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

Seafood night at Mi Casa:

Lobster with thermoider butter , garlic butter jumbo shrimps.

Cod green coconut curry, corn, and grilled zucchini

What I fixed myself

How I did (apologies for the non aesthetically pleasing photo).

don't judge me!

had a 2.5 hour back to back hot power yoga classes tonight and came home absolutely STARVING.

grabbed what was available before i even showered omg: a cold mini butter chicken meat pie, a can of smoked oysters w/ seafood sauce, and almost-expired blue cheese. 427 calories for all of it...scarfed it all in like 30 mins (except the meat pie crust...not very appetizing when cold. ew.)

and yeah...i NEEDED some dessert (before i showered! lol)...so totally ate these 4 squares of hazelnut milk chocolate!

143 calories!

btw, Mr. is eating chips right now, so i will likely be logging some chips servings in MFP later on.....

Edited October 11, 20241 yr by ms.sss

Ohhh I recently had some interesting chocolate

8 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

Ohhh I recently had some interesting chocolate

verdict?

12 minutes ago, ms.sss said:

verdict?

Tastes like every other chocolate with fruit ? I suspect i am just not a fan of prickly pear

Breakfast, lunch and dinner today.

Breakfast- wheat toast with laughing cow cheese, strawberries and a protein coffee.

Lunch- a mini raspberry danish. I actually made 2 dozen last night. Baked a dozen and the other dozen are in a freezer bag ready to bake when I have surgery in a couple weeks. There’s leftover jam in the fridge for toast/french toast later this week. (That’s what I get for using all 36oz fresh raspberries I’ve bought the past week!)

Dinner- I picked up some vegan chicken on clearance so we had that in rice bowls. I ended up eating about 3/4c fluffed rice, a total of 1 cup cucumbers, about 1/2 cup carrots, and little less than 1/2 cup of the stir fried “chicken” with onions, epis, and garlic in it and 1/2tbsp of sesame seeds. I didn’t eat the seaweed and the grandbaby ate what I didn’t.

Also had a protein fiber bar as a snack.

Might have another protein shake before bed but honestly, I’m not hungry.

Ok, so the grocery shopping this week- $76.20 after sales, coupons, and rebates.

Half the strawberries are gone already and the raspberries got made into jam. We’ve had pasta salad and rice bowls for dinners and they’ve had danishes, cereal, and crescent rolls for breakfasts.

And about 2lbs of carrots from a previous week, a random bunch of celery in the fridge and a huge chunk of ginger got prepped for smoothies later this week and is in the freezer.

My total would’ve been $13.40 less if I hadn’t taken a child with me- they asked for the kimchi and banana pepper rings. And pointed out the caramel apples.

Lunch and dinner today

sautéed edamame, coleslaw mix and vegan chicken in Japanese bbq sauce with a mandarin orange

Soup made with red lentils, carrots, onions, tomatoes, acorn squash, veggie broth and spices. With a small side of rice.

OMG! How did I miss you had Vegemite on toast last week @Starwarsandcupcakes. I didn’t think any non Australian could tolerate it. Mind you I can’t stand it - so strong - unless there’s heaps of butter & only a smear of Vegemite. I’m a promite girl (or was before surgery when I had it regularly on freshly baked white bread).

That carrot soup looks delicious!

@Arabesque Vegemite on toast with no butter is one of my favorite comfort foods recently. If Vegemite wasn’t so expensive here ($10US for the small jar!) I’d buy it more often.

some things i've eaten the past week...

1) ½ an oven roasted acorn squash with butter and seasonings: est. 150 cals. ate ½

2) homemade cabbage soup with 5 homemade pork and cabbage meatballs: est. 400 cals, ate/drank it all except for 2 meatballs.

3) ben & jerry's coffee ice cream, sour cream and onion chips, and a dark chocolate Godiva truffle: est. 500 cals, ate it all.

4) beet salad (beets, feta, balsamic glaze, green onion, ginger, vinaigrette): est. 275 cals, ate it all.

5) 1/4 sesame bagel w/ cream cheese and feta, roasted pork belly slices w/ ginger onion condiment : est. 550 calories, ate it all.

6) raspberry (9%) yogurt cup with black pepper: 175 cals, ate it all

Breakfast and lunch today. With the soup I made cornbread with green chilis and cheese in it.

On 10/6/2024 at 12:28 AM, Lilia_90 said:

So I get very very very hungry right before my period and the first few days of my cycle. It is so intense that I feel that there is a hole in my stomach where the food disappears 10 minutes after I’ve eaten. It is so weird and I have never experienced this pre WLS. I have clocked 1750 calories for 4 days straight and a whopping 120 grams of Protein because I can’t seem to get full. Then I just lose interest in eating for the rest of my cycle, anyone else experience this?

Things I’ve eaten the past few days:

Galore of burgers. Double smashed cheeseburgers, a classic burger, and a spicy crispy chicken burger.

Maple buffalo shrimps

Up close and personal on the spicy chicken burger.

So hubby was quite taken aback at how much I ordered (knowing he’ll have to eat most of it, teaser: he did) I got excited to try everything (teaser: I didn’t). I hade around 3/4 of one half of the smash cheeseburger, and a bite of the spicy chicken burger which was soooo good but then I felt so sick and regretted eating that. Hubby ate most of the shrimps, his whole burger and my half. The rest was put in the fridge. There was also a large portion of fries which I didn’t taste.

I'm post post post menopausal lol and I still have serious cravings for about a week. My appetite goes sky high, I feel like a bottomless pit during those times. Our bodies continue to go through hormonal changes even without a menstrual cycle. To manage this, I use a period tracker to stay prepared for these fluctuations.

Went out to dinner to a Michelin star Cantonese restaurant. What we ordered (dim sum, Duh!)

We were served wagyu, scallop, prawn and lobster dim sum. I had the Wagyu, scallop and lobster ones, my dinner companion polished off the rest.

Pecking duck. Which was good but not great, I’ve had better. My pretty rolled duck pancake (I had two).

Spicy curried shrimps. The largest shrimps I’ve seen, they’re XX jumbo. I had two and regretted it because I was uncomfortably full.

Dessert was this delicious bomb with a crispy praline exterior, stuffed with a large scoop of praline ice cream and drizzled with hot chocolate and hazelnuts, and a vegan mango pavlova that was phenomenal. I had two small bites of each dessert and felt extremely stuffed (hate it). Overall this dinner was a 10! I’m so grateful I get to enjoy eating out and order a variety of dishes and get to experience everything (in moderation)

Edited October 20, 20241 yr by Lilia_90