Happy Foods!

[windinthemaples]

Two weeks ago, Daniel and I committed to losing weight and eating better together. We are using a calorie-counting food logging app called Lose It! on our iPhones. Dieting together means that nothing high-calorie even comes into the house and we encourage each other to keep going, even if we fall face first off the wagon and into a 500 calorie plate of pasta. :D Mostly, though, it has translated into us both living our food values. At night, we are shoulder-to-shoulder, companionably chopping and rinsing the ingredients for colorful salad plates and scouring the produce stands and farmer markets for new, fabulous crops. :)

In that time, I've felt healthier than I've *ever* felt. I've lost 7.6 pounds so far, but that in no way accounts for the drastic changes in the way my body looks and feels to be in. I didn't know it until I was eating better, but I was bloated like crazy and now I'm slimming down and feeling more "me" than I've felt since I first met Daniel eight years ago. It is visibly reversing the signs of aging I'd been so bummed about.

So yeah, fruits and veggies for the win! :D

Today, for brunch, I had a slice of handmade sourdough bread with thin slices of organic apple and a hearty pile of clipped pea sprouts. It tasted like heaven. :)