Squashing Around

Yup!  I just made spaghetti squash for the first time! Wooty woo!  For starters, I didn't even think I could find the darned squash in the country/ghetto that I live in. But low and behold, Meijer helps me out once again!!

Here's my opinion:

Crunchy, slight buttery flavor

Tastes nothing like a noodle

BUT IS JUST AS FUN TO EAT!!!

I'm not sure I'll be able to convince Fav to eat it, but this not-so-squishy squash has only 4.7 carbs and 19 stinkin' calories in 1/2 a cup!!!  No wonder so many healthy bloggers blog about this! I seriously think I could eat this for "lunch" aka M2 or M3 just about every day!  It's fun to eat like noodles, I can put my homemade sauce on it (WAAAAAAY better than the jar stuff), and I can actually eat a lot more of it than I can noodles.  I just served myself up a 1/2 cup serving with some sauce, and check this out: No crazy bloated feeling in combination of somehow still being hungry...  It might cost more than noodles as far as the bank is concerned, but cost me way less the health aspect.

Real quick before I go...
Updates on the current me, life after my first competition:
I'm aliiiiive!!! lol  I'm steadily maintaining at 12lbs post contest weight, which I hear is good/normal.  But I feel large and in charge, and I feel like I'm still weighing 169lbs.  Guess the rumors are true - you look way better than you did before, but somehow it's just not good enough.  I'm not obsessed with working out or eating 100%, so I only have myself to blame. I know if I want to see more changes, I have to work hard like I did for 105 days straight. Maybe I'll get there, but for now, I'm in an odd medium.  Most days I'm ok with it, other days I can't stand it.  It's the little things, like these pants that are falling off my hips right now, or random people telling me I'm maintaining well.  Only time will tell!!!!
xoxo