Got the Christmas decorations out yesterday. I figured that December 2nd was close enough to Christmas to justify decorating the house. Of course the decorations came out last weekend in the US and weeks ago in practically every shop in the world, but I’ve always ascribed to the notion it actually has to be December before you can put up a Christmas tree.
In among all the Christmas stuff are my seasonal cookie cutters and baking tins, which brings up the question of Christmas baking. See normally I have a half dozen cookie and candy recipes that I make at the start of December, which are particularly special because I don’t bake at any other time of year. But I’ve found as I travelled the world that the cookies and treats I got as a child in Canada are by no means universal or available in every country I inhabit. Not to mention the added fun of trying to find gluten free versions. So over the years I’ve developed a few recipes that my mom used to make which I then adapt to be gluten free. The problem with this year is I’m trying to keep my weight down and naturally all my Christmas treats are high in calories, especially since my cookies tend to be incredibly morish. I’m not trying to actively diet this month but there is a difference between eating a bit more in the last two weeks and getting 1000 calories a day more (from fat and sugar) for weeks on end.
So do I go ahead and get baking, and just deal with the damage in January, or do I try to hold off so I only have one week at the end of the month when I overeat? I think the answer will be somewhere in the middle; no baking this weekend, but probably sometime in the next two weeks rather than right before Christmas. I’ll be sure to post the recipes when I do!
The Score:
| Calories: | Protein: | Carbs: | Fat: | Alcohol: | Fibre: |
| 1901.02 | 109.24g | 231.90g | 57.89g | 0 | 38.0g |
| 23% | 49% | 27% | | ||
| Calories burned through exercise: | Rest Day | | |||
What I ate:
| Time | Item | Amount |
| 07:45 | Vitamins - Centrum Advance A to Zinc, 400iu of Vitamin E, 1000iu Vitamin D3 and 500mg Glucosamine sulphate | 1 each |
| Cold water | 200mL | |
| Whole Scrambled egg with 2 egg whites | 3 eggs | |
| Heinz Beanz, reduced sugar and salt | 175g | |
| Mushrooms | 100g | |
| in butter | 5g | |
| Raw tomato | 115g | |
| Sainsbury's orange, mango and passionfruit juice | 200mL | |
| 08:30 | Black Tea | 500mL |
| 10:30 | Raspberry and Echinacea tea | 250mL |
| 11:45 | Brazil nuts | 6g |
| Cashews | 17g | |
| Sultanas | 25g | |
| 12:30 | Lemon and ginger tea | 250mL |
| 14:00 | King Prawn Stir Fry with Oyster Sauce | 310g |
| Merchant Gourmet tinned puy lentils | 105g | |
| Alpro Soya Original | 200mL | |
| 14:30 | Green Tea | 250mL |
| 17:00 | Sainsbury's Freefrom iced rich fruit cake slice | 1 slice |
| Clementine (Mandarin orange) | 85g (peeled) | |
| Orange, mango and cinnamon tea | 250mL | |
| 20:15 | Baked chicken | 105g |
| Mashed potatoes with milk and butter | 200g | |
| Frozen peas | 80g | |
| Steamed carrots | 50g | |
| Bisto Best Chicken Gravy | about 5g | |
| Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Cranberry sauce | 20g | |
| 20:45 | Lindt Excellence 70% cocoa dark chocolate | 40g |
Plus 500 to 1500mL of cold water sipped from a water bottle throughout the day.
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