Food Before and After Photos

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speaking of big dinner, here is a vid of said dinner i posted on my IG account.

it was a 14 course (FOURTEEN!!) tasting menu and oh-so-delicious. i had at least 2 bites of each course, more of the ones i found especially delicious (i'm looking at you, braised pork belly, truffle pomme purée, and pickled-radish-octopus taco!)

needless to say i was STUFFED afterwards and insisted we walked the streets for an hour to digest!

[Spinoza 1,367]

Looks absolutely amazing. Did your dinner companions hoover the rest up for you?

[Starwarsandcupcakes 2,046]

More liquid salad. (Zuppa tuscana with zucchini added). And my meals for today. I also had some broccoli cheese Soup and a special k Protein Bar for lunch at work. I’ll have rest of the broccoli soup and salad for dinner when I get home.

[GreenTealael 25,329]

On 9/16/2024 at 12:14 PM, Justarwaxx said:

1 month post op gastric bypass .. before and after and I ate an extra bite and the foamies kicked in and unfortunately I lost all the food!

Reminder: listen to your full ques teehee.

I'm still trying to get rid of old habits

Congratulations on learning your fullness cues!

[GreenTealael 25,329]

On 9/16/2024 at 5:23 PM, ms.sss said:

6 yrs out next month and there are still days that i forget to eat. case in point: TODAY.

i went on a bit of an exercise binge today: 5km early morning run, followed by 2 back-to-back 1 hr each (power) hot yoga classes, then a last-minute decision to go to a pilates class (cuz i had a free pass expiring tomorrow), and finally an approx 10k round trip (leisurely) bike ride to and from the bike shop to get our bikes serviced (i hate biking btw, so this was sorta a big deal lol...i complained the whole way)

...and by the time we got home it was like past 4pm and i realized i didn't eat all day! and i didn't even feel hungry. now...how i was able to do all that on an empty stomach and not keel over, i'll never know.

anyways...here is what i fixed for myself to eat for my first meal of day at 4:30pm:

rice, burnt bacon (oopsies, got distracted!), 2 med-boiled eggs, and a couple tablespoons of this homemade ginger-green-onion condiment that i make that Mr. and The Kid LOVE and eat by the tubful lol.

394 calories for the entire thing. ate it ALL. (guess i was hungry after all! ha!)

not sure i'll be able to eat my normal 2300+ cals a day today since its so late already, but im not worried, it all evens out in the end (plus i had a pretty big dinner last night, so there's that.)

I believe you completed enough exercised for three people. Can I be one of them? 🤔🤣

Edited September 18 by GreenTealael

[Lilia_90 435]

On 9/17/2024 at 1:23 AM, ms.sss said:

and a couple tablespoons of this homemade ginger-green-onion condiment that i make that Mr. and The Kid LOVE and eat by the tubful lol.

Please share the recipe. Pretty Please 😚

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On 9/17/2024 at 5:03 PM, Spinoza said:

Looks absolutely amazing. Did your dinner companions hoover the rest up for you?

lol they always do

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12 hours ago, Lilia_90 said:

Please share the recipe. Pretty Please 😚

i dont have a set recipe, i always just kinda wing it/taste test it...but basically:

- 1:3 ratio of grated fresh ginger with chopped green onion/scallions in a bowl
- corn oil
- sesame oil
- salt/pepper to taste
- dried chili flakes (optional)

- Heat up the corn oil on high heat until its shimmering, enough to be able to coat all the ginger and green onion you have
- add grated ginger, cook for 15-20 or so seconds
- add green onion, cook for another 20-30 or so seconds (you can add chili flakes here if you want)
- transfer to a bowl
- add sesame oil to the bowl (about 1 tbsp give or take), add salt pepper to taste. Taste and add what you need based on your preference.
- move it all to a resealable jar and add more corn oil until it covers it all.
- keep in fridge after it reaches room temperature. Its supposed to be able to last a week in the fridge, but honestly my fam finishes it like 2 days so I can’t confirm that timeline lol.

** I’ve added a bit of sugar to the recipe sometimes depending of what I plan to serve it with…the sugar version works well with duck or lamb and other gamey-er Proteins **

** also use this condiment to fry rice or noodles, YUM **

[ms.sss 15,558]

#1 my lunch salad (romaine, cucumbers, apples, carrots, cheddar, seasoned dried anchovies w/ peanuts, homemade vinaigrette) est 300 cals for the bowl, ate about 1/3 of it, rest got tossed cuz found my cat eating out of it when i left it on the couch, arg and lol.

#2 my secondary lunch a couple hours later (sushi/sashimi takeout) est 400 calories for the plate, ate it all except the big maki on the left and the shrimp sushi. the offending cat from the stolen salad mentioned above is in the background of the 'after' picture waiting for me to put the plate down on the couch again hahahaa

 

[GreenTealael 25,329]

15 hours ago, ms.sss said:

#1 my lunch salad (romaine, cucumbers, apples, carrots, cheddar, seasoned dried anchovies w/ peanuts, homemade vinaigrette) est 300 cals for the bowl, ate about 1/3 of it, rest got tossed cuz found my cat eating out of it when i left it on the couch, arg and lol.

#2 my secondary lunch a couple hours later (sushi/sashimi takeout) est 400 calories for the plate, ate it all except the big maki on the left and the shrimp sushi. the offending cat from the stolen salad mentioned above is in the background of the 'after' picture waiting for me to put the plate down on the couch again hahahaa

Look at that piercing gaze! 🤣

Why do I have a feeling that Kitty has eaten more salad than me this year.

[Spinoza 1,367]

Baaad pussycat!! All looks lovely, especially the sushi 😍

[ms.sss 15,558]

late night coffee and dessert with some gal pals last night:

i ordered this monstrosity: banana and nutella funnel cake with chocolate and Peanut Butter sauce and peanu-chocolate chip crumble with a side of vanilla soft serve ice cream (not shown)

the menu listed the calorie count at 1,380 calories plus another 191 calories for the ice cream for a total of 1,571 calories!

i ate maybe 1/4 of the funnel cake itself (but none the ice cream), so maybe 350 cals? pre-wls i probably would have eaten all of it including the ice cream, plus have forkful tastes of my friends' Desserts as well. my, how things have changed!

i did get a little bit of a loose poop when i got home, but it was worth it, ha! next time, i could do without the chocolate sauce and the crumble topping....

[ms.sss 15,558]

brunch earlier today:

avocado toast with poached eggs, tater tots and a side spinach salad.

no idea what the calorie count was but im gonna guess 650 cals for the whole thing.

i ate ½ of one the toasts, both the eggs, all the salad and maybe 2 of the tots....so maybe 350 cals for what i ate?

p.s. i also had 2 mimosas so imma gonna say 650 cals in total for brunch?

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yes, i know all my salads look pretty much the same, but im posting anyway because every single one deserves to be honoured!! 😂😂😂

385 cals for this bowl, ate about ½ for now. kinda regret eating it cuz im about to leave to go to hot yoga then pilates afterwards and i really hate exercising with stuff in my stomach. oh well. at least it was delicious

Edited September 22 by ms.sss

[Mspretty86 262]

Beef fajitas yummm lol no tortillas 😩😩😩. I miss tortillas ! My food addiction does not allow me to indulge in breads anymore.