4 Month Update

Hello, its been about 4 months since my surgery. I have lost 110 lbs since I started my journey. 40 before surgery and 80 since surgery. I am thinking that I am very close to my goal at this point, so I am not sure how much more I want to lose. I am basing it off of my clothes for the most part, not really what the scale says.

Valentine’s day was yesterday, and I found that it was way easier than I thought it would be. I had some cake, but it wasn’t horrible in terms of calories, it had about 180 calories total. I took a box of red velvet cake mix and just used a can of Diet Dr. Pepper in place of all the other ingredients, put it in a 13×9 inch pan that I sprayed with Pam. Bake it for about 25 mins (or until a toothpick can be inserted and come out clean) at 350 degrees. Then, I poked holes all throughout the cake and poured in sugar free instant cheesecake pudding, which I prepared with almond milk. To make it with almond milk you have to use cornstarch in the pudding (1 TSP per cup of Almond milk), otherwise it won’t set, and you will be left with a liquid mess.

After it was cooled down, I topped it with fat free whipped cream. You can add crushed Oreos if you want, but I didn’t add it to mine. I had them on the side if my hubby or son wanted to add it to their piece. This cake yields 15 servings total. The cake is tasty and you cut out a bunch of calories just by not adding the eggs and oil to the cake mix. I bet there are sugar free boxed cake mixes that could lessen the calories if I had planned this in advance I would have been able to track something down. I will let you know if I find one, and the calorie breakdown once I try it.

As far as everything else goes, I am on track and still happily losing weight and not having any issues with feeling like I am missing out on foods. I also found a great product to use in place of Greek yogurt if you don’t like it. Its called Quark, and its actually German style Cheese, the company I found is Elli Quark. They are based here in California, so I can generally find it in stores near me, but they do ship if you cant find it. I like it because it has more protein in it and the same amount of calories as the light and fit Greek does, 80 calories with less sugar and more protein. So it is worth looking into if you want an alternative: https://www.elliquark.com/

Thanks for reading!