Cookie Dough Greek Yogurt

This is not my creation but from a lovely blog post I found quite a few years ago now over on Sing For Your Supper.  I have no idea how I found this but let me tell you, I am so glad I did!  I hadn’t had this in years and scoured my bookmarks hoping I’d saved it and there it was, and I’ve been enjoying this blissful confection for the better part of the past three weeks.  I use honey (finding local honey is the best option, not only does it seem to taste better but you can find some interesting variations to flavour your bowl with) and I buy a large tub of Liberté plain and weigh out 6oz per serving, so I get about 3-4 servings out of the tub.  You can use any brand you like, I just happen to be partial to Liberté.  I also tend to use regular chocolate chips since the minis aren’t as easy to find, and probably end up eating more than this particular recipe calls for.  All in all this is what my version looks like:

6oz Liberté plain greek yogurt

1tbsp peanut butter

1tbsp honey

1/4tsp vanilla extract

40g milk chocolate chips

According to the recipe builder I used, a single serving clocks in at roughly 496cal, 22g fat, 54g carbs, 22g protein and 48g of sugar.  Yeah, it’s a sugar bomb, probably from the regular chips but if you don’t have a medical reason to worry about your sugar numbers making substitutes probably isn’t necessary.  Adjust as you see fit, though.  This will definitely keep you full though!

Healthblog: 47lbs down

I’ve been on this weight loss journey on and off since May 2017, though it would be fair to say I’ve been more off than on.  Losing weight is simple but not easy, doing what you have to do can be a pain.  Weighing everything gets tedious, sometimes not thinking about what you’re going to eat is more attractive than planning it out.  Meal prepping and planning can take a lot of work.  And losing 1lb a week when you have quite a lot to go can just make your goal feel soooo faaar awaaay.  So yeah, I’ve fallen off the wagon a few times.

Once I came out of the clusterf*ck of the past few months I got back on it.  Dusted off the ol’ food scale, put my food down and got back to it.  I think where I failed the past few times to stay on top of things is just the lack of discipline, and that’s a hard thing to build because it seems there’s no real way to say how to do it.  It’s almost like you just have to be at that point mentally where you can push yourself at it and repeat it over and over until it’s just habit.  It’s just what you do.  I feel like I’m finally at that point now, and the proof is in the pudding; consistent weight loss that has brought me down to a total of 47lbs lost since I started in 2017.  I’ve been maintaining anywhere between 3-5lbs a month which has been fantastic and if I can keep it up I can get pretty damn close to goal by the end of the year.  And that’s pretty exciting.

-artist unknown