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

Did a reverse sear venison back strap, over some sautéed spinach, side of roasted veggies and one roll. I like to cook and this one was good and I ate almost all of it, but should have stopped sooner. Food after surgery doesn’t have to be boring, just smaller portions. ?

"food after surgery doesn’t have to be boring, just smaller portions. ?"

Absolutely this!

On 12/17/2023 at 7:38 PM, ms.sss said:

some food porn for your viewing pleasure!

i always always take pics of my food but haven't been posting much of them as i used to.

here is a sample of what i've been eating the past couple weeks!

I do soooo love seeing what you and everyone eats ms.sss. Thanks for taking the time to post. ?

On 12/31/2023 at 2:49 PM, GreenTealael said:

Cafeteria style Mediterranean (kids size)

Harris honey chicken, fire roasted corn cabbage slaw, black lentils, roasted red pepper hummus and pita chips

640 cals

wow that is one large kids size meal. what did the adult size look like?!?

On 12/31/2023 at 3:46 PM, GettinSkinnywithit said:

food after surgery doesn’t have to be boring, just smaller portions. ?

agreed!!!

15 hours ago, ms.sss said:

wow that is one large kids size meal. what did the adult size look like?!?

I’m glad I’m not the only one that thinks so. And the adult size was enormous!

Most meals are between 300-500 calories each except the sushi was like 250. I’ve been eating a lot of eggs the past week but am definitely not doing the egg fast diet again! And most of these “meals” are things I pick at for a couple hours.

Today’s lunch (the last picture) I made at 3pm and finished around 630pm. It’s roasted butternut squash with sautéed kale, garlic, onion, and shiitake rice.

All look very familiar starwars! That's very much what my meals look like these days.

How is your sister doing now, if you don't mind me asking? You kind of disappeared for a while - hope she's OK.

1 hour ago, Spinoza said:

All look very familiar starwars! That's very much what my meals look like these days.

How is your sister doing now, if you don't mind me asking? You kind of disappeared for a while - hope she's OK.

She’s doing better. She got a dialysis fistula and a port (for labs and meds) placed in October. She’s still working with physical therapy and a home health nurse to get stronger.

I on the other hand and currently on medical leave until after heart surgery because even walking into work leaves me short of breath when a few short months ago I was hiking miles and it turns out my congenital heart defect has acutely gotten worse over the past year. ?

Oh I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope it can happen soon and that you're back to hiking in no time - better than ever.

i felt for a chicken salad sandwich, but we had no bread, nor lettuce, boo.

so chicken salad, a piece of bacon, and....rice! lol.

321 cals for the whole bowl, ate 1/2 for now. will eat the rest later.

i felt for a chicken salad sandwich, but we had no bread, nor lettuce, boo.

so chicken salad, a piece of bacon, and....rice! lol.

321 cals for the whole bowl, ate 1/2 for now. will eat the rest later.

Breakfast- toast with ricotta, chopped dates, and honey with coffee (and zero sugar peppermint mocha creamer

lunch- vegetable soup with cannellini beans

dinner- tofu and veggie stir fry with peanut sauce.

ok, so ever since surgery, i've developed (and maintained) this quirk where i like to order/buy a large amount of food with the intention of at least having a taste of everything, but usually don't in the end. someone usually eats what there, other times it gets tossed (it a terrible waste of food, i know )

my sister-in-law's sister half-jokingly accuses me of trying to fat everyone up around me so i look skinny (she's kind of a B, lol), and Mr. also half-jokingly worries that i have some sort of reverse-eating disorder.

in any case, i realize it's probably not normal, but im ok with it for now. as i write this im thinking this is probably not the thread for this post...i feel like this has become bit of a downer!

my initial intention was to post this beautiful bounty that i picked up while coat shopping yesterday:

and i am pleased to report that i indeed had a small bite of everything (except the caramel daquoise - not a fan of caramel), and the fam and some company ate the rest...they will all be fat by years end! mwha-ha-haha! ?

clockwise from top left: cappuccino daquoise, lemon shortbread slice, roasted apple cake, salted caramel daquoise)

guessing i ate maybe 150-200 cals worth.

10 hours ago, ms.sss said:

...not a fan of caramel...

That suddenly reminded me how much I miss real deal pecan pie.

For reference a slice (1/8 of a 9"pie) is;

Calories 503

Fat 27.08g

Carbs 63.68g

Protein 5.98g

I'm going to be missing it for a long time!

Edited January 8, 20242 yr by ShooterInTheSix
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