FOOD LOVERS... After Surgery there is still good eating

Hello everyone!!!

My progress is pretty much the same. Right now, I'm weighing 143 pounds and i'm a size 6 in most things and wear size small shirts but most of the time i'm a medium since I do not like wearing tight things.

I have heard a lot of people consider the surgery and then back out because they believe that we don't eat!!!... Alright so we don't eat much but we do eat and we still have our favorite foods, we just eat way less of it now that before. That doesn't mean that we still don't like to eat just like everyone else.

What I do now is that I change my favorite meals for healthy versions of it. For example, If i want fries, i don't fry them. What i do is peel the potatoes cut them as i wish, boil them to a half-cooked point and then spray them with non-fat non stick cooking oil and put them in the oven.Yes, it is too much work for fries but at the end of the day, I am not consuming a deep fried potato with so much cholesterol I might have a heart attack.

This is a website that I found a website of another girl who lost 135 pounds a few years back but still loves food. So she has created a site where she recreates her favorite foods to a light version of them. I wanted to share it with you guys because, most of the time, its really easy to substitute your ingredients and get the same savory result on your food. Remember, I'm Latina, Dominican, my food is never bland.

check her out!!! Oh, and you have to try the Buffalo chicken rolls and the cake muffins (sugar crusted!!)

http://www.canyoustayfordinner.com/

GREAT RECIPES FOR LITTLE CALORIES.

Stay healthy everyone,

The Gastric Sleeve Patient

90 pounds have been shred off my body!!!

Hello Everyone!!!

I am SUPER EXCITED to tel you all that I am officially 147 pounds, size S/M (depending on the clothes), size 8 in jeans and even 6 in some skirts and i feel completely and absolutely wonderful!!! It has been a year (we're missing two days) since my surgery and 90 pounds!

My eating habits have stayed pretty much the same: a lot of protein and white meat, although, I do eat some red meat every once in a while but very little, a lot of greens and vegetables and very little sweets. Although I must say the Holidays are the hardest time of the year to be in a diet, specially when I have a sudden urge to be the next betty crocker and can't stop baking!! The good about it is that my family eats everything, I don't. LOL

So....Before and after pics!!!

Before at the beginning...

NOW PICS!!!!!.... Modesty aside... I look hot ! lol

Im the one in the middle !!!!!

The truth is this surgery was the best thing that could have ever happened to me, the best decision I ever made for myself as a woman, as a person, for my well being. I am super healthy, I like going to the gym now, I like taking pictures, I love dressing up and knowing the reactions my outfits will cause. I feel fantastic and this is a feeling that I never want to lose. 

Ok so you guys might say that I am insane because i want to lose those last 7 pounds, and I must admit even my grandfather is not too happy about the prospect. However, to make my case, there are a few things  I want to do, like be more firm in the derriere area and the arms and abs. I am NOT trying to get a six pack, aside from anything, I find that I wouldn't look good with a six pack, honestly. On a man..well, that's a different story ;). 

My next post will be the loss of those last 7 pounds :)