A Recipe and Comparison Pictures of Me

I am down to 177 pounds!!! Woo Hoo! I have lost 65 pounds and it stil seems I have such a long row to hoe! I have 45 more to go. I know in the scheme of things it doesn't seem that far off but now the weight loss has slowed down and I can eat more things so the task is indeed a bit more daunting!

I am very happy despite all the struggles and this is the best decision I have ever made for my body. Plus, I feel great!

I will share a recipe with you and a current picture of myself.

Me about a week after surgery at 234.

Me now at 177.

So here are some protein bars I made up. Easy on the calories and fat; big on the protein.

Cinnamon Seed Protein Bars

Ingredients

• 1/2 Cup rolled oats
• 1/4 Cup currants
• 1 Cup Protein powder of your choice (I use Bob's Red Mill Whey Protein Concentrate)
• 1/2 Cup puffed Quinoa
• 2 Tbs Pumpkin seeds
• 1/4 Cup sunflower seeds
• 3 Tbs flax seeds
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 egg white 
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tsp poppy seeds

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Prepare an 8x8 baking dish with cooking spray
3. Mix all ingredients together except cinnamon and poppy seeds.
4. Pour batter into baking dish and smooth flat.
5. Sprinkle top with cinnamon and poppy seeds.
6. Bake 10-15 minutes.
7. Let cool and cut into 10 bars.
8. Enjoy!

Notes

10 Servings

150 Calories, 5 gms fat, 15 gms carbohydrate, 11 gms protein

Disneyland and Poor Food Choices

Sugar is the devil.

I ate jelly belly's. I ate marshmallow's covered in chocolate and caramel. I ate part of a cheese stuffed pretzel. I ate 1 oz. of cotton candy. I ate pistachio nuts (not terrible on the scale of things). I ate Fig Newtons. I enjoyed all of it and the M-I-C-K-E-Y-M-O-U-S-E too! I wrote it all down and I exercised (walking around DL and Cal Adventure).

But now, at 15 weeks post op, I see that I have made too many allowances. I haven't sunk to sodas or chips. And the above treats have certainly not made their way into my everyday life, but now I have to reset the surgery.

So I found this...Sleeve Boot Camp!

I'll start tomorrow. Let's see where it takes me....

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