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

@Lilia_90 you're on a roll! keep the food porn coming!!!

p.s. i loooooooove ceviche ?

1/3 a buffalo chicken wrap and 12 sour cream and onion Pringles.

192 calories, ate it all!

( I feel like they should be more calories but this is what MFP says, so...)

Edited May 6, 20242 yr by ms.sss

43 minutes ago, ms.sss said:

@Lilia_90 you're on a roll! keep the food porn coming!!!

p.s. i loooooooove ceviche ?

I’m just getting started friend ?♥️

22 minutes ago, ms.sss said:

1/3 a buffalo chicken wrap and 12 sour cream and onion Pringles.

192 calories, ate it all!

( I feel like they should be more calories but this is what MFP says, so...)

Omg this looks delish! I love me some bread and chips combo. I miss regular chips so much! I’ve only been having protein chips so far. Du remember how far out you started having regular chips?

1 hour ago, Lilia_90 said:

Omg this looks delish! I love me some bread and chips combo. I miss regular chips so much! I’ve only been having Protein chips so far. Du remember how far out you started having regular chips?

hmmm, good question!

i *think* i started eating them after i got over my carb-phobia...somewhere around the 2-year post op-mark, probably.

yep, in a bread and chips combo kick, i guess!

"vegetable chips" (see packaging below) and some "crack chicken" (basically chicken salad made with cream cheese and ranch seasoning) on a slice of homemade milk bread, topped with some melty brie.

716 calories for the plate.

obvs i was only really into the chips cuz i ate all of them and had like maybe 1/3 of the toast, tops. Mr ate the rest.

(so gonna update my MFP log to 461 cals for what i actually ate)

full disclosure: i am eating alot more calories these days cuz i drastically upped my exercise game (by choice, not necessity) and i figure i must be doing right cuz my clothes still fit, lol.

For the food porn lovers: a rather large Portuguese custard tart.

Now the story turns sour. I ate a third, then another third later in the day, gave the last third to my niece & then was violently ill. I was blaming the tart - too rich, too sweet,… This will teach me to stick to my eating. No more testing the waters. This is why you don’t go to these places. Etc., etc. Turned out it was a rather severe bout of my meniere’s. Usually I get the crazy room spinning first & if I don’t take my meds I can be sick. This time sick multiple times first then the vertigo hit. Couldn’t take my meds in fear of more vomiting. And yes it was the old, pre surgery, muscle wrenching sort. Groan! Think I will still blame the tart otherwise I’ll be back buying another one.

PS. This is from one of the many artisan bakeries that have opened up in a very small radius of my house & your old Brisbane residence @ms.sss over the last few years. Terrible, terrible temptation.

Breakfast:

chia seed pudding with ISO pure chocolate whey, cocoa powder, mixed berries and pumpkin seeds.
Had 4 bites and got too full, will try again later. Around 339 calories for the whole thing, I estimate to have eaten around 140 calories.

@ms.sss I used to eat these vegetable chips all the time, super good

Lunch:

My leftover Ceviche on protein chips. It took me 2.5 hours to finish this. But I did it. Around 243 calories, I am stuffed!!

8 hours ago, Arabesque said:

Turned out it was a rather severe bout of my meniere’s. Usually I get the crazy room spinning first & if I don’t take my meds I can be sick. This time sick multiple times first then the vertigo hit. Couldn’t take my meds in fear of more vomiting. And yes it was the old, pre surgery, muscle wrenching sort. Groan!

i had to google menieres. yikes...sounds horrible...like a bad case of dumping, all right! do you have to take meds everyday to maintain or only as needed? hope you feel better today! ❤️

8 hours ago, Arabesque said:

. Terrible, terrible temptation.

ha! one man's terrible is another man's awesome! i would totally scoop out the insides of the tart and go to town...(in small bits over several hours then give the leftovers to a loved one ofc hahaha)

Edited May 7, 20242 yr by ms.sss

Joining the sandwich train!

Turkey and cheese

17 hours ago, Arabesque said:

For the food porn lovers: a rather large Portuguese custard tart.

Now the story turns sour. I ate a third, then another third later in the day, gave the last third to my niece & then was violently ill. I was blaming the tart - too rich, too sweet,… This will teach me to stick to my eating. No more testing the waters. This is why you don’t go to these places. Etc., etc. Turned out it was a rather severe bout of my meniere’s. Usually I get the crazy room spinning first & if I don’t take my meds I can be sick. This time sick multiple times first then the vertigo hit. Couldn’t take my meds in fear of more vomiting. And yes it was the old, pre surgery, muscle wrenching sort. Groan! Think I will still blame the tart otherwise I’ll be back buying another one.

PS. This is from one of the many artisan bakeries that have opened up in a very small radius of my house & your old Brisbane residence @ms.sss over the last few years. Terrible, terrible temptation.

Very pretty. I despise tarts, so I’m blaming it also. A Croissant would never hurt you like this.

15 hours ago, ms.sss said:

i had to google menieres. yikes...sounds horrible...like a bad case of dumping, all right! do you have to take meds everyday to maintain or only as needed? hope you feel better today! ❤️

Thank you. It happens when the pressure in your ears builds up. It can even be affected by air pressure so when storms are brewing. In my case it’s genetic. My mother has it & my grandmother had it. We take meds (betasert/serc). but only when we start to experience symptoms though some take them every day. The vertigo is the worst!

These are more than a tart though @GreenTealael. Flaky puff pastry just like a croissant but with a delicious creamy custard filling. You have to try one.

Edited May 8, 20242 yr by Arabesque

Dinner:

Marry me chicken (chickens breasts cooked in a lite cream sauce with mushrooms, sundried tomatoes and spinach, so good!) and green beans

Before and after. Approximately 240 calories for what I ate.

Edited May 8, 20242 yr by Lilia_90