Tiff's Turn

Before Aria was born, I thought that I hated to cook. Actually, last week I thought I hated to cook. My husband has always been the cook in our house. He likes to do it. Plus, if he wants his food to taste good, he needs to cook. Or so I thought. Now that I'm working on getting off the baby weight, I thought it would be wise to take charge of the cooking. As I wrote yesterday , I'm starting off small with slow cooker recipes. Yesterday's Taco Chili was incredibly delicious. So delicious that we didn't have any leftovers for my lunch today! Day 3 of cooking this week, it feels like not only can I do this, but I just may like  cooking. I think I love the feeling of finishing the task of a new meal, then letting my family enjoy it with me. It's similar to that feeling of just finishing the daunting task of cleaning the whole house. Am I the only one who feels like a rock star after that? On tonight's menu is Crock Pot Picadillo . My finished, ready to ...

When Aria woke up at 4 AM yesterday, I picked her up and cuddled with her to see if she'd go back to sleep. This worked until about 5 AM when I was wide awake and ready to get up, but more importantly, ready to get up to weigh myself. One week ago, I started Weight Watchers Online . With my first week, I lost 4.2 pounds! Of course I'm thrilled with this, but even with such a great success in my first week, I started thinking about that big number looking back at me on the scale. "You can't think about that number", I told myself. "Only think about that 4.2!" On today's front, Aria slept in her carseat just long enough for me to go to the store, and stayed asleep for just barely long enough for me to start tonight's dinner. I'm trying my first slow cooker meal since starting Weight Watchers. (And my first time "cooking" in a long time, might I add?) This is the recipe I found on Pinterest . So far it smells incredible...