Hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving. We spent our day at my aunt’s house in Westchester, NY, thankfully not a long drive from our home in Connecticut. My cousin cooked an amazing meal and everybody chipped in and brought a dish or two. From the sausage stuffing to the sweet potatoes (my cousin actually crushes vanilla sandwich cookies on top — it sounds weird but trust me it was fantastic) to the pecan pie, my diet went out the window! I don’t even want to look at the scale for at least a week, to give me time to get back on track.
Not to mention my dear husband… the minute I announce I am on a diet, he all of a sudden develops a sweet tooth. I kid you not, he was eating sweets all weekend and dragging me right down with him. Saturday night we stayed in (no babysitter) and watched Titanic on cable, and he kept whining that he wanted something sweet. He then informed me that he bought some slice-off cookies but he does not really want them. I say ok, fine. Then he says he does not want them but he really wants something. So I get up to look in the fridge for something to satisfy him; he tells me “the cookies are in the freezer.” dead give-away that he DOES want the cookies. I did exercise some self-control by baking only 4 of the cookies, and eating only one. He naturally ate the rest.
So last night we went over to our friends/neighbors for dinner. Very casual, fun evening with all our kids. So we get home exhausted, bathe the kids and get them to bed, then I climb into bed because my boyfriend Jake Gyllenhal is on Brokeback Mountain on HBO. Larry was downstairs, I assumed paying the bills or locking up or something. 20 minutes later he shows up in our room with A PLATE OF FRESH BAKED COOKIES IN HIS HAND! I almost clobbered him. This man has never baked cookies in his life, and now that I am on weight watchers he is determined to sabotage me! I had no resistance and ate one. When you are laying in bed exhausted, and someone puts freshly baked, warm chocolate chip cookies on your lap, what are you really supposed to do, I ask you?
Today it is back to cottage cheese and fruit… hopefully Larry will work late and not tempt me any further.
I just realized this entire column was about food. How pathetic. That’s what happens when you go on a diet, you become even more obsessed with food than normal.
Thats all for now-
Nina