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Wow where does the time go? So far I can say having the gastric bypass was the best thing I ever did for myself (knocking out my breast reduction which has held first place for over 10 years) and other than dealing with people who insist on being negative about bariatric surgery it has been wonderful. I'm down 75 pounds and doing about 4 hours of cardio a week on top of my walking. Over all I feel pretty good and keep busy with my daily routine. I do really feel the chemical deppression.. some days its absolutley overwhelming and others completely gone. So I have another 75 pounds to lose and then I can see a surgeon to tuck n nip. My doc is working on refering me to a plastic surgeon here so I can find out what it will cost and then I can compare with else where. January is always a really hard month for me and Im happy its 2/3 over now. I predict I will be down another 50 pounds by early summer and can frolick in the sun like the normal people do. Not to say I will but can.. I doubt I will turn this white flesh bronze anytime soon. Anyway that's my update for now, happy reading :)
*hugs n kisses to all*

Down 60 pounds and feeling a lot better. I am able to get around much easier and enjoy some of my favorite activities. 100 pounds to go to goal :)

Down 45 pounds and doing great :)

Orange Creamsicle Protein Shake

4 oz skim milk, frozen into cubes
1 oz mandarin oranges, drained
4 oz plain low fat yogurt
2 scoops vanilla protein powder (recipe calls for Unjury but I used New Whey)
1 packet sugar substitue

Place all ingredients into a blender (in the order listed) and blend until smooth.

Tip:  Other varieties of oranges will not mix well in the blender and will cause the shake to beccome stringy and undrinkable.  You can substitute orange juice for the mandarin oranges.  

Per serving:  Calories: 306, Fat 2g, Cholesterol 9mg, Sodium 250mg, Carbs 23g, Protein 50g.

PROTEIN BALLS I  (made this tastes good)
1 cup Peanut Butter
1 cup rolled oatmeal -- not the instant stuff
1 cup protein powder
5 packets Sugar substitute

Warm the peanut butter in microwave about 30-40 seconds -- it melts it and makes mixing in the other ingredients much easier. Add the oatmeal, protein powder, and Sugar substitute and mix well. (If needed, you can add a little bit of water to make it easier to mix) Roll into walnut sized balls, refrigerate. Store in fridge in zip-lock baggies. This recipe makes 20-24 balls.

1 light mozzarella sticks (I use Frigo Light - 60 calories and 2.5g fat)
1/2 cup crushed Fiber One cereal (may sub Panko bread crumbs)
2 tbsp. fat-free liquid egg substitute
salt, pepper & Italian seasonings; to taste
Optional: low-fat marinara sauce (for dipping)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a food processor or blender, grind
Fiber One to a breadcrumb-like consistency. Place crumbs in a small
plastic container with a lid. Season crumbs with as much salt, pepper
and Italian seasonings as you like. Set aside. Cut cheese stick in
half, so that you have 2 sticks. Place sticks in a small bowl, and
pour egg substitute over the top of the sticks. Swirl egg substitute
around so that it thoroughly coats the sticks. One by one, transfer
sticks to the container with the crumbs. Cover container, and give it
a shake to coat the sticks in the crumbs. Carefully return sticks to
the dish with the egg substitute, and coat them again. Next put
sticks back in the crumbs container, cover, and shake once more to
coat (try doing this two at a time the second time around). Place
sticks on a baking dish sprayed lightly with Pam. Place dish in the
oven, and bake for 10 minutes (or until the first sign of cheese
oozing out). If desired, serve with warm marinara sauce. Best when
eaten immediately, while cheese is hot and gooey! Makes 1 serving

155 calories
3.5 grams fat
2 grams sat fat
26 carbs (of which 15grams is dietary fiber)
0 sugars
17.6 grams protein

Meat Crust Pizza

Meat crust pizza is identical to regular pizza except for the crust. Top the pizza with high protein foods for extra nutritional kick :)

Crust Ingredients:
2 cups raw extra lean ground beef
4 whipped eggs
1 cup fiber one cereal (crush it in the blender/MB after measuring)

Mix this to a paste consistency and pat tightly into a 15 x 10" baking pan. The crust should be very thin. Pat it as tightly as you can to keep it from shrinking in the oven, if you use less than extra lean ground it will likely shrink some. Bake this in a preheated 350 degree oven for 10 minutes or until brown. Take out and top pizza style, mexican style or donair style. Bake again (or broil) for 10 minutes, or until toppings are to your liking :)

Chicken Divan recipe: 
1 can reduced fat Campbell;s cheese and broccoli condensed soup
1/3 c skim milk
10 oz frozen broccoli, cooked and drained
1 large can (10 oz, I think) canned chicken, drained
1/2 cup shredded cheddar

Mix the soup and milk, set aside. Layer cooked broccoli then chicken in a baking dish. Pour soup mixture on top then add shredded cheese. Bake 450 x 20 minutes. Very moist and easy on the tummy!

No Bake Chocolate peanut butter Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients:

2 C. splenda sugar substitute
½ c. low-fat margine or butter
3 tbsp cocoa powder
½ c milk, skim or 1%
1 tsp of vanilla
½ c. peanut butter
3 c. oatmeal
Directions
Mix and boil first four ingredients for one minute
Remove from heat, add vanilla and peanut butter and stir well
Stir in oatmeal until mixed well
Drop buy teaspoon full onto cookie sheet covered with wax paper
Place in refrigerator until chilled
However,  I like to put in zip loc baggies and put in freezer. Pop one out when I want a treat. 

posted by Mitzi T.

I just tried this.. it made a 1/2 of 9 X 13 pan.  So double the recipe if you want it to fill a whole 9 x 13 pan.  Cut into small pieces as it is very rich but pretty good stats.  I am not a fan of peanut butter in general because even though its good for you fat, its still a lot of fat but I don't mind it something portion controlled such as this.  Would make great almost like fudge for the holidays also!

Ingredients:
1/2 cup (8 tbsp) Fat-free cream cheese
6 tbsp Reduced-Fat Natural Peanut Butter
4 scoops Chocolate Whey Protein (i used isopure)
about 1/8 cup Eggbeaters Egg Substitute
1 packet Nestle Carnation Fat-free hot cocoa mix
1/2 cup raw oatmeal (regular, slow cooking)
Splenda artificial sweetener (amt. depends on how sweet you want them)

-Heat cream cheese and PB in the microwave until soft. Mix well
-Add splenda until it's sweet
-Add a little of the Eggbeaters
-Add Protein and mix well. It will be hard to mix at first but will eventually mix in.
-Add Nestle Hot-cocoa mix and mix well. If it needs to be wetter, add more of the Eggbeaters
-When you get a nice, play-doh conssistancy, add oats and mix.
-Lightly spray wax paper with cooking spray.
-Place dough on wax paper and press out to desired thickness
-Chill in refrigerator for a while
-Cut into bars

**Nutritional info (for the whole recipe. divide as you like):
Calories- 1288
Fat- 36 g (8 g saturated)
Carbs- 74 g (16 g fiber)
Protein - 160 g

The ratio comes out to be:
Protein- 50%
Carbs- 25%
Fat- 25% 

From our own Marvelous Melissa F