must confess a major discovery - ( thank you , mary poppins) just a spoonful of frosting makes the medicine go down....! hilary Barb_MSN wrote: > > Ron, Sharon, et al.... > > Now that ya mention it, I'm inclined to believe that > as long as it's only a BIT of food (a "bit" equaling just > a few bites), it prolly makes no difference if one > makes it ice cream or filet mignon. > > Sometimes I have nothing at all in the kitchen that has > any sugar in it so I take a few bites of left over chicken > or a bite of cheese and get pretty must the same lift > do from ice cream. BUT - I always get that lift from > something with sugar and DON'T always get a lift if I > eat meat, cheese or other snack. > > ALSO - it's pretty common knowledge that many, if not > most Parkies simply CRAVE sweets! The only way > that I can resist a sweet snack now and then throughout > the day is to not buy it in the first place!! And despite > my joking about my eating ice cream all the time, I might > eat that delectable treat maybe a 1/2 dozen times a > year! (OYE! My reputation as a major eater of ice > cream is now shot!) <OK...OK.... make that 8 or 10 > times a year, but without chocolate sprinkles on the > top, and only one scoop at a time!) <giggle> > > Barb Mallut (who'd KILL for a scoop of ice cream right now) > [log in to unmask] >