Getting Into It!!!!

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Cooking is my passion. I have experimented with recipes in the kitchen since I was a kid, and most of my cooking for 25 years has been high fat, Paula Dean-style food. When I decided to try the Weight Watchers plan last January, I weighed in at 190 pounds, and believe me when I say that I was completely and utterly addicted to fat. My motto back then was, "I have to eat alot of calories to maintain my weight." I also liked to say, "Any food + bacon = YUM!" Then there's the one about how gravy covers a multitude of kitchen mishaps.

The first two weeks of my change in diet were the toughest. I'm sure Wanda got tired of my calling her crying all the time about how "I just can't do this." Without her encouragement, I would never have stuck with it. Oh, and I had made the "mistake" of asking the ladies I worked with to join me on Weight Watchers. We had meetings after school on Fridays and weighed in. It would have looked pretty bad if their "leader" had bailed after the first week.

Anyway, by the time we got out of school in mid-May, we teachers had lost an average of 20 pounds each. I had lost 25, and was tickled pink. With the freedom of summer came the free time to start exercising. When I started walking the dog a couple of miles a day, the pounds kept coming off. I ended up losing another 8 pounds. This weight I quickly gained back when school started back up in August, and I quit walking every day.

That's where my diet and this blog began. Starting weight 168, but armed with knowledge and experience to become the healthy girl I want to be. I still have a passion and a flair for cooking, but now my passion has been redefined. Please check out my blog www.undercoverrecipes.blogspot.com to find out what wonderful meals my family is enjoying with me. They are on a diet, too, but they don't mind. We are loving what we eat!