Day 17 - PCOS girl and the cookies of doom!

Christmas cookies are mocking me.  They are in my kitchen giving me those mock-friendly smiles and joyfully jeering eyes.  They are dusted with sugar that will cause my stomach to scream and writhe as though I were attempting to torture the insulin resistance out of me.  I know this and yet I hear the Jaws theme song every time I walk in.

Doooo doooooooo
*glances around to figure out where it is coming from and zeroes in on the gingerbread house*
DOOooo DOOOooooo
*Santa's cookies wave from near the fridge*
DOOO DOOO, DOOO DOOO
*milk and sugar coax me forward with the tease of 'just one bite won't hurt'*
DOOO DOOO, DOOO DOOO, DOOO DOOO RAWR!!!!!!
*Five cookies mysteriously disappear from various parts of the kitchen and my stomach screams its death cry*

It doesn't help that any room on the ground floor is within ready view and reach of the kitchen.  I may need to introduce the shark attack foods to the shark-destroying garbage can.

On a lighter note, my Mommy sent me a new cookbook:
Cookbooks make me happy.  I love to cook.  I love to try out new things and I love it even more when they give me advice on how to save money.  I love to save money like I used to passionately love the smell of fresh-baked brownies.

It has some great new recipes in it alongside some good resources for getting gluten-free staples.  I will have to modify a few of them to make them diabetic-friendly, but it is a wonderful place to start!  I also discovered that a friend was right about Truvia (thanks Sherri!).  Though I don't care for its taste in a straight-fashion, I bought some yogurt that ended up having Truvia in it and I really like it.  So, as part of something bigger, I might be able to work with this alternative sweetener.

Okay!  I found a couple of drink recipes that are absolutely simple in this month's Women's Health magazine:

Slimming Cocktail
1 oz Vodka with a splash of grapefruit juice and a lemon twist -- no sweeteners, all good!

Sexy Cocktail
2 oz club soda with 1 oz cayenne pepper powder and vodka over ice -- that will definitely warm you up on a cold night!

There was also a great section on foods to slim, calm, or be sexy, but it isn't currently on their website, so I will link it when they post it.

For now, crack out the whip and tame those cookies of doom.  I'll just go hide upstairs and wait for you to finish. 8)