Of Donair and Double-Digit Deflation

I've been putting off this particular post for several months now because I wanted to be Absolutely, Positively Sure it was for real.

It's official: I am under 100 kg for the first time in approximately 10 years, and it feels good. The only downside, and one I can *quite* live with, is that I have to keep buying new pants. Smaller ones. And that feels good, too.

Oddly enough, the reason for this is that I've been doing more gourmet cooking over the past few months. I've been cobbling together small batches of egregiously scrumptious food and grazing on the leftovers. If I have something edible in the fridge, frequently I don't bother to cook another meal just because it happens to be suppertime.

For that matter, if I'm not all that hungry I may just make a cup of tea and butter a slice of French bread rather than dragging out half a dozen ingredients and fussing over stove or oven for half an hour.

My grocery bills have lost weight, too. One loaf of French bread generally lasts Me a whole week, and sometimes I have to chuck the end of the loaf because it's gone hard as a rock and I'm not in a French Toast mood that day. A 1 Litre carton of milk lasts about a week, too.

I made up for it yesterday, though, at the Astrejurhof Yule party. Chala was uncertain whether or not the table would be able to hold all the stuff we had made: Honey garlic chicken wings; BBQ pork ribs; Donair meatballs (half-and-half beef and lamb, plus spices); orange cake; baklava; a well-stocked cheese board; brownies, crudités; and cookies, cookies, cookies!

The punchbowl and the coffeepot ended up sitting on the fishtank cabinet. Chala and I completely forgot about the mushroom and leek tarts in the freezer. And when I get home, there's Red's Rootin' Tootin' Crisp (apple crisp with raisins and cherries) in the fridge.

Oof.

But when I stepped on the scale this morning, My weight had gone down to 95.2 kg. I do believe I'm onto something here.

Gleðileg Jól to all! Expect the best... In fact, demand it. It never hurts to ask for what you want.