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

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1 minute ago, ms.sss said:

happy birthday!!! ❤️❤️❤️

(...and YUUUUUMMMMMM)

Thank You ❤️

Yumm! Looks so beautiful. And happy birthday to a fellow beautiful July baby @GreenTealael.

9 hours ago, Arabesque said:

Yumm! Looks so beautiful. And happy birthday to a fellow beautiful July baby @GreenTealael.

Thank you! ❤️
How are you celebrating your birthday?
Actually how is everyone doing it these days? My family wanted to dine out but I don’t really think that’s what I want anymore ?

4 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

Actually how is everyone doing it these days?

funny, as i get older i seem to like celebrating bigger and bigger. i guess im feeling more greatful for being alive for yet another year

4 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

Actually how is everyone doing it these days?

funny, as i get older i seem to like celebrating bigger and bigger. i guess im feeling more greatful for being alive for yet another year

so @GreenTealael's dessert pic got me jonseing for some baked goods, so when i walked by a specialty grocery store, i went in, high-tailed to the bakery and picked up these two beauties: a chocolate peanut butter butter tart and a lemon square!

came home and cut out a quarter of each one to try.

Verdict: the butter tart was like a 7/10. the filling was awesome, but the pastry was just a little too flaky for my taste. the lemon square was a bit of a fail. not nearly as lemon-y as it should've been. i rate it a 4/10. i only took one bite, but i should've taken a nibble instead, i feel like i just ate a bunch of unenjoyable and unworthy calories!

202 calories for the servings.

just left a bit of the lemon square.

4 hours ago, ms.sss said:

funny, as i get older i seem to like celebrating bigger and bigger. i guess im feeling more greatful for being alive for yet another year

I’ve been celebrating smaller and smaller but I have no clue why ?

3 hours ago, ms.sss said:

so @GreenTealael's dessert pic got me jonseing for some baked goods, so when i walked by a specialty grocery store, i went in, high-tailed to the bakery and picked up these two beauties: a chocolate Peanut Butter butter tart and a lemon square!

came home and cut out a quarter of each one to try.

Verdict: the butter tart was like a 7/10. the filling was awesome, but the pastry was just a little too flaky for my taste. the lemon square was a bit of a fail. not nearly as lemon-y as it should've been. i rate it a 4/10. i only took one bite, but i should've taken a nibble instead, i feel like i just ate a bunch of unenjoyable and unworthy calories!

202 calories for the servings.

just left a bit of the lemon square.

Don’t you just hate when lemon foods don’t have the right lemon flavor.

Birthday pastry!!! A European cream and fruit tart [emoji3590]

Happy birthday! [emoji324] Beautiful pastry. Looks yummy.

On 7/12/2023 at 10:09 AM, GreenTealael said:

This is the “Food Before and After” thread. If you are looking for the general “body” before and after thread you can find it here:

Thank you!

10 hours ago, Tomo said:

Happy birthday! Beautiful pastry. Looks yummy.

Thank you! ❤️

Meal prepping for my work week- chocolate almond powder chia seed pudding for breakfasts with a protein shake in my coffee, sausage with peppers, onions, and mushrooms for lunch, and then these no bake brownies for desserts when I get home. (Dinner will be either chicken or tuna salad probably).

11 minutes ago, Starwarsandcupcakes said:

Meal prepping for my work week- chocolate almond powder chia seed pudding for breakfasts with a Protein Shake in my coffee, sausage with peppers, onions, and mushrooms for lunch, and then these no bake brownies for Desserts when I get home. (Dinner will be either chicken or tuna salad probably).

Please share more about no bake brownies

54 minutes ago, LindsayT said:

Please share more about no bake brownies

I made these but instead of the frosting listed I mixed sugar free chocolate chips with heavy cream to make a ganache. OH, and I used a sugar free maple flavored syrup instead of real maple syrup.

Edited July 14, 20233 yr by Starwarsandcupcakes

Cherry parfait w/ chia seeds and honey

I ate all of the cherries but not all of the yogurt ?