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

12 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

I don’t even understand how it’s possible? Coupons?

Most of the time.

The crackers were an Amazon fresh deal. Normally like $4something a box but on sale 2 for $5 and there’s a promo for spend $35 get $10 off. Which goes before the 2 for $5 sale price. The ones I bought weren’t all that $4.69 pre sale price so I ended up with 10 boxes of different kinds for $15. Example pictures show 8 of the same kind for $10.

The broths were also an Amazon fresh deal of buy one get one free with a normal price of $1.69 each.

Other Amazon fresh items- green grapes 3lbs for 1.99, tortillas $.98, 12ct english muffins $1.35, hot dog buns $.97, coleslaw mix $1.89, tofu $1.52, and Parmesan cheese had a 50% off coupon making it $3.14

I still use the Flashfood app for most of my produce so that’s where the strawberries ($.50 each), cucumbers ($.30 each) and eggplant, avocado, and peppers ($3 bag) came from. They do apply a service fee but for my order it was only $.38

Kroger was the red grapes ($.89/lb), eggs ($1.99/18ct), and potatoes (1.88).

meijer and Aldi were the rest of it with discounted produce at Meijer. The pink bottle thing is strawberry daiquiri tea which came from Aldi’s aisle of shame. ?

12 hours ago, ms.sss said:

all that for $82 ??? my groceries list this week will fit in my purse and cost almost as much as that.

also that is a whole lotta meal prep, am totally impressed! ....remind me again how many people are in your household???

7- there’s me, 1 under 1, and then kids from 9-19. So 12 egg cheese English muffins is only 2 breakfasts.

And there’s nothing wrong with expensive groceries. If I could afford real crab and dry aged steaks I’d definitely be eating those. Instead I just work with what I’ve got. What makes me jealous is the price at some stores in the UK. ? The one time I did I mock shop (virtual cart that I didn’t check out) at I think it was Asda? it was like $75US and it was so much stuff.

11 hours ago, ms.sss said:

tomorrow morning i'll see if all this food tracking abandon made a diff on the scale....

update: it made no difference (which i have come to expect over the years...the new norm is that i generally Do Not gain weight on vacay! yay!)

left weighing 115.2 lbs, came back 4 days later weighing 114.6 this morning (and i haven't even pooped yet, omg)

i know ate and drank more than usual, but i was also out and about like all the waking hours (besides sitting to eat&drink) so that makes sense. plus Mr. coerced me to go the to hotel gym every morning to start our days ?)

3 minutes ago, ms.sss said:

plus Mr. coerced me to go the to hotel gym every morning to start our days ?)

? nothing like a workout to get the appetite going I guess.

32 minutes ago, Starwarsandcupcakes said:

from Aldi’s aisle of shame. ?

Ummm excuse me , don’t you mean the Aldi aisle of fame ?

wow!!! that is awesome! I need to check out Amazon Fresh too! I have 5 people in our household and we spend easily 1200-1500 a month on groceries, its so heart breaking LOL Its not in my area....how sad! Im jelly over here!

16 hours ago, ms.sss said:

did you make it yourself?! looks yummmmmm...

Absolutely not! ?

3 hours ago, AmberFL said:

wow!!! that is awesome! I need to check out Amazon Fresh too! I have 5 people in our household and we spend easily 1200-1500 a month on groceries, its so heart breaking LOL Its not in my area....how sad! Im jelly over here!

I wish more people had it. It’s a great tool for me. However, if you have a Whole Foods there’s a QR code in your Amazon app that lets you save more in their store on certain items.
Trader Joe’s is also a great option as well as local international stores for certain things.
Im guessing by the user name you live in FL. If you have a publix check out their weekly ads and shop based on that and digital coupons.

I know Kroger sends me coupons for stuff I buy often as does Meijer (Michigan, Ohio, Indiana based) which is mostly free or cheap produce or meat now so I’m sure other stores do the same.

Meals so far for today along with 6oz of caramel macchiato and a medium skinny mocha. Oh and my current calorie count. I’m not really hungry (it’s currently 6pm) so I might eat a snack but I dunno.

Breakfast- plain nonfat Greek yogurt, strawberries, and a baked strawberry oatmeal bar cut up

lunch- beans and peppers over Spanish rice and chihuahua cheese that I ate in the car because my son had an appointment.

Edited October 1, 20241 yr by Starwarsandcupcakes

13 hours ago, ms.sss said:

update: it made no difference (which i have come to expect over the years...the new norm is that i generally Do Not gain weight on vacay! yay!)

It is weird but I always come back from vacay having lost weight or pretty much stayed the same. I think it's because I don't weight train (lose a little muscle mass) and the insane amount of walking one usually does on vacations.

17 hours ago, Starwarsandcupcakes said:

I wish more people had it. It’s a great tool for me. However, if you have a Whole Foods there’s a QR code in your Amazon app that lets you save more in their store on certain items.
Trader Joe’s is also a great option as well as local international stores for certain things.
Im guessing by the user name you live in FL. If you have a publix check out their weekly ads and shop based on that and digital coupons.

I know Kroger sends me coupons for stuff I buy often as does Meijer (Michigan, Ohio, Indiana based) which is mostly free or cheap produce or meat now so I’m sure other stores do the same.

oh no I live in CA, the most expensive state UGH! I do Whole Foods sometimes and Trader Joes. I go to the neighborhood Walmart and Costco. Ill have to start couponing for sure

cantaloupe smoothie for lunch! (too lazy to make anything or even order out)

about 2 cupped cubed cantaloupe, 1 tbsp whole milk powder (i had no actual milk so it had to do), and a cup of ice blitzed in the blender.

yum!

1 hour ago, ms.sss said:

cantaloupe smoothie for lunch! (too lazy to make anything or even order out)

about 2 cupped cubed cantaloupe, 1 tbsp whole milk powder (i had no actual milk so it had to do), and a cup of ice blitzed in the blender.

yum!

Wow girlie this looks good! I wanted some ideas to do something with cantaloupes that was different! Almost 6 months out and some days I do not feel like eating and I don't. I no longer force food down some days I can fast all day for multiple days at a time, some days it's just protein shakes. This I will try soon! Without the food noise I can now listen to my body!

3 hours ago, Mspretty86 said:

some days I do not feel like eating and I don't. I no longer force food down

this is actually a good point that i want to add on to.

during weight loss phase, so long as your LABS are good and you FEEL good, i have the opinion that there is really no need to force yourself to eat if you just aren't feeling it. but ONLY of your labs are good!

DISCLAIMER: i am NOT a medical professional and am only expressing what worked for me. feel free to take or discard anything i say!

FOR BACKGROUND PURPOSES: i lost 110 lbs in 7 months to reach goal weight. i am now 6 years post op and have maintained BELOW goal weight this entire time. AND my labs have been "satisfactory" at every check up (the last one being Oct 2023...i have one coming up in a couple weeks and im going to assume it will also be uneventful cuz i feel great)

Edited October 3, 20241 yr by ms.sss

ok. so i love bacon. and i mean, i LOVE bacon. i buy it by the case from Costco Business Store and add it to basically everything, and i save the rendered bacon fat and use it for frying stuff (don't judge me!!! lol)

anyway, the big ongoing debate at my house is "how cooked should bacon be"?

i like my bacon crispy (almost burnt! ha!), while Mr. like it less cooked and more chewy.

i often have to take out his bacon from the oven so i can continue cooking mine, geez.

see my preferred bacon doneness below.

so what are YOU? Team CRISPY? or Team CHEWY???