Welcome!

Hello.  My name is Stephanie and I'm a fat girl obsessed with food.


There, I said it.


I've been blogging about food, life and love for about a year now.  I love to write, but I have been struggling with content because quite honestly, I've got another obsession.  Losing weight.  


In the last two months, I've been doing a lot of soul searching and reflection on how I got to be so overweight in the first place.  Yes, there's genetics.  Yes, I am active, but not enough.  Yes, I have made some crappy food choices.  It's all true.  But, after a lot of careful consideration, I've decided that the number one reason I am fat is because of my love of food. 

I love the experience of eating.  It's so sensual and alluring.  It's a veritable olfactory orgy of sights, smells, textures and tastes, and I love everything about it.

So, in my great efforts to get to, what I am calling, my comfortable weight (read as, whatever weight I get to where I can look in the mirror and truly love myself, despite a few wobbly bits - I LOVE some of my wobbly bits!) I have decided that rather than fight my love of food, I should work with it. 

My plan?  To make every meal (ok, most meals - seriously, who has time for every??) a feast for the senses - it must smell devine, look gorgeous and taste?  Oh you can be guaranteed it will taste at least as good as it looks - mostly because I've said screw it to buying things as inexpensively as possible (I do love a deal!) and gone with buying higher quality ingredients in smaller quantities.  Don't get me wrong, if something is on sale, I will still get it, but only if it is the best quality I can afford.

The result?  21 lbs down, a full belly and family and friends who are super jealous of my gourmet meals!  


This new blog will serve as another tool to hold myself accountable to my goal of living a healthier life, and provide you, the reader, with a veritable plethora of recipes and meal ideas (complete with nutritional information!) so that you too can join me on this journey.


I hope you'll join me as I transform my mind, my body and my kitchen!


Happy reading!