Healthy WLS Friendly Snacks: Cucumber Crackers

I don't do bread or crackers by choice post weight loss surgery. White carb foods like those were some of my pre-op demons (along with their frenemies pasta, potatoes, and rice) and though I certainly could eat them (physically) I just don't go there post-op. I know me... one cracker would eventually lead to 4 then perhaps years from now I'd be eating the whole sleeve of them again. They operate on our guts, the head stuff is what we need to work on, forever. Some post-ops will do one or two crackers and call it a day. To them I say... whatever works for you, not having them works for me. It's your life, live it the way you need too. Everyone's journey is their own.

I use sliced cucumbers as my low carb cracker substitute. I smear all sort of things on them...

My Greek Hummus Rounds

My Bacon & Egg Salad

Smoked Salmon Salad (Great with Egg Salad, Crab Salad, Chicken Salad too...)

Crab Egg Salad

Goat cheese or brie...


My High Protein Avocado Dip...

or I make little sandwiches...

and these Ham & Swiss "Sandwiches" which were part of my super cool bento box lunch yesterday...


Pink Box (top left): Ham & Swiss Cucumber "Sandwiches"
Green Box (top right): Spanish Olives
Blue Box (bottom left): Mango
Orange Box (bottom right): Shelly's Lemon Poppy Seed Mini Protein Muffin

You know if suddenly a fairy fell from the sky and said I could eat all the crackers I want without consequence I'd still eat my sliced cucumbers. I mean really it's the yummy stuff you put on your cracker you really want.