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 damn you guys ate very well love this! It's great you can share food with your husband my poor restrictive pouch. It keeps me from wanting to eat out. I also miss those experiences. I eat four or five bites on for this damn restrictive pouch, but I'm grateful. My mouth is watering that good looks good!

2 hours ago, Mspretty86 said:

@Lilia_90 damn you guys ate very well love this! It's great you can share food with your husband my poor restrictive pouch. It keeps me from wanting to eat out. I also miss those experiences. I eat four or five bites on for this damn restrictive pouch, but I'm grateful. My mouth is watering that good looks good!

I always say that my restriction is the bane of my existence. I eat less than my skinny 6 year old, the variety you see is my insatiable desire to order everything LMAO. I like trying everything but actually very little of everything makes its way into my body haha.

I sometimes think my surgeon unintentionally cut way too much. I could eat 3 bites comfortably before feeling the pressure. And yes that includes dessert and chips. I know exactly what you’re talking about and I sometimes dread eating especially when I’m really hungry because I can anticipate the extreme discomfort and it just puts me off.

Homemade (turkey) burger w/onions on a keto bun

French toast made with keto bread

Wednesdays are salad days in the SpartanMaker household.

Tonight it was Cobb Salad. Here's mine, followed my my wife's for comparison:

On 4/20/2025 at 5:37 AM, Lilia_90 said:

. I like trying everything but actually very little of everything makes its way into my body haha.

same, same. ?

the amount of money i spend on my food order vs. what i actually eat is kinda embarrassing. its so wasteful i know, but my insatiable desire to order everything on the menu has seriously been out of hand for YEARS and i really need to do something about it. im trying this thing where i put a serious-honest-to-goodness effort to order ½ or what i REALLY want to order. while it's getting LESS ridiculous, i know i still have a long way to go.

wish me luck.

and good luck to y'-all in return ❤️

Edited April 24, 20251 yr by ms.sss

Rotisserie chicken and couscous (lunch and dinner)

Decided to have something different for breakfast today. A bit eclectic I know, but it used up some leftovers. BTW, the toast is from some of my homemade sourdough.

4 hours ago, SpartanMaker said:

Decided to have something different for Breakfast today. A bit eclectic I know, but it used up some leftovers. BTW, the toast is from some of my homemade sourdough.

Ha! Absolutely love me a random plate of things that might not 'go' together normally but that we just want to (and CAN) eat at the time!!!

On 4/22/2025 at 4:53 PM, GreenTealael said:

French toast made with Keto bread

OMG that just looks soooo good. It's the butter melting...

On 4/24/2025 at 3:43 PM, Spinoza said:

OMG that just looks soooo good. It's the butter melting...

It was great!

Rotisserie chicken and greens infused quinoa

I eat a lot of soup, especially in the winter. Now that it's warming up, I don't eat nearly as much soup, but we had a cooler day today, so I made Moroccan-Style Chickpea, Carrot, and Spinach Soup. It's topped with some chopped pistachios. I served myself about one cup, but couldn't eat it all:

We also had some toasted Pita slices with Muhammara. This is a shared plate. I only had one slice:

We ate alfresco on the porch to enjoy the nice weather. All In all a nice evening meal. ?

Edited April 30, 20251 yr by SpartanMaker

9 hours ago, SpartanMaker said:

I eat a lot of Soup, especially in the winter. Now that it's warming up, I don't eat nearly as much soup, but we had a cooler day today, so I made Moroccan-Style Chickpea, Carrot, and Spinach Soup. It's topped with some chopped pistachios. I served myself about one cup, but couldn't eat it all:

We also had some toasted Pita slices with Muhammara. This is a shared plate. I only had one slice:

We ate alfresco on the porch to enjoy the nice weather. All In all a nice evening meal. ?

Massive soup fan too. We had Brocolli and stilton this week because the brocolli was 9 pence a bunch. Next to make will be carrot and coriander because the carrots were the same price. Easter bargains. In summer we love gazpacho, the one with almonds is lush.

Just got done with a long cold rainy run and needed something to warm me up, so it's leftover Japanese curry time. This is around a cup of curry and roughly 1/2 cup of rice.: