{"id":2125,"date":"2012-10-29T18:43:52","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T09:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2012-10-29\/2125"},"modified":"2012-10-29T18:43:52","modified_gmt":"2012-10-29T09:43:52","slug":"melting-willpower-with-the-melty-goodness-of-matherz-truffles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2012-10-29\/2125","title":{"rendered":"Melting Willpower with the Melty Goodness of Matherz&#8217; Truffles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class='resize_warning' id='arw2125'>\n<b>NOTE<\/b>: Images with an <img class='raw' width='19' height='18' src='\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif'\/> icon next to them have been artificially shrunk to better fit your screen; click the icon to restore them, in place, to their regular size.\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Since the beginning of summer I've changed my food lifestyle to\ngenerally avoid carbs... <span class='nobr'>I don't<\/span> eat rice, potatoes, breads, fruits,\ndesserts, etc., unless it would be socially inconvenient. (If I'm with\nfriends and everyone's in the mood for pizza, I'll go and enjoy pizza.)\nIt's worked out really well for me (<span class='nobr'>I took<\/span> <a\nhref='\/blog\/2012-07-26\/2056'>these self portraits<\/a> not\nlong after starting) and by finding low-carb things <span class='nobr'>I like,<\/span> have not really\nfelt cravings, or that I'm missing out or sacrificing. <span class='nobr'>It's a lifestyle<\/span>, not\n<span class='nobr'>a temporary<\/span> diet.<\/p>\n\n<p>But\ntoday I fell off the wagon because <span class='nobr'>I made<\/span> the mistake of trying <span class='nobr'>a free<\/span>\nsample of an <a\nhref='http:\/\/www.fancytruffles.com\/truffles-collection-metal-12\/sale-plain-cocoa-dusted-truffles-34'>Ala&uuml;s\nMathez <i>Truffe fantaisie<\/i> (Fancy dusted truffle)<\/a> at Costco (which\nyes, are here in Japan).<\/p>\n\n<p>It was amazingly pure and creamy, but didn't leave an overly-sweet after\ntaste... <span class='nobr'>a true<\/span> tight-wire balancing act between pleasure and eatability\nthat must be as good for the company's bottom line as it is bad for my\nwaistline. Like most everyone who tried one, <span class='nobr'>I had to<\/span> buy <span class='nobr'>a box.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>The box held two 500g tins (<a\nhref='http:\/\/gourmetboutique.ca\/products\/Alaus-Mathez-Fancy-Cocoa-Dusted-Truffles-Tin-500g---.html'>exactly\nlike this<\/a>, except because it's Costco, it was &frac13; the price), so <span class='nobr'>I\ncame<\/span> home with 1kg (2.2lbs) of delicious French chocolate that <span class='nobr'>I didn't<\/span>\nhave the willpower to not eat.<\/p>\n\n<p>I've shared some with the family and Fumie's folks, but still have an\nunopened tin here in my room just daring me to eat it in one sitting.<\/p>\n\n<p>Weak. <span class='nobr'>I am weak<\/span>....<\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the beginning of summer I've changed my food lifestyle to generally avoid carbs... I don't eat rice, potatoes, breads, fruits, desserts, etc., unless it would be socially inconvenient. (If I'm with friends and everyone's in the mood for pizza, I'll go and enjoy pizza.) It's worked out really well for me (I took these self portraits not long after starting) and by finding low-carb things I like, have not really felt cravings, or that I'm missing out or sacrificing. It's a lifestyle, not a temporary diet.<\/p> <p>But today I fell off the wagon because I made the mistake of [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}