Hi everyone! Had my surgery on 3/7 Day of surgery: 262 as of last week at office visit: 209 Lost: 53# Measured last Mon.: -15 1/2 inches Slow but I can see and feel it happening!!! Loving the loose clothes!! The "girls" are heading south but I don't care!! lol Best of luck to everyone! Pam

I'm a big pizza fan so I lay out 17 turkey pepperonis on a plate and season with some kind of garlic powder or just what ever kind of seasoning I have the sprinkle 1/4 cup 2% grated cheese on it. Put it in the microwave for a couple of minutes. IT makes the pepperonis kind of crispy around the edges. It's about 150 cals and 14 or so grams of protein. Hope this helps! Janie Dr. Houston 3/19/2007 304/235/160

I have had many Wow's in the past 5 months and I can't even begin to list them but today! Well...little things in life are amazingly uplifting! My moods have been swinging like an Amusement Park ride....wild and fast. But today it is kind of cool in Mich and I had to go out to the dentist. Well even with Babbette (big hernia) in my way....I was able to put my socks on without sitting on side of bed and struggling to get foot up that high and tie my shoes after they were on my feet...not before! Wooo Hooo what a thrill! Now I head off to dentist which is one of my favorite places to go NOT and I walk up to the door and wow who is that staring at me in that glass door??? I backed off and then went back! Wow did I look good (except for Babbette who makes me look pregnant not fat). I know I have lost weight and I know I have changed sizes....but my poor head just doesn't keep up with my body's changes....it still pictures me as being as big around as tall if not bigger. I loved the feeling so much I made another app't for Fri afternoon to see myself again! Well I can't lie...I needed another app't and they had one open for Fri...but it sounded good! LOL Little things are great!!!

I prefer a grill pan over the foreman grill. For some reason the food I make in the grill doesn't taste right to me. After I transitioned from my soft protein diet I swore off cottage cheese for awhile! I was so so sick of eating it lol It might be time to work some of it back in. Good luck and thanks! Nicole

If you don't have a George Forman Grill - get one... just throw a seasoned chicken breast on there and you are set! If you do frozen chicken it will still be juicy when you are done. You can do fish on it too! For lunch (or breakfast) I've been doing cottage cheese with a small tomato cut up in it... I haven't been able to tolerate cooked eggs since surgery so my breakfast choices are limited and I'm not the biggest fan of yogurt or shakes... I'm glad you posted this because I am getting in to a food rut and I would love to see what others have to say... Amie