How do you make your yogurt and kefir?? I might have to try this!

Yogurt is super easy! You need some mason jars, a wooden or plastic stirring spoon, and a candy thermometer. I make a gallon at a time. So take a gallon of milk (I use 2% or whole b/c I don't like fat free stuff) and heat in up to 175 degrees, stirring often. Let it sit around 175 for 10 minutes and then remove from heat. Allow it to come down to about 110 degrees. Then I take a cup of plain yogurt from a previous batch (or from the store) and mix some of the warm milk into it and stir it up really well. Pour it all into the big pot. Stir again. Ladle into my mason jars. (I do one half gallon and several quart jars). Put on their lids. Then put in your oven with the light on. The oven with the light on should keep them around 100 degrees all night. I do it in the evening and let them sit overnight. About 12 hours or so is good. Then pop 'em in the fridge and you're all set! If you want thicker yogurt, you can strain them through some cheese cloth or a thin kitchen cloth.

For the kefir, you have to buy milk kefir grains. I got some recently from Etsy and they've worked great! Just pour your milk into a quart size mason jar, add kefir grains, cover with a cloth and rubberband and let sit for 24 hours. Then stir and strain through a non-metal fine strainer into a clean jar and refrigerate. You can toss the grains back into the used jar and just add milk and do it again or add a little milk and refrigerate if you don't want to make more right away. Its so easy!

There are plenty of You tube videos for making either if you're more of a visual person, too!

I have to admit right at the end I did give in to sweet cravings...I did go 11 days overdue, and it was Easter lol.

Before that I'd just make sure I ate filling meals, lots of protein. If I did have something sweet I'd make it small and fit into my calorie goal.