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

Kid sized burger. I took the pic half way through but finished the entire thing.

On 03/23/2025 at 19:00, GreenTealael said:

Kid sized burger. I took the pic half way through but finished the entire thing.

We have a gourmet burger place near us. I love that they let me order their kids burger! Just as tasty as their regular burgers, but size appropriate for me.

On 3/20/2025 at 3:52 PM, GreenTealael said:

Looks really tasty! I have never made corned beef, is it terribly hard?

I bake mine inside of using the crockpot so the fat goes into the muscle and breaks it down a bit more. Corned beef is really just a preserved/pickled brisket so if brisket sits well for you then corned beef might as well. It’s about the same process as brining a poultry.

Fun fact- it’s called corned beef because of the large salt crystals (aka “corns”) once used to preserve the meat.

What I wanted versus what I ate and the approximate calorie counts. For what I ate it was good but those miracle noodles are super heavy on my stomach.

Miracle noodles with sautéed onion and portobello mushroom, kimchi, fried garlic, with pickled cucumbers and hard boiled eggs in lono life beef broth.

dinner last night:

i have a bad habit of ordering more food that i can eat which is both a blessing and a curse for Mr., who always gets tasked to dealing with my leftovers. i don't have an after pic, cuz yeah, he ate it all before i could (plus he ate all of his dinner too omg.).

i have no proof, but i believe i ate 2 broccoli florets. 2 or 3 forkfuls of of the sauteed onions, 4-5 potato squares, 1 forkful of corn, and maybe 1/4 of that ribeye. i ate from the left side which was the fattier part...soooo yum.

dinner tonite:

kale and pomegranate salad (yum!) + jerk pork w/ bitter greens (i've had better) + candied corn pudding (super duper yum).

ate ½ the salad, a couple bites of the pork, 1 forkful of greens (which i spit out sorry), and on the left of the last pic, ½ the pudding and just a smaaaaaaall taste of the ice cream (i'm lactose intolerant and didn't have any pills on me, so i had to restrain myself, lol). the dessert on the right was mr.'s..a raspberry creme brullee, which i declined because it was soggy on top. i mean what self-respecting creme brulee is soggy on top??? no thanks.

Soggy top crème brûlée? Sacrilege!! You have to have that crack or what’s the point of a brûlée. It’s just custard otherwise. (Not that there’s anything wrong with custard ?.)

14 hours ago, Arabesque said:

Soggy top crème brûlée? Sacrilege!! You have to have that crack or what’s the point of a brûlée. It’s just custard otherwise. (Not that there’s anything wrong with custard ?.)

agreed. if they called it a custard, i may have tried it, ha!

Not very exciting but sometimes plain comfort food is what I crave.

beef sausage with mashed potato, gravy and veg.

chili bowl, no after pic.

Home made Butter chicken with a small amount of rice.

Normal sized fork for perspective

12 hours ago, DaisyChainOz said:

Home made Butter chicken with a small amount of rice.

Normal sized fork for perspective

Yummy

I roasted a chicken and the older kids made potato soup for dinner tonight. By the time I was hungry there was no potato soup and a picked over chicken carcass so I had some chicken in Caesar salad.

The chicken carcass is currently becoming broth in its lovely jacuzzi.

18 hours ago, Starwarsandcupcakes said:

I roasted a chicken and the older kids made potato Soup for dinner tonight. By the time I was hungry there was no potato soup and a picked over chicken carcass so I had some chicken in Caesar salad.

The chicken carcass is currently becoming broth in its lovely jacuzzi.

My most favorite soup is chicken carcass broth with barley and finely chopped veg in. I love to get the most out of a chicken.

On 3/24/2025 at 11:15 AM, kristieshannon said:

We have a gourmet burger place near us. I love that they let me order their kids burger! Just as tasty as their regular burgers, but size appropriate for me.

I love when you can order from the kids menu!