Seriously?

I should NEVER have made those darn cowboy cookies.... As I sit here and nibble on one (yes, only one!) I'm thinking about my get-healthy goals.

Why must they taste so goooood???

because they are bad for you?? Fat=flavor!

And one cookie isn't bad for you. Besides we will waddle though the 5k if we have to

waddle waddle... we need a duck butt smiley...

how about dancing cows?

Hey, I think nibbling on ONE cookie is a great accomplishment! I would be eating all of them!

That's the problem! It's hard to eat just ONE.

I need to walk away... walk away... walk away...

Set aside two cookies for yourself, then break them into half (then you have 4 smaller cookies you can eat). Then put the rest in a container away

rukristin wrote:Set aside two cookies for yourself, then break them into half (then you have 4 smaller cookies you can eat). Then put the rest in a container away

Genius!

I totally changed my eating habits in the last year and a half, and I haven't cut any actual foods out of my diet, and I've steadily been loosing about 3-4 lbs a month. Its really slow, but I've kept everything off, and I'm totally happy with the changes.

And the biggest change was just eating slower and smaller meals. And breaking up treats into smaller pieces was one of the best things I did.

That IS a great idea!!!

I'm on it. Here comes healthier in 2011.

That is part of why I did not bake Tess... BUT I love K's suggestion! I know when I was successful on WW I would put snacks pre-measured into those little snack size zip lock bags. So the portion was already measured and I had to stick to that (at least it usually worked )

I like the zip lock baggie idea.

rukristin wrote:I totally changed my eating habits in the last year and a half, and I haven't cut any actual foods out of my diet, and I've steadily been loosing about 3-4 lbs a month. Its really slow, but I've kept everything off, and I'm totally happy with the changes.

And the biggest change was just eating slower and smaller meals. And breaking up treats into smaller pieces was one of the best things I did.

Brilliant!!

Sometimes just knowing how many calories or fat grams are actually in there helps, too. I mean, we might KNOW that it's fattening, but when you see the actual numbers it really makes you think twice!

wait..back to the cowboy cookies
what are those...I must know

Cowboy Cookies... Chocolate chip cookies on steroids: in addition to chocolate chips, they have cinnamon, oats, pecans, and coconut.

i was content not know what they were as i read the first page of this thread. then tess shared what was in them. darn it! now i need to make them.

Oats are good for you though

good reframing, K!

oh lord, those sound good... (rustling in kitchen looking for ingredients)

If I can get my act together, I'll post a recipe before the weekend.