First: I am working on "designing" a monkey-themed baby shower cake for my daughter that I will need to make as simply as possible while I'm at her house (can't pack many of my cake decorating supplies in my suitcase for the flight). I need to figure out how to make polka dots for her cake (preferably not out of fondant frosting), so this morning I wondered if melted chocolate would work (cut with a circle fondant cutter before it's completely set).
I LOVE CHOCOLATE. I melted the (Ghiradelli) chocolate and spread it out, tried cutting it and realized it was spread too thick so I re-melted and tried again. It smelled sooooo good but I didn't so much as lick the spoon. As soon as I was done I scraped the bowl and ran water into it.
Secondly: Today was a birthday lunch for one of the girls on the same floor as me at work (different law firms but we share a breakroom). They brought the leftovers into the breakroom about the time I was going to lunch. Sandwiches, chips, pasta salad and cookies (the most amazing sugar cookies with pink frosting). I had half of a sandwich (bean sprouts, avocado and turkey), along with the asparagus from my planned lunch. It was not even difficult to say no to the cookies (used to be I would have probably eaten at least a couple of them). After I finished my lunch I went for a walk outside for the rest of my lunch period (about 25 minutes). :-)
oh . . . the best part . . . I have been saying no to chocolate for 14 days now and this past week has been TOM . . .
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Kris
Dancing away the pounds
One
for every 5 lbs lost
Goal 1: below 240
Goal 2: 218 (15% off)
Goal 3: Onderderland
Final Goal: 175 or below
Mini Goals of 5 lbs each . . .