Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Taste of Italy Soup

Ahhhh, soup, how my soul loves thee.  Seriously, what is better that the little wafts of steam that come off of a hot bowl of soup?  Or the soothing warmth soaking into your fingers when you wrap your hands around a mug of savory goodness?  I don't know about you guys, but for me, soup/stew is the ultimate cuddley feel-happy-to-be-alive comfort food.

And thankfully, even when you're eating in the box, you can have this supremely blissful feeling.  And it's so darn easy!  (And I'm easing back into this blog thing with a simple recipe...but hey, I don't know if you guys have tried this yet, and you really need to!)


So this is your assignment, should you choose to accept it:  take a break from the holiday bustle, sit down in a comfortable chair in a warm and quiet living room, and let the lights of your Christmas trees twinkle your worries away as you enjoy your meal.



Thursday, December 6, 2012

Update!

Oh.  My.  Goodness.

Where have I been?

Well, I've been transitioning, ya'll.  I am officially out of the box.  I'm maintaining, losing, gaining, but so far, maintaining.  And until I get more skilled at this eating in the GAP thing, I'm satisfied with that for a couple of months.  So, to make a long story short, I've had a really hard time coming up with new in the box meals lately because oh-my-gosh-I-can-eat-other-stuff-and-that's-what-I-want-right-now!

However, I'm past that initial food freedom euphoria, and I have been doing an occasional Decision Free day here and there to help with maintenance, and boy oh boy, does it do the trick.  I figure committing to posting a new recipe a week will help me keep up these Decision Free days.  So I will.  Post a Decision Free recipe every week or so, that is, probably on the weekends.  I'm not going to employ my creative genius to make Healthy Solutions stuff, because, frankly, I feel those people have PLENTY of options.  Decision Free is the more constrictive diet, and the one that needs the most help, more ideas, more variety. 

By the way, I recently had a weight loss triumph.  I bought, and fit into, a pair of knee high black leather boots.  I could have never ever ever done this before.  Have you had any weight loss triumphs lately?  Let's focus on those, and on making this food taste great.

I'm glad to be back.  Thanks for waiting on me. Hugs.