育児のストレス解消法 Rx for parenting stress

アンリ・シャルパンティエの焼き菓子　Baked goodies from HENRI CHARPENTIER

 

世間（アメリカは休み中に暴食暴飲し、１月はダイエット開始をする人が大勢）ではダイエットだ、エクセサイズだと騒いでいる中、いまだにホリデースピリットが吹っ切れていないのか、もしくは妊娠中にどこか狂ってしまったのか、甘い物が我慢出来ずにパクパク食べている私。常にうちの中にはスイーツが（汗）またタイミング良く、実家からカワイイくて上品な味の日本のクッキー届いた。アメリカ生活長いから、こっちの甘いスイーツにも大分なれている私だが、やっぱり日本のほんのり甘いお菓子もスキ♥

和菓子も好きだけれど、ここはアメリカ、ワシントンDC（NYCやLAだと買えるんだろうけど）、食べたくても買えない。仕方ないので、自分で作るしかなく先日はWhole Foodsで小豆を買いあんこを大量に作る。今回はおはぎにしました。（最後の写真は貰いものの芋まんじゅう）

まあこんなんだから、体重がなかなか元に戻らないんだよね〜（汗）でも、きっと年子育児のストレスで体か甘い物を欲しがっているのかもしれない。…いや、きっとそうに決まっている！

Now the holidays are over, everyone seems to eat better and exercise more, but me. Perhaps I picked up the bad snacking habit during the holidays. Perhaps, something went wrong during the pregnancy (I craved sweets like crazy while I was pregnant.)

I have been terrible for stocking sweets in the house all the time, and my parents just sent me these delicious baked goodies from Japan. They were so tiny and not as sweet as ones in the US, but so good also. Occasionally I crave Japanese sweets, mainly red bean paste. However, living in Washington DC, it's not like I can easily buy them from stores whenever I want (maybe in LA and NYC). So if I want Japanese sweets, I had to make them (or ask someone to make them). So I ran to Whole Foods other day and I made a pot-full sweet red bean paste, and made ohagi (botamochi). Now they are stocked up in my freezer, I will be set for a little while...well...it depends on how fast I consume them... heh.

So at this pace, it will take a while to get back to the pre-pregnancy weight... but I think my body is craving (or needing?) sweets because of the stress of dealing with the little ones all day long! That has to be the reason!!