So I guess I never really planned on bringing it up, but due to people being highly observant and the overwhelming amount of email that I received, I will address it. Yep, I weigh less. A lot less. Apparently some of you noticed this when I posted the picture of me in my glasses. :D No I did not have weight loss surgery (the most common question asked). I did it the old fashion way, move more, eat less. I, as you know, have always been what one may refer to as a fat advocate. Meaning that if you are truly content with your size and are healthy then be whatever size you want to be. So last year in March I wrote a post about how I got an abscessed tooth and lost 7 pounds in two days. What I didn't say is that while I was at the doctors office they freaked me out. See, I have always had great health numbers, no matter what size I was. My guess is because I stay active. But when I went in for my tooth pain my blood pressure was sky high. The Urgent Care doctor insisted that it was … [Read more...]
Bake sale bargin….
Where my mother lives there is a community center. She volunteers there, and in the Summer months they have a farmers market. My mother works a bake sale booth each week to help raise money for the center. We often chat about things to make and what she has made for the sale. And the one thing we always giggle at is the fact that the first thing that always sells out is Rice Krispie Treats. Doesn't matter what else is there, people want their marshmallow covered cereal. I found this to be true with my hockey team. I would bring all sorts of goodies, and though they would eventually get eaten, but it was when I brought various forms of marshmallow squares to the locker room that they would get most excited. So I just stop bothering making the other treats and just make the marshmallow squares. I mean, they are super simple. Who wouldn't want to do the simple thing over the hard? Now to keep myself from going insane I make a different kind usually each time I bring them. I … [Read more...]
Drawing a blank….
I give up. I tried and tried to come up with something to write about and it is just not happening. I'm also having a baking slump too. I pour and pour through tons of cook books only to find nothing to make. Kind of like my closet, totally full, and yet never anything to wear. I did get a new cookbook this week so hopefully that will inspire me (Dulce: Desserts in the Latin-American Tradition if you are wondering what I got). My life the last week has been mostly hockey, hockey, hockey. Either watching or playing (it is playoff time...and yes my team is doing badly). I was in a tournament. We made it to the championship game. And lost. Yep, first losers again. Sigh. Suffering from a sinus infection. Makes that whole breathing while playing hockey thing hard. Got glasses and contacts last week. Was told I didn't really need them by the eye doctor but the DMV told me that if I wanted a license I will need them. Boo. For some reason now that I have glasses, I feel old. … [Read more...]
