happy&hungry

Oh you coughed and your belly jiggled? You can barely fit behind your steering wheel? You barely moved and now your belly’s exposed?

Learn to be kind to yourself.

Don’t let your weight gain fantasies become yet another body standard that fills you with negative thoughts.

If you’re starting to beat yourself up because you aren’t meeting some arbitrary weight goal, take a break. Stop counting calories. Stop weighing yourself. And just focus on the foods and activities that bring you joy.

making the most hearty, butter and cream-laden foods, it's cold out, you need food that'll stick to your ribs and keep you warm

packing a thermos full of rich creamy hot cocoa with your lunch every day

trying SOOO many recipes for various holiday gatherings and i make you my official taste-tester (but you end up having more than a taste, we can't let it go to waste!)

constant baking- endless batches of holiday cookies, bars, brownies, cakes, pies from scratch with all-butter crust.... i offer that you take some of the extras to share with your coworkers but you scarf half of them in the car, i've slowly worn down your willpower and you just can't resist

i take you shopping to get new winter clothes because you've way outgrown last year's, although i insist it's only because i love to see you in a nice new fuzzy sweater

movie marathons, cuddling under blankets on the couch with snacks and eggnog, and i can't keep my hands off your full, softening belly

once i've figured out your all-time favorite holiday treats i make sure there's a constant supply available