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Last night I came to another realization involving sugar - that I need to have it out of my daily life. Yesterday I baked a batch of cookies and decorated them all cute like (which in itself isn't a problem) but i was greedy and did a whole batch and now have almost 3 dozen cookies sitting around. I then started to think up ways I could eat them all by the time my sister came by and started thinking about (once again...) sacrificing real food for cookies and then stopped. this is ludicrous. Yes, I love baking, but type 2 diabetes runs in my family. It's stupid to think that I can avoid it by simply exercising and eating healthy the rest of the day to 'counteract' the sugar. As it is I consume 1/5 to 1/4 of my calories a day in sweets, and that just isn't right. i can't keep on doing this. What I do now has an effect on my future.

However, I can't bear to stop baking, so I've come to a compromise. Earlier I thought about implementing a 'movie' night. I will do so - and that will be one day a week (Friday!) where I will eat dinner as sweets. I will only bake that day (or perhaps the day before depending on what it is that I am making). Whatever it is will then be frozen or disposed of depending on how much is left over. I will be making 1/2 or 1/4 batches, so I will combine this with baking bread so I don't feel guilty about using so much of the oven while making a tiny batch of something (Or, a toaster oven perhaps?).

I will start eating some breads. I will bake them myself and they will be whole grain and whole wheat and maybe have oat/wheat germ in them (if I can risk whole foods again!) I know they're still high in carbs but they're healthier than sweets! They won't be for every meal, mostly breakfasts and lunches once in a while. I figure I can share the oven with a mini cheesecake or something.

I will wean myself off of sweets this week, and Sunday will be my first night without them. I figure Muriel will be a very good distraction and I know for sure that she will help me fight cravings.

1600 +

Coffee - 20
Breakfast - 390
Lunch - 375
Dinner -
Dessert - 2.5 cookies - 475 calories