Your strategies or tips!
on 12/2/17 8:44 am, edited 12/2/17 8:45 am
For you out there who have either lost weight or are post op what are your strategies anything you picked up even the smallest thing that will help someone else!
Tip #1: add 1T of unflavoured whey isolate per serving to baked goods, omelets, coffee, tea, yogurt, dips, tomato sauce, hot chocolate etc.. NOT anything that is boiling hot and in baked goods mix with a moisturizer like yogurt!
Tip#2 pulverize superseeds - flax/chia/hemp
and add a teaspoon when you cook!
on 12/2/17 8:47 am
Make vanilla SF pudding mix with flavoured shake powder - today's version is fuzzy navel!
referred Jan 2016 intake May 2016 left programme returned June 2017 final pre-sx class Oct 2017 surgeon appt Oct 2017
Opti Wt Nov 4/17 226 lbs BMI 45 Sx Wt 212 lbs RNY surgery Nov 23/17 M1 -18 M2-9 M3-10 M4-8 M5-6 M6-7 M7-6 M8-3 M9-1(so far) Down to within one pound of my goal and 99 lbs down from my highest weight. I was not a fast loser but who cares as long as you get there! I know the newbies check the trackers and the signatures so although I kind of lost track of how the rest of the weight came off, you should know that it was not fast and furious but it was slow and steady!
current BMI 24.7 that, my friends, is NORMAL!!! Strong is the new pretty!
I always keep pepperettes and cheese strings, or babybel lite cheese in the house so I have easy to grab high protein snacks on hand.
Pre-Op Visit: Jan. 10, 2017, weight 304, surgeon: Dr. David Lindsay, St. Joe's, Toronto
1st Day of (3 weeks worth of) Optifast: Jan. 11, 2017
Surgery Date: Feb. 1st, 2017
Kathy 
I'm half Italian and am used to spicy foods, salami, etc. I can't eat salami or prosciutto any more but am fine with the pepperettes. One serving is 2 pepperettes and I only have 1 pepperette, usually about 10 grams of fat. I just like them and find it's an easy way to get some extra protein in; they're not for everyone. I wouldn't eat them as a meal but do like having them on hand for snack, especially on days when i need to up my protein and calories. I have a hard time getting my calories in.
Different brands have different calories/fat content so it's important to compare them all an choose the ones with the best stats.
Pre-Op Visit: Jan. 10, 2017, weight 304, surgeon: Dr. David Lindsay, St. Joe's, Toronto
1st Day of (3 weeks worth of) Optifast: Jan. 11, 2017
Surgery Date: Feb. 1st, 2017
Kathy
The best pepperettes i have found are pillars turkey, they have a nice amount of spice are lower calorie and a good burst of protein. i think they are lower fat too.
it costs more for less of them but you only need one at a time so that is good
I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday!
Highest weight 311/ Weight day of surgery 271/One Month 257/ Two Months 247.5 / Three Months 241/ Four months 234/ Five months 228
I get the turkey pepperettes at Costco ... they are great!
Referral: September 2014; TWH Orientation: December 9, 2014; Social Worker: March 2015; Nutrition Class: May 5, 2015; Nurse Practitioner: May 20, 2015; Psych Evaluation: August 2015; Nutritionist: September 2015; Meet the Surgeon: November 6, 2015; Pre-Op: December 4, 2015; Scheduled Surgery: December 18, 2015; HW 367; SW 341
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