Sophie7713

Love that outfit + adorable belly button!

Who else is watching food prices soar?
There’s no rhyme or reasoning either. This is a parfait with fresh peaches because the price on cherries doubled since I last bought them.
Also I remember why I stopped eating granola, too much sugar!

Day 2 of meals- oatmeal pancakes, chickpea mash on lettuce, onions, green split peas, and chicken thigh, a chicken congee, and some rice congee with cinnamon, nutmeg, and honey.
Daily calories in last picture.

Y’all, I’m thinking about starting a food blog about budget meals. I went shopping for my personal weekly groceries (no kids included this time as we mostly eat separate meals) and spent $35.38US.

So far I’ve made these-
lunch was a salad with scrambled tofu, roasted peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, and romaine with a homemade dressing.


dinner was roasted chicken thigh, roasted sweet potato, spinach and a smidge of garlic confit.

This is as close as I get to cooking these days.
No afters, I ate it all. It was a few bites too many tbh

Fellow ribeye-lovers unite! Lol
We had a philosophical discussion about steak cooking techniques that dinnertime….
Mr. did sous vide those Porterhouses, and while i loooove how a perfectly perfect the temp was achieved throughout, i always find sous-vided steaks too “wet” for my liking, and just not quite enough crust created in finishing before it starts to get dangerously close to Medium.
How do you finish your sous vided steaks? Do you get a crust on them???
I generally like it when Mr. uses the reverse sear method…what he may lose in perfectly consistent cook from out to in, he makes up for in spades with golden crust…yum.
He also uses the grill when we get steaks that are just too big to fit in any of our cast irons, but i find theres alot of room for error here.

Fun fact: the Porterhouse (not to be confused with a T-bone steak, but essentially similar) that Mr prepared are actually 2 steaks in one, composite steaks that is made up of a Top Loin (aka strip steak) on one side of the centre bone and a Tenderloin/Fillet on the other (the smaller side). I ate my 1oz from the tenderloin/fillet side which was butter soft, OMG.
BUT my fave cut is the Ribeye hands down cuz I like my steaks fatty and rich tasting! Once or twice a year Mr will bring home the fancy Tomahawk ribeye from the butcher and grills it to perfection…i’ll take a pic the next time he does…it’s a work of effing art lol.

Stopped into a local coffee shop after taking a kid to the eye doctor and OMG this Cookies and cream scone. I ended up eating about a 1/4 of it along with a cafe mocha. The rest of the scone went into the fridge.
Also, the bakery 2 doors down was just as amazing. I took 2 bites of the blackberry pie bar and divided the scones among kids. And the strawberry cheesecake cookie went straight to the eye glasses getting kiddo.

This was my meal from lunch with @Sophie7713. chicken souvlaki complete with salad, fries, pita, hummus and tzatziki sauce.
This is probably the biggest plate of food I’ve seen place before me in years. Obviously I didn’t pay attention to the the fact that it was an entree not a small plate/appetizer. This became 4 separate meals (I ate leftovers 🥹) with some that was tossed in the end. Still it was very good.


And a yesterday this was my version of a pita plate with carrots, beets, cucumber and hummus. It was shared with one of my teens.

My husband is from NYC and made chopped cheese for his lunch and made a special one for me:
1/3 cup ground turkey seasoned with salt, zatar seasoning, and hot sauce all cooked until done and chopped into pieces in the pan
2 TBSP non fat greek yogurt
2 teaspoons of sugar free ketchup
He knows I love pickles and went the extra mile and grated in a half sour pickle spear for me.
It was delicious and filling and just everything I wanted for lunch on the soft meat stage.

Another date with @Sophie7713 ❤️

I bought this Jacket 13 years ago when going to NZ but it was to small so I didn't take it. It finally fits yay !!!

Sadly, as lovely as your outfit is @DaisyAndSunshine, you may have to say a fond farewell to it. It looks way too big for you all over. But how wonderful is that. Whoo hoo!
Cute shorts @jami.1992. I was the same about shorts too. Showing my knees or anything higher was frightening. Now I own a couple of pairs. You certainly have the legs to wear them.
Look how narrow you are @huskymama in your bright summery dress. Love how you said you’d ‘released’ 52 pounds. Lol!

Never thought I would feel comfortable wearing shorts in public, but here we are! ❤️💁🏼‍♀️

One of my favorite outfits. It fit me when I was 220 and it fits me even now, though better and little bigger, may need little adjustments.

if it heat you want....... i'll send some up your way from Mississippi

Sleeve December 22, 2022 today, June 8, 2023 I am 35 pounds from goal weight - I have released 52 pounds to date

A modern 80s flashback. Tube skirt & matching sweater. Back then I swear I had a wardrobe full of summer & winter versions of this outfit in every colour (yes, I once wore lots of colour). Had court shoes in the matching colours too. The belt is a 2022 twist because the top was a little long proportionally.
PS. That’s not loose skin hanging over the belt. It’s the dense cotton knit fabric & me slouching a bit. 😂😂
PPS - it’s damn freezing here.

Wow you are killin it girl!! You look sooo amazing!!

O-M-G!!
You look amazing!! Super cute
Dress!!

Anyone thinking about ordering this dress off of Venus.... Do it.

AHHHHH-Mazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

here is one of me and my daughter on a special day

Wow, wow, wow!

Outfits for Memorial Day spent with this extraordinary beauty inside and out... The FABULOUS Ms. Green Tealael - our resident Bond Girl.