BG - I like you and your way of thinking! Definitely people need to go to the source and do some research before opening their mouths. Or at least get both sides of the story and make a judgement from that point.
Like I said before, I don't mind if someone doesn't agree with my points of view politically, religiously, morally, etc. But if you are going to make a statement and then point a finger, make sure you're pointing your finger in the right direction. I think what irked me most is that I know it's her boyfriend telling her all of this (he and I were close friends until they started dating) and she's not looking for herself. And it was so clearly obvious that she has no idea what's going on.
As far as the calorie thing, my totm always interferes with my plans of eating well. I know that you will just get back on track. And congrats with the 5 lb loss! That is definitely something to celebrate!
I'm actually doing my best right now to pull back on the calories on days i don't go to the gym. Last night I made a valiant effort until I decided to bake some cupcakes (I'll talk about those below). But nonetheless after I stuffed two of them in my mouth I realized that I probably ate 100, maybe 200 over maintenance, so it worked in my favor to plan a deficit and then have a haphazard snack session with Jeff.
Oh, and I'm glad we is friends too.
Today will be a success if a certain person makes it out of the office today without me hitting them over the head. It's a case of HUGE miscommunication, but they gave me a very big impression that some things were done and ready to go out the door when in fact, they've filled out one form and never started the incoporation process of making actual documents and packets. I've definitely got the time to do all of it, but it's time consuming and I know my boss is about to pile work on my desk. I guess with missing the gym until Friday I can put a few extra hours in at work.
And if anyone is wondering why I don't go to the gym during my period, it's because something really embarrassing and publicly traumatizing happened to me once a few years back and I refuse to put myself in that situation ever again.
So onto the cupcakes.... With warmer weather and longer, sunnier days... and maybe more time to sit online at work and stare at recipes and pictures of cupcakes, my creative side is in overdrive. There was a recipe for a "Luscious Lemon Birthday Cake" on the back of my yogurt container and it made me realize it's been years since I've have a lemon cake, and so I decided to try out the recipe. I wanted to make Raspberry Lemonade cakes with cream cheese frosting. I really did screw up most of the steps, so I may give the recipe one more try, but my biggest complaint was that the cake part lacked any flavor of lemon once the cakes came out of the oven. The batter was tangy, and actually had a kick in the back like a lemon sprite zip, but it never came out in the cupcakes. I may have not added enough zest. Anyway, I made this lovely homemade rasberry simply syrup beforehand, strained out the seeds, and then chilled it. I did add the syrup to some cakes and left others without to be filled after they cooled. The post-filled ones were the best. The pre-filled lost flavor during cooking. The cream cheese frosting came out fine. I used whipped cream cheese hoping to lighten that flavor because I wanted something super light, but it didn't work like I thought. And one complaint is that I hate that powdered sugar always gets super tart and tastes like the bag it came in. I may purchase a small coffee grinder and make my own powdered sugar... see if the taste changes.
