It’s TIME.
Time to dust off the blog, and start posting again. Where’ve I been? Let’s just say LIFE has been happening, in many of the hardest ways, and it will continue to do so… but COOKING and writing and taking photos… they make me HAPPY.
I’m not big into sharing personal stuff on social media, I guess I’m weird that way, but also I’m super busy, and take lots of photos of my food… I have for YEARS. But then I just share them with my mom or friends, who also like to cook or bake or eat as much as I do, lol. I’m generally a very private person. But food is my PASSION, and lately, I’ve been on a bit of a fat loss journey, despite loving to cook and bake and eat both “healthy” and “unhealthy” foods. We’ll get into that later.
Why the need for weight loss? I love to eat, always have… and then I started to eat too much, apparently, and I couldn’t stop. Why?
It was a perfect storm of life circumstances. I was unexpectedly diagnosed with breast cancer on February 14, 2020, after a routine scan. It was biopsied and confirmed March 17th. Removed on April 1st. I followed protocol, had 16 treatments of radiation to my right breast, and then I was put on a FIVE YEAR course of chemotherapy pills (the name of which I have blocked from my mind) which my oncologist said would keep the cancer away, but also potentially cause the average woman to gain 30-50 pounds. I was already post-menopausal and battling the challenge of gaining ever so slightly year after year. It was during 2020 (nuff said?) and that already had me stressed, stuck in the house (except for lifesaving daily walks), and gaining weight. Then that chemo med from h*ll made me feel SO AWFUL and SO TIRED and SO HUNGRY that the weight literally piled on… and I gained 50 pounds in just a few months!
I felt awful, I looked awful, and I was growing shockingly weaker from lack of movement and the rare side effect of ligament damage in my wrists and feet / ankles. So I quit that med cold turkey (with halting permission from my oncologist) and I have been trying to take my body back ever since. That’s not even the long explanation for it all.
Suffice it to say, it’s time to start writing and posting again. I won’t always get this up close and personal about my life, but I WILL get up close and personal about what I’m cooking and eating and I will be sharing my food pics on IG and maybe FB to help you find my recipes here.
I created this blog as a passion project, to share our OLD SCHOOL family recipes with friends and loved ones… but the way I cook has seriously and wonderfully evolved. I’ve been told I’m very creative with how I put things together, but I’m just a gal who loves to eat, in a very small kitchen, cooking for my husband and I, and eating like kings and queens because I cook with that not so secret ingredient called love… and you can taste it. So join me, as I just jump in and start sharing my latest passion project, cooking NEW SCHOOL style: simple, balanced, nutrient dense, tasty REAL FOOD, for a healthy and happy life.
Won’t you join me?
