OK Jocelyn, the next time I have a craving for sweets I am going to have a cup of green tea and see if it works.

Well, Marilyn, it doesn't work quite like that. There are five basic tastes: sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and pungent, according to Chinese philosophers. They say all these flavors must be present in our food to create nutritional balance, and that a taste avoidance, such as the one most Americans have to bitter flavors, creates the imbalance that compels us to eat too much sweet. So, according to this philosophy, if you increase your intake of unsweetened tea and coffee and bitter greens, over time your sweet cravings will subside.

I knew it was too good to be true.

By the way, this is coming from someone who had 2 Krispy Kremes this morning.

OK, so maybe it doesn't work AT ALL?!

Weeeellll, I have donuts about 2-3 times a year, and today just happened to be one of those special treat days. I have definitely noticed a change, though. A few years ago I could down a restaurant dessert (you know, one of those super-sized mudslides, creme brulee, or cheesecakes) in two minutes flat. Now, I want a bite or two and that satisfies me. I do, however, eat a lot of really dark, bitter chocolate, which satisfies my chocoholic tendancies (seriously, if I'm not a chocoholic, I don't know what one is).

We have to end this conversation RIGHT NOW or I'm going to blow my diet (and I have a high school reunion to attend in 2 months!).

LOL Marilyn!

Marilyn!!!!
How can you improve on perfection!?!?
---= (lame attempt at "wolf whistle)

Oh Kal, you are such a sweetie!