Weighing the Good and the Bad (reblog)
A look back at my time shortly before bariatric surgery, some thoughts and struggles dealing with hunger and the decision to have surgery.
Tagged: food
True You Food – A Review
True You Food is a video learning series for cooking with whole, fresh foods from Chef Rose Archer, and it’s designed with bariatric surgery patients in mind. Here’s my review.
Bariatric Surgery – The Cons Pt 1 (reblog)
Another reblog from when I first decided to have bariatric surgery, this time I start looking at possible cons.
Bariatric Pre-Op, the Ups and Downs
A revisiting of some thoughts I had in December of 2008, when I was still doing the pre-op phase of my bariatric surgery.
Upcoming Support Group: Healthy Eating for the Holidays
Thanksgiving is coming, and following that we have Hanukkah, Christmas, Solstice and more… and many of these holidays seem to revolve around food. So coming up on Wednesday, November 14, for this month’s online bariatric support group I will be joined by...
A Power Packed French Onion Dip
Has it been a couple months since YWM2015 already? Wow. Well, you may remember some of the audio interviews I did while there, including one with the folks at the BariLife booth. While there, we chatted about some of their...
Food For Thought – Getting it Mostly Right
I was on my way home from YWM2015 the other night, it was a four hour flight from San Antonio to SeaTac, and I managed to sleep a good chunk of it. But when I woke, I decided to check...
Whole Grain Summer Salad
When most people think about grains, they think hot dishes – oatmeal, pilafs, etc. But they work just great in cold salads, and this makes for a great one during those hot summer days and pairs well with something off...
Radio Archive: Shopping for Chocolate Podcast
As a followup to show I did for The Wake Up Call, I added a podcast on Shopping for Chocolate. A quality chocolate bar really only needs about four ingredients, here I talk about what they are and some of the...
Keeping Food Safe When The Power Goes Out
Here in Minnesota, we’ve had a bit of a stormy spring followed by some extremely hot weather this week. Folks out East have been hit even harder, recent storms have left thousands of households without power over this holiday week....