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Recipe:
Barbecued Lime Shrimp
and Corn
1/3 C lime juice
1/4 C orange juice
2 T low-sodium soy sauce
2 T honey
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 t peeled and grated ginger
2 T sugar
1 t ground coriander seeds
1/4 t black pepper
2 ea. corn, cut crosswise into 4 pieces
1½ lbs. lg. shrimp, peeled and deveined

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. In a bowl, mix together all ingredients but the corn and shrimp. Put corn and shrimp in a foil bag or aluminum foil pouch and place in a glass baking dish. Pour liquid mixture over corn and shrimp and seal tightly.
Bake for 10 minutes.
Amount per Serving Yield: Seven 1½-cup servings; Calories: 473; Protein: 42.8 g; Fat: 3.9 g; Carbohydrates: 66.7 g;
Fiber: 4 g; Cholesterol: 259 mg Source: www.weightlossalternatives.com

Helpful Hints
Here are a few more tips to support you in maintaining a healthy weight after bariatric surgery.
• Learn to use a smaller plate. Often our eyes are bigger than our stomachs. If we fill a smaller plate, we will eat less than if it is a standard or larger plate.
• Slow down! Take your time while
eating and try to focus on your meal.
This will give your brain a chance to
receive the message that you have eaten and cause you to feel full sooner.
• Don’t skip meals. Eating three square
meals a day will keep your metabolism
working and help prevent overeating
when hungry.
• Stay physically active. We need to burn the calories that we consume each day.
Get in 30 to 60 minutes of movement
that gets the heart rate up; three to four times a week is a good goal.
• Drink plenty of water. It will help flush
out the body consistently.
—Kathleen Kellenbeck

Live well and live your life!
by Reeger Cortell
This spring the Southern Oregon Bariatric Center (SOBC) sponsored a lecture by Leslie Jester, a nurse practitioner specializing in bariatrics who personally had a gastric bypass 15 years ago. Leslie’s lecture at the Smullin Health Education Center was part education and part behavior therapy counseling for successful weight maintenance after bariatric surgery. Here are some of Leslie’s pearls of wisdom:
• What’s your “250”?
Most people have an extra food that they regularly eat. It can be a treat, a stress reliever, or a comfort food. This extra food generally equals about 250 calories, however, which can add up to 10 pounds of gained weight over a single year. Therefore, know your 250—and recognize that these calories do add up. To avoid weight regain, seek ways to reduce the quantity and the frequency of these unneeded calories.
• Don’t bring the enemy home.
Many people have a food that is irresistible, and once they start eating it they can’t stop. If this is the case for you, recognize this food as your “Kryptonite,” as Leslie called it—food that saps you of your strength to resist—and do
not bring that food into your house.
• There is no bad food—it’s just how you eat it.
Your job after bariatric surgery, however, is to eat protein first, then
vegetables, then starch. If you succeed at that, it can be okay to have your “guilty pleasure” food—just make sure it is in small quantities and only infrequently.

 


Calendar of Events
Upcoming bariatric symposiums:

Medford • 7 to 9 p.m.

Thursday, October 16
Thursday, November 20
Thursday, December 18
Thursday, January 15

Grants Pass • 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturday, October 4
Saturday, November 1
Saturday, December 6
Saturday, January 10

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