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On my way to the market to pick up Taco fixins.......

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I made a version of this the other night for some friends....

Caprese salad on top of meatball patty w/marinara.

Tasty !!!

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I do this quite often.... anything in the fridge.

Ground beef, mini bells, onion, mushrooms, snow peas.

Salt, pepper, garlic powder, sesame oil, chili oil.

Quick, easy and on point.

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• Seems as though every so often a new batch of post-ops comes through with questions that really pertain to the function of the pyloric valve.

Eating this right now.... Moms had a doctors appointment and on the way back we picked up a sandwich to split. I just yanked the bread off of my half and served my moms with bread. 

I'm posting this for some of the newer peeps to see how easy a

I was thinking the other day...... this is how I see the sandwich.

Seems I save my bread eating to nice specialty breads at restaurants and not waste it on a sandwich. 

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Why am I showing pasta here?

Because life happens and you have to build that solid foundation for the long haul.

My mom is recovering from a bout of bronchitis which had her hospitalized for 3 days but was sick for 2 weeks prior.

I grill a lot as it is a very clean way of VSG cooking.

The other day I saw the end of something on TV that gave me the chills.....

I guess people have swallowed wire brush bristles and it gets logged in your stomach. They showed X-Rays

Just ate some of these for lunch.

Test batch for game 1 NBA Finals !!! Taste is right there, all good.

Made about 150 skewers last night, will grill them tonight at game party !

These have sugar in the marinade. I do have a no s

I just read through some posts on a below thread about eating and drinking......

The posts as a collective reads conflicting and confusing.

Here are some basics to how the VSG works with a functioning pyloric valve. RNYers may not have

In the spirit of my last post about buying "parts" from the burrito bar, here is another tip.

I sometimes just buy stir fry makings from the salad bar. This generally happens when I know I won't be around to use up refrigerator stock.

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This is something I do quite often.....

Learn to buy "parts"...

The market down the street has a "burrito bar" and I sometimes just buy the meat by weight.

This is the shredded pork over my quick slaw..... cabbage, mayo/greek yo

I made a version of this last nite..... so good !!!

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I repost this every so often when I start to read more and more posts from people who might not know about this very "key" function. Even at 5.5 years out my thought towards drinking fluids and every meal is based around this function.

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I have an eggplant in the fridge, I'm thinking Lasagna tonight !!!

When you take the time to eat good food, you will be less temped to eat off plan crap......

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I've been caring for my mom the last few days after a brief hospital stay.

Cooking her meals has been a trip for both me and her since she is the cook and I'm not known for my cooking skilz because I only took up cooking after VSG..... and she

Red Flags/Indicators

It is of "my" experience......In a very non-scientific way 

Using a medium size microwave and re-heating food from the fridge.....

If it takes more than 1 minute on high...... you may be plating/eating to mu

Banh Mi without the bread !!!

This is from a few years ago now, I'm thinking of serving a version of this as a salad for some for some friends coming in from Europe.....

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This is one of my Go-To meals....

Tacos !!!!

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This is what can happen....

I'm in the last part of a move and had to organize my clothes.

When I was SMO at 350lbs. 4X I owned very few clothes because nothing really fit.

At 150lbs. everything fits !!!!

This is 21 feet

On the run..... whipped this on plan lunch together in minutes..... no effort.

Ground beef, zucchini, provolone, garlic salt, pepper, smoked paprika, low sugar ketchup.

On point Grub !!!!

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Pork & Salt are a match.....

Try the Green Olive Tapenade from Trader Joe's !

Super concentrated flavor !!!!

15cals 1gram carb per tbls.

Pork tenderloin medallions served over haricot vert and crimini mushrooms topped wi

Are you looking for that magic something?

Determination !!!

Determination can push down other issues ......

Be determined !!!!

Learn it, Live it, Be it !!!!

Quit looking for other things beyond your control !!!!<

Well, I did my very first Corned Beef & Cabbage !!!

I love our traditional CB&C, an American Irish disn. My dad used to make it every St. Patrick's day.

Post VSG I pick it up every so often from a place in San Fran near my surgeons offi

I recently had lunch with a group of WLS patients, a nutritionist and a psychologist.

I came away with some very helpful information and clarity on several topics that I need to look into further for a project I'm involved with.

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