(Note: Nik accidentally left her other camera at home today so Nik doesn’t have process pics for this YET. But tomorrow morning I will so…stay tuned! We now return to our regularly scheduled nominousness…) I am now officially addicted to ramekin cooking. Why? Mostly because it’s automatic portion control, it’s easy to figure up just a few ramekins full of …
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BF Top 5: Ways to Stay Occupied When You Are Snowed In
Most of America is in the midst of winter. If you are not, I am jealous! Snow days are a big fear of mine. Snow day = risk of grazing. It just happens. I get bored…my mind automatically travels to the kitchen. Therefore, it’s essential to stay occupied when the weather is bad. Here are a few ways I do …
Read More »The BF Survival Guide to Making it through a Meltdown
by marvin L Whether you call it “falling off the wagon,” going on a binge or, my reigning favorite, “carbapalooza,” meltdowns have the opportunity to be one of two things in your weight loss journey—a great learning experience or a total disaster. Hopefully this guide will help you toward the former. So let’s talk about this. First, what is a meltdown? Well, …
Read More »Nik’s Three Year Surgiversary
~by Nikki Today is my three year surgiversary. Notice there aren’t any exclamation points behind that sentence. Don’t get me wrong. I am grateful every day for the changes my RNY has brought. I am such a different person now than I was three years ago and I continue to change and learn new things about myself each and every …
Read More »BF Top 5: Favorite Finds of 2010
~~posted by Jen Happy 2011! The Year of the Pouch Party™ Animal! Nikki and I are SO excited to get this year kicked off with all of you, we just KNOW it’s going to be awesome. As always, thank you all for reading and supporting us, and for helping us to grow our vision. You are very much appreciated!! All year …
Read More »New Year’s Makeover!
~~posted by Jen In the spirit of the New Year and making improvements, Bariatric Foodie is getting a makeover! Nik and I have decided to continue our house-keeping efforts we started a few months ago. One of our goals for the blog in 2011 is to re-organize the way our recipes are tagged and make them easier to find what …
Read More »The BF Survival Guide to First (and second…and third…) Date Eating
~by Nikki I’m single. (Super hawt post-op men…holla!) Dating can be a challenge to any woman, but particularly to the post-op woman. I mean, on the one hand, our surgeries very much make us look like space aliens in the way we eat and relate to food. On the other hand, we don’t want to run down our medical histories …
Read More »Dear Bariatric Foodie: What is the deal with protein???
~by Nikki Hi Friends. I was supposed to post two recipes today, both of them kid-friendly dishes that post-ops can enjoy too. I have one of them, my WLS-friendly chicken nuggets. But then my dog, Precious, went missing. She’s a toy poodle and she’s only a year old and I can’t imagine where she is right now but both the …
Read More »Holiday Preview Logistics
by Nik and Jen LESS THAN 48 HOURS LEFT!!! AHHHHHH!!! We’re in crunch time on our end, making sure things are just right for the 2010 Holiday Preview. If you are coming, we look forward to seeing you! If you can’t get to Baltimore, make sure to order your “Portable Preview” and get all the recipes, the shake samples and the …
Read More »New Feature: Recipe Remix
~~posted by Jen So we promised lots of cool new things once we reached 1000 Facebook fans, and now we’re well on our way to the 2000 fan mark! If you haven’t already liked our page, please go do so! That way you won’t miss out on any of our announcements, special contests, or polls we do only on Facebook. …
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