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My eating habits have been less than stellar for the last couple of days...my sweet tooth seems to be uncontrollable lately! On the bright side, I've started exercising again, after slacking off for over a week. I did some pilates yesterday, and am about to do a lower body workout...thank goodness for ExericeTV on demand, and the fact that my nephew (who I look after every day) takes naps! I've decided that I'll start exercising during his naps, instead of just watching tv, and if it's a long nap I can even do both! Back to the topic of my eating habits, lately I'm getting very discouraged with myself and my inability to resist cravings. A few months ago, I had gotten my sweet tooth under control. I was eating fruit instead of cookies, even if the cookies were right in front of me. I would turn down the ice cream offered to me after dinner, the pastries offered to me at tea time. I would only treat myself a couple times a week, usually to a dessert I made myself, like a fruit tart or crisp or trifle. Now I find the opposite is happening, I find myself going out of my way to get the cookies from the pantry, or the ice cream from the freezer. And instead of making healthy desserts, I'm baking cupcakes. Part of my motivation to make more indulgent desserts seems to be who I'm making them for. Every Sunday, we have a big family dinner with my husbands parents and his brothers family. The dinner itself (which my MIL usually cooks) is always pasta, or in the summer, Argentine barbecue. Everyone expects a delicious, rich meal and I think I feel a need to compete with that. But in reality, I should try to compensate for the sometimes unhealthy things we eat for dinner. I actually saw a picture of a gorgeous fruit tart yesterday, and decided I would make it this weekend. We're starting to get warmer weather here in SoCal, and great fruit is coming into season, so why not take advantage of it?? I'll go to the market after work today and get some delicious fruit to snack on...no more freaking cookies!!
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