael said:

I made my very first hand cut zucchini Pasta last night! ?

I took about 3 forkfuls to taste but this meal was for someone else

That looks soooo delicious! ?