Wow! Really tough holiday season, here. Food-wise, that is. Generally, I don't make cookies for Christmas, because I've always known they were too much of a temptation. Well, this year I was asked by two people to bring cookies for parties, and I had a small gathering at my house as well. I decided to start making cookies, and you know what? I LOVE TO EAT COOKIES! Pretty soon, I was looking up recipes on the internet, buying ingredients for some of my mom's old recipes, baking on the weekends, etc. Then, I'd make four or five kinds, because you can't just bring a cookie platter with one variety of cookies on it. Then I'd have leftovers, and you know who ate those leftovers? Me. Then I started having leftovers on purpose, and I'd make 'test batches' of cookies, and ....
Well, I put on 12 pounds in the month of December alone. Not just cookies, mind you, but cookies were the 'gateway' food. I ate out with my husband more times than I should have, and I wasn't careful to order the 'fit fare' or 'good for you' selections. I now look like Jabba from Star Wars.
Back to HMR.
It is harder to lose weight as you get older. I used to scoff at that idea, but I'm finding it is true for me.
I also have a house that is set up for my own convenience, so I don't move around as much as I used to in my day to day activities.
As I look through the recipes I have here, I am reminded how important planning ahead is, and how important it is to have good habits supplant bad habits. Here's hoping I can get back into those good habits.
