Well I Survived It!

[skoki-mom]

I made "regular" gingersnaps last night for my daughter to take in her school lunches. I've always tried to have cookies around to throw in her lunch, so I asked her what she wanted and she said gingersnaps. This is probably lame, but I am so darn frickin' proud of myself for not having the teeniest tiniest morsel of dough or cookie! This was my first true test and I swear to God I was drooling through the entire process. I just kept thinking to myself "Don't do it!!!!" I'm sure it is the first time in my life I've baked without tasting. This is one of those old "comfort" foods that my was handed down from my mom. I admit it was torture, and even better, no one would have known had I cheated (not even me, I'm asymptomatic), but I got through it anyway!!!! Now they are sitting in the cookie jar and they aren't even haunting me so bad, thanks to Montana Chocolate Chip which I picked up today and devoured, lol!

Probably seems like an insignificant victory to a lot of you, but it is a HUGE milestone to me, like it proves that *I* am in control and I can still bake the treats my kids like and have the willpower not to eat it!

[Guest Mari]

That doesn't sound lame to me at all. I'm right there with you on the tasting while baking.

I am also asymptomatic and doesn't it make it all the more difficult to stay on the diet, not to mention to know whether you are staying on the diet!?! I'd love to chat more with you about that.

Congratulations, maybe this gives me hope in terms of baking birthday cakes etc. for my kids.

Mari

[skoki-mom]

That doesn't sound lame to me at all. I'm right there with you on the tasting while baking. 

I am also asymptomatic and doesn't it make it all the more difficult to stay on the diet, not  to mention to know whether you are staying on the diet!?!  I'd love to chat more with you about that.

Congratulations, maybe this gives me hope in terms of baking birthday cakes etc. for my kids.

Mari

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Hey Mari!

I'd love to chat more too! My e-mail is luv_my_2_girls@hotmail.com, and that is also my MSN messenger handle! How long since you were diagnosed?? For me it was Aug 25! I'm very new at this!

[Guest gfinnebraska]

Congrats!!! People ask me ALL the time how I can bake and not eat. The only thing it bothers me with is pies. I never know if they are good unless told by someone else. Oh well... I LOVE to bake... I always have baked goods around. It is just a way of life ~ I bake and don't eat!! Right now I have two cherry pies and a batch of chewy brownie cookies on my counter. Ha! Hey, have to have something for the family, right??

You keep right on with your baking and feeling proud. VERY few mothers bake anymore, so you have something else to be proud of as well. Congrats!!!