Alfredo, Brat, Broc

Super easy go to nummy weeknight dinner, fry up some brats (5) in oil, drain the oil but keep the mess in the pan, heat and chop up broccoli, chop up the brats, dump it all back in the pan, add alfredo, simmer, serve.

I love the color the alfredo comes out to with the brat fry, its like epic gravy only tastier, rich flavor, texture, feels like an extra effort treat when its really almost as easy as nuking a frozen dinner (and good luck finding one of those that doesnt have crap added to it you cant eat.)

happy cookin,

may-20-2015

PS, just realizing i've hit the one year mark since I started blogging about being 50lbs in, i'd love to be dishing advice about how i managed to break that 50lb wall and go further but I havent, however, I never let up on the plan, its a lifestyle and I kept at that even when i got slack and slackier, now i'm finally nosing down a bit again, trying to be 'better' and I think this is a good time to chime in again, I think this is really the point at which living a lifestyle pays off, i'm motivated again, my stress level is low enough that i can manage to try harder etc... but where am i compared to the same spot on previous attempts?

previously when i'd lost 50lbs i went 'off' for a wedding, stayed off for a bbq the next month and never went back on, by this time on that plan I was back up 70lbs to a new high! yay! (sarchasm) this time? I weighed 296 last time i checked, I got a whole year of smaller clothes, less sore knees and back, more activities with my wife and son, fewer embarrassing places i didn't fit, i didnt reach my goal, I didnt get to go skiing but as i 'start anew' its not anew, i'm starting from where i left off, i'm 82lbs to freedom, not 130. the old me would be disappointed if i lost another 40lbs and plateaued again, the new me thinks of all the more stuff i could do at 256 that i cant now and wants to not only get there but also way more than anything stay there. when keeping the ground you've mustered trumps how fast you lose, your future self will thank you, so thanks 2014 dave, i still love this new body you built :)