So, yes, I’ve been M.I.A. Let’s call it a blogging sabbatical shall we? But in all seriousness, A LOT has gone
down in my life since I last posted here.
First and foremost, I had a major life change. On January 1st,
at 12:01am, I got engaged! I spent
the following 9 months planning my wedding.
I also came to an immediate realization soon after: I put on
weight! Like 25 + pounds of
weight! Blame it on the alcohol, blame it on the Henny, or béchamel or sugar,
or pasta…. But yes, the truth of the matter was that I had put on some pounds. The blog kind of became part of the
blame for me- I was caught up in cooking and writing about it. “Oh, we’re stuck in a blizzard? How
about some hot apple crumble with fresh whipped cream?” Make it. Photograph it.
Eat it. Repeat. Repeat. I wasn’t sure how to balance it, but I
knew I wasn’t going dress shopping without losing the weight. I hired a trainer, I started eating 5x
a day and working out 5x a week. I was portioning my healthy and bland food
out, every day and to me, it didn’t seem very fun, it wasn’t quite so exciting-
so why share it? Further, I didn’t
even have the time to write because I was planning out my meals, workout time
and scheduling wedding crap. Anyway I ended up losing about 25 pounds, thanks
to all the hard work, I felt good going dress shopping and I was happy when I
did finally find my dress.
But, I
missed writing! I discovered many great things throughout the course of the
year, experienced amazing travel, tried new restaurants, tasted new foods and
wanted to share it all. So,
to be honest, I’m still trying to balance and figure it out. The name of the game is moderation, less
of the high fat, super indulgent meals, more of a 75-80% healthy eating
combined with the occasional treat coupled with regular workouts and
cardio. I don’t want to bore
you with the details, but that’s the story! Where I am today: things have calmed down, we tied the knot
back in September and followed our fabulous wedding with a fabulous trek
through Europe. It’s been a hell
of a year and I can’t wait to
share some of the details with you all.
From my homemade vanilla extract wedding favor process to sipping
limoncello in the South of Italy and cutting jamon iberico in Barcelona, Spain.
Great new restaurants, fabulous new found ingredients, culinary adventures close to home and
far away- it’s all coming down the
pipeline!!
Thank you for sticking by me. I don’t claim to know it all,
I’m not perfect, but wouldn’t perfect be so damn boring??? I think so!
