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| Your time will come George. Just wait till I finish this cake... |
What's more, it's making me want to scoff comfort food like there's no tomorrow. Cake, chocolate, you name it, if it's stodgy, I want it. I've already had some toast washed down with tea and some mega ibuprofen and I've been hovering vulture-like in the kitchen on and off all morning.
Geneen Roth, if I read her book right, encourages the 'emotional eaters' who attend her Breaking Free workshops to eat what they want when they want it, even if it means gaining weight in the short term. Ultimately, she believes, this lead to successful long term weight loss and control.
Sounds eminently sensible to me (having just scoffed a giant wedge of sponge cake).
However, if the fridge is empty by 5pm, I'll be having words with Ms Roth. I'm all for a bit of research but...
PS. It's National Cupcake Week too. What terrific timing. ;-)
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