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OH PLEASE come cook for me!!! All looks delish...

Dave in Houston, you will regain your love for cooking and food again once you have lost the appropriate weight through each and all important phases needed for your long term success and well being. You will go through grief over some foods and portions you may have once loved, but may find no longer satisfying, digestible or best for your new health adventure. You might find great adventure and rewards in seeing food in a new light - experimenting and trying new recipes. I encourage you to continue on this thread going back to early on posts gaining invaluable information, encouragement and insight on others who have gone before you. I always loved salads before and after surgery but there were a few months salad was not the best choice at that time. 2 ½ years out salads are a staple and enjoyable as they once were but portions resized and evolving ingredients to keep things healthy and exciting! I do cook simpler now - but definitely not bland or unappealing. Some food types and drinks I simply did not re-introduce feeling them not to be the best choices for my nutritional needs and long term value. Congratulations on your journey and new adventure with food. Here is a sampling of new delectables I'm enjoying...

A little flower power worn at lunch date with good friend today.

It's actually a smaller tomato and I carve out some of the center about ½ way using those pieces for a tossed salad later. Chicken salad is pretty good in it, too! Also, two halves of small tomato with melted cheddar, swiss, parma etc. in the broiler browned is yummy with slice of roast beef, chicken thigh, ham protein. BTW, hubby made you a mini strawberry rhubarb pie! ;]

That LOOKS amazing... I love hard salami and cashews with all those variety of cheeses! WOW! Kristie - you can expect us all to join you for lunch soon in Boston...

Instead of bread with tuna salad (use to love thickly sliced sandwiches made with various breads - sour dough, rye, Italian, Cuban etc.) I now substitute with tomatoes... I ate under ½ of portion here and will enjoy the rest of it for dinner. Consuming about 1 ½ cups of food at each meal after 2 ½ years post surgery.

Ouoooo lala... Love this bikini! Smoking hot is right.

Absolutely, very wise to recover fully first. After our bodies have been through so much like BS and plastics over the last few years - I have not felt comfortable introducing a pre-qualified vaccine - experimental therapy just yet. I have never done well with flu shots understanding this is much more serious. I continue to research the latest information and glad you are doing the same. Hubby has had his shots. So kind and supportive of him to still wear his mask when we go out together... I know this is not an OOTD but a well dressed master bedroom - so cheerful and happy!

Yes, I thought Eric Bana very handsome and a good actor - we thought the movie was a bit weak... kind of drawn out - slow moving, plot convoluted. But we did enjoy The Dig on Netflix. I'm just waiting to see the latest Bond movie as we all could use a little frivolousness and escapist adventure right now! They continue to hold the release until a movie theatre premiere! Glad your region is still taking this virus seriously... We have a friend and her husband deathly sick with Covid caught from their 18 year old son and his girlfriend. The symptoms she (52) has described are violent as she battles at home while her husband (62) is hospitalized with plasma therapy. Families were warned here to remain vigilant especially if not vaccinated around younger adults. I still wear my mask in public settings like grocery store and remain distant from any large gatherings. Don't mind traveling or flying interacting mainly one on one socially. Please take good care and keep well but how discouraging to feel like going backwards in lockdown once again. Some states here like South Carolina were free as a bird as if there had never been a pandemic. I am somewhere in-between sensing 2021 - 22 to be transition years. Hopefully, by 2023 we will see celebration especially come May. ;]

Actually, it is a dress. Love it for our steamy summers - very breathable. This was my outfit yesterday at lunch with a friend. All cotton materials, too - my favorite fiber. Traveled on business most of June, and back to the task of selling our home with the anticipation of moving forward into a new chapter of life + adventure. Showings all day tomorrow. We relaxed today and watched an afternoon movie called The Dry. Thought about you. ;] https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/M5345198222

Happy 4th red, white and blue! Anyone planning on a hot dog treat this weekend?! Hubbies strawberry rhubarb pie.

Mr. Bayou has good taste! Love you in red. Love red during the summer months...

I know. I know! Love her height of 5'8", its just not fair!!!!

I'm so very sorry to hear about friend's family loss after 18 years. Devastating, indeed! They are a handsome breed.

I DO TWIRL! And, you are right... a woman of any status, race or creed are to be celebrated. I am married, but do not have children. You can also be diminished if you aren't like most couples with children. That's okay, though - Bobby, Mr. and Mrs. Sophie make a happy fun family! As does MISS. Fab and fantastic Arabesque, our down under BEAUTY! I think I'd love just the cake with no frosting, cream or sauce.

Called on a new client this past week. Another new outfit + shoes that had been stored for over 14 months. After site visit, we enjoyed lunch porch side with a breezy 92 degrees.

A grandmother!!!! I'd have thrown her off that pier! Really... what a ridiculous presumption, Arab. You look stunning just as you are. That cake is to die for. What an exquisite presentation. Pineapple coconut favored yellow or white cake? Fluffy? How wonderful to get out and enjoy life again. Sounds and looks like a truly magical wedding celebration.

Your flesh mesh in this case - LOOKS fabulous! Wear it well and happy healing... Here's to no more leg pain ahead.

Great outfits!!!! Especially LOVE the light blue top on you. Wonderful asymmetric lines and color for your pretty figure and fair skin. Before COVID I had bought three T shirts in this styling and adored them - but never had the opportunity to wear them. Maybe I'll pull them out for Mother's day lunch with Mom at her assisted living today. They just opened her facility to visitors May 1st. Yay! Bayou, maybe shop for a summer dress in this pastel blue color, too! You've also inspired me to pull out my new white jeans that I have never worn yet either. Remember how many of us had just replenished our new wardrobes 14 months ago? Then, March 2020 lock down! All dressed up and no where to go. Literally. Maybe now all those little outfits can "come out of the closet". Haha.

Happy belated birthday! Congratulations in your fabulous new dress and size. You wear RED well. You are probably in a 10/12 by now... I loved watching the inches and sizes melt away settling in XS/4 - 6 clothing. Now, I can shop those deeply discounted sale racks where only small sizes were left. Fun!

You look fabulous! The shoes are to die for.

You will be there in no time...

What a great back yard! He looks like an albino pelican? This is our neighbor Harold the crane who struts about .