Day Thirty
I made the "Fudgy Brownies" from my new sugar-free cookbook today. I was excited. I mean, if there's anything I could really wrap my mind around, it would be no-guilt brownies. My daughter was the first one to try one, as I allowed her to take one on her way to work.
"Are they good?" I asked. She was polite, but noticed her sour face.
So, these "brownies" were mostly eggs, butter, cream cheese, and cocoa, with a few other ingredients, such as baking powder, and salt, and only two tablespoons of sweetener. They were basically baked chocolate eggs. Edible, barely, but definitely not brownies. "Why is there no flour in these?" I wondered, too late.
So I scraped the rest of them out of the pan and made some more, with flour. And I doubled the monk fruit sweetener. They are in the oven now. We'll see.
I went to a court of honor that had, I think, cupcakes for refreshments, but I had to leave to pick my daughter up from work, so there was not even any moment in which I could have had one. So, no problems keeping my "no sugar" rule today, other than vaguely wishing I had more to eat.
After the "brownies" were served, though, I felt responsible to eat some of them, as pretty much no one else would. I think I had three.
I reordered my outfits for the coming weeks. Most of the outfits I had gotten to last week, I am still a little too big for. My waist has only gone down an inch or so. Some of them I put off for a few more weeks, and some of them, I relegated to fall. For the next week or two, everything that is lined up for me to wear should fit, which will make mornings easier and induce less discouragement.
"Are they good?" I asked. She was polite, but noticed her sour face.
So, these "brownies" were mostly eggs, butter, cream cheese, and cocoa, with a few other ingredients, such as baking powder, and salt, and only two tablespoons of sweetener. They were basically baked chocolate eggs. Edible, barely, but definitely not brownies. "Why is there no flour in these?" I wondered, too late.
So I scraped the rest of them out of the pan and made some more, with flour. And I doubled the monk fruit sweetener. They are in the oven now. We'll see.
I went to a court of honor that had, I think, cupcakes for refreshments, but I had to leave to pick my daughter up from work, so there was not even any moment in which I could have had one. So, no problems keeping my "no sugar" rule today, other than vaguely wishing I had more to eat.
After the "brownies" were served, though, I felt responsible to eat some of them, as pretty much no one else would. I think I had three.
I reordered my outfits for the coming weeks. Most of the outfits I had gotten to last week, I am still a little too big for. My waist has only gone down an inch or so. Some of them I put off for a few more weeks, and some of them, I relegated to fall. For the next week or two, everything that is lined up for me to wear should fit, which will make mornings easier and induce less discouragement.
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