Magic Cookie Dough

I have lost another half a pound! This is some sort of magic weight loss cookie dough!! On the days without cookie dough in the freezer I ate 1815, 1865, and 1843 calories respectively. The days with cookie dough are all in the 1600-1700s! I don't know if it is the butter that makes these more filling, or the fact that they just kind of make you sick (you know in the good way) so you don't need to eat anything else for awhile or what. Either way I'm keeping these babies stocked up.


Here's the recipe again:

The Essential Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie (or dough as the case may be)

Baking temp: 375 Baking time: 10 min

3/4 c unsalted butter
2/3 c dark brown sugar
2/3 c granulated sugar (white)
2 T light corn syrup
1 T vinegar (cider or white)
2 large eggs
1 T vanilla extract
1/2 t salt
1/2 t baking powder
1/4 t baking soda
2 & 1/4 c unbleached all-purpose flour
3 c semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 375. Lightly grease (or line with parchment) two baking sheets.

In a medium mixing bowl cream together the butter and the sugars, corn syrup, and vinegar, then beat in the eggs. Beat in the vanilla, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Stir in (by hand) the flour and the chocolate chips.

Drop the dough by tablespoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake the cookies for ten minutes, until they're set; the centers may still look a bit underdone. Remove them from the oven, and transfer to a rack to cool.*

about 4 dozen cookies, 120 calories each

Recipe taken from "The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion"

* I let them rest on the sheets for 5 min before transferring them to the racks, they are pretty fragile while still hot!
Also I measured (most of the dough!) onto ungreased baking sheet, no need to leave room between scoops, and froze them solid (about 30 min) and then just popped them off the sheet into a freezer bag. Normal people could then bake them up fresh whenever they want one or two, I of course just eat them right out of the bag!

51!

As of today I have lost 51 lbs! I am only 1 pound over my pre-pregnancy weight. Sure the 1st 20 came off on their own but I have worked hard for the remaining 31. I am totally proud of myself and completely motivated to keep this going until I reach my ideal weight and body fat %.
And I did order that crazy scale ... that thing can even track your bone density! It'll be like Christmas morning every morning! "What gift do you have for me today Mr. Scale.... more bone? less fat? more water?"

Sorry

Sorry for my lack of recipes and updates.
Charlotte has had Thrush and it has been miserable around here.

On the upside I have been losing even more weight! I am now down to 127.5 which is only 1.5 above my pre-pregs weight! I'm feeling great. I don't know if I really was plateauing or what but I'm over the hump and it is so gratifying to have tangible evidence that you are doing the right thing. I think picking up my exercise has made a huge difference and I have been at it long enough with the same level of consistency that I really do crave it. It is amazing how things change! They say it takes 21 days to form a habit and that does seem to be true. I actually look forward to the end of my day and my workout. No longer bemoan that it is my only time to myself... it is literally what I want to do with my time. I really hope nothing derails my routine because god knows it took me long enough to get to this place. Also I think bumping up my workout time from 45-60 mins to over an hour must have really upped my metabolism. Here's to hoping it is just as easy to lose the next 9.5 lbs as it was to lose the last 3.5 lbs!

Oh and I'm looking into getting this scale to replace my old one. This thing is totally bad ass!