I kiss better than I cook...: Day 2- Meaning behind blog name

"I kiss better than I cook..."

I created this blog back in November 2009 and now almost 1 year later I have had a drastic life change. I have lost 45 pounds and counting. I come from an Italian family. WE WORSHIP FOOD! Everyone in my family is a great cook... Honestly. And until this past year I really didn't know how to cook or have a desire to. As a child I was always small and could eat whatever I wanted... Yeah yeah I know and just like they say that will all catch up with you. My weight gain started with the ol freshman 15. I was ok with that... I still felt good with the way I looked, not great about it but good. Then Eric and I started dating about 6 years ago and you know how that goes you get comfortable, we would eat out all the time or just cook "crap". (I blame Eric for his love for disgusting food such as Hamburger Helper, Chili Dogs, French Fries...Man Food.) So basically this is the food we were living on for the first couple years together. Can you imagine I gained weight?!?! Yeah at my highest weight ( I can't believe I am sharing this with the world) I was 160!!! 160... by the way I am 5'1!!! I knew I was fat, I so uncomfortable with myself, I just felt gross. I have no idea how I let myself get to that point. Fast forward to November 2009 ....Then came the reduction. I had been fighting to get the reduction since college. I actually would have done it in high school if I would have been able too. I have always had big boobs. AND I HATED THEM!!! I was a d cup in high school! And at this point I was still small framed with just big boobs! And they just got bigger and bigger as I grew bigger and bigger. So finally after years of fighting it with my insurance I had it done. I guess that's what finally sparked my weight loss. I felt better about not being so top heavy and was serious about trying to lose weight. I cut out junk... no fast food, no coke or juice... Just water or sometimes diet lemonade...if I had to have something different. I stopped eating beef and well I have never eaten pork so I am down to just chicken, turkey and fish. I try to stay away from salt and sugar. But in all this I have a real passion now for cooking yummy healthy meals. Its like a challenge for me to have a recipe and twik it so that I can make it "healthy". I mean really the way I eat now... a COMPLETE change from the way I used to eat. Well with all this said Eric says I am equally as good a cook now as a kisser! Hey thats big for someone who loved all foods MAN before this started. And he loves my cooking now!!

Pictures of my weight gain for your viewing pleasure