GAME CHANGER!!! I have been a bit of a carb monger while pregnant this go-around. For a while it was one of the few things that sat well with me, even though I preach more fats than carbs. So to be intaking more carbs than I normally do is really making me nuts! So, in an effort to get away from the millet bagels and gluten-free toast, but without Herculean efforts in the kitchen (our oven caught fire last week so baking is out for now) I have fallen in love with the MUG MUFF

BAGELS are not usually synonymous with WEIGHT LOSS and I haven’t had a “real” bagel in YEARS! The gluten is a problem for me (bloating my belly and ruining my skin), but even if it weren’t for that, the average bagel carries about 48 grams of carbohydrates, and that is just for a plain one.  A normal blood sugar is about 4 grams of sugar so I don’t want to eat something 12 times my normal blood sugar! Imagine how high the sugar content climbs with cinnamon raisin or chocolate

I would be lying if I said the smell of biscuits fresh out of the oven didn’t elicit a Pavlovian drool response. I LOVE BREAD! That is why I lied to myself for years telling myself it was ok to keep bread in my diet. My body decided to put a halt to that notion after years of bread overload. Gluten and high glycemic “bread-like” foods are not my friend! The high carb content ensures I retain water and gives me a softer look (not what I want after a great workout – to look lik