Sugar Control Patrol

Yes, I made red velvet cupcakes using an old southern recipe for the big blogparty and those were real (a lot of the food I make for the QChocolate blog is actually fake).

They were also real sweet - this was good though. It showed how much I have lowered my sweetness threshold. I also remained quite disciplined - no sneaky tastes of the finished product until time to actually eat my portion.

This is again where portion control or controlled portions come in.

I had half a cupcake with minimal icing (scraped most of it off) with 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream - AFTER a meal.

Then foisted off the leftovers on friends, family, neighbors and passers-by.

Good thing I did because that very evening went to an informal get together and had half a beer (alcohol has to be strictly portioned also).

Whoops. What does alcohol do? It lowers your inhibitions. Your food inhibitions. I came home just hoping to find an errant cupcake in the kitchen. None to be found so I just fervently scraped the cupcake pan. Fortunately there was just the slightest spoonful left.

That is why I don't keep desserts in the home - way tempting. Ya really do have to patrol your home making sure a dessert has not snuck in or been brought in or has been left in after a party.

Fitness goals were accomplished for this week.

New fitness goals:

ab work: floor and pull ins
more upper body
bring up the rear with some bum exercises

An Eating Maxim

Seems like if you get really busy and grab quick items to eat and let even the most modest exercise go by the wayside you just slide right into lax habits.

You learn or reinforce quickly:

THE MORE YOU EAT THE MORE YOU WANT TO EAT


and


THE LESS YOU EXERCISE THE LESS YOU WANT TO EXERCISE


You realize that and then have to start reversing these physical fitness maxims or you will be maximus!

Did achieve all my fitness goals from last post (did not make the brussels sprouts though) but then just got busy and let my barest minimum exercise just slide by.

Well, it is time to dust off and run and catch up with that wayward wagon and hop right back on.


Goals today:

drink water

do some upper body work and some squats and arabesques

Have lentil soup for dinner

That should be an easy hop aboard the wagon schedule.

And do some extra exercise for any GWTW food items I might want to indulge in this weekend for the big blog gala ball - am so excited!