Cystah On a Mission

| Slow & Steady... |  I know most of you have heard of Aesop's fable of the Tortoise and the Hare.  Well, though I am not racing anyone or anything, I feel like a [weight] loss, whether slow or quick, is winning.  I haven't loss much since the last post but I haven't gained either.  This two weeks, my husband and I actually lost the same amount.  It wasn't even a whole pound, but it show that we are doing better with our cheat meals and not over indulging.  I use dessert plates at celebratory events now, and if I don't I make sure that I am able to see at least have of my plate uncovered; this goes for sauces as well.  If it exceeds half, I make it a point to choose the most unhealthy food to move to the other side of the plate.  I did this yesterday at Baby Brayden's Shower, but I did sneak a cupcake in.  We had a great time, too.  A LOT of laughs and love, the way celebrating life should be.  We haven't been great at working o...

This blog will be a quick update on what has been going on with me over the past two weeks.  For starters my food has changed up a bit.  As you may know if you do meal prep, you may begin to lose interest in some of the foods you eat on a regular basis.  For many this includes baked or grilled chicken breast, fish, broccoli and so forth (well that's what it was for me).  We have begun to experiment more with our meal prep.  I cooked mashed cauliflower, eggplant Parmesan, creamy garlic chicken thighs, low-fat creamed spinach and a few other things.  Our snacks have changed a little as well.  We added some different fruit: tangerines, plums, and a different apple.  Every now and again I crave asparagus or brussel sprouts randomly, but other than that, our food has been pretty consistent.  We find new recipes we'd like to try out make our grocery list and shop every week for what we don't have in our home already.  For anyone considering me...