Nutritional Consistency!

I am not sure why, but during the Christmas season, I get into the baking mood. This is probably because, as a child my mother often baked cakes and I always helped her. Last weekend I baked a coconut rum cake (from scratch of course) and on Friday night I baked Belgian cookies. My husband wanted to go to the store to buy cookies and since I never buy cookies and we had none in the house, I told him I would make some instead. The rum cake was really, really delicious but the cookies were not as good (they weren't sweet enough for my husbands pallet).
So what does all this have to do with healthy eating? Rum cake and Belgian cookies isn't exactly healthy, and although I added less sugar than the recipe required for my rum cake, I wouldn't really consider it healthy eating. Also did I mention that my husband and in-laws do not like desserts that are not excessively (what I call head-rush) sweet. I made a cake once that had less sugar, and now every time I am making a dessert my husband's comment is that it will not be sweet enough. His family believes that you are suppose to add more sugar than the recipe calls for. Unfortunately my desserts are not exactly healthy choices (if they were, they would not be eaten). As a result, during this Christmas season, I have to practice "Nutritional Consistency", this is expecially important during this time of year .

In the book "The New Rules of Lifting for Women, there is a chapter about "Nutritional Consistency". One of the principles of "Nutritional Consistency" involves practicing moderation. Basically eating a piece of cake instead of the entire cake, having a scoop of ice cream instead of eating the entire container. Okay, some of that is a bit extreme, but the next time you are about to take a slice of cake maybe you can downsize to a smaller piece!
Enjoy the holidays and healthy eating!