Food Before and After Photos

[ShoppGirl 5,003]

3 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

Generally it’s super expensive and a lot of insurers dropped coverage either July 2023 or January 2024 so unless a person definitely has coverage the next best step is compounding pharmacies. My hope is that this is the beginning of the race towards a cure for obesity.

My hopes are the same it has certainly gotten a lot of attention so perhaps it will help reduce some of the stigma at the very least. I have two friends that are currently on them for weight and they have shockingly low copays. My one friend showed me the pharmacy paper where it said her insurance saved her X dollars and I don’t remember the exact amount but It was well over a thousand.dollars. I follow Dr Weiner too so I learned about them when they were fairly newly being used for weight loss. I also looked into it before i went with my revision, but my insurance does not cover them for weight loss as of when I scheduled my surgery. My family provider’s office is currently working on getting compounded version to offer to their patients and hope to get the price under $200 a month they said but the NP said she would not put off surgery waiting on all insurance to cover it or for them to get a good compound because those things usually take quite a while.

[GreenTealael 25,430]

10 hours ago, Hiddenroses said:

Seeing this gave me an idea! I think I will make some of these tomorrow but put laters of sliced zucchini rounds in each muffin tin! I'm hungry just thinking about them!

I’ve made these a few times and they were surprisingly good!

[ms.sss 15,713]

another day, another (clone-like) salad. this is my first meal of the day (at 3pm) cuz i decided i needed help with my handstand so i went to a "handstand workshop" this AM. everyone was super cool and nice so i ended up hanging out at the studio afterwards and totally lost track of time!

anyway got home and realized i actually ran out of leafy greens, so this baby is just chopped carrots, apples and cucumber topped with bacon pieces and an entire burrata ball! (with balsamic glaze and a homemade vinaigrette)

463 calories for the bowl, ate ALL the burrata (yum!), and maybe 2/3 of the rest of the stuff.

[GreenTealael 25,430]

15 minutes ago, ms.sss said:

another day, another (clone-like) salad. this is my first meal of the day (at 3pm) cuz i decided i needed help with my handstand so i went to a "handstand workshop" this AM. everyone was super cool and nice so i ended up hanging out at the studio afterwards and totally lost track of time!

anyway got home and realized i actually ran out of leafy greens, so this baby is just chopped carrots, apples and cucumber topped with bacon pieces and an entire burrata ball! (with balsamic glaze and a homemade vinaigrette)

463 calories for the bowl, ate ALL the burrata (yum!), and maybe 2/3 of the rest of the stuff.

The big question is where is Kitty?

[Arabesque 7,413]

6 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

The big question is where is Kitty?

Kitty mustn’t be a salad lover like his mummy. 😉

[newbegining2024 96]

I am only 8 months out and still sometimes use my Protein Shake when I know I didn’t met my Protein intake and when I am on the run.

I still have sweet tooth specially when it’s the time of the month. I try eating natural sugar from fruit to soothe my craving.

I learn to love Greek yogurt. I put small portion of fruit, nuts, and sometimes with granola and drizzle of raw honey. This morning I put 3small figs, almond and walnut, a little bit of honey over 2% fat Greek yogurt.  It’s delicious.

[GreenTealael 25,430]

1 hour ago, newbegining2024 said:

I am only 8 months out and still sometimes use my Protein Shake when I know I didn’t met my Protein intake and when I am on the run.

I still have sweet tooth specially when it’s the time of the month. I try eating natural sugar from fruit to soothe my craving.

I learn to love Greek yogurt. I put small portion of fruit, nuts, and sometimes with granola and drizzle of raw honey. This morning I put 3small figs, almond and walnut, a little bit of honey over 2% fat Greek yogurt. It’s delicious.

[Mspretty86 348]

1 hour ago, newbegining2024 said:

I am only 8 months out and still sometimes use my Protein Shake when I know I didn’t met my Protein intake and when I am on the run.

I still have sweet tooth specially when it’s the time of the month. I try eating natural sugar from fruit to soothe my craving.

I learn to love Greek yogurt. I put small portion of fruit, nuts, and sometimes with granola and drizzle of raw honey. This morning I put 3small figs, almond and walnut, a little bit of honey over 2% fat Greek yogurt. It’s delicious.

Looks yummy!! I have a bad sweet tooth as well (Love chocolate). I make my own peanut/cashew butter cups. I found the Peanut Butter cup molds on Temu. The Protein Shakes I love because it's chocolate and satisfies my deadly sweety tooth. I am almost 6 months out as well and the Protein shakes is mostly how I get my protein from a restrictive pouch. No complaints here:

[ms.sss 15,713]

16 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

The big question is where is Kitty?

lol, oh trust me he's a-lurking just outside the frame 😆😆

[Tomo 1,194]

It’s very aesthetically pleasing.

Right? Her dishes always look like a professional chef prepared them!

[Tomo 1,194]

How much food can everyone eat now? Those of you further out? So many delicious food post but I can only enjoy about 1 cup of food at a time. I'm about 5 months out!

Over 3 yrs from revision (gerd) and I can eat about a cup of food comfortably. I always think I can eat the whole steak though but that feeling goes away after a few bites lol. I think Protein will always be like that for me. So it really depends on what I eat.

Either way, it's really fun & liberating to be able to experiment and eat all these delicious foods and focus on quality instead of quantity.

[newbegining2024 96]

On 08/29/2024 at 03:09, Clark Griswold said:

How long did it take you all to tolerate bread? I’m 2.5 months post vsg and really struggle to tolerate most breads and especially wraps

By 6 months out, I feel like I could eat double of I can right after surgery. Nutritionists said that’s because I am working out now. It’s not where near how much I used to be able to eat, but I sometimes feel worried that I could eat so much more now compare to just 3oz. I think I could eat about 6-8 oz if I really want to. I need to eat denser food to feel full. I could drink a full bowl of Soup and still don’t feel full. So I eat a lot of meat.

I work out about 3 hours a week. I think more though. On the days I work out, I do consistently feel that I want to eat more.

[Lilia_90 516]

Went out to a Michelin star Peruvian place this weekend and here’s what we ordered:

Red snapper ceviche, truffle ponzu, chives served on rice crackers. This was PHENOMENAL.

Tiger prawn gyozas with pea cream and edamame.

Spicy beef fillet (medium) with crispy shallots.

Crispy cauliflower, chipotle mayo, chives and sesame seeds.

Tres Leches (three milk cake), vanilla ice cream and salted dulce de leche. I only had 3 small bites of this as it was too sweet but good albeit.

But over all the food was 10/10!

[Spinoza 1,452]

Looks absolutely amazing 😍

[newbegining2024 96]

I’ve been shopping at Trader Joe’s lately and absolutely love their salad. One package of it will give me about 3-4 meals. I like to add chicken, shrimps or beef with it.