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catgirl

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11 years ago

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kellygirl

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Lol! Not Mochi but send it my way. I'll happily eat it. It can join the peppermint bark on my middle

11 years ago

(website)

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Step away from the cupcake. Or . . . pour salt all over it so you won't want it.
I've been doing better with my own diet pitfalls, namely wine. Skipped the tasting last night in favor of couch time with the BF.
Have you told your coworkers you are 'off' sugar? Might help.

11 years ago

Marmee

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Don't do it!! Perhaps you need some real food or a cup of tea?

So glad you posted this!

11 years ago

Anonymous

I'll eat it! Malina, I'll drink your wine too!

11 years ago

Tina

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I'm sure it's not as good as it looks.
Just think of the bloat:-/

11 years ago

Glory

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oh no! I would have zero willpower for a red velvet cupcake. Send ti my way. Can you save and give to your son?

11 years ago

Diana

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IMO red velvet cake is totally overrated. And the red color of modern versions looks like fake blood.

11 years ago

Mochi

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I've completely fallen off the sugar wagon (or non-sugar wagon, as it may be), Una. Ugh. I failed to be a role model.

It must be so hard at work, with all the constantly incoming temptations and social pressures.

I have no advice for you. I'd feel hypocritical dishing it out. : (

11 years ago

LACeleste

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Not worth it. Calories without benefits. Dark chocolate is a better choice. Regift.

11 years ago

catgirl

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You all are funny. I could not resist a bite. OMG delicious. Then I chucked it in the trash when no one was looking.

Mochi, it is crazy how temptation is everywhere! And you don't notice until it is off limits.

11 years ago

Isabel

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Shall I pm you my address !

I actually have committed to losing 10 lbs over the next 8 weeks. I am feeling so much better and so much more motivated. I am starting to feel like my old self...which, actually , is chocolate, chocolate, chocolate. LOL !!!!

So no sugar for me and I have to cut back on bread a bit. Otherwise I am signing up for water aerobics and I am going to start throwing a weighted ball with my son again. He has gross motor issues and we used to do it before my surgeries.

You wanted to know all that, right ?

11 years ago

Beth Ann

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I ate two last night. One. right. after. the. other.

My DD likes to bake.

Sigh.

I think your solution was a brilliant. A bite, and then move on!

11 years ago

ironkurtin

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You can borrow my hypoglycemia symptoms if you want.

At first bite, overwhelming sweetness from front of tongue to back of palate. On second bite, shudders of weakness start zinging down your limbs until you feel like your body is made of irritated noodles. Your knees and hands start shaking. You get edgy and bitchy and can't focus. Digging fingernails into hands does not help. All you can think about is getting food into your system to make this stop. Sweet things only make it worse; fruit may help but only for a short time. Until you eat - preferably something bulky with protein - you are a mess.

There. That's why I wouldn't eat the cupcake.

11 years ago

froggiebecky

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Aren't you road-testing the GF diet? There's nothing but a stomach ache in that! (well, the icing might be fine..)

11 years ago

froggiebecky

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And red velvet always makes me think of this, from Steel Magnolias:
http://images2.fanpop.com/imag.....00-300.jpg

11 years ago

Anonymous

IK makes a very valid point... step away from the cupcake.

11 years ago

JulieJohn

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Ha ha, that armadillo cake was quite a visual, thanks Becky!

DH and I are considering a new, long-term Primal commitment. We have been pseudo-Primal for years now, on again off again. So I feel your pain and applaud your willpower. One bite = awesome strength! Give yourself a pat on the back.

11 years ago

Jaime

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You are so strong!

11 years ago

Laurie

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The one bite was a nice compromise. Afterall, the cupcake was made to celebrate a co-worker's birthday and I just feel it's nice to participate a bit - unless you have a medical condition of course. Nice, classy choice on your part

11 years ago

rachylou

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Eeww, red velvet. The cardboard taste of food colouring. A LOT of food colouring.

hehe...mwahahaha! Think about that!

11 years ago

anne

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I agree with Rachylou. I have tried red velvet cake only 3 times (including making it myself once) and only liked it one of those times. I really thought "what IS the fuss about!" Mind you it is was yummy you did very well to stop at one bite.
Also, I wanted to update you. On your previous thread I said going gluten free for a few weeks hadn't resulted in weight loss - well it has now. Down about 2.3 kilos in just under 3 weeks. And I am pretty sure it isn't from eliminating gluten in itself- it is from not being able to eat at the sort of ocassion you are talking about in this thread (not a single biscuit/cookie at work, on the weekend I went to a conference and had to forgo mini quiches and brownies which I would have gone for, no icecream on a few occasions). If you do decided to not have any gluten, and can tell people at work that, it might be freeing.
(BTW I haven't eliminated sugar - I still have some dried fruit, have a few teaspoons a day in/on various things, and have had a few gluten free baked treats a week. But mostly it is on my terms, because I just can't eat what just happens to be around)

11 years ago

Janet

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I think the one-bite strategy is wise! That way you get a little treat with the taste without full indulgence that can make you hate yourself afterwards. Last night (for my final night in Chile), I had dinner in a little cafe that had the most amazing looking cake for dessert -- I saw plates and plates of these huge slabs of cake going to surrounding tables. But I ordered a coffee with a small chocolate biscuit, and I was happy because I got just a hint of something sweet.

I do not do well with deprivation, but then I'm not particularly sensitive to any dietary issues that I know of (except I will never, ever eat Popeyes chicken again -- twice tried, twice sick).

I hope your strategy worked for you!

11 years ago

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