Food waste

[Bubbletoes 124]

Since starting this new eating lifestyle, I've noticed that I waste a lot less food. BS (before sleeve) the little dribs and drabs of leftover food after a meal went directly into the disposal. Now they go into snack size baggies because it's usually enough for a WLS meal! Even though my healthy weight husband eats the same as always, my grocery bill has been cut in half! I love it!

[Julie norton 2,850]

Right? I often wish I still had my dog as there are always scraps of something. I shop, cook and eat so much less... It is a relief .

Not being driven by hunger and food are wonderful attributes of WLS ⭐️

[roundisashape 712]

Jealous!

I still haven't figured out how to stop cooking like I'm feeding a family of 4, even if I can't eat like one anymore, lol.

[toler48 120]

@@roundisashape

I'm with you! I can't seem to cut down the cooking from 4 to 2. Sometimes we eat the same thing ALL WEEK! Mostly because I don't care for frozen food (frozen after being cooked as a meal). Some things change in taste, to me.

I recently got a cookbook I saw on Amazon, 7 bites, by two women that had had bariatric surgery. I thought, great, here's a cookbook that will give me recipes for 2-6 portions. Nope, most of them were for 16 bariatric portions!! Some even more!

I want small recipes. Even books that say they are "cooking for two", have many more portions than that.

Has anyone found a cookbook that people that have had WLS can really use?

[Bubbletoes 124]

I now cook in a completely different way than I used to, so I don't really need a cookbook anymore. Gone are the days of casseroles, Pasta based dishes and other combination food meals. Now I cook everything separately and it works out well for both my husband and me. I cook most of our meat in my George Foreman grill and have discovered how delicious adding herbs and spices to marinades or directly on meat can be. (I only grill enough pieces of meat that will be eaten at that meal.) I've had that grill for years and rarely used it. Now it has a permanent place on my kitchen counter. I steam most veggies or roast them in the oven with garlic and a little olive oil. I usually make my husband a starch of some kind such as a baked potato or rice, noodles with a sauce or something like that. He will eat leftovers the next day, but if I freeze the rice and later reheat, he has no clue that has been done. I never make dessert since we are both diabetic. We consider fruit, cheese and nuts our treats, along with occasional SF pudding cups, Jello, Popsicles and fudgesicles. (Healthy Choice Fudgesicles are good!). I have chosen not to eat any type of bread, pasta, etc, but I make sure my hubby gets what he likes because he is a healthy weight. It's all about priorities and sticking with them. If he wants an Italian dish with pasta, cheese, garlic bread etc, he will order that type of dish when we go out to eat. I will order something that's healthy for me. It has worked out well. By cooking more simple meals, we eat better, we have fewer leftovers and my time I spend in the kitchen has dwindled which I love. I do love to cook, but it got me in trouble so this solution works for me.