New Years seems as good a time as any to really get this thing going. So here I am, writing my first blog. Appropriately enough, I would like to discuss the issue of weight loss.
Here is my conundrum: Every year my parents make DELICIOUS Christmas treats. It seems as if they made more when we were little, because we were always so thrilled to help. Mom would make fudge and snowball cookies, dad would make peanut brittle and walnut toffee candy, and the whole family would crank out dozens of decorated sugar cookies to leave for Santa and enjoy for ourselves. As the years have passed, it seems that the peanut brittle and sugar cookies have fazed out (save last year when I forced mom to decorate them with me) which is okay by me.
This year, anticipating our Christmas visit, my parents did the spread. Dad made his "famous" walnut toffee, which is my absolute favorite. And I wouldn't have it any other way! It just wouldn't be Christmas without this. This is where the problem arises. Even with a "full house" there are still only 5 of us. All of the candy and cookies, divided by 5 people, is still a lot! But someone has to eat it! Out of a mixture of equal parts enjoyment and obligation, I ate about 3 lbs of walnut toffee in the 7 days I visited.
I asked mom about making less of each item, but she insisted that with each item, she had only made "one batch." So what is the solution? Without these things, it just doesn't feel like Christmas. But WITH all these things, I gain 4 lbs.
Which, by the way, is all it takes to bump you up to the next jeans size, I have found...
Welcome 2008!
