Wednesday, October 8, 2008

and so it begins...

i made this for pat's birthday, this (scroll down a little) for a social at my house, and this for my stepmother's birthday. i've bought raspberry herbal tea which my friend kristen has told me will get rid of my sugar cravings. now it's time for the diet to begin. my goal: no sweets until jake's birthday on nov. 15th (i will allow myself one of these each night if i have eaten no sugar that day), i will eat more fruits and vegetables (at least 3 servings daily), i will eat smaller portions, i will snack frequently so that i will not get too hungry and overeat.

I'm hoping that posting on this blog will actually commit me to start this regiment as leaving a comment on my sister-in-law's blog that i would start dieting has done nothing.

6 comments:

rusted sun said...

I need to do something to cute the sugar down in my life. I keep trying to remind myself that eating rice krispy treats does not count as having a real breakfast.

Scrappycook said...

I have committed to starting a diet so many time, the head swims. How did the cheesecake turn out?

april said...

the cheesecake was good, but i'm still in search of my favorite recipe. i added a little to much lemon to the caramel sauce and didn't make it thick enough. i love a really dense cheesecake. the cheesedcake was probably on the medium-high density level - much better than last year's pumpkin cheesecake which was rather light - but still not quite as thick as i like.

april said...

@ stace - p.s your chocolate pound cake recipe was divine as ever.

sorichfamily said...

i think you should try some honeycrisp apples...they save me now that i am on the low-sugar thing too, unfortunately their "season" isn't very long, so stock up now! plus apples have so many health benefits and are great for keeping your teeth white!! you can't beat that!! call me if you need some more tricks for the sweet-tooth impaired!! i totally have issues!

susan m hinckley said...

Actually in case you're interested, your sister-in-law's blog post about dieting hasn't really done anything either, so you don't need to feel guilty that leaving a comment on said post did nothing . . . in my defense I've been on vacation. But what was my excuse at lunch today???!!

quotables

"is that lily holding baby lily?" -lily's response when i showed her a picture of gracie holding her when lily was a baby.

"drama class is actually a lot of fun." -gracie (this is only humorous in that grace seemed surprised by how much she likes drama class. this from my child who we refer to as "a drama queen" when she is not around.)

"mom, you can go with my teacher and i'll stay home with japie and evan. daddy can go to work, and i'll be the mommy" -lily, in response to learning that she would be going to preschool next year instead of this year.

"mom, if you don't get rid of that smell soon, you're going to have to buy a new car." -gracie when it took me a couple of days to clean out my car after returning from a road trip.

"mommy, they have dress-ups for you!" -lily while walking by the prom dress section at macy's.

"i said the prayer "last"-erday." -lily's replacement word for "yesterday."