Danyellehawkins's Journal, 07 August 2014

I had one of those awkward cultural moments today that often happen when you are living in a foreign country.

My co-worker made these "brownie cupcakes" which she made herself and used a friend from America's recipe. She was so proud and excited that she made them (things are not often baked here in most Taiwanese homes, rather bought).

So, obviously came the moment when she asked me if I wanted one. I said that they sounded amazing but no thanks. It turned into a huge big deal. Everyone in the room was offended by my decline of the baked piece of heaven. I took notice of this and quickly threw out the fact that I had just eaten and wasn't hungry. A smile came over her face and she handed me one, with a reply that said...you can eat it at break time then. ( I thought wonderful. This isn't so bad. I escape without making a cultural faux pas and my boyfriend will have a wonderful, sinful mouthful of amazing brownie when I get home from work.

It all worked in my favour until break time. She sat in front of me and asked me where the cupcake was. I brought it out and she said" good, now you're not full so you can enjoy it. I want to see your face when you eat it. Please tell me if it tastes like a brownie in America"

Well my gosh. What the heck am I supposed to do in this situation. I had to eat it. Wouldn't you know , it was actually the most amazing darn brownie I have ever tasted in my life. I have been low carb all week and I knew it was going to kill me an hour later, but I couldn't be rude. So, it did. My blood sugar spiked in my next class. I got the jitters and have been craving sugar ever since. Bought some mango and pineapple to get a natural dose of sugar. I guess today is going to be my carb loading day even though I wasn't planning on carb loading this week.

From now on I'm just telling everyone I'm a celiac. Which will suck because they don't really exist here and will take my entire break time to explain this condition and why I can't eat that piece of heaven (which I actually really want to eat and its taking me all I have in me to say no to) She actually looked like she might cry when I tried to reject her baked good. Eyes darted at me from all over the room. You're not supposed to reject something handmade I guess. I should have just took the darn thing and said I wanted to save it for my after dinner desert at home lol

Lesson learned.

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2162 kcal

Fat: 96.07g | Prot: 95.88g | Carb: 260.11g.   Breakfast: Nutiva Coconut Oil Extra Virgin, Hood Whole Milk Lactose Free, CytoSport Whey Protein, English Walnuts. Lunch: 7-Eleven Japanese vinagrette, English Walnuts, Mixed Salad Greens, Lettuce Salad with Assorted Vegetables. Dinner: Mixed Salad Greens, 7-Eleven Japanese vinagrette, Tuna in Water (Canned). Snacks/Other: Mangos, Pineapple, Brownie, Cashew Nuts. more...

2402 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Standing - 4 hours, Treadmill lung heart test hills - 1 hour and 2 minutes, Resting - 10 hours and 58 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...