Friday, February 10, 2012

What's good to you usually isn't good for you.

Baking and Thursdays. 


Two things that seem like they should be completely harmless. They are not. 

One of my great passions in life is baking. There is nothing I like more than finding a new recipe and then turning all these completely different things like eggs, flour, baking powder into a delicious treat.  This in self would appear to people to be detrimental to someone that is trying to lose weight. The good thing, I don't actually nibble on my treats themselves. Sure I'll have one or two over a span of, according to my hubby, way too long. Not that my treats aren't delicious, they are, but I'm not big on the sweets. I'll destroy a steak, but cake will go forever without me laying a finger in it. There is a problem though. I have a batter weakness. A finger dip here, and lick there- and before I know it I've consumed way too many calories. 

That's why I'm so proud of myself right now. I made, from scratch, chocolate cupcakes with fresh (pureed it myself) strawberry butter-cream frosting without dipping my finger in the batter at all. Not even once! And btw- I'm making these now because tomorrow is one of my friends last day at work. She's moving across the state and we're having a goodbye potluck for her.



At the same time I'm disappointed in myself. Let me tell you why.


Thursday's are my special night. My hubby goes out and plays trivia and I stay in and watch Matthew MacFayden on Netflix. This weeks feature: Maybe, Baby followed up by some MI-5. Matthew is barely in the movie and he's got atrocious blond hair in it, but I digress. During these nights while I'm watching Matthew I order Chinese and have them deliver it. Tonight I ate 2 egg rolls. Two. Deux. I don't even wanna talk about the beef and broccoli.  Saturday is the day I allow myself to be naughty. Today is definitely not Saturday and yet here I am. Being naughty. Le sigh.


I'm not going to freak out and punish myself, however, I have to be good on Saturday now and that's going to make for a long weekend. Trail and error. Life is an on-going process.

14 comments:

  1. Hahaha, I love this.

    Chinese has long been my weakness. I LOVE egg rolls. Love love love. What I usually do on Sunday when I have to work is not bring lunch and order my Chinese food from this place near my job. And I've done this while I'm supposed to be on my diet. *blushes*

    We do have to try harder, but can we try harder on Monday? I have some spring rolls still left over.

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  2. Mmmmm! Egg rolls! I'm not big on sweets either. My idea of dessert is another helping of meat. I am a carnivore!

    I can't imagine how hard it must be for you with all the delicious food out there calling your name. Stay strong and don't give in to temptation.

    I am sure me commenting on how good food is...like thick juicy steaks! I am not helping...sorry! I am weak! I hope I don't invoke your temptations!

    I really wish you the best! I will try to refrain from talking about good food and show more support!

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  3. I had Chinese food last weekend when I didn't exactly eat healthy. le sigh. Well, all is not lost! You got a good ogle of Mr. MacFayden and that's cool. We just have to do better next time. That's always the key.

    Self improvement is a bitch isn't it? Hahaha!

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  4. Last week during my stress-induced cheating marathon I went to a Chinese restaurant with my family and gorged myself like I was half-starved. I felt so disgusted with myself afterwards. It's like the morning after a drunken hook up with a stranger in a dorm room. Not that I've ever done that...

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    2. Drunken hook up with a stranger in a dorm room... yeah I never did that either. I was always sober and it was usually my apartment. Sluttysaywhaaat?

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  5. I love this post! I feel so accomplished when I make things from scratch as well. Then after I eat it, I feel bloated and annoyed. I end up giving all my delicious treats away. lol

    Happy Weekend! Don't beat yourself up too much.

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  6. There's nothing wrong with switching your "be naughty" day. Far better than just taking both days to be naughty. Just gotta look on the positive side. :)

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  7. omg i have problems when there are treats in the house, i must feed on them allllllll

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  8. I have to ban the wife from buying treats...i have no will power - especially where Chinese food is involved.

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  9. don't be so hard on yourself! you deserve more than one day a week to treat yourself!!

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  10. I'm not big on the sweets either. I don't really like cake or pies or cheesecakes. Although I do like chocolate and some cookies. I gave up sugar at the beginning of October and I haven't had trouble sticking to that. Now bread is a different story.

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  11. I'm a chocoholic so two wee eggs rolls is nothing. Just means you can't cheat on Saturday, like you said. Och its all about making healthy food choices.

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  12. I, unlike you, could easily polish off an entire cake within a day. EASILY. Which is why I struggle with the baking... I love to bake, but I cannot be trusted with the results of the baking. Also, the Chinese food... I did it too on Saturday. Holy mother of crab rangoon... I couldn't stop myself.

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