Great Googly Moogly! F.A.T. Cooking Kicks off in Two Days!

Where has the time gone?  Wasn’t it Christmas Day just yesterday?  I can’t believe it’s December 29^th already. I’ve been SO busy and so much has happened in the past few days that I haven’t had a chance to blog.  There are only two days left in 2011.  I only have two whole days left before I change my life!  That also means I only have two days left to eat junk food without feeling extraordinarily guilty about it.   It sounds horrible, but there are SO many sinfully, greasy, buttery, delicious things that I want to eat before I start my F.A.T. journey.  Here’s a list of 10 things (in random order) that I wish I could sink my teeth into right now:

1.  A cheese steak from Big City Hot Dogs

2.  A brisket sandwich with LOTS of Blues Hog BBQ sauce from McGonigle’s

3.  A maple butter blondie from Applebee’s 

4.  A turtle sundae from Culver’s

5.  Just about everything at Grandview China Buffet

6.  Mushroom and Italian Sausage Pizza from Papa Keno’s

7.  My mom’s chicken and dumplings

8.  My homemade chocolate ganache cake

9.  My mom’s creamed peas and carrots

10.  My dad’s fried corn with strick-o-lean strick-o-fat

I need to stop thinking about those grease laden foods and focus!  It’s not like I won’t EVER be able to have any of that again.  I’m not giving up fat completely.  I can treat myself to something every now and then...maybe once a month or so.  Only a fool would say they’re never going to eat any “bad food” ever again.  “My momma didn’t raise no fool.” LOL

I’ve been so busy, I haven’t even decided on the ingredient I’m going to feature for week one.  There are a couple of ingredients that begin with the letter “A” that I’ve been considering, but I keep flip-flopping between them.  Does anyone have any suggestions for an ingredient that begins with the letter “A” that you’d like to see me cook with?  You can either leave your suggestion in a comment here, or send me an email.  I think it will be better if I pick my ingredients raffle style.  So, I’ll put all the ingredients I’ve come up with and any that I get from you guys into a bowl and pull one out.   Once I pick it, I’m stuck with it as my feature ingredient for the week. That might be fun. J

I’m both excited and a bit nervous about this venture.  I’m going to put away my bad eating habits, and take on the alphabet of ingredients that are waiting to receive the F.A.T. treatment.  An ingredient for EVERY letter of the alphabet WILL be featured. Amazing, healthy food WILL be prepared.  Every unwanted pound WILL come off.  Failure is NOT an option. 

Apparently, NOT itching all over is not an option either.  Yes, I realize that’s an over share.  As we speak, I’m having a really bad allergic reaction to chocolate…again.  So, I’m going to cut this short:  I have a hot date with Benadryl and calamine lotion. Remember to send me any “A” food suggestions!  Tomorrow, I’ll explain why I call myself a faux foodie, and I’ll share a shameful, yet eye opening experience I had with food the other night when I was frustrated and a bit depressed.