The Struggle is Real

Ahhh ... life's little dilemmas. How to stay on a diet when one has company? 

Obviously you don't use the excuse of company to pig out while they're staying with you. One must maintain discipline and self-control. But there are meals to make that will please your visitors like Jacques Pepin's creamy Chicken Pot Pie, cheesy potatoes and Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas. And nothing goes with Steak like homemade French Fries! They are a must! You simply cannot disappoint your guests and feed them boring health food. And you can't let them eat alone either. That would be so rude. Nor can you eat a salad while they scarf down immeasurable calories. This would make them feel uncomfortable and good manners are all about making others feel comfortable, right? Can I get a witness?

And no visit would be complete without homemade bread and cinnamon rolls. These are actual basic staples that no good hostess would be without  and I'm nothing if not a good hostess. 

And one must have plentiful desserts around. These people are on their vacation! They need to be treated well and spoiled rotten! And if you don't join them in a bite or two of tart Huckleberry Pie or Double Chocolate Brownies with Coffee Ice Cream or yummy Blackberry Cobbler they will be hurt. One cannot make their guests feel like piglets. 

And once your guests leave, THEN there's the issue of leftover food! There are bananas to be eaten! Pie left over! Enchiladas still in the fridge!  One absolutely cannot let these go to waste. And some things just don't freeze well. Yes you can stick bananas in the freezer "for smoothies later" but does anyone ever really remember these hard, brown, shriveled, frozen things in the back of their freezer?? I think not! They will end up being thrown away anyway so one simply must do what one can now. The dogs don't like bananas so even though peanut butter banana sandwiches fried in butter and covered in honey isn't quite on my paleo diet, I will make the sacrifice and do the right thing by having one so as not to add to the terrible plague of food-wasting. This goes for the leftover huckleberry pie and the enchiladas as well. It's my duty.

But even with ALL my impressive self-control, I still cannot figure out why I gain weight when we have people here! It is such a mystery! 🤔