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

Apparently my body is just stuck in grief mode right now (my sister passed away this past weekend after a lengthy hospital stay) which sucks because I *know* I should be eating but it makes me feel sick. This was dinner and dessert.

Dinner- 6” multigrain roasted chicken with fresh mozzarella, banana peppers, tomatoes, double pickles, and spinach with the sweet onion teriyaki sauce on the side. My youngest even helped by taking a big bite!

Dessert- Mississippi mud brownies- I took one bite and I was done.

Oh no. I’m so sorry @Starwarsandcupcakes. You & your family are in my thoughts & prayers.

1 hour ago, Arabesque said:

Oh no. I’m so sorry @Starwarsandcupcakes. You & your family are in my thoughts & prayers.

Thank you. It’s been a rough couple of months for us to say the least. I appreciate all the thoughts and prayers and the amount of support family and friends have reached out with as well.

am so sorry for your loss. sending good thoughts your way...

This dang 6” sub is gonna make me insane! (Pictures are the after yesterday and after of today) ?

I did have loaded brisket fries and iced coffee for breakfast/lunch today. Then another iced coffee and about 1/4 cup Parmesan noodles for dinner. Then the sub as a bedtime snack. So maybe 1500 calories today? Most of it was the fries. At 600 calories. A child asked me if I wanted fried eggs with my sub. I declined.

14 hours ago, Starwarsandcupcakes said:

This dang 6” sub is gonna make me insane! (Pictures are the after yesterday and after of today) ?

I did have loaded brisket fries and iced coffee for breakfast/lunch today. Then another iced coffee and about 1/4 cup Parmesan noodles for dinner. Then the sub as a bedtime snack. So maybe 1500 calories today? Most of it was the fries. At 600 calories. A child asked me if I wanted fried eggs with my sub. I declined.

omg i think its time to retire that sub!!! lol

1st meal of day: leftovers!

white rice, stir-fried tofu and vegetables, and the bone from a 20oz bone-in-ribeye ordered (and not even touched, geez) from dinner at the Keg last night.

mr. ate the rest of it for breakfast this AM...i told him to save me the bone...i personally liked the fact i ate this at home, cuz at the restaurant i would have had the table manners not to pick it up with my hands and mow down! but at home, i can be as fred flintstone-y as i want!!)

293 calories for the plate contents shown. ate almost all of it...will get to the rest later

such a nice day out so sat on the back deck with this teacup of ice cream!

ate it all...hopefully i don't regret eating it...i'll have a verdict one way or yhe other about in 30 mins!!

Edited June 19, 20242 yr by ms.sss

On 6/15/2024 at 1:37 PM, ms.sss said:

i used to be like this too in the early days.

you know what the cure is? regular exercise. womp. womp.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Fine.

5 hours ago, ms.sss said:

omg i think its time to retire that sub!!! lol

Great, now all i can think about is Blade Runner when something needs to be retired

Olive and herb Focaccia made with store bought dough. Everyone loved it and I ate a small area that I deemed was “the crust” ?

Edited June 19, 20242 yr by GreenTealael

made a "leftovers" risotto last night! so yum ?

with leftovers! : roast duck from monday, mushrooms and asparagus from tuesday, and grated the very last of the parm all the way to the rind lol.

302 calories...ate it all eventually!

**edit: ugh! totally forgot to log the arborio rice!! actual calorie count should be 377 calories

Edited June 20, 20242 yr by ms.sss

On 06/17/2024 at 20:40, Starwarsandcupcakes said:

Apparently my body is just stuck in grief mode right now (my sister passed away this past weekend after a lengthy hospital stay) which sucks because I *know* I should be eating but it makes me feel sick. This was dinner and dessert.



Dinner- 6” multigrain roasted chicken with fresh mozzarella, banana peppers, tomatoes, double pickles, and spinach with the sweet onion teriyaki sauce on the side. My youngest even helped by taking a big bite!

Dessert- Mississippi mud brownies- I took one bite and I was done.

So sorry to hear about your
Sister. That is awful. Heart goes out to you and your family.

21 hours ago, ms.sss said:

omg i think its time to retire that sub!!! lol

I did! ? I couldn’t stand the thought of eating it anymore so a kid volunteered to eat it. ?‍♀️

Ended up eating this instead- 185 calories

todays lunch:

a scoop of last night's "leftovers" risotto, two asparagus spears and bacon-wrapped cod with lemon-garlic-caper sauce.

estimating 600 calories for the plate. ate ½ the fish, ½ the asparagus and almost all the risotto.

this was a little in the heavy and rich side, but still so yum. Mr. ate my leftovers PLUS his own portion that was like double my original portion, geez.