So my last posting was in August of last year. A LOT has happened. My family and I moved back to Denver from Ft. Lauderdale. Sidenote: don't ever move to South Florida; it's just gross, bad driving, unpleasant people, ridiculously sweaty weather. So before I got pregnant, my weight was down to 175 lbs. My …
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So my last day of the Whole30 was yesterday. I weighed myself this morning - 215.8lbs. All in all I only managed to lose about 6 pounds over the month. The weight dropped off within the first two weeks which tells me that I probably just lost that in water, as carbs hold on to …
This past week I was at my local Publix in the produce section and thinking about what new recipes/snacky stuff I could make while on the tail end of my Whole30. Being in South Florida where there is a large Latin and Cuban influence, there are always plantains around. I knew how much my husband …
I've been cooking these bad boys for a few years now. They are my husband's favorite dish I cook and he asks for them weekly (channeling my inner Ina Garten again). We originally had these at an Afghani restaurant and I thought, "Hey, I can make those!" After a bit of research and trial and …
So I lived in Gwangju, South Korea from 2009-2013 (a lil over 4 years-yeow!). One of my go-to snacks/quick meals to purchase at a mom and pop diner there was kimbap. It's kind of like a maki sushi roll, without the sushi. My favorite kind was the chamchi kimbap, which is canned tuna fish w/ …
Howdy ho, Junior Rangers! So I'm about a week and half into my new plant-based lifestyle and I'm feeling pretty darn good, ya'll. Honestly, it's not as hard a transition as I thought it'd be. I also finished my first athletic competition-ish event: The Colorado Tough Mudder Half! It may not be a big deal …
So I'm on my 3rd day of my new vegan lifestyle. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know...it's not quite a lifestyle yet until it becomes habit. However, I am loving it so far! When I mentioned that I was switching to veganism to my sister who tried it once, she told me that it wasn't too …
So yes, in my last blog post I discussed how I was trying out the Whole30. I even bought the damn book. I did 5 days of it here in Denver, then I went on a camper-trailer vacation with my parents. They were driving up from Tampa, so I flew from Denver to Nashville. We …
Most of the times when I go to the grocery store and check out the granola cereal or pre-made granola bars sugar or some form of it (agave, honey, brown rice syrup, coconut sugar, maple syrup, stevia, pure cane sugar, etc.) is in the top five ingredients. Time out! "Jo, Stevia is a natural calorie-free …
So I've been hovering around 175-180 lbs for about 2 months. Nothing is budging. Some days I'm 180, some days I'm 175. My weight has been hanging around this zone for awhile. This has happened before when I was at the 200-ish mark and I overcame it by tracking calories and cheat-mealing. So now...how do …
