Can we talk "Chaffles"?

I thought the same thing!

The Chaffle I saw had everything bagel seasoning and that's what got me and the cloud bread that I saw had a bit of cheese in it... enough said!

There are quite a bit of chaffle recipes on pinterest too. Mostly made with a cheese base but can customize them different ways.. You can make a sort of chaffle garlic bread, use italian seasoning for a different flavor, use different cheeses for different flavors, sf flavoring for dessert type, cocoa powder chocolate ones (or cacoa which is what I have used for a very chocolate one and then use some heavy whipping cream with a drop or two of stevia or whatever sweetener you want (even torani syrup etc).. your imagination is the cook a lot of the times with any recipes you want to try and tweak.. dash has several different mini food makers. amazon has some, target usually, even yard sales sometimes for those that have bought them and gave up.. I have 3 different ones myself.. Good luck.. Explore.. Enjoy..

good ideas! I have a Pinterest, but rarely go on there! I will have to look at how I can change the ones with heavy cream, since those are a bit high for me in the nutritional department. I can't decide if I want to try sweet or savory first! Oye, the choices!

All popular options for ketogenic diet. If you don't know much about keto, then that's probably why you haven't heard of them. The majority of people here at OH tend to be low fat and/or low carb, high protein, so lots of keto options aren't popular because of the high fat content.

yeah, my surgeon isn't big on the Keto diet and I tend to be sensitive to some fats. figured these few things could be varied and I could go from there!

Second that : " My surgeon isn't big on ketogenic diets " . To put it MILDLY. My surgeon jumps up and down at the very IDEA out of indignation that his patients are flirting with undoing his careful surgery !

This is because people often get very confused. They think eating a " fat bomb" ( wow its exactly like a Reese's cup ! ( a slider food) :0) is OK ( nonfattening) outside of a totally ketogenic diet ... its NOT !!!

You can't eat " keto" for a meal here and there and expect to lose weight - ketogenic dieting people eat virtually NO carbs that's the ONLY reason it works.. and only until you eat that first bagel you were obsessing about lol...

I think the idea of Keto is attractive to many WLS post-ops because their emptied out fat cells CRAVE fat to refill themselves .

Many of us were addicted to " fat bombs" in the form of fried foods, fast foods and candy pre op - and that's how we got really big.

So its REALLY tempting when someone tells us a story that we can eat like that and still lose weight. NOT.

Yes I've seen Atkins work long term for a handful of guys ... but guys have a MUCH easier time losing and keeping the weight off than grrrlz. And the guys I know who eat like this were really big to begin with and are no lightweights now either. But they get to eat steak lol !

I eat low-fat - I eat delicious, juicy filet mignon steaks and make very low-fat beef stew and beef stroganoff out of fresh beef eye round, the lowest fat cut on the steer- and enjoy even Boars head trimmed sliced roast beef on sandwiches - also very low-fat and super high protein.

If I want a peanut butter chocolatey thing- I'll use low-fat PB, fat free PB powder , low fat low sugar dark LILY's chocolate chips.. and hack a " fat bomb" that tastes decadent but won't make me wake up in the morning going - what did I DO lol...

I don't recommend people use keto as a "diet" just to lose weight, any more than I would suggest a person go vegan or vegetarian for the same reason as a temporary way to lose weight.

I prefer to use the term ketogenic way of eating...it is a lifestyle change. I prefer eating this way (which I have done for 3.5 years now), because I feel better, I feel more satisfied with the limited amount of food we can eat after VSG, and I am healthier than ever. My WLS surgeon is thrilled that I'm keto and it's working so well for me. He knows that carbs are the devil and loves that ketogenic eating has and is working for me.

If you do it right, you do eat carbs, just good carbs. No processed foods, no white flour/pasta/rice/potatoes/bread, etc. I eat lots of good veggies that grow above the ground, but just keep net carbs to 20g a day or less. My surgeon declared me "cured" of Type 2 diabetes (although I use the term remission) ever since my first year checkup, because my BS stays under 100, and my A1C stays around 5 consistently. I have excellent labs every year, including good cholesterol levels.

It might not be for everyone, but like I said, if you do it right, and make it a way of life instead of a temporary "diet," it's amazing.