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

Slept like a log last night. 6 hours of uninterrupted bliss.

Feel like new money this morning.

Feeling even better after a mug-and-a-half of good java. The protein shake makes for a great sweetener / creamer.

Sliced a couple portabellas and hit 'em with Tobasco while the cast'arn skillet came up to temp.....

Whipped 4 eggs into submission and let 'em ride in the skillet.

This day is off to a good start.....fueled up and ready to roll.

Moroccan Fish, Roasted Cauliflower with Lemon and Cumin & Bakoula with Spinach and Kale. I intended to have some sourdough as well, but after I got all this on my plate, I knew I'd never eat it all so I skipped the bread. I'll need to make up the carbs later.

Breakfast & lunch today:

For those that don't live in the US, today was a Federal holiday called Memorial Day. It's a day when we honor those that made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country in the Armed Services. Because it's always on the last Monday in May, it's also considered the unofficial start to summer. As such, it's traditional to have a cookout, meaning cooking outside on a grill or smoker. Today I made Smoked Chicken, Red, Hot & Blue Style Potato Salad (if you know, you know!), and Smoked BBQ Beans. By the way, since it's not really much more work to make LOTS of smoked chicken vs. just a little, I smoked four whole chickens. If you have recipe ideas for how to use up smoked chicken, let me hear it, because my freezer is going to be full!

Still looking for ways to use up all the smoked chicken! Last night it was a Southwest-style salad with some of the smoked chicken. Tonight I'm planning on loaded baked potatoes with BBQ smoked chicken. I also made some Jambalaya style soup and added smoked chicken to that. I froze most of it, but perhaps weirdly, I like soup as a post-workout recovery meal, so I suspect I'll be eating a lot of that most weeks!

What in Le Cordon Bleu is happening in this thread? All of these world class dishes!!! Meanwhile in my kitchen…

The absolutely laziest mezze platter I could make ?

Spicy turkey meatballs, flatbread, roasted red pepper hummus and olive garden salad

Mediterranean lamb with veggies and salad.. yummy!

Homemade white bread loaves

Maple garlic glazed salmon, mixed vegetables and mashed potatoes

Chicken marsala, roasted potatoes & sauteed Brussels sprouts with onion & bacon:

I realized I never shared my "Jambalaya Soup". Yes I realize jambalaya isn't actually soup, but it had a lot of the same ingredients, including cajun spices, so I took a little liberty here. If you're Cajun or Creole, please don't come at me!

Donuts (very rare occasion)! My family sampled the flavors and agreed the Oreo (black and white) was the best.

Flavors: Vanilla fruity pebbles (yeast). Maple crumb (cake), Oreo (yeast), Strawberry fruity pebbles (yeast), Chocolate walnut (cake) and vanilla glazed w/rainbow sprinkles (cake),

Edited June 7, 20251 yr by GreenTealael

17 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

Donuts (very rare occasion)! My family sampled the flavors and agreed the Oreo (black and white) was the best.

Flavors: vanilla fruity pebbles (yeast). Maple crumb (cake), Oreo (yeast), strawberry fruity pebbles (yeast), chocolate walnut (cake) and vanilla glazed w/rainbow sprinkles (cake),

OMG I think I gained weight just looking at that photo. Scrumptious. Gotta have a treat once in a while!

Also I've never heard of cake donuts.