We have had a wonderful weekend. It's just not been wonderful with food. I got off track on Friday and never got back on.
We did not do anything spectacular, but we were all in good moods and joked around alot. My husband and I got along really well, laughed together and acted like a real married couple for once. On Saturday I put on a little makeup and jewelry when we were going out Christmas shopping and he told me I looked nice and that he liked my hair!! It's been a long time since he complimented me. (Sad, I know). So standing up for myself and then later talking things out really helped us. I think we both feel more understood after our talk Friday morning.

I made gluten free spritz cookies tonight using my Pampered chef cookie press. I've had it for years and haven't used it in a long time. Well, I found a gluten free recipe specifically for using with the cookie press. I knew Collin would have so much fun making them with me. So I tried it, but the only substitution was white rice flour and potato starch. Now for you glutenoids who don't know (I didn't before going gluten free), wheat flour has a lot of structure to it. For GF recipes you have to use a combination of flours and also add xantham gum for structure. So no xantham gum was called for in this recipe and I didn't think about it until the first batch came out of the oven. I took a bite and it was crumbly. They break very easily. Of course it doesn't help that the recipe calls for 3 sticks of butter!!! My goodness, I'd hate to figure out the fat and calories in each little spritz cookie.
Anyway, my son and husband loved them (and my husband who can still eat gluten is picky. He hates gluten free cake, which we had on his birthday ). But these cookies also taste gritty to me because of the white rice flour. I usually use brown rice flour.

Okay, I'm sure you are very interested in all this food science! I don't know why I'm writing about it here. Just thinking about it as the last batch is in the oven right now. At least the gritty texture and crumbly-ness (nice word, huh) will keep me away from them this week as I get BACK ON TRACK TOMORROW! I'm yelling at myself, not you.

I have such a hard time on the weekends and I need to figure out what I need to do to not lose focus or momentum. I was thinking about what the difference is on the weekends. Besides lack of structure (of course). During the week, I get up early right around the time my husband gets up to get ready for work. I read my devotional, pray and then I read 100 Days Of Weigth Loss. I write in my journal 3 focus goals for the day--usually at least one if food related. I always pray for strength with emotional eating. I don't do that on the weekends because my husband doesn't get up for work and i feel bad setting the alarm, waking him up when he gets to sleep later than usual. But I really think this may be a big key to my success during the week and one reason I lose focus on the weekend. So I think I need to set the alarm and he'll just have to go back to sleep (he's a heavy sleeper, so he won't mind.)

Okay, that's all my thoughts for now.