7 Weeks In, Down 10 Pounds: Stop Skipping Pizza on a Diet
Seven weeks down and the scale is sitting around 255 — that's roughly 10 to 12 pounds from where we started. Happy healthy wife and happy healthy mother-in-law both say…
6 Weeks In: I Caught Myself Stopping Halfway Through a Burrito
Week six was a big one for food — tomahawk steak in the oven, AI-lightened eggplant parmesan with goat cheese and cream cheese, a from-scratch green bean casserole (no cream…
5 Weeks In: I Kept Losing Weight During Steak Week (Then Quinoa Humbled Me)
Wrapping up steak week with a recap, and yes — lots of steak happened. Weight-wise, I'm down about seven or eight pounds so far. Not huge in the grand scheme…
Stop Using Plain White Rice — We Mixed 4 Grain Bags Into Something Better
We love white rice. Calrose, jasmine — we've had both and they're great. But somewhere along the way Happy Healthy Wife decided we should try mixing a whole bunch of…
4 Weeks In, Down to 260 Pounds: Why Walking 4 Miles a Day Did Nothing
We made it to the end of week four and I'm happy to report the scale is still moving in the right direction. I'm officially below 260, which feels good…
5 Pounds Down by Week 3: Inside the Cook-Once-Eat-Twice System That Made It Easier
Writing this one while cooking honey Dijon pork chops on the George Foreman grill, which has become a surprisingly useful tool for this diet. The fat just drains right out…
Week 2: We Argued With the AI and It Actually Listened
Writing this while prepping the shakshuka sauce for tomorrow's breakfast — and yes, I'm making it the night before because waiting 30 minutes for sauce in the morning is not…
Week 1 Done — What We Liked, What We Didn’t, and Why Substitutions Are Part of the Game
Week one is in the books and we're into week two. I'm writing this while prepping Brussels sprouts for tonight's dinner, so let's recap while the oven heats up. First…
I’m Done Replacing Non-Stick Pans — This Carbon Steel Skillet Changed Everything
If you've ever gone through two or three non-stick skillets in the span of a few years, you know the cycle. The coating wears out, you toss it, and repeat.…
I Finally Found a Carving Knife That Made Me Say WOW
If you've been following along, you know I do a lot of meat cooking around here — tri-tip is one of my favorites. For a long time I had a…