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To all my Thincin friends. It is almost 16 years since my gastric bypass surgery. Every day I face a struggle to control my weight. Proud to say I have been successful for 16 years. Under our current stay at home orders-it is hard to control your weight-but it is possible. Don’t let this pandemic derail your hard work.

Carb free French toast!!! Wonderful!!

AN AMAZING DISH!!!
I have always loved the taste of most Chinese dishes. Especially anything that had the word “Moo sho” in it. Due to the carbs in the pancakes, and the unknown amount of fat used in commercial preparation - it was a dish I no longer ate...until now.
Ingredients:
Crepini Brand egg thins (crepes-on 8 calories!)
1 bag shredded green cabbage
Small amount of sesame oil
Chopped onions
A protein of your choice
Soy sauce
Stevia
A large frying pan with a cover
Directions:
Put just enough sesame oil into the frying pan to thinly coat the bottom.
Put on a very hot burner
When oil sizzles put in onions, cook till edges are blackened
Add in your protein source, pre cooked-?tofu ?chopped shrimp?
Put cabbage on the top.
Add soy sauce and an envelope of stevia
Cover, and cook for just a few minutes.
Serve with Crepini crepe

I have just celebrated 15 years of successful weight management since my gastric bypass surgery.

ZERO CARB BAGELS! 14 grams protein! 90 calories! Amazing...a life changer!

A great food!!!

I had the pleasure of dining at the home of an early thincin fan. LG....fantastic dinner and over the top desert!

Lox (smoked salmon) whipped light cream cheese on cauliflower pizza crust!!!

Extra lean corned beef with coleslaw and hot sauce on cauliflower pizza crust!!!

Garlic bread made from cauliflower crust pizza.

Healthy Thai cauliflower crust pizza 15 minutes to make!!!! Soooo delicious!!

Fresh crab meat mixed with peppers and shelled edamame on cauliflower flatbread. So healthy! Low calorie, low carb, low sugar, low fat-super high protein. Eating protein early in the day is a recipe for success!

Yes!!!!!! Finally...my dream has come true!!

Cauliflower sushi made with crab and shrimp. No rice. So perfect.

900 calories and 88 grams of wonderful protein!!

You are looking at my meals for today. Total calories 820. Total grams of protein 77. This will be a great day!

The other day I wrote about the difficulty of avoiding all the holiday treats that can derail healthy eating. I am a big believer in knowing “safe meals”....places you can eat out....and stay on course. A favorite place to make healthy choices is Starbucks. They have a comprehensive nutrition site that gives great information on their food. I especially like the fact that their breakfast food is served all day. But sometimes having choices makes life a bit difficult. What do I mean? You walk into Starbucks and placed right next to the healthy item you were planning to buy...is a great looking sinful treat! Truth be told...sometimes I cave... and make the wrong choice. So this week I have decided that choices are not good for me. It is just too easy to say...I’ll wait until after New Years. I have decided that the best course for me at least until New Years is to use a meal service that will deliver fresh healthy high protein meals to my door. No cooking, no choices...no derailing my efforts!

Ok, it’s been a long, long time. After posting everything I ate for over a year... I thought I would post when I could bring something different to the table. So, here we go...
Today is December 24th-tonight is Christmas Eve. Controlling eating this time of year is a challenge. Is it possible? Yes...but I am all too human and find it extremely difficult to stay away from holiday treats. It is the most fattening time of the year. I once read that a gain of ten pounds is easily possible from Thanksgiving thru New Years. Personally, my birthday is December 30 (same as Carson Wentz, Tiger Woods, Lebron James and Sandy Kofax) which makes year end a banquet!
So... I am planning my plan today. I live in a city with great food (who doesn’t?). I work all day, and find it a luxury in life to not cook dinner. A perfect day for me is drinking 60 oz. sugar free Vitamin waters, walking a mile...abstaining from bread, potatoes, pasta and eating only healthy carbs, lean protein and limit dairy to Greek yogurt.
Simple...nothing ever is.
It is time to make my “go out” to eat list for 2018. I will post it as soon as I have it done. Until then...I will try to limit those holiday treats!

Tonight I am a guest speaker at the historic Pennsylvania Hospital. The topic...successful weight management after bariatric surgery.

This is great...low sugar, low fat and very high protein.

Vegan gnocchi made with tofu!!! From Di Bruno's in Philadelphia. Soooo good!

Hi friends of ThinCin...I had to share this with you. I bought a half of jerk chicken breast roast. Took the apple coring tool and extracted chicken in tube shape. I did the same with the cucumber. I rolled the chicken in spicy red vegetable sauce...And placed it in cucumber. It looked like a sushi roll and tasted great.

I steamed cauliflower until it was very soft. I put it in my Ninja blender and added chicken bouillon to taste. I pulverized it and set it aside. In a small amount of very hot sesame oil I quickly blackened chopped onions and sliced mushrooms. I then stirred everything together and added whole almonds that I had lightly coated with truffle oil and seasoning. This is comfort food with redeeming qualities and amazingly fantastic taste. It is gluten free, dairy free and can be made Kosher. You could wrap in a lettuce leaf or a soy wrap and have a blintz!

We have a winner! The best combination was just using the coconut flakes on the chicken wings. I dipped the chicken wings in the coconut flakes, I refrigerated it for one hour and I cooked it on convection roast at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. No other ingredients were used.