Now this is weird

The past two days I have had this undesirable urge to bake.  I mentioned it to my husband last night and he couldn't believe it.  I NEVER bake!  He told me of course to go for it.  He knows when I do anything I usually go all out.  We have been married over four years and he has never seen me even make a cookie! I'm a soup cooker, that's where my love in the kitchen is.   Why am I getting this urge now?!  Only thing I can think of is that all the sudden I am in the Christmas spirit.  I have pictures of red, green, and gold all over my house.  Good smelling stuff, with presents and Christmas lights.  I just love Christmas.

BUT, then theres reality.ha  Ughh I just switched to Core!  Lol, this is such my luck.  I know, not a major issue.  But baking equals eating.  Eating sweets equals nonstop binge.  Nonstop binge equals forget it...it's a holiday.  See where I'm going?!

I'm laughing at this on the outside, but man....do I dare pick up the flour and start baking????

Hmmm decisions!

make something you know you won't eat. like for me, anything with raisins in it is safe. yuck!

I concur. Raisins just makes anything baked go to ****z. This reminds me when I pick out the jellied fruit and raisins out of fruitcake. The only good part is the bread, pecans, and RUM!  Mmmm... I want a chilled slice now.

I'm looking at that as well! We have a tradition where my kiddo's and I make cut-out cookies and I decorate most of them to give on trays and the kids do some for themselves. Ds will NOT NOT let me out of it this year :(  I also usually bake things like banana bread, cherry pecan bread and a multitude of different cutsie/colorful things to put on each tray. Honestly- I don;t want to do ANY of it this year! I think I will do the gingerbread house with them- those are nasty to eat anyway :)  AND I'll do the cookies but I think I'm going to SKIP the rest. I'm off from the 21st- 27th.... I would MUCH rather RELAX and enjoy the beauty of the holidays... than struggling to get it all DONE on time and raise the risk of it passing over my lips!  LOL   Our town has what is called "Julebukking"  This is on Christmas Eve when the streets are filled with shoppers and the local merchants offer their customers food and spirits in appreciation for their business during the year. It's a Norwegian tradition and is a LOT of fun.  I have missed this every year for AGES because I'm home making FATTENING/diabetes promoting foods!  So I'm thinking- if I just do the cookies- I can go to town & enjoy the fun! They have all kinds of eats... I can just munch on the veggie trays :) I just started getting my decorations up- this holiday is really sneaking up on me!

For weight loss, sugar is evil.  When you think of certain things as counterintuitive to your goal, it's easier to opt not to have them.  If you crave something sweet, opt for fruits.  I keep canned mandarin oranges in water for those moments.  Soon the sweet tooth is gone. BTW, read 12 months of Monastery Soups.  Great recipes!