In the beginning there was chocolate cake...

Chocolate cake or anything else that I wanted. I never realized how much I was consuming and how much I was indulging, in anything let alone sweets. So when I started meeting with my trainer and tracking my calories I soon realized what I had been doing to myself. I stuck to my 1500 calorie day pretty regularly but I really kept feeling like I was restricting myself SO MUCH. All I wanted was to be able to have something NORMAL. Something that anyone else would have. I'm around a lot of people during the day that eat and drink anything else they wanted. I got a little perturbed and annoyed by this. It took a while but I finally voiced my frustrations to Kristen, my trainer, and she made a suggestion to try French Toast. I hadn't even thought to try and have something like that. So much bread, sugar and calories I wouldn't be able to have it, enjoy it AND get to have another meal that day. Kristen made it sound so easy. Use egg whites and a lower calorie bread and it becomes a more evenly balance meal. I felt so enlightened by this idea. I can have something "indulgent" while still being able to follow my newly established eating habits.

I've set out to help spread my "enlightenment". Now I'm trying to make things that are lower in calorie than its counterparts while still having good flavor and trying to keep a good ratio of carbs, protein and fat. My goals are to stay within a 1500 calorie diet and my ratio of 40% Carbohydrates, 40% Protein and 20% Fat. My attempts have really just tried to keep the fat and the calories low. Well see what happens, I don't guarantee all successes and at this point have already had some duds. But I want to share them..... This is my attempt to make some great food while indulging consciously.