Food Before and After Photos

[Lilia_90 424]

10 hours ago, ms.sss said:

been on a sugar binge the last couple days.

1) yesterday's afternoon snack: 1 cup of silken tofu with 1 tbsp of maple syrup: 235 cals, ate it all (no dumping effects)

I blend silken tofu with melted dark chocolate (I tried it with stevia sweetened chocolate too, orange chocolate which yielded the best results YUM) or milk chocolate if you're a fan (I'm not) then chill it in individual cups and it turns to the most delicious chocolate mousse, honestly can't taste anything but chocolate goodness, AND it didn't make me dump so that's a win IMO.

Edited November 5 by Lilia_90

[ms.sss 15,548]

16 hours ago, Lilia_90 said:

I blend silken tofu with melted dark chocolate (I tried it with stevia sweetened chocolate too, orange chocolate which yielded the best results YUM) or milk chocolate if you're a fan (I'm not) then chill it in individual cups and it turns to the most delicious chocolate mousse, honestly can't taste anything but chocolate goodness, AND it didn't make me dump so that's a win IMO.

*off to make this*

[Chatterboxdea 105]

22 hours ago, Starwarsandcupcakes said:

This is hopefully something I’m doing right with my kids. Several have sensory issues around food so I don’t push it. My youngest has “exploration” bites and if he doesn’t like it then I’ll make him a pb&j which is a safe food for him. But I constantly remind my kids that if they’re done eating they don’t need to eat more and that listening to their body is the best thing they can do for themselves.

My husband grew up with a mom who made him take "no thank you" bites; he is still pretty picky, but he at least had to try it before he said "No thanks. I don't like it" with all his food. It so smart because sometimes kids think they don't like something until they try it, but forcing a kid to eat is never the right way. So good job being a great mom @Starwarsandcupcakes

[GreenTealael 25,328]

Finally I have something new to share:

A Gochujang tofu poke bowl. I ordered it without the rice base (which always throws people off, IDK why) and it was perfect

[Mspretty86 257]

My sweet tooth is still alive and well..I guess that's why I never had issues with the Protein Shakes during this journey. Today I am making a bariatric friendly homemade Peanut Butter cup/cashew butter cup. So good!

Edited Saturday at 10:17 PM by Mspretty86

[Mspretty86 257]

Edited Saturday at 10:15 PM by Mspretty86

[GreenTealael 25,328]

14 hours ago, Mspretty86 said:

My sweet tooth is still alive and well..I guess that's why I never had issues with the Protein Shakes during this journey. Today I am making a bariatric friendly homemade Peanut Butter cup/cashew butter cup. So good!

Now I want to try to make this. Any recipe suggestions?

[Mspretty86 257]

@GreenTealael

This is the recipe for the chocolate that goes in your Peanut Butter cup molds. I do not use honey..I use a sugar substitute personal preference. The filling I do homemade unsalted cashew butter in my ninja or homemade unsaltedpeanut butter in my ninja for the filling. You can play around with it.
https://healthyrecipesblogs.com/homemade-chocolate/

[ms.sss 15,548]

22 hours ago, Mspretty86 said:

My sweet tooth is still alive and well..I guess that's why I never had issues with the Protein Shakes during this journey. Today I am making a bariatric friendly homemade Peanut Butter cup/cashew butter cup. So good!

all the chocolate-peanut butter talk last week got me all excited and i finally dragged myself to grocery to get the ingredients ( 70% dark chocolate chips and peanuts-which i ground to diy Peanut Butter + some diy confectioners sugar as well)

whipped up these sad looking cups but oh so yum...i'm with @Lilia_90 ...dark chocolate for-evah!

yeah i ran out of chocolate so one cup was topless lololzzzz

ate one...approx 105 cals.

Edited Sunday at 08:46 PM by ms.sss

[Mspretty86 257]

@ms.sss that looks so good! I'm such a foodie ha!

[ms.sss 15,548]

other things ive eaten this weekend

(yeah kinda sad looking, i know 😞)

1) mini butter chicken meat pie & a minced pork and chive bao bun...400 cals for it all, ate ½ the bao and one bite of pie (wasn't very good)

2) ½ a slice of my homemade black truffle bread, 1tbsp strawberry jam, 1 tbsp almond butter: 220 cals, ate it all

3) truffle bread again with 1 tsp butter, 1 tsp olive oil & 1 tbsp balsamic glaze: 120 cals, ate it all.

4) cabbage Soup with leftover grilled chicken: 150 cals, ate it all

5) a chocolate-peanut-butter-banana funnel cake monstrosity with a side scoop of vanilla ice cream. i had one single bite of this (sans ice cream), swearsies. i honestly just like ordering food more than i like to eat it. it was split among my dinner companions but most was left on the plate (they had their own Desserts to contend with!!)

[GreenTealael 25,328]

Hi Hunnybunny @Starwarsandcupcakes how are you doing?

[Starwarsandcupcakes 2,046]

1 hour ago, GreenTealael said:

Hi Hunnybunny @Starwarsandcupcakes how are you doing?

Doing pretty good! My first meal post-op was liquids and since I kept it down I got mashed potatoes and Soup for dinner. I have my 2 week post op this coming Friday and by then I should know when I’ll be allowed back to work. Meals this past week have been mostly on the older kids to make because I’m too tired by dinner to care. 😂🤷‍♀️ So for me I’ve been eating mostly salads. The one with corn is vegan ground beef, green chilis and corn. The kids topped theirs with cheese and cornbread batter and baked it.

[Starwarsandcupcakes 2,046]

Also, the grand baby (will be one this month) and I had the same sized Breakfast earlier this week and here’s our before and after. Mine is the light blue plate.

Scrambled eggs with onion, mushrooms, and salmon with maple buttered toast.

[Spinoza 1,366]

32 minutes ago, Starwarsandcupcakes said:

Also, the grand baby (will be one this month) and I had the same sized Breakfast earlier this week and here’s our before and after. Mine is the light blue plate.

Scrambled eggs with onion, mushrooms, and salmon with maple buttered toast.

Oh that is beyond sweet.