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4 Months Since Surgery

It’s been 4 months since my surgery and I wanted to share a little more about my recovery and my progress so far.

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Creamy Shrimp Cucumber Sandwich

I recently had a request for some recipes here on Pepper Scraps, now I’m the first one to admit I’m not the best cook out there. But sometimes I do a good job combining a few flavors and making something yummy. Today it was a very yummy light lunch: Creamy Shrimp Cucumber Sandwiches. 3 oz [...]

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Photo a Day Challenge for February

Photo a Day Challenge for February

Source: fatmumslim.com.au via Pepper on Pinterest I found this today and am very excited to do it. I will probably be posting these photos on my weekly “Friday Favorites” post. What I’m excited about is I’m going to create a google calendar just for this challenge (maybe use it in the future for other challenges [...]

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Non-Scale Victories (NSV)

One of the things that you will find on many weight loss forums is people sharing their non-scale victories (NSVs). I haven’t been really good about keeping up on my NSVs, it is one of the things I’m supposed to keep in my weight loss journal. So today lets catch up, and while we are [...]

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My Weight Loss Goals for 2012

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Pepper Scraps in 2011

Pepper Scraps in 2011

The time has flown and a year has passed by so very quickly. I wanted to stop and take the time to share with you the last year in review at Pepper Scraps. I hope you will stroll down memory lane with me or find some good reads that you may have missed the first [...]

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Where’s Pepper?

Wow, I know my last post was just after surgery and it’s been about a month since then. I’m still recovering. After finally getting onto solid food so being able to get my protein and energy up I was slammed with a cold. And even now 2 weeks later I’m still fighting it. I am [...]

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Post WLS Surgery Diet: Liquids for 2 Weeks!

Post WLS Surgery Diet: Liquids for 2 Weeks!

At first when thinking about eating liquids for two weeks you can feel like your going to go crazy with the cravings and lack of variety. So far I have to say it hasn’t been bad! So I wanted to share some of the things I’ve eaten and some of the things still in my [...]

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A Life Changing Surgery

A Life Changing Surgery

I know I promised this the other day, and I had most of it written out when my tablet ate it. Sigh. The day before my surgery I wasn’t nervous at all about the surgery, actually very excited. The only thing I was nervous about was that we hadn’t set up childcare for the boys, [...]

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