You can do it, Jay!

Good luck my friend, you can do it all!

Well, a couple of ours line up then (#1 and #3)

I'm determined this year to get the weight off I've put on over the last two years. Honestly, I'd like to get a good 30lbs off. I've done it before (lost 125 at one point). So it's down to tracking my food intake, eating healthier and cooking meals at home.

I've leaned to cook a lot more and frankly I'm starting to enjoy it. Cooking has started to become a fun thing for me and it's something I can show off when my boyfriend visits.

Money is also a big concern. Not that I don't make enough but that I really want to pay down my line of credit. Trying to squirrel away a couple hundred every pay to get it knocked down.

I'd love to learn how to cook but I found myself in the habit of reaching for whatever is easiest to make. I'm not quite sure how to break that habit :/

Any suggestions?

I have a slow cooker. I fucking love it. I also cook food to last 2-3 days.

It surprising what quick recipes you can make. I make a chili that just involves me tossing cans of beans and carrots into a slow cooker, adding spices and some ground turkey that I've cooked on the stove. It's super easy. Another is a slow cooker chicken recipe made by cooking chicken breast with a bottle of salsa for a few hours. The acid in the salsa tenderizes the chicken to the point that it falls apart like pulled pork and you can eat it just like you would pulled pork.

I've also learned how to cook chicken and how easy it can be to slice up chicken and cook it in a frying pan. Much easier than I would have expected and gives me lots of cooking options.

Practice, basically. I want to eat heather and this is what it takes. I also want to cook for the BF ;)