Well, it's been 3 months and I'm still struggling to lose that 6 pounds that I set out to lose at the first of the year.  I am 50% there, which is definitely not the progress I was hoping to make by this point.  Next week, the "Biggest Loser" contest at my office is officially ending, but that does not mean I am stopping my efforts.  After all, my motto of It's Not a Diet, It's a Lifestyle still rings true.      

Like always, I had a mix of healthy and unhealthy this week.  Here is last week's plan for dinners:  

Sunday:       Easy Chicken Enchiladas (recipe coming soon!) 

Monday:      Veggie Fried Rice 

Tuesday:      Out to dinner at Cabo Fish Taco 

Wednesday: Peanut Butter Sammy & post-yoga smoothie 

Thursday:     Bowl of cereal before The Dog Bar 

Friday:         Trader Joe's Thai Vegetable Gyoza with roasted broccoli, tomatoes, & green onion 

It's no secret that my husband loves BBQ.  When we lived in Pennsylvania, he was obsessed with Momo's BBQ, and we also made visits to Shakedown BBQ and Smoke BBQ.  Now that we are in Charlotte, we have already made several visits to Queen City Q.  So, you can imagine how strange it is that we visited City Smoke over the weekend, and neither of us ordered BBQ.   

Not surprising, however, is that I ordered a really dark beer.  The Duck Rabbit Milk Stout - one of my favorites. Delicious as always.  I think that Matt secretly wanted to visit City Smoke because they have an appetizer named the "Scooby Snack."  Ham and sausage in little biscuits.  I tried a few bites and it was decent - but I thought a little overpriced for the amount of food that you get.    

Since this is my first spring in Charlotte, I am learning about the huge temperature fluctuations that occur this time of year in this area.  Last Saturday, after doing a bit of unpacking from our recent move, we headed out to enjoy some beverages since it was SUCH a nice day.  The bars were packed since it was St. Patty's weekend.  

We started out by enjoying a beer at Triple C Brewing in South End, one of our favorite breweries in Charlotte.  I remember when we visited Charlotte back in 2011 we had trouble finding a brewery to visit, but now they are everywhere!  The beer is really good at Triple C, so we find ourselves going back there every few weeks.  

Since the weather was perfect last weekend, we decided to take a walk on the rail trail and scope out our next stop.  We ended up grabbing an outdoor table at Big Ben's and having a traditional St. Patty's day Guinness.

Last night, Matt and I met after work for a date night at La Tagliatella.  I know, during the workweek?  Who are we?  The folks at La Tagliatella invited me to join them for a complimentary pizza as part of their "30 Days of Delizioso" promotion, and I immediately knew I wanted to participate.  Pizza?  Uptown Charlotte?  Yes please!

We started dinner with drinks- beer for Matt, red wine for me {of course}.  And then figured we should have some veggies as well, so we split a small ceasar salad.  It was pretty good!  The dressing had a nice salty kick, and the roasted tomatoes were a really nice touch.  Yum. 

Six months ago, I made my big announcement that I was moving from Harrisburg PA to Charlotte NC.  Today, I am announcing that my husband & my doggy have finally made the move too!!  I was so happy to welcome Matt & Sadie to Charlotte over the weekend. 

We had a super busy weekend of moving.  It started on Thursday night, when I took a flight from Charlotte to go help with packing in Pennsylvania.  Luckily, Mark & Claudia (Matt's dad & stepmom) were able to join us in Pennsylvania on Friday to help with packing- and the four of us got to work.  After a full day of loading the truck, cleaning the condo, running some errands, and visiting my grandma, we were completely exhausted. 

Sadie is adorable, but definitely not a good mover.  Here she is getting in our way as we were trying to move the box spring of the bed.  

OK, I know that this is a blog about food & healthy living.  But I had to share my situation since I'm positive this happens to women everywhere:  the unsatisfactory hair dye job.  Ugh!!  

Here is the back story:  a few years ago, I started getting some noticeable gray hair.  I was living in Pennsylvania and going to an awesome stylist, Lindsay, and totally trusted her.  When she said that she could brush some color over my grays, I was definitely on board.  The hair color looked super natural.  For comparison purposes,  here I am a few years ago with my natural hair color:  

After {another} week of traveling for work, I was definitely ready to eat a home cooked meal.  Of course, I found myself once again barely having any food in the fridge, but I did manage to throw together something really yummy this morning - Peanut Butter Berry French Toast!  I'll bet most of us already have the ingredients on hand to make this.