Not sure what it is, but no matter how much or how little time we spend back in Boston, we always seem to bring an extra 6 pounds home with us and it is not luggage pounds, it is the spare tire around our waists. It is hard as Lenny’s mother is a great cook and she enjoys doing it for us; but, every time we get home it is the battle of the budge. This scares us, as we wonder, will this happen to us on a regular bases if we ever moved there???!!! Definitely something to think about.

We have a good friend back in Boston, Stan. He loves to come visit us very often, he loves the city; but, more I think he loves the escape from his routine in Boston not to mention all the food he is always eating; yes, he too is Portuguese and has a mother who loves to feed him. During his visit last December, he said he became inspired by us. He said he loved our live style (living our lives the way we want too), how active we were (hitting spin class three times a week) and our diet (organic and local). Well, he went home, changed his eating habits and started working out more and actually started training for a tri-althon. When we went there for Christmas, everyone was amazed and in awe by this new Stan and they wondered, what we did to him!

During our most current trip to Boston we were able to squeeze a little Stan time in. This time it was us that were amazed by our friend, he lost 30 pounds and has become a tofu loving, veggie eating manic! What did we do to him or most importantly, what did we do to US! He would not be so inspired by his city friends who were not hitting the gym 3 days a week any longer and who were not only eating organic but they were now on the Tuesdays With Dorie and the Daring Bakers diet. So, we became inspired by our good friend, drug our sorry 6 pounds (each) home and made a vow to drop the weight, hit the gym 5 nights a week and limit the sweets around the house!

Tonight we hit it hard with a hour long spin class, which felt GREAT! For dinner I made one of my all time favorite recipes from the French Women don’t get fat book, grilled goat cheese with tomato on a baguette with a green salad. I did chop up some olives and mixed it with the goat cheese and I diced the tomatoes and drizzled with olive oil and fresh thyme, before adding to the top of the baguette which was coated with the goat cheese mixture. Served along side a simply tossed green salad, tre bonne!

Wish us luck!