In case you couldn’t tell from my last post in which I ate two ice cream cones before lunch, Operation Feel Good (OFG), the plan my siblings and I have to get fit, has run into some trouble. Not for my older brother and sister, who are both succeeding, but for me.
I’m trying not to blame them for my failing, because I determine whether I succeed or not. I determine my success. I determine my success.
Honestly, I am trying to believe that and that’s why I keep trying to break old habits and create new behaviors. For instance, I know chocolate chip cookies are too great a temptation for me, so I don’t keep chocolate chips in the house. The idea is that the craving will pass by the time I get to the store or laziness will keep me from going to the store in the first place.
The flaw in that plan was counting on laziness. Last week I made chocolate chip-less chocolate chip cookies.
Having used the last of the brown sugar, I decided to ban brown sugar from the house. I thought I was safe.
It’s one thing to make chocolate chip cookies without the chocolate chips. Without brown sugar you can’t make chocolate chip cookies.
You can, however, make shortbread.
And then you can drape that shortbread in apricot jam.
So it should seem obvious that if OFG isn’t working for me, it’s my fault.
That would be true if it weren’t for the Unified Theory of Fat. My theory is that fat can always be created, but once created it can’t be destroyed. Therefore, if someone loses weight, someone else must gain weight.
Based on the empty jar of apricot jam in my kitchen and universal laws, I think my brother just dropped another pant size.
My sports fanatic brother will (most likely) be here this weekend and I believe he’s bringing his vacation appetite. I have an enormous lasagna pan to fill, so maybe it’s the perfect time for you to lose weight, him to gain.
mmmmmmm, shortbread
Can I blame you for this latest lapse since you popped into my head as I was making the shortbread?
So sorry you’re running into trouble with your weight loss. It’s not an easy job. Maybe you can turn to a pattern of mindful eating for help. I have a friend who has a book about this. Look her up: Dr. Michelle May at http://www.amihungry.com You can have those chocolate chip cookies if you’re eating mindfully. Michelle will teach you how to eat when you’re hungry and how to recognize when you’re eating for other reasons. But your posts are still as funny or as entertaining as ever.
Thanks for sharing her website. I started reading through her blog too, lots of interesting information. “Don’t Pull That Trigger!” in particular is a skill I need to learn.
I am fairly sure you are losing weight despite the shortbread due to the fact that fat is the new black for me….
Luckily, I haven’t gained as much as my brother and sister have lost, but that means there’s more out there trying to find a home.
A discussion of chocolate-chip-less chocolate-chip cookies came up in my kitchen just this week. I used the excuse to convince my 4-year-old son that we couldn’t bake them. Now I know this: he can never find your blog.
It never dawned on me to consider chocolate chip-less chocolate chip cookies when I was four. Your son is far ahead of me. Even without my blog, I’m afraid you are going to be on the losing end of this conversation in the not so distant future.
Chip-less chocolate chip cookies are my favorite! I never use the full amount of chips in my cookies. I like the buttery doughy cookie part so much more. I love that you are able to bake something delicious even as you eliminate ingredients you keep in your house. Whats next?
What was next was “frosting.” Luckily, I now have yogurt and fresh blueberries in the house.
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