I Love Cookie Dough

I've finally figured out a way to keep from eating cookie dough: Gluten free.

Yes, gluten free cookie dough is nasty. Nasty, I tell you. Make some gluten free cookies and you won't be grazing on the dough, I promise you.

No one in the house has Celiac, that I'm aware of, but I do find my own digestive system works better when I reduce how much gluten I'm eating. Hence, my experimentation with gluten free cookies. When they're cooked, there is a slightly different texture to the cookie, but the boys and my husband eat them all the same. And I don't eat the dough during the baking process. It's a win-win.

However, I do not plan to make gluten free Christmas cookies. That's sacred, baby. And today the boys and I made some reindeer head cookies that were delish and yes, I did eat dough.

And I liked it.

Surprisingly, even with cookies and hot chocolate this afternoon, I still came in under calories.

I hope this is a sign of things to come this holiday season because I don't see me staying out of the dough.

Today's information
Workout: Jillians Michaels' Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism. Burpees. Ugh.

Food
Breakfast: Chocolate Shakeology, almond milk
Lunch: Amy's palak paneer entree
Snack: I'm taking a hit for 3 cookies in terms of the dough and one cookie and a few random M&Ms which were used to decorate the reindeer heads. I also drank hot chocolate.
Dinner: homemade bean and cheese burrito in whole wheat tortilla w/2 tbls. cheddar cheese, salsa, sour cream; apple

Total calories: 1451

BodyBugg Stats as of 10pm MST
Calories burned: 2270
Steps: 9596
Activity: 1 hour, 34 minutes

I was at the ski school all day yesterday. I did sit down in good faith and attempt to log my food last night, but I couldn't remember what I ate. I know it wasn't horrible, but I couldn't remember what I ate for lunch. Still don't. How can that be?

I'm weighing in tomorrow. I can only imagine...

The. Best. Salmon. Ever.

And that is according to my son who doesn't like salmon. I'll try to find a link to the recipe for Miso-Glazed Salmon that I made for dinner. It's from Cooking Light. I have two of their cookbooks and I love them and pretty much cook exclusively from them these days. The books feature recipes from the "Weeknight Meals" section of the magazine and there have only been a few we didn't like.

The Chickpea Pasta didn't go down well. I had to invoke the Mercy Rule that night. Oh well. Win a few. Lose a few.

I have a few more days of frantic work deadlines to meet and then I'm going to write some more detailed posts about interesting gobbldy gook I've been reading yesterday.

And who wouldn't love that?

At any rate, here was my day...

Workout: Barely made it out of bed in time to squeeze a workout in. It's cold and snowy. I want to huddle in bed in my woolies. But I did to Turbo Jam Cardio Party 2 and got quite a nice calorie burn.

Food
Breakfast: 1 scoop Chocolate Shakeology, 8 oz. unflavored almond milk, ice

Snack: 2 tbls. cashews

Lunch: Amy's black bean enchiladas, baby carrots

Snack: 4 Triscuits, 1 banana, 2 tbs. almond butter

Dinner: 4 tortilla chips, Miso-Glazed Salmon, wasabi mashed potatoes, salad greens, toma tomato, 1/2 tbs. olive oil.

Calorie total: 1742

BodyBugg stats as of 10:52pm MST
Calories burned = 2143 (goal is 2250, I think I'll just squeak by)

Steps = 10,620

Activity = 1 hour, 20 min.

I'm heading to bed to try and get 7 hours in before the next workout!

This link should take you to the Miso-Glazed Salmon and the Wasabi Mashed Potatoes. YUM!