Lost Sunday

Didn’t exercise, didn’t post, forgot to take blood pressure, oh well. I’ll at least post my eating

Yellow, orange, green bell peppers, mushroom, onion, garlic risotto (Turned out great!) I’ve got this dish down for sure!
Vanilla Bean ice cream (first since I started back down the path to my humanity!)

Yesterday was so non-descript it’s almost hard to remember. I didn’t even turn the ‘puter till evening and then just was too much in my head to deal with it much or any writing. I chopped up veggies during the day to save in the freezer and make risotto. Oh yeah, I remember now I had Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile, which was scrumptious! I hadn’t had wine in quite some time definitely going to seek out La Palma’s cabernet in the future. The year was 2002 and for my money (sorry can’t even remember what I paid it’s been in the wine rack for a spell, it’s was just a beautiful tasting experience. Every time I taste a wonderful wine I wonder why I don’t drink it more, but as the weight loss trials continue I know that alcohol carries much too much empty calories for me.

Today I made a chocolate chip crust cheesecake for my mom to give to someone in her rotary club. They raised money for some charity event and mom gave put up 12 months of deserts. Smart idea if you ask me. Since I’m a cheesecake wiz I thought I’d help her out. It smells good in here but I’m not a cheesecake-eating freak. I prefer to experiment with making them than I do with eating them, which makes this little exercise just fun. I’ve already baked the little chocolate chip cookies to go on top for garnish. I love presenting stuff like that, or baking special deserts for people, but it’s really fun when you can create something that’s not run of the mill, or I haven’t done before. I pressed the cookie dough into the bottom of the spring form pan and baked the dough until it was barely cooked but risen a little then I made the cheesecake batter and poured it on top. I’m thinking the cookie bottom will continue to cook within the hour of its baking but not over bake before the batter’s on top. With the little cookies on top it should look pretty cute!

It just cracks me up that these kinds of things don’t even turn my head or make me hungry. I could care less about sweets I cook. I wish I felt that way about all foods! I know people who can’t have sugar or chocolate in their house. Neither one motivates me the way mustard, onions, or garlic do me! Isn’t that something? I should have been a specialty baker. I’d probably weigh 100 lbs. I remember years ago working in a Winchell’s Donut shop, just after my first year of college. I didn’t particularly care for donuts even before I went to work there, but it was 2 blocks from my apartment and I was out of money and needed a job. I think by the end of the night I was ready to hurl from all the sugar that pervaded the atmosphere. They not only used granulated sugar, they used powdered sugar, and some sucrose or fructose powder in conjunction with the sweetened cake powder etc. My throat was always coated with sugar and I was constantly trying to clear it like a bad smoker. (No I don’t and didn’t smoke) I’d wake up in the morning with nightmares of being covered in sugar and even woke several mornings still trying to wipe it off my hands. My roommates thought I was weird because instead of talking in my sleep I was wiping my hands repeatedly! (Laugh!) That’s just too danged much sugar for anyone and people paid to eat the stuff! These days it takes me about 2 years to get through 5 lbs of sugar unless I’m baking Christmas treats or something. (Doesn’t happen every year)

So I still have 2 heads of lettuce in the crisper sounds like a wonderful salad for later today. I’ve been really good at mowing through my veggies in a timely manner. I really want to get my workouts in more diligently. It’s coming, the day’s coming when I can’t stand it if I don’t work out before doing anything in the morning or night! This is all about becoming my passion and I’m confident I am on my way. I hope tomorrow shows me another pound or two loss, but that’s pushing it. Hey, I’ll just keep pushing! I don’t need this fat anymore and I want to be the best healthiest me I can be.

151/86 BP 77 pulse ~ Down -00 ~ Total Lost 020 ~ 396 till Goal

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