Cake. I love it. Especially white Safeway cake with lots of roses made from that magical sweet concoction of chemicals they whip together to make them sooooo yummy. But, apparently, even I have my limit.
You know that Seinfeld episode where Elaine is bombarded with cake at her office? I am living that episode. It's obscene. This week alone we have had two cakes so far, and it is only Wednesday. On Friday we have a baby shower for some girl who works in another department on my floor. More cake. A few weeks ago, we had two bridal showers on the same day, in the same room, at the same time. But instead of having one cake, we had two. One chocolate, one vanilla.
Yesterday, after the birthday cake, a tin of gourmet chocolate cookies appeared in the breakroom. I can't take it. I just can't take it. But I do, take it. The cake I mean. And the cookies. And the buckets of Halloween candy that appear around the office. My teeth hate me. My midwife won't be impressed either, seeing as how she recently put me on a one-month refined-sugar ban. I'm sure she'll understand when I explain that the health and well-being of my unborn son was no match for lard and icing sugar. I mean, that's not a battle anyone can win, is it?
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Boy, all of that cake talk really speaks to me. I LOVE store-bought cake with all that hard, thick, sweet frosting made from pure shortening and sugar. You speak my language.
Unfortunately (well, kind of) I quit eating sugar as my New Year's resolution this year and I have not eaten cake all year. It's harder and easier to do than you would think. Hard because sugar has infiltrated my dreams at night, easier because there are so many natural sugar alternatives that totally satisfy my lusty little sweet tooth. It's been an interesting year alright. Luckily there have been no bridal showers! Eeeeek! How do you turn cake down?
So, are you going to listen to your midwife and give up the sweet stuff? If you need help or pointers, I'd be thrilled to help. Anyone can do it, especially with all the goodies sweetened naturally these days.
Good luck!
Holy, I not only fell of the wagon, I let it back up and drive over me several dozen times. It started with Halloween leftovers and turned into a chocolate/cinnamon bun/coffee cake blitz. I did buy some sugar free ice-cream sandwiches though, that's something.
I once did a modified Atkins diet that allowed all the fruit and fake-sugar products I wanted. But now that I'm fat anyway, I guess I lost sight of the goal. I'll be good from here on in though. Honest.
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