Hope the Little Nugget does well at the Doc's today.

If the Butter Chicken doesn't work out, I have a few jars and packets of Butter Chicken sauce that I can sneak to you at your back door. No one needs to know you didn't make it from scratch I am such a lazy cook.

Good morning Menu Mates. I got my car back last night, so this morning I'm going swimming. Lots of errands and calls to make this afternoon.

Accountability: On plan, yeah

Question of the Day: How old were you when you first learned to drive? I was 18 officially, but for some reason my Dad let me drive from up north (about a 3 hour drive) when I was 14.

The eats today at 4 years post-op are:

B. Protein latte, rivers of decaf

L. Duck leg confit with some grilled asparagus and I have a sleeve of ready made Red Wine Reduction Gravy

https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Potier-Shallot-Sauce-5-07oz/dp/B0155I1I8O

D. Beef Stroganoff on buttah'd cauliflower rice.

Have a great day everyone.

Had RnY in June 2018. I was refered Sept 2017. Had it done in Ottawa. It is a long journey and mine was quick. I already had CPAP machine, didn't smoke, didn't drink. My BMI was 50 upon referral. I was told by surgeon that they may not be able to do RnY because I carried most of my weight in gut and I am male 5'11" (i.e. tall). They only know once they get in there. I was told the reason was they sometimes don't have enough gut to reach the bypass, as such they would need to do the sleeve. The Gold Standard is RnY as it reduces quantity and absorption. I was stressed to I followed their instructions for the Optifast diet to the letter and they stretched it from 4 to 5 weeks. All was well and they were able to do RnY. I must admit it was a shock to hear I may be too overweight for weight loss surgery. All is well that ends well. I hit the goal weight of 240lbs last week (4 months post surgery). I am still losing nice and slow and hope I will continue to do so as many here speak of the bounce back after the 18-24 month honeymoon. I have realized that the surgery isn't the solution. Surgery will allow you to lose weight and adopt healthy eating and exercise habits. Without those, you can regain. Doing the regain education classes (4 of them) in a few weeks.... I have not done all of this to regain weight. I am determined to keep it off forever. I have nothing but admiration for those veterans who have succeeded in doing so. BTW, I had HBP, became pre-diabetic post referal and had sleep apnea not to mention hyperthyroid & gout. I am off all but half dose of HBP medication (was taking 3) and thyroid medication. Weight loss is a blessing but you have to go into to "eyes wide open". That is why the screening is so intense. Good luck.

If you are allergic to aspartame then I imagine you will be doing the Slim Time shakes? I did those and they were yummy!

Suggestions:

Add pumpkin spice (just the ground spice) to vanilla. This was my favourite.

For a candy cane hot chocolate type thing warm up your chocolate shake and add peppermint extract. You can also add instant coffee to make it like a peppermint mocha. Festive!

Also highly recommend making the chocolate with much less water to make a chocolate pudding consistency. Tasted like brownie batter and made me feel like I was actually EATING something!!

Yes! I couldn't agree more. I followed your advice as well as the advice of others...being an advocate for myself and now 6 months later just waiting on a surgery date.

That was one of the first things I remembered when I joined this forum and will never forget in life....be an advocate for yourself.