1. Quizza Pie (Quiche + Pizza)

[Video courtesy of Sophi's Decor]

2. Easy, Cheesy Veggie Torte

[Video courtesy of Healthy Helpings TV]

3. Asparagus Goat Cheese Quiche

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

[Videos courtesy of Expert Village]

4. Mini Quiche Cups

[Video courtesy of Monkey See]

Ok, so I’m in a bit of a mood.  That’s because I literally spent the last 3 hours online looking for a plus size coat that didn’t look like an alien parka or a sleeping bag.

Its hard enough to find plus size clothing in general, but ones that look stylish and actually fit – well that is a whole ‘nother story.

So I figured there may be others just as frustrated as I and thought I’d list the online retailers that I found in my exhaustive search that had the nicest plus size coats at the best prices.

Recommended Websites for Women’s Plus Size Coats

1. Lands’ End

I finally found an adorable jacket at Lands’ End and then wound up adding about $300 of additional clothes to my shopping cart (sorry honey!).  Here’s why:

I had no idea, but most of Lands’ End clothing comes in plus size. Yes, most all of their great classic styles – pants, shirts, dresses, and coats – can be ordered in plus size – yippee!

I found some great clothes at very affordable prices and I know Land’s End to be of very high quality.

Here’s the link to the Lands’ End plus size coats page

(Sorry, more are coming soon.  This page is a work in progress.  If you can recommend any great plus size clothing sites, please comment below!)

Every day I wake up thinking to myself, ‘this will be the day I get back on track’ and then that motivation fades and I end up eating horribly.

I just don’t know how to get my inspiration back.

Oh and I got out of breath today from taking walk.  Yes, that’s all I did – take a simple stroll.

I need something to kick my butt back into gear.

I’m going to do some brainstorming and then I’ll report back with my ideas…

Why? I don’t really know. I guess I probably gave up on myself…again.

I’ve come up with a bunch of excuses like – my wedding was coming up and I was too stressed out to blog, or that my wedding was over and I was de-stressing by stuffing my face with cheese puffs and pizza. You know, perfectly legitimate excuses.

Well I’ve had enough of my self-loathing.

I must admit to you that in the past few months, especially after my wedding, I’ve just completely let myself and my restraint go. I have absolutely no idea how much weight I’ve gained (I really, really, really don’t want to know but very soon I’m going to have to find out.)

I’ve literally been eating everything in sight. About three days out of every week I typically eat at least two meals at fast food ‘restaurants.’ And I just can’t tell you what is going on.

I know that I need to get back on track in a major way, but I’m lacking the motivation to change. But I’m thinking that I can’t take to many more days of feeling like a whale, I just feel gross.

So, my plan is to just blog about my experiences whether good or bad.

In the past I only wanted to blog when I was being ‘good.’ I guess I was trying to impress you? I don’t know what I was thinking but that’s just stupid.

I mean, so many people could benefit from my ups and downs so I need to write it all.

And I don’t want to come across like I’m putting myself on this pedestal and that I have all the answers and everyone should listen to me.

Quite the contrary.

I don’t have any answers really. I struggle with my weight year after year. And its in this struggle that I’m hoping to connect with others. If I can get through the good and bad times by writing out what my experiences are, than hopefully any insight that I may gain can go back out to you.

And this goes both ways too.

As a blog, this website can gladly welcome comments on every post and we can create this huge support network of wonderful ideas. And we can also just be there for each other.

We all know how incredibly difficult it is to lose weight. Especially when that amount gets above 50 or 100 pounds.

When you are in that boat, most days its hard to just find someone that understands.

Well I understand, and I’m here.

So from now on, I’ll just keep on bloggin…

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I need to heal my…

emotions
pain
depression
lack of self-esteem
self-loathing

I need to heal my feelings of unworthiness and realize that having a happy, healthy life is worth fighting for.

Its easy to fall back on old habits, to lose touch with why I want to lose weight.

Its also easy to just let life pass by.  But I don’t want to live that way.

There is so much to do, see, explore and I want to be healthy enough my entire life in order to participate in my life.

So I need to heal myself.   I need to figure out why I let my inner emotions use food to cope.