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I thought I could do this
Every year we make a lot of cookies and sweet stuff to give away as gifts to
neighbors and friends. I really though I'd be ok with it sitting around waiting for distribution and all the cooking to be completed. Duh. That was a hugely wrong assumption. We have the best recipe for homemade caramel corn with pecans(made with butter, no less). I resisted the cookies (those yummy choc shortbread ones with the mint hershey kiss inside, among others) and the fudge but that darned popcorn started calling my name around 6:00 PM. So, I have instructed my husband to treat me like a 4 year old and to hide the stuff from me. It is so frustrating to be under control all day and then to blow it so quickly. I did buy some decaf coffee tonight so that when I get those munchies around dinner, I can have a cup of coffee to give me something to drink that will also warm me. Tomorrow is a new day, I suppose. Elise |
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I thought I could do this
Cox SMTP east wrote:
It is so frustrating to be under control all day and then to blow it so quickly. I did buy some decaf coffee tonight so that when I get those munchies around dinner, I can have a cup of coffee to give me something to drink that will also warm me. Tomorrow is a new day, I suppose. Elise Hang in there, Elise. You can do it. Most of us do lose control (at least) a few times during the holiday season. Cookies (and anything else sweet) are my poison too. Remember how bad it feels to blow a good day so quickly, but don't be hard on yourself and feel TOO bad--just use it as motivation to make the next day better. As long as you don't make a habit of cookie binges, then once in awhile, though causing a minor setback, won't totally kill your efforts. Try keeping sugarless gum, hard candies, and things like Velamints (SF chocolate mints!) on hand to throw into your mouth when the cookies are calling. It doesn't always work but it does help, even if it just slows down the rate of cookie consumption. Today's a new day, so here's to making it a good one. -Alison, obviously psyching herself up for the cookie abundance here at work after stupidly volunteering to bake and making six batches of cookie dough last night |
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I thought I could do this
On 12/15/2003 11:20 PM, Cox SMTP east wrote:
Every year we make a lot of cookies and sweet stuff to give away as gifts to neighbors and friends. I really though I'd be ok with it sitting around waiting for distribution and all the cooking to be completed. Duh. That was a hugely wrong assumption. We have the best recipe for homemade caramel corn with pecans(made with butter, no less). I resisted the cookies (those yummy choc shortbread ones with the mint hershey kiss inside, among others) and the fudge but that darned popcorn started calling my name around 6:00 PM. So, I have instructed my husband to treat me like a 4 year old and to hide the stuff from me. It is so frustrating to be under control all day and then to blow it so quickly. I did buy some decaf coffee tonight so that when I get those munchies around dinner, I can have a cup of coffee to give me something to drink that will also warm me. Tomorrow is a new day, I suppose. Elise, It was very nice of you to try to maintain this tradition. I'm sorry to hear that this kind gesture on your part ended up being a challenge to your willpower. Sometimes things seem to be unreasonably tough :-( -- jmk in NC |
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