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Camarones Al Mojo de Ajo (Mexican Garlic Shrimp)

Camarones al Mojo de Ajo is the most delicious Mexican Garlic Shrimp with juicy shrimp cooked in a garlic butter sauce served with fresh lime juice and herbs. Ready in 15 minutes with just 8 ingredients! If you love Camarones Rancheros or Camarones Al Diablo, then these garlicky Camarones al Mojo de Ajo should be the next dish you try! ...


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What's on your Wednesday Menu?

Happy Hump Day gang. Halfway through the week already. We ended up being 14 hours ahead of schedule with boiler 1 outage. This is very good news since our Westchester plant has been down for 10 days so far due to some 480V power failure. They are working off of…

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Is boxing a good exercise for me I weigh over 500 lbs

Is boxing a good exercise for me I weigh over 500 lbs

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What's on your Tuesday Menu?

Good Morning menu gang. OH was acting wonky for a couple of hours this morning they must have been doing maintenance on it or something. Finally able to get on to post. We are getting ready to start up the boiler that has been down for maintenance and that means…

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What's on your Monday menu?

Happy St. Patrick's Day to you all. Three more days left to this outage and I can't wait until it is over. One of the guys that is on the night crew got a warning for driving too fast through the parking lot and almost hit a contractor walking to…

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Almost 15 years since I got my sleeve

Hi everyoneIt’s been almost 15years ago since I got my surgery in Tijuana Mx, and I got down to 130 from 240 and I kept the weight off for several years till Covid and family problems and depression got the best of me and I gained most of my weight…

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Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery Forum (RNY)
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What's on your Thursday Menu?

Morning menuer's we are almost there. The weekend is so close I can smell it. The weather is supposed to be just perfect for doing outside work. I spent a couple of hours last night doing some odds and ends things outside. I really have to do a list of…

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Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery Forum (RNY)
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Finally Friday's Menu

Morning Gang sorry I'm a little late a bit busy this morning at work. We made it through another week. So far the outage itself is still going well, but we have had a couple of employee issues. We will see how HR handles them. I can't wait to get…

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Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery Forum (RNY)
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What's on your Wednesday Menu?

Happy Hump Day Gang. Well, something very interesting happened yesterday at work. Remember that one employee who I've told you all about who has called out over 10 times since January? He called at 3:30 to say he would be in late at 9:00pm as he had a doctor's appointment.…

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Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery Forum (RNY)
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What's on your Tuesday Menu?

Good Tuesday Morning Gang. Yesterday's weather turned out to be nice and the rest of the week is supposed to be even better. I got the rabbits all cleaned out and Irvin did the goats. Sold some of our laying hens as we just have way to many chickens. Then…

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Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery Forum (RNY)
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What's on your Monday menu?

Good Monday morning here's to the start of another week. Our first annual outage started at 8pm last night. So far, no call outs which is surprising, but it is still early. Hopefully there are not any big issues that rise up this time. The outage in the Fall almost…

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I have reached a weight that my doctor is satisfied with however, according to insurance charts, I need to lose another 30 lbs.

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On tuesday, my gp checked my blood pressure and my weight and found that both were high but not too much. Nevertheless, I was advised to take regular exercise and make changes in my diet in terms of the types of things i've been eating. That will no doubt continue…

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24 years post op

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It's hard to believe it's been 24 years since I had a duodenal switch in Spain with Dr. Aniceto Baldasar. I've been able to maintain around 140-144 for years now and I'm 5'5". I'd rather be at 135 but my body always finds a way to stabilize about 5 pounds…

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Weight as of today is 798 pounds 

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Hi From Michigan I'm new here

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I'm in the last week of my time in Italy. It has been a wonderful experience and given me a lot to think about.  I am always soothed and gladdened by the scenery even when just riding up the hill on a bus.  There are plenty of towns that are…

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Where has the time gone. The struggle is real, some days. Always on my mind, the relief that I am not struggling to  climb stairs, walk long distances, or play with our grandchildren. Life is good, even on days I eat my way through   the day. RNY is part of…

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