Slow and Steady...

It's a life lesson we learn early in our lives... Slow and steady wins the race.  When it comes to weight loss, slow and steady sounds like a load of crap!  We all want to be slim and trim by tomorrow.  Or at least next month.  That's not asking too much, is it?!  This just doesn't seem to be the route I'm on here.  I'm currently hovering right around 20 pounds lost, and have been since Christmas.  Please ignore that it's March and I'm still blaming it on the holidays. So according to the app on my phone I am averaging .5 pounds a week.  Half a pound is not terribly impressive.
On top of that, I have taken to watching The Biggest Loser again this season.  I torture myself by watching these girls (who now weigh less than me) lost 6 or 10 pounds IN A WEEK!  Now I do understand the difference in our situations and I understand that weight loss like that is not a realistic expectation.  Of course, that doesn't stop me from wishing for it!
I did lose 1.4 pounds this week.  Yes, I count the "." and actually find it to be extremely important for my morale sometimes.  I am working hard to have a bit of a mental shift.  I'm trying to embrace the "slow and steady" mentality and acknowledge that any amount is hard earned and something to be proud of!
Speaking of slow and steady... I love to cook.  It's not generally anything very exciting, but it does usually taste super yummy!  My Mom and Dad just returned from a work trip to Wisconsin.  My souvenir was lots of cheese- the perfect addition to a low carb diet.  Very yummy cheese, might I add!  Thanks Mom & Dad! 

I have also discovered a tasty low carb bread- not necessarily an easy task.  Most of them are super dry and not especially tasty.  I had been eating some made by Wonder and we all know that the economy got the better of that company and that bread is no longer.  Now I eat this Sara Lee bread...

I don't know why this pic is sideways and can't figure out how to fix it!

Put these together with a couple slices of bacon and I had the most delicious grilled cheese for 14g of carbs.  Delicious lunch!  As with weight loss, the key to a fantastic gooey grilled cheese?  Slow and steady!  Who knew grilled cheese could mirror real life so closely! :-)

Now I will go spend the rest of my day off remembering how much I love Casmir Pulaski and maybe I'll even figure out what he did to give me this day off!