Food Before and After Photos

[Kris77 1,538]

On 06/20/2019 at 12:26, GreenTealael said:

This is for you @sillykitty ❤

https://bestrecipebox.com/how-to-cut-watermelon/

Yum!! Love watermelon and haven’t ever seen it cut this way!!
I haven’t had much luck on watermelon lately. Not very red or sweet inside. How do y’all all pick yours out? I was told to knock on it and get one w the biggest white/yellow spot on it-bc supposedly that means it sat ripening more

[FluffyChix 17,415]

28 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

No true change to dumping or GERD but I wanted to give it long enough to prove right or wrong

I mix Matcha (green tea) powder with liquid lemon stevia into unflavored greek yogurt

Its my absolute favorite variation

I imagine it would work with any type of yogurt or substitute

Oh with extra points for blueberries, walnuts, chia, and hemp hearts on top—a green tealael specialty!!

[AngieBear 2,524]

I did my food prep. Well, most of it. I sautéed fava Beans (no Chianti), chard, and roasted some carrots. All had some garlic, a bit of butter, salt, and pepper. My dad gave me some brook trout that he’d caught, so I cooked them in my Sous vide with thyme, butter, salt, and peppercorns in their cavities. The meat tuned out amazing, so soft! It just pulled away from the bones. The good part about eating very little is that the two little trout will go a very long way.

Still to come is duck cooked with my Sous vide. I vaccuum sealed it with thyme, basil, garlic, salt, and peppercorns. It will stay in the fridge tonight, then cook at 155 degrees for 36 hours. I’ve never done this before, so I will report back!

[ms.sss 15,726]

41 minutes ago, AngieBear said:

I did my food prep. Well, most of it. I sautéed fava Beans (no Chianti), chard, and roasted some carrots. All had some garlic, a bit of butter, salt, and pepper. My dad gave me some brook trout that he’d caught, so I cooked them in my Sous vide with thyme, butter, salt, and peppercorns in their cavities. The meat tuned out amazing, so soft! It just pulled away from the bones. The good part about eating very little is that the two little trout will go a very long way.

Yummmm.

41 minutes ago, AngieBear said:

Still to come is duck cooked with my Sous vide. I vaccuum sealed it with thyme, basil, garlic, salt, and peppercorns.

Double Yummmmm!

[summerset 5,265]

8 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

I mix Matcha (green tea) powder with liquid lemon stevia into unflavored greek yogurt

I definitely need to try it. This liquid stevia lemon - is that some kind of flavor drop?

I'd guess it could work well with the skyr style Alpro since it's thick and also creamy enough once stirred. Maybe I'll give it a try with matcha and lime and a sweetener. I planned on ordering tea anyway. I think my favorite tea online shop has matcha powder as well.

[summerset 5,265]

9 hours ago, GreenTealael said:

No true change to dumping or GERD but I wanted to give it long enough to prove right or wrong

Bummer! Cutting out dairy was a game changer for me regarding reflux symptoms.

Have you tried cutting out the harder-to-digest fats already?

[GreenTealael 25,439]

3 hours ago, summerset said:

I definitely need to try it. This liquid stevia lemon - is that some kind of flavor drop?

I'd guess it could work well with the skyr style Alpro since it's thick and also creamy enough once stirred. Maybe I'll give it a try with matcha and lime and a sweetener. I planned on ordering tea anyway. I think my favorite tea online shop has matcha powder as well.

These are my current Matcha powders (the little one was a gift & i haven't tried it yet) but these are the liquid stevia drops I use the most and I've tried a lot of brands 

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3 hours ago, summerset said:

Bummer! Cutting out dairy was a game changer for me regarding reflux symptoms.

Have you tried cutting out the harder-to-digest fats already?

My fat sources are exclusively from dairy, olive oil, sometimes hazelnut or macadamia oil, and nuts. I am going to reduce those as well soon to see what happens regarding dumping but the GERD is an inherent mechanism as a result of my sleeve-confirmed with testing.

[ms.sss 15,726]

1 hour ago, GreenTealael said:

but the GERD is an inherent mechanism as a result of my sleeve-confirmed with testing.

Are the PPI's not working anymore? Are they recommending a revision?

[GreenTealael 25,439]

7 minutes ago, ms.sss said:

Are the PPI's not working anymore? Are they recommending a revision?

I'm currently on the highest dose of PPI amd it's not working , yes revision is the recommendation to solve it completely.

[summerset 5,265]

1 hour ago, GreenTealael said:

I am going to reduce those as well soon to see what happens regarding dumping but the GERD is an inherent mechanism as a result of my sleeve-confirmed with testing.

😞

That's bad. Are you considering the recommended revision?

[sillykitty 10,776]

On 6/20/2019 at 10:26 AM, GreenTealael said:

This is for you @sillykitty ❤

https://bestrecipebox.com/how-to-cut-watermelon/

I need to buy smaller watermelons! But Aldi has been having them for $1.99 each for full size ones, I can't resist a delicious deal 🤣 I think I'm going to bust out my electric knife!

[sillykitty 10,776]

23 hours ago, ms.sss said:

what is the red sauce?

Valentina ... a hot sauce

[GreenTealael 25,439]

16 hours ago, summerset said:

😞

That's bad. Are you considering the recommended revision?

I am but I need to see what insurance says before consider it a reality

[ms.sss 15,726]

@GreenTealael: did the GERD come on gradually/or at a later time? Or did you suffer from it immediately after (or before?) surgery?

...and sorry you are going through it. sucks.

[GreenTealael 25,439]

12 hours ago, ms.sss said:

@GreenTealael: did the GERD come on gradually/or at a later time? Or did you suffer from it immediately after (or before?) surgery?

...and sorry you are going through it. sucks.

It appeared gradually but became super problematic a few months ago.

I did not have it prior to surgery. thanks