chef neil

Hi- I am in Nor-cal if you want to come this way and ride- hit me up. yesterday I did a 50 miler on my fixed gear road bike. It was around Napa valley. my time was 3 hours and 20 minutes on bike or 14.14 mph avg. for those that don't know, the bike has 1 speed- and you always have to pedal- always- never stop, unless you want to. I flew the coarse and sucked a total of 4.5 Water bottles some diluted with sport drink, had more sugar free drink after- hydration was spot on the whole day, considering the breeze and heat. Now I start to train for the Grand Fondo, in Sept. 104 miles and 9000' of climbing! will be using my geared road bike. what I have wondered is how I would do- coming out of surgery, and getting back into riding, and my stomach... It gives me issues on a normal diet- wow! I am happy- G-2, sport beanz, sport drink, trail mix- and goo packs all go down well- so I can ride as fast as I want... even after ride dinner went down well... it was a chickenstew and beans- with some salad, there was other things- but I stayed with safe foods.

Another great stew... I used red wine :wub: my tip of the week- if it is a bit juicy- at one hour 30 minutes make a slurry and stir in- let it cook the final 30 minutes. < slurry- a mixture of flour and water- you only need an ounce or so for a tagine.)

Did your significant other become insecure....are they more attentive now?..did you get back that honeymoon phase kind of love...? plain and simple...has the sex life changed? lol My wife was RNY 8 months before my sleeve. things are different- we are approaching 28 years of marriage- insecure? no- people treat us different- even though she lost 75# more than I, she doesn't get noticed as much as I do. maybe people are afraid to talk to a woman about her weight? either way- we are both loving our new life, and I don't think we ever lost that honeymoon phase, yes things are different- we are not hopping into the sack at every chance- but then again we didn't do that before-. we saved it for the evening- barring kids/tired/early alarms/health/what ever. The thing I will tell ya that is awesome... taking a bath together. so relaxing- so, what two people in love should do! without losing 280# between us that would never be possible... she is working on her list of 100 things to do- we have checked off a few things together It was taught in our class, if your relationship is good- it will get better, if it is not- chances are it won't get better. I was worried a bit... but now- we are having the time of our lives together... and yes- there is a convertible car in our future

RossJL ] meal for 4,it could be tight, so make some rice or Pasta and a salad to go with... Pookism- what did your hubby say? hopefully got you one by now...

Hi- I started the c to 5k program with some local WLS people. today I finished the program with a 5k run. anyone wondering how the heck can you do that, heck I don't know... i didn't run 3 x week- but every sunday was hard at work on it... It has been a great trip. I hope more people can try it and see how much fun it is...

I am thinking it will be similar, not having had the opportunity to side by side comparison. Back in the 70's my Granny had a clay pot- it was used for decoration... tomorrow I do a whole chicken - will use plenty of garlic

piperrenee#71 sounds good to me! tonight I took an onion, 4 little sweet peppers, 3 stalks of celery, all diced and dry sauteed then added beef broth and red wine. then I took a can of low sodium /fat-cream of celery Soup and added in pre cooked turkey meatballs. 1 .5 hours and it was divine!

RFC- hi- no- I put it all in together. Tonight I made chicken sate- chicken, bellpepper, onion, garlic and cilantro. 3 tsp chicken sate sauce and a little water- when finished, I stirred in a little peanutbutter to thicken sauce.

YO! come hang out in the recipe trades area...

' think 4-5 portions- depending on sides and or how your tummy is- Tonight I ate more than my wife- usually she eats more than I, though I seem to eat 4 meals. tonight I used canned chili beans- and mini chicken sausages from costco- (chili dogs) nice high Protein count- took less than and hour- everything was pre cooked. except the salad we had before-

Hi all- My wife and I both had Dr. Alami at SSF, and today- through the grapevine we hear he is leaving... several of our WLS friends have had their surgeries cancelled and a new Dr. assigned. I Thank Dr. Alami for his professionalism and his kind manner, He truly made the experience easier! Best of luck where ever he goes!\

Today is kinda cold out- with rains expected- after running yesterday and cycling, I am taking a day off of exercise and will do chores around the house. Tonight's tagine will be a Beef chili; Beef stew meat new Mexico chiles- were fire roasted and frozen- diced tomatoes in juice onion garlic pinch of oregano cilantro 1/2 bottle of beer cumin a nice amount of bbq spice canned Black beans- rinsed

:biggrinjester: oh lala- I have A fan Club :blush2: tonight's tagine was; chicken and green beans- I used cream of chicken soup added 1/2 can Water. I did it a bit different, i put julienne onion, and garlic in with chicken and cooked it for an hour (went for my 3 mile walk) got home and added the soup, water and draind canned green beans- let it cook another hour... was good- the onions were caramalized and had similar flavor to the Christmas greenbean casserole.

it has been the opposite for me- It is never on my mind, although when I'm needed- I can perform, and with some great stamina... wonder why it did a 180 on me??? :blush5:

Hi- I have not done top of stove... Tonight, I made jambalaya; used a new Mexico chili for the heat, chicken sausage, chicken breast and shrimp. along with peppers, garlic, onion and then spices- gumbo file, thyme, bay leaf and some pineapple wine.