It's All about the Pan

It's not that I haven't had anything to say to you folks it's just that I can't seem to finish any particular entry that I've started and I don't know why.

But, even I am sick of seeing the word Tofu at the top of my page and I think that may be saying something folks...you know, besides, hey lady update your peeps already. And I think by peeps the blog actually means the people that I refer to as The Internet but sometimes my blog has a mind of it's own and maybe it's referring to the candy Peeps that I loathe, who really knows?

Anyway, a while back I think that I may have announced that I was going to do my best to improve my health by Christmas and find my way back to those skinny jeans that may or may not be crowding all of my fat clothes because, you know, I have more of the skinny than the fat because, hello I can't by THAT size it is shameful, blah blah blah.

And can I just interrupt this entry to tell you that it just occurred to me that I may be suffering from The Crazy seeing as how both my blog and my closet just spoke with me in the first three paragraphs of my entry? Something to ponder, although, The Crazy is not something I am a stranger to.

Back to my point.

So, that resolution, if you will, has now taken over my life. Now I am not sure if you have ever dieted but I suspect if you are American you have. You know when you get serious about changing your life suddenly it seems to take over your life? And the only thing you can think about, talk about, blog about, talk to other moms about is food. And, since I love all of my readers I thought that I would save you the pain and just leave during the hard part and ignore you because ignoring you is better than disappointing you, at least that is what The Crazy keeps telling me when I sit down and try to write coherent stories about my life.

Anyway, to my surprise my husband has decided to join me in my quest. Maybe it was me but I think it has something to do with the Wii Fit exclaiming his OBESITY to the entire family. Bob has decided to show the Wii a thing or two. I think he secretly wants to become Wii Fit's poster boy but we shall see how long he commits. You know, like, Jared for Subway he wants to be Bob for Wii Fit. I want to say to whatever got him motivated, THANK YOU! Now, please let just keep him motivated.

When I have dieted before I've always relied on boxed meals for part or most of my daily intake of calories. Granted I still consume fresh fruit and vegetables but for anything that would resemble dinner I would microwave. While my husband points out that those meals are extremely convenient and serve a very good place in our freezer for emergencies, he adamantly thinks that changing our "lifestyle" includes learning how to cook lighter and finding new favorite recipes. At first I resisted him but as the weeks wore on I started to see that maybe he had a point.

What am I showing my kids by eating a frozen dinner every night while the rest of the family dined on a meal I had prepared? So, I caved. And, I am having a love affair with Cooking Light magazine, shhh don't tell.

So, yes, now I am rambling about my diet but I wanted to share a wonderful "dieting secret" with my readers. Have you heard of Hungry Girl? No? Well, she is a woman who became obsessed with recipes and products and started a website. Check her out! My favorite secret she has shared with me is if you want to lighten a cake or brownie recipe simply skip the added ingredients and add 1 can of diet soda(yes, omit the eggs, water, & oil)...for chocolate cakes or brownies use diet coke and for yellow cakes use diet sprite or diet orange soda. Ladies, try it tonight!

You know what would make those diet brownies taste better? Making them in the pan that Candid Carrie is giving away. Velveeta ain't got nothin' on those diet Brownies!