GreenTealael

Wow what a long road! You look positively radiant, congratulations in advance ❤️

Looks good! Any specific brand?

Before surgery : 1. Get organized - Remove everything you don’t want around especially tempting foods and drinks. 2. Get a tape measure- This can supplement weighing and track your physical changes which can be huge even if not reflected on the scale 3. Photos - Taking pictures to compare your progress can be very helpful for motivation and celebrating. 4. Ask questions - Ask your team questions on everything you are uncertain about. After Surgery: 1. Continue to take photos and measurements weekly/monthly to have a visual way to track your progress. 2. Donate/sell clothes you cannot fit. 3. Continue to ask questions until you are comfortable with the details of your new lifestyle. Good Luck ❤️

Congratulations in advance!!!

Gorgeous!

Oh wow, his pies are so beautiful 😍 Now I want pie but there is no way I’m using an oven this summer! Let him know I will feast with my eyes

We haven’t seen the user that posted it in a while 😔 Hopefully they are doing well and will pop back in to give you the recipe ❤️

That looks really appetizing! Is the tomato hollowed or whole with the salad on top?

Congratulations on your success !

A brief video on how different medications affect your weight

I refused to watch commercials after surgery. They were almost all about food (or life insurance). If you can stream programs or TiVo past commercials (is that even still a thing?) that trigger can be eliminated. The other triggers you will have to work on (maybe even with professional help) but it gets better with time. You may have to bring your own food along to events disguised as a potluck contribution, eat before you to events and even eat at a separate meal time. Good luck and congratulations on your surgery ❤️

A lot of people that convert from VSG to RNY are not aware that the extreme fullness sensation *may* disappear because the pyloric sphincter is no longer the portal used by food to enter the intestines. After RNY foods and liquids travel into the intestines quicker than with VSG.

No I personally wouldn’t risk it (I also had a stricture) Perhaps tell your surgeon when you start to feel more confident in your recovery and ask if you can advance back to soft foods earlier.

Salad sometimes does this to me when I don’t chew enough.

Frightening!

That’s a perfect pie 😍

Can you switch nutritionist? Find a new one? If not can you email your nutritionist so she has to see the questions (clearly written) and respond appropriately? This is helpful if someone speaks too fast, speaks too soft, overtalks others, speaks with an accent, tends to speak in “stream of consciousness style”, etc. Good Luck ❤️

I went on a long vacation around 4 months post op. It wasn’t too early (for me). I had absolutely no problem finding food and drinks at local markets. There were plenty of protein options, but I wasn’t in Japan. I would expect most of the protein from eggs, fish and tofu. By that time I had a lot of extra energy I was walking for exercise, the burden of excess weight was being removed and I looked better than ever. All of those things increased my excitement towards the trip. However, if you experience any major complications after surgery (not that you will, most people don’t) then reschedule when you feel better.

How does it taste with apples? I stopped adding bananas to my smoothies when I noticed it tripled the calories, then I basically stopped drinking smoothies altogether because I liked them better with bananas 😭 I still make green juice but only with spinach, a *little* pineapple, lemon crystals or drink mix and water

Thanks!

Ok it has been a while since I made this: zero carb bread French toast. Everyone loves when I make it. This is the first Aldi zero carb loaf I’ve bought in 3 months 😳 This was for someone else, but I ate half this amount so around 96 cals

I highly recommend ground or minced meat shaped around skewers and grilled. They are traditionally called Adana kebab or koftas. These are usually super soft protein options and BBQ friendly since they are normally grilled anyway. Have fun with your family and congratulations in advance. A couple of recipes in the links below; https://www.thespruceeats.com/adana-kebab-4164647 https://www.thespruceeats.com/moroccan-beef-koftas-recipe-333841

So this was originally a one piece suit that I altered into a bikini? tankini? I like it better this way (Also I had to hike to this spot -I don’t normally hike- so that’s me on a big rock in the rainforest being bitten by every bug just to get a photo 🤣)

I’m definitely making this salad and now I need to order pita bread too 😍

It looks perfect on you