Eat Shrink And Be Merry

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LOTV, Day 3

Posted by Greta on September 25th, 2008 ·

Day 3 was awful. Not because I was craving meat, because I wasn’t at all. And I even started the day with my favourite poached eggs. The problem came in the afternoon when I had to work on a carrot cake recipe. You should never bake carrot cake when you’re really hungry. I baked two different cakes (different formulas) and I swear I ate half of each cake to determine whether they needed more cinnamon, pineapple or no pineapple, moist enough? carrot-y enough? nuts or no nuts? etc. etc. So, I’m estimating I consumed about 2000 calories worth of carrot cake yesterday and I felt disgusting. It’s very difficult for someone without a sweet tooth to develop dessert recipes.  But, I realize that most people DO like desserts and sweets and so I think it’s important to teach those people how to make their desserts a bit healthier. Even if it means I gain 10 pounds in the process! My body has the strangest reaction to sugar. Remember when I said (on day 2) that I gained 5 pounds from eating a slice of carrot cake with cream-cheese icing? Well, I swear that happens to me. Honestly. Last night when I went to bed I looked at myself in the mirror and I looked 10 pounds heavier from eating carrot cake all afternoon. How is that possible?? It just instantly makes my body expand! That’s probably why I don’t crave sugar EVER. That’s my body’s way of telling me not to eat it. But, eat it I must. More carrot cake recipe trials today!

5 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Ola S. // Sep 25, 2008 at 11:56 am

    Awww :( Well, if it helps at all, your hard and dedication (despite the unfortunate unpleasantness) are certainly appreciated by all of those who benefit from your amazing recipes!! You’re a trooper to take one for the team!! ;) I hope day 4 will be better!!! :)

  • 2 Ola S. // Sep 25, 2008 at 11:57 am

    oops! “your hark WORK and dedication”

  • 3 Olga // Sep 25, 2008 at 9:03 pm

    First off, I got to say, I love your cooking show, your yummy food ideas and your book! I just bought the lastest one last week and have been reading it like crazy.

    As for going meatless for a bit, I think that’s wonderful! Your body will totally notice a difference, and I think it’s important to people to not eat meat all the time. In our faith, we fast during certain times of the years, Christmas, Easter etc…which means we are pure Vegans for 40 days. It’s such a wonderful thing to do, spiritually but also great for your body. It’s amazing the food ideas you come up with during that time!!

    Thanks for all your advice guys!!
    Olga

  • 4 Sarah // Sep 29, 2008 at 1:01 pm

    I can’t wait to try your low-fat carrot-cake recipe! I just had a birthday dinner for my Dad on the weekend, and all the recipes I used were from your cookbooks, except the carrot cake dessert. I just couldn’t find a low-fat version that would satisfy. Plus, I firmly believe calories don’t count on your birthday, so I let Dad have a really big piece while I just had a sliver.

    I am recovering from a bit of a binge I had last week. The first 14 weeks of my pregnancy, I gained 3 lbs. I thought that was pretty good - the healthy eating and moderate exercise was serving me well. I thought I would indulge a bit. But I went a little crazy on the doughnut/cupcake/cinnamon bun scene and ended up gaining 4 lbs in week 15. Yikes! Now I am back on the nutrition wagon! But I think Baby might be born with a sweet tooth…

  • 5 patty // Oct 2, 2008 at 10:13 am

    You are so making me crave carrot –thanks a lot!!

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