Ok, people. This should be every woman's bible. I'm NOT KIDDING (Hence the capital letters).
I have never read an intro to a cookbook (and I'm a little embarrassed to say I have read quite a few intros to cookbooks- WHY? Oh WHY am I becoming more and more like my mother every day?! They say these things are going to happen to you as you get older, but really, I was just unprepared.)
Anyway, like I was saying- I have never read an intro to a cookbook that I AGREE WITH MORE. This lady knows her stuff. This cookbook's forward should be every woman's second Bible (second to the actual Bible, naturally.) I wish I could post the entire forward on this blog post, but I just spent the last 15 minutes trying to find a way to CPY-PASTE from several online readers and they have that sh*t on lock-down. Not gunna happen. So I will only be able to post snippets. Sad, I know. I know anyone reading must be tearing up right now...
So a few of the pieces that SPOKE to me were:
"Twenty minutes in your kitchen can save you three hours on a treadmill."
"I was on the yo-yo diet fast track, gaining ten to fifteen pounds per year from the time I was eight until I was fifteen. At that point, I tipped the scales at close to 190 pounds and was wondering why I could succeed at everything I put my mind to except losing weight. Then I heard that if you just cut 100 calories from your diet everyday, on average, you'll lose ten pounds in a year. That really clicked. I immediately called upon the cooking skills my Italian grandmother bestowed on me. The next thing I knew, I was actually losing weight- and, more importantly, keeping it off! All I did at that time was make minor tweaks to the foods I as already eating."
"Though I've lost over fifty-five pounds, I really don't struggle with my weight any more"
LADIES THESE ARE EVERY WOMAN'S WORD'S OF GOLD, I MEAN WHO DOESN'T WANT TO NOT EVER WORRY ABOUT THEIR WEIGHT ANYMORE? UM ME! ME! ME!
" well, unless you count that nagging five to ten pounds all women fluctuate"
Wow, she's a normal human being. Imagine.
" wishing they would conquer forever. But even with that, my weight is no longer the obsession it was for the first twenty-six years of my life. That's because I can eat all of the foods I love."
Now I don't know what image you have in your head of this woman (heck, maybe I'm the only person that sometimes pictures the author when reading) but I certainly was picturing someone a little on the larger side. What? I'm going to be honest here. Someone who "likes to eat" and "has cravings", has "struggled with weight in the past?" I mean, what pops into your head? I wasn't thinking overweight, but I was thinking she probably had some "cushin-for-the-pushin," if you know what I mean....
That what you pictured? Um, yea didn't think so. Can you imagine that she was ever 190? I can't. I mean this lady is gorgeous and she eats WHATEVER she wants on a daily basis. If that isn't motivation enough to read this intro, then I don't know what is. But let me continue....
Now there is some really GREAT material I'm going to skip over- because obviously I'm not going to type the whole intro on here. I mean really, that is a lot of typing and probably not legal... And plus, I am hoping you will investigate on your own!
Now here is the exert that the author MUST HAVE TAKEN FROM MY HEAD. I swear it's like she read my mind (also, just FYI I have this EXACT same thoughts about working out. You are just making excuses if you say you don't have time to workout. Period. End of story- but guess that's for another blog-post :-))
"I often hear people say they don't have time to cook. But as I see it, we don't have time NOT to cook. Assuming the above is true- that twenty minutes in your kitchen can save you three hours at the gym- you're actually adding time to your life by cooking. Not only will you need to spend less time at the gym, you'll be shedding those unwanted pounds that are the direct cause of your spending way too much time in the doctor's office, or waiting in line at the pharmacy to pick up your blood pressure or cholesterol medicine or even in spending tons of time monitoring your sugar levels because of your type 2 diabetes."
Oh if only my grandfather had this information and would have followed it YEARS AGO- he might be a different man today. As it is, he was a man that could work on a farm all day, played sports his whole life- MS State football, too. Now he can't even get up from his chair to get the paper some mornings.
"And all of that costs money, which means you have to spend more time at work making the money to pay for it all."
She then goes into the spill about how everyone has time to do this. And she is right. Everyone is busy. And I do mean everyone. I hate people that seem to think they are busier than other people. Yes, you may be. And doing this may mean that you have to cut out things like that extra television show, or that extra nap. If it's not worth it to you, than you have no right to complain about it. And just for the record, if you want to know what will give you more energy- it's working out and eating healthier. Hands-down it is the best energy booster you could ever give your body, and I speak from experience.
Then she gives you tips on how you can do it. Real tips, ones you can use. Buy this book people, if you are looking for some help here it is. I know I intend to take her advice, because lord knows I struggle sometimes- with overeating and it all! Hopefully, her words of wisdom may be just the little bits of help I need to get through those tougher days.
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