It Is Stil Hot

it is 2:30 p.m. in the holy city of safed.  it is really broiling outside.  it's pretty hot inside, too.  I just got back from the neighborhood supermarket.  I went to buy some yogurt and challah rolls.  I guessed that I needed to eat yogurt while I'm on antibiotics.  I have a major loose tooth/gum tooth infection. I also wanted to see if they did have the Tofutti cream cheese.  I bought the Tofutti sour cream by mistake.  I actually read online, that they both have exactly the same ingredients.  who really knows?.  many years ago they did a study and found out that there was relatively no tofu in the Tofutti ice cream.  they wanted the company to change it's name.  here we are in 2019 and the Tofutti brand is still going strong.

for those people who think tofu is suspect these days; it means making these vegan dessert recipes with coconut oil and cream and milk and flaxseed.  I decided to make marble cheesecake brownies for the manager's lactose intolerant son.  after reading so many negative comments online, about the poor results of the Tofutti cheesecake recipe; I decided not to make one.  I think these brownies will be a sure fire winner with the entire family.  as it turns out, these kids are mad about chocolate and sugar.  the brownies are super easy to make, too.

I bought more dairy ingredients to make another cheesecake.  I thought I'd take one over to the Sephardi grandparents.  that's, of course, if we go there for Friday night's Shabbat dinner. Shavuot comes in on Saturday night after the Shabbat ends.  you don't get a chance to watch t.v. or go online but you do get a chance to smoke cigarettes and cook more food from an preexisting lit memorial candle.  I also bought more cheeses.  I like my cheese and fruit platter on Shavuot.  I'm sure that I bought way too much.  I'm  also pretty sure that the kids made plans to go out on Shavuot day for a barbecue.

I am trying to play it easy breezy.  I'm kind of on a south beach 'phase 1' diet at the moment so it won't be so bad to eat lots of cheese.  I've been intermittently fasting at night and it's been a great relief to not binge.  I thought about doing a fruit fast next week but I think that I will continue my eating mostly protein and veggies and stopping to eat by 9: p.m.  for most people it probably seems normal not to eat after supper.  I go all night long, munching away, until I pass out.  I have radically, cut down on my caloric consumption this week.  I, desperately, have to knock off 20 pounds as soon as possible.  I'm about 30 pounds overweight now.  I am feeling hopeful.  I even started drinking water.

I bought a small container of humus, a package of precooked beets and a couple of avocadoes to go with my chicken this evening for Shabbat dinner.  I am really trying my best to get back into my clothes and get rid of my giant belly. one can only hope.