The goal? Lose 5 kilos by the end of the year.
The problem? I enjoy baking. And baked goods need to be eaten.
So basically that sums it up, but in more detail I LOVE to bake. Not even the product, just the process. Following the recipe, creating something new, it's like alchemy. It's relaxing for me. And yes, I do my best to give them away. I take them into work, give them to friends and family, but I still nibble on them too much. What can I say? I'm good at baking. They're tasty. My meals are GREAT apparently, high in protein, low in calories, outside of snacking I average 1200 to 1500 per day. It's good. But taste testing my brownies easily adds a good few hundred calories. Nibbling on a Highland biscuit with my tea is even more. 1500 calories easily slips into 2000, or more. . maintaining, but I still have a good 15 kilos to lose, and I've barely made any progress. I lost some weight for a bit, then ended up in a moon boot and a broken rib and was stuck as a couch potato for a while and gained it all back. Even on a good diet, the sudden drop in activity (I'm *very* active, with an outdoor job, gym three or four times a week, walking the dog, and so on) was rough. And I just haven't lost it again since.
Anyway, I want to swap my usual biscuits, cakes and brownies out for low calorie and high protein baked goods, so I can still enjoy the process of baking, but still be able to keep them within my calorie goal for the day.
Like I said, I'm experienced at baking. I love to make things, decorate cakes, etc. So however complex the recipe, I'll give it a shot! Not a beginner.
Doesn't need to be quick and easy. In fact, I like the process. It's almost meditative. So again, complex recipes are my jam! Especially if I can make them cute to share around at work! (If anyone has ideas for icing and decorations that are low calorie too, I would LOVE that! I love decorating my baked goods! I have a piping kit and everything!)
Whatever your favourite healthy baked goods are, please let me know! My baking book is full of stuff I can't afford to eat if I need to lose 5 kilos in 2 months, so I need to add to it.
And yeah, working on the snacking issue, but that's a hard change of habit. It's easy to start doing something, hard to stop. I've failed at stopping it entirely, so I'm trying to shift it instead. At least for now.
Thanks in advance! I look forward to trying some things out!
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