My Little Experiment

I don't know how many of you know this.. but I like food!! I know, just look at me and it's not hard to figure that out! Well, along with liking food, I love to cook food for the people I love! I had a woman that I worked with once tell me that this means I am a "Foodie". In her definition, I cook to release, embrace and express. (Release stress, embrace me, and express love.) I personally think that this perfectly describes me.

I got married less than a year ago, and since having my son in 2009, I weigh more than I have ever weighed in my life! So, obviously it's time to get by butt in gear so I can be happy and healthy for my family as we move through our life together. The funny thing is, I KNOW how to cook right, eat right, exercise right and lose weight! Sometimes it's just a little more difficult when you are not single and have a family to feed as well.

So here is my quest... Just for the record, this blog is not about losing weight, but I think it needs to be pointed out to make my claim a little stronger. My quest is to show you, "What Not to Cook". For many years now, one of my favorite TV shows is called "What Not to Wear", where these to Fashion Forward people go save the women (and sometimes men) in the world from continuing on their fashion blundered life. Andy and I have discussed my love of cooking and the fact that I'm not too bad at it, and how I would love to have a show that went into peoples kitchen, who are claiming to be "trying" to lose weight, and point out just how UNhealthy a box of Hamburger Helper can really be. Not only just for losing weight... but just staying healthy in general. Then I would continue to show them how to make something similar to Hamburger Helper that is just as fast, easy and cost effective. Hence my show title... "What Not to Cook."

So, I am going to do this blog in a similar style. I am going to take every day recipes, turn them into healthy recipes, and blog about it. I will tell you what I did to make them "healthier", what the new "totals" are on the healthy recipe, and how it is effecting Andy and I's day to day life style. I had said earlier, this blog is not about my weight loss, but I will include it to show you how effective this can be. (Remember that I am working out everyday, too, so you can't just change your diet in order to lose weight in a healthy manor.) I hope this opens to eyes of people and shows them exactly... "What Not to Cook."