So please update your bookmarks and feeds as after this weekend, I will no longer be updating this website.  Hope you’re having a great weekend!

What?

Okay, maybe not an iconic combination like yesterday’s PB&J, but I love it. Usually I eat either yogurt or oatmeal for breakfast, but Fridays are a unique day in my breakfast routine. Why? Because Fridays are the day one darling coworker brings in hot fresh donuts from her parents’ donut shop: a huge tray full of sugary, doughy bliss, including my personal weakness… the apple fritter. Now why no donut shops make apple fritters in a normal donut size I will never understand. They are always bigger than everything else, which means even more calories in an already not-very-good-for-you food.

So I decided to be on the offense, rather than trying to defend myself from the smell exuding from the pile of donuts. (More of my sports analogy. Get used to it.) So I stopped at Einstein Brothers and got myself a treat, that way I wouldn’t feel deprived and give in. I waited until I got to the office to eat it too, so I wouldn’t magically forget I had it. I also had a method to what I chose: apple juice for the sweet tooth and the fluffy challah roll for the carb craving.

So was this really a better choice? Let’s compare the two. To clarify, it’s Martinelli’s 100% juice in the little bottle + an Einstein plain Challah roll vs. a Krispy Kreme Apple Fritter.

So the juice and the challah roll have more calories, more sugar, and less fiber, but the sugar is natural sugar from the juice. The fritter, however, has so much more fat. Not to mention, I’d probably still go downstairs and get something to drink, because my sugar craving would not really be satisfied. And the apple juice and the challah roll left me feeling much more full than the fritter would have. So over all, I declare the juice/roll combination the winner of this comparison.

 Now what would have been the best decision? Skip the juice and have an apple. Drink tea or water instead. That’s how much sugar is in the juice and you’re losing all the fiber from the apple.

How do you keep yourself from giving into sweets? And what is worth the splurge for you?

For me… I’ll always give in for a good cannoli or crème brule. Totally worth it.

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In other news, my boyfriend, sweet boy that he is, will be transferring me from this wordpress blog to my own domain sometime this weekend. I’ll be sure to let you know when I make the switch!

Happy Friday!