The I Love Carbs Blog

I wasn’t able to meet with my trainer this week.  This kind of stressed me out since I’m 3 weeks out now.  But, my youngest daughter caught a cold, and my hubby and teenager were out of town.  I would have brought her along to my posing practice, but she looked miserable.  Posing practice will be on Tuesday.  I’ve got to figure out a song to use for my routine. 

I’m doing more cardio and still lifting strong, and FINALLY I’m seeing my lower abs coming through.  I’ve been tanning and got some color on me…not looking like a ghost anymore  

Lately, I’ve been dreaming of food.  I love cooking.  I cook dinner for my fam and I eat my protein and veggies while they’re eating a yummy spaghetti dinner, or home made pizza…yeah, I make an awesome pizza…lived in Italy for a few years.  I’ve always had a passion for cooking.  And I’m going to start in a couple weeks to volunteer at my church in their kitchen.  Every Wednesday, the church cooks a home cooked meal to give the busy families a chance to sit as a family and have a good meal before class.  It’s going to be torture for me being around all that food, but I love being in the kitchen.  Especially a commercial kitchen!  Since I have a terrible sweet tooth, I’ve been trying to find ways to make desserts that I can eat.  Something that has no carbs, no sugar, and I can’t make it with dairy products.  Hmmm….that is very difficult to do.  I have made a flan using eggs (protein, which I can eat), vanilla, (the one without syrup, extract only), spenda, and soymilk.  It wasn’t bad.  The texture was a bit off, not as creamy.  I think if I bake it slowly at a very low temperature, the texture would be better.  I also tried making meringue cookies.  I used egg whites, spenda, and cream of tartar (which have less than 1% of carbs).  Again, the texture was off, but it actually tasted like a crisp marshmallow.  I’m wondering if it’s the splenda that give these desserts the wrong texture? Hmmm. Back to the drawing board  

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