Friday Five
Hiya New Yorkers!
1. What types of food did you eat this week?
2. What types of exercise did you do this week?
3. How much weight did you lose? Total loss?
4. What was your biggest challenge?
5. Please share an easy highprotein/low sugar recipe.
*Fun bonus question:
What is your favorite season and why?
To visit LIPO (Long Island Post Ops) bariatric support group website click here: www.liponation.org
"WLS is a journey, not a destination (don't get comfortable) ... it's a road that we must travel daily to succeed". Faith Thomas
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Here are my responses:
1. What types of food did you eat this week? Shrimp, steak, stuffed shells, hard boiled eggs, tuna salad, pasta fagioli,stir fry chicken and veggies, stew, veal cutlet parmigianna, stuffed eggplant-with meat and cheese, oatmeal, bananas, clementimes, apples
2. What types of exercise did you do this week? Went to the gym 5 times so far this week.
3. How much weight did you lose? Total loss? Maintained my 120lb weightloss.
4. What was your biggest challenge? Drinking enough H20 (again).
5. Please share an easy highprotein/low sugar recipe. If pistachio fluff sounds exciting to you try this...2 boxes of sf pistachio instant pudding mix, 1 can of crushed pineapple in its own juice undrained, 1 tub of sf cool whip, mix together and let set overnight, stir before serving. *Fun bonus question:
What is your favorite season and why? I love the spring because I can sit on my porch swing outside without feeling too cold or hot. I also love to see the flowers begin to grow.
To visit LIPO (Long Island Post Ops) bariatric support group website click here: www.liponation.org
"WLS is a journey, not a destination (don't get comfortable) ... it's a road that we must travel daily to succeed". Faith Thomas
visit my blog at theessenceofmaryellen.com/
I love these things!!!! 4. What was your biggest challenge?
Resisting moving around some boxes & a bookcase at home!! I was not supposed to be moving anything more than 10lbs!! UGH!!! I got my clearance to go ahead this past Friday & I spent yesterday doing just that!!! My apt is starting to look really good!!! 5. Please share an easy highprotein/low sugar recipe.
I found a couple of Pillsbury cookbooks I had that have some awesome light & low fat recipes... this is one of my favs:
Cod Veracruz
1 tsp Olive Oil
1lb cod fillets
3 medium roma tomatoes, chopped
2 medium (1 cup) onions, coarsley chopped
1 tsp dried organo
1/4 tsp chilli powder
1/4 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp coarsly ground black pepper
1/8 tsp salt
1 tsp finely chopped fresh garlic
1 tbs fresh lime juice
1 tsp grated lime peel
Brush 10-inch nonstick skillet with oil, add fish fillets. Cook over medium heat, turning once, until fish flakes with a fork (4-6 minutes). Remove fillets with slotted spoon to serving platter; keep warm. To the same skillet add all remaiing ingredients except the lime peel. Cook over medium heat, stirring often, until all veggies are tender (4-5 minutes). Place veggie mixture on top of fish; sprinkle with lime peel.
Yield: 4 servings (for non-WLS folks anyway!!)
Nutritional Info: (1 non-wls serving) Calories 160; Protein 27g; Carbs 7g; Fat 2g; Sodium 160mg. It didn't have sugars listed but I would imagine it's minimal at best!!
*Fun bonus question: What is your favorite season and why?
I'd say Autumn. There is something about the smell of the air... the leaves changing... it was always magical to me!!
Cece
1. What types of food did you eat this week?
I had all of the usual... cottage cheese & peaches, turkey (lots of leftovers!! I finally put the rest in the freezer!!), devilled eggs, baked sweet potato, homemade chili, peanut butter mixed with s/f cool whip (don't ask... I was looking for something sorta sweet & just started mixing a spoon of each together & voila... peanut butter fluff... it was good!!!
2. What types of exercise did you do this week?
The only thing I have been allowed to do is walk so that's what I did!! I got clearance Friday to do more & start working out... I can't wait!!
3. How much weight did you lose? Total loss?
I am down a total 82.4lbs since the end of July!!! Who the heck would've thought I'd ever lose that amount?!!! I even got into another size smaller jeans... that's 3 or 4 sizes since I started!!!
