Fried Cucumbers and Other Miscellaneous Desirable Treats

First thing: I am addicted to sugar!

I love desserts. They're too tasty and lovely and sweet to resist. Cakes, cookies, ice cream, brownies, dark chocolate, and cupcakes. They're 100% yummy in my tummy!

They're also probably, most likely the reason why I've already gained about 10 or so lbs within the first few months of this Fall semester on top of the weight I've gained Freshman year. I'm skinny, so weight gain is probably necessary. But gaining the amount of weight I've gained within a short period of time? Not good. If I keep it up, I'll be well over 140 by the time I graduate. Yikes! Not good.

Aside from the fact that I need to work out, I came across this on the Yahoo! home page today:
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/food/taste-test-best-boxed-brownies-541958/. Brownies? Who can't resist them?

As Britney Spears once said, "Sometimes, a girl just needs one." (Maybe, more than one.) Even though she was actually referring to boys, that statement holds true for brownies and other sweet treats that a girl simply cannot resist.

Following the success of my crispy potato slices, I tried to do the same with cucumbers. Semi-successful. Maybe more a failure than a success. The crispy parts were simply parts of the cucumber that were thin and close to burnt. I'll go on Yahoo! to see if it's really possible. We'll see.

Ever since I started living in this apartment, I've been forced to cook. It's a great thing. I don't have to rely on other people's incompetence in the kitchen and inability to make healthy food. I can't say that I'm a competent cook and am capable of making healthy food (I mean, I gained weight rather than maintain/lose it these past few months), but at least, I know for the most part what's in my food. I don't have a meal plan either, so I can't blame anyone else, but myself for being unhealthy. I also don't have that need-to-use-my-meal-plan burden every time I need to eat. Not only that, but it saves money. I get to choose what I want to eat, too--not choose from a limited selection. Hooray!

Anyway, I need to start working out. Riding a bike back and forth to campus doesn't seem to be enough, so I need to start making trips to the IBC as soon as possible! I need to get my abs and back. I need to get my toned legs and arms back. I wish I could run, but I would get shin splints and aggravate my knee injury (that comes and goes). Ugghh...