Day 2..Whoop De Doo

Hope every one's first day went well. You know when the challenge has started, because suddenly you're facebook with be taken over by your friend's pictures of food, or non-stop statuses of complaints of no carbs. The first week or so will be the hardest. I know for me, I came downstairs yesterday and instantly wanted marshmallows, jelly beans, and chocolate chips, just because I couldn't have them. Before the challenge my cravings for sweets were starting to let up, so I knew I didn't really want those things.

Sweet Potato Hash
believe it or not I got this recipe from Tom

• 1 sweet potato
• 4 slices of bacon
• ground cinnamon

First bake your sweet potato about 80%. You can either put it in the microwave (which is what we do), or bake it in the oven. Another prepping tip is to bake 5 or 6 potatoes in the oven on the weekend and just reheat them during the week. While your potato is cooking, cut the bacon into about 3/4 inch pieces and fry them in the saute pan. When the bacon is done remove it from the pan, but keep the grease in the pan. Cut your potato into slices, spears, cubes (any way you like) and sear them in the saute pan with the bacon grease, until they start to get some color on the outside. Add in your cooked bacon and sprinkle on a few teaspoons of cinnamon. This is a great recipe for a breakfast, snack, or side to your dinner.

Last night Kelly sent me a picture of her stuffed peppers and mushrooms and they look great!

Keep up the good work everyone and stay with it through these first couple of weeks!