The Plan, Big Cookies, Turkish Rolled Pastry, Lacrosse, and Whathaveyou

by | Mar 18, 2014 | Life | 1 comment

I really don’t want to write about writer’s block.

Because… LAME.

So how about a video of a bulldog puppy who loves to roll down hills?

That’s what I love about the internet… just when you think you have nothing to say you find a video of a puppy that loves to roll down hills.

Lucy (she’s in 3rd grade) is doing a report (and presentation) on Turkey and as a result she won’t stop talking about Turkish rolled pastry… a.k.a. rulo börek… She thinks it’s like a cinnamon roll. In fact in her report she says “.. it looks like the cinnamon rolls my mom makes.”

The cinnamon rolls I make come from a can that I pop open with my fist… the can instructions say press with a spoon, but I use my fist – BECAUSE HONEY BADGER DON’T CARE.

Someday I’d like to make The Pioneer Woman’s cinnamon rolls, but until that day I am totes cool with punching a can.

I have a hunch Lucy’s version of rulo börek might include pork sausage. Or cinnamon and sugar.

Speaking of cinnamon… my son is playing lacrosse.

Lacrosse has nothing to do with cinnamon, but whatever.

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Photo credit Mark Gsellman, Photomatpaoeia

I had no idea how cool lacrosse is.

But I am not excited about being outside in the cold and/or rain.

I wish they made rain jacket robes.

Hey.

Did I tell you about the time I made every one of my meals for 20 days straight?

I got tired of the fact that my even my yoga pants were getting too tight for me to wear so I bought this book, The Plan and I have been following it for the last 28 days and I have lost 12 pounds.

I didn’t lose as much as I’d hoped in the first 20 days, but I decide to be optimistic at the strangest of times.

I am now 1 pound less than my driver’s license states… You know what that means???

MAMA NEEDS A NEW LICENSE!

If I am not mistaken ::ahem:: the law states that one’s license should report AT LEAST 10-15 pounds less than one actually is.

So far, becaause of The Plan… I know that if I ingest potatoes or milk and paprika… I gain.

PAPRIKA.

WHO KNEW.

But me and half & half are thick as thieves.

Boom.

Basically, I am learning about a whole new eating lifestyle for me. I don’t often share about this stuff on account of the fact I have always struggled with this stuff and though losing weight is a battle… keeping it off is an even bigger one.

I hate to say I’m doing something and then stop doing it.

So we’ll see.

Basically, I can’t eat like I used to.

DUH.

But I CAN eat an ounce of dark chocolate every night, and drink a glass of wine every night and STILL lose weight.

Which is totally opposite anything I ever tried before.

I also have never eaten so much kale.

I am still trying to make friends with kale.

Apparently I can totes eat a homemade M & M cookie everyday and still lose weight.

Because I’m cool with gluten…when consumed in moderation.

However, a cookie the size of a face… that’s pushing it.

I am not perfect and I did eat a cookie the size of an human head.DSC_5782_edIt was Lucy’s birthday and she wanted to bring “BIG, I mean BIIIIG COOKIES, Mom…” to class for her birthday. So I made BIG COOKIES to take to class. And I resisted for a day.

I DIDN’T EVEN TAKE EVEN A LITTLE BITE OF RAW COOKIE DOUGH WHICH NEARLY MADE ME QUESTION IF THE SUN WOULD EVER RISE AGAIN.

Usually, I eat 6-8 cookies worth of dough in the baking process because to me raw cookie dough is like crack is to a person who is addicted to CRACK.

So, a day after I made the cookies, I caved and at a regular-sized cookie and STILL lost weight.

The next day I ate a cookie the size of my head and… yeah.

But it was totes worth it.

Like, TOTES.

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