Did you eat too much holiday food?

Did you aim?

I don't usually overeat during the holidays. Thanksgiving I rarely have more than one normal sized plate. Sometimes I might eat more Christmas cookies than I should, but we didn't have time to make any this year.

That said, I underwent shoulder surgery on December 17th and since I'm laid up, I've had a hankerin' for peanut M&Ms. I'm on my third 2.6 pound bag.

I live in a house with someone who is a junk food addict, so for some reason my response has been to make pies and cookies and stuff, because if I have good treats around (made by me with ingredients I trust) I am way less tempted to munch on something full of HFCS and food coloring.

I'm amazed I still fit into all my clothes.

Also, my sister bought an extra five pound bag of potatoes, forgetting she'd already bought one the day before. So, in order not to let them rot, I made a potato casserole with stuff like sour cream and cream cheese in it. That got scarfed up real fast, I barely got my share!

So next I made scalloped potatoes. That got scarfed up even faster.

It's hard to overeat around here, with all the competition.

Family and friends know I love chocolate. Unfortunately I couldn't resist the call of the candies and cookies that were smothered in deep dark chocolate.

My jeans are now on high alert for tearing at the seams.

But unlike Vito, no buttons popped (yet) and soared across the room.

stormie said:

But unlike Vito, no buttons popped (yet) and soared across the room.

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I think he should try for another. It could become the new twerking.

Kylabelle, may i have the recipe to your scallopped potatoes?

Oh my we've had a lot of holiday food. Considering I've been off work since Dec. 16, I think I've done ok. I haven't had pancakes everyday, or stuff like that. Normal toast and egg breakfast most days. but becuase of a combination of "i see food as love" and our lack of funds this year, I baked christmas gifts, which meant lots of cookies and breads around the house, and pies. mmm pie. we still have a lot of xmas goodies waiting to be consumed. I fear I will never lose weight.

sassandgroove said:

Kylabelle, may i have the recipe to your scallopped potatoes?

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Sure. I just got it off the internet, but it was really good. I'll PM the link?

Two words:

Rum cake

Recipes, recipes!

Stuffed mushrooms and rum cake, sounds like a meal.

In the name of the quill, the ink, and the holy cooler, my last confession was several years ago.

I confess to polishing off the last of the soda (several bottles, over the course of a week and a half or so). I also confess to purchasing 42 ounce bags of peanut M&Ms and Starbursts.

That's actually not a bad year for me. And now, I'm off to the gym for my penance.

I know nothing of this "gym" you speak of.



Exercise, for me, is walking two big rambunctious galumphing dogs every day, and then some days (like today probably) going back out and walking up to the stores and back. Often I come back with a bag of Hershey's Kisses or something but that's because the meanies put a Family Dollar store right there next to the grocery store.

Tsk.

Anyway, my next act of culinary excess is probably going to be in the shape of some kind of pie or other. Not today though.

Oh, yes. Overeating is a year-round bad habit of mine, but the holidays mean one thing: Christmas cookies. Seriously, batch after batch after batch of cookies. Between me, my mom, and my boyfriend's mom, I have four gallon sized Ziploc bags stuffed full of cookies on my kitchen counters, and both moms still have enough to cover their respective dining room tables. Everything from regular chocolate chip cookies to eggnog-filled florentines, I have some.

Now...who wants some nice salad for lunch?

I'm moving in. I can help with the extra cookies!

Yasaibatake said:

Now...who wants some nice salad for lunch?

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I know, right?

Maryn said:

... I sent a bunch of Twix, Kisses, Hugs, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, and other singly-wrapped candies to work with Mr. Maryn, who will abandon them in the break room.

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Smooth move, Girlfriend, smooth move!

After a family-urgent travel trip and the holidays ... um ... no. I didn't overeat at all.

*loosens belt to the next hole*

One night we had Chinese food. I eat some much I slept for next 10 hours.

Vito said:

For me, it was Lay's Potato Chips. I'm categorizing them as a holiday treat this year because someone left two big unopened 10 oz. bags of the stuff in my kitchen cabinet after last week's family gathering.

I hardly ever go overboard on snacks, but I ended up eating every last potato chip and potato crumb over the past few days. It's like the old Lay's TV commercial tagline: "No one can eat just one." That's why I polished off both bags all by myself.

The downside is that potato chips are extremely fattening and my waistline is quickly expanding at an alarming speed. Just a few minutes ago one of the buttons on my button-fly Levi's broke off and shot across the room like a bullet. (Seriously, it really happened!)

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*pokes Vito's tummy*

My holiday vice was chocolate. We got boxes upon boxes of it. They weren't even all that amazing, but I couldn't stop eating them. No exploding jeans though, because yoga pants.