Moore to Less

Lemon Garlic Asparagus* Ingredients: 1 bunch asparagus washed and 2 tablespoons R1 approved oil** minced garlic or cloves to taste lemon juice to taste lemon peel salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste Directions: 1)Break off woody ends of asparagus 2) place in pan for roasting 3) Drizzle oil over 4) sprinkle minced garlic or garlic cloves to your taste on top 5) shake lemon peel on 6) salt and pepper to taste 7) Roast at 400 15-20 min or till desired tenderness. 8) Drizzle w lemon juice to taste Notes: 1) I use 1-2T oil depending on how many servings I want for an R1 meal. If I am eating ALL The asparagus in one meal, it's just 1T of oil. If Keith and I are splitting it or it's for 2 meals, I will add 2T of oil. 2)Based loosely on this recipe and she has some good alternative cooking suggestions/ideas. 3)You could easily add in a chicken breast and bake it with it, for a one pan meal. 4) click the link to the lemon peel in the ingredient list

I've actually been making my own bbq sauce for years. The OG recipe can be found here on this blog even ;) all the way from 2010, ha. But I tweaked it to make it R1 Compliant for my Restoration Wellness plan. This actually makes a LOT so I usually half it (Half of this recipe fills almost 2 Primal Kitchen Ketchup bottles, for reference lol) JEN'S BBQ Sauce (R1 Version) 2C Primal Kitchen ketchup 2C Great Value Organic tomato sauce (or use whatever, just needs to be on plan, no sugar etc) 1 1/4C brown sugar truvia or stevia (I do NOT use this much, start with less esp with stevia bc certain ones have more of an aftertaste. I did about 3/4C of it, 1/4C stevia and 1/2C truvia brown sugar) 1 1/4C apple cider vinegar 2T ON PLAN OIL (I Used Plant based ghee which is avocado/coconut blend) 1/2t garlic powder 1/4t chili powder 1t paprika 1/4t ground cinnamon 1/2t cayenne pepper 1t salt 1t fresh ground black pepper ***you could add some liquid smoke ~1T if you like a smo

Dinner last night slapped as the kids say 🤣 Been trying to keep it a little more simple this week. Chicken marinated in chiavettas and then finished w homemade bbq sauce. Leftover lemon pepper asparagus and grilled veggies. Yummmm. Eating like this and losing so much weight is insane to me still tbh. Thank you Restoration Wellness ❤️

Lunch time yesterday!! Kinda like what I had last night but steak instead of turkey burgers. Had about 1/3 of this asparagus and couldn’t even eat all the berries!! Eating like this and down 17lbs in about 20 days on my Restoration Wellness plan!!! 🤯🥳

One thing that can be really challenging when you are in weight loss mode is going out to eat. When Keith and I lost almost 300lbs combined about 13 years ago, one thing that we were soooo strict about was eating out, and it really made so much of a difference. We did have a few places that were ok for an emergency, but overall we did not go out to eat for almost a year. The hard things about going out to eat in weight loss mode are this: When one eats out, you want to get the MOST value for your dollar. In weight loss mode, you want LESS portion (or more veggies to volumize) and quality food costs $$. I can make better things to stay on plan at home, so eating out doesn't have a lot of allure bc of that. Also usually when you are doing a weight loss plan, you are investing in it in SOME way. Whether that's a program for support, or certain/specific foods to stay on plan, etc. So if you don't go out to eat, you are saving money and able to put it towards things that help

Keith's Before and Current on the Restoration Wellness Plan. And it’s so annoying bc he looks like he’s dropped 25lbs already instead of “almost” 15lbs in 3 weeks LOL You can see so clearly his his body fat has shifted and he’s lost a layer of visceral fat already!! Starting 251.8 and Current Week 3 237

About halfway thru R1 (Phase 1) with my Restoration Wellness plan. Down 17lbs, which is crazy. I don't think I've ever lost more than 10lbs a month before, even when I was over 300lbs and ultimately lost 150lbs. It required a lot of thinking, planning, measuring, weighing, thinking about food all the time and being at the gym EVERY day. This is so much easier. I do want to get back in the gym, but on my time for my own wellness, not as simply a weight loss tool. But because I enjoy moving my body and being active. Completely different mindsets. My pics yet aren't as dramatic as Keith's, even though I've lost a few pounds more than him. But that's ok, enjoying the journey and progress not perfen and all that :) Starting Weight 262.4 Current Weight 245.4 (3 weeks progress)