Sunday, April 16, 2006 by drpr .....
Pictures of the nut burgers, plus a note to gastric bypass patients
Date: 4/17/2006 1:24:20 AM ( 18 y ago)
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(Photo: The surprisingly scrumptious "nut burger" sandwich)
My nut "burger" made a delicious lunch today.
I had that along with a salad around 3 pm. I wish I could convey
through photos how good that burger tastes, but they aren't the
prettiest things you ever saw! Felicia made enough for us to have a
burger every day for days. We're
joking that by then we'll be sick of them, but I hope not. It's so nice
to have a variety of foods to choose from right now: green smoothie for
breakfast, and then several things to choose from for lunch and dinner:
flaxseed nacho chips (yep, another Chef Felicia production) with
guacamole, sushi, hummus sandwiches, salads, trail mix of seeds, nuts
and dried coconut, nut burgers, and Carob devastation pie as a treat!
Eating raw hasn't been this fun since I discovered the Go Raw Cafe!
My girlfriend has lost almost 15 lbs in the three weeks since she
joined me on my raw odyssey. She originally was going to do this for a
week but she did so well that she's continued with it and has even
written about it on her own website, which she started in 2004 back
when she first had her gastric bypass surgery. You can see her before
and after pictures and read about her foray into raw foods by clicking this link,
which takes you to her page on the obesityhelp.com website. She is
really excited about the idea of using raw foods to reach her goal
weight.
Gastric bypass is not the quick fix people think it is; it still
takes effort not to put that food in your mouth. You can stretch your
stomach back over time and regain all of your weight back, plus some.
Many people who have had gastric bypass surgery don't get the support
they need to eat properly after the operation. This means they have not
dealt with the reasons they became severely overweight in the first place.
Felicia says that she feels, as do I, that the addiction she has
for certain foods are inherent in the food itself; she doesn't crave
the foods she was eating before now that she eats raw because those
foods are out of her system. Both of us feel that the addiction is
physical. Luckily Felicia has caught herself in time.
We hope that other gastric bypass patients who are struggling with
food addiction will read Felicia's story and give raw foods some
consideration. We can only speak for ourselves, of course, but if any
gastric bypass patients - pre OR post op- are reading this and are
dealing with food addiction, we suggest you talk to you doctor about
trying a diet that includes as much whole, unprocessed, uncooked food
as possible. Gastric bypass patients (especially ones just out of
surgery) have special dietary needs, so its really important to learn
about nutrition- something Felicia can attest to and hopefully will
write about on her site.
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