Help! I just came back from lunch with my boss and some other work buddie - ate only a chicken salad....then BOOM...the waitress plops a mini cup of brownie with ice cream on top - I only took a few bites, but I'm worried now that I've screwed myself up. Any advise?

Be good the rest of the day and don't worry about it. It is, after all, your birthday! Just think of it as a rare, once-in-a-blue-moon treat and live the rest of the time according to plan. We're only human.

Thanks Freydis,

You made me feel a lot better!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR SALLY1!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!


Don't worry about it. You're allowed to have it on your birthday and I PROMISE that you won't gain any weight
Actually I'm very impressed with your will power, good for you!

Dear Kaela,

Thanks so much for the wonderful reply! I've been drinking a TON of water since yesterday - so I'm hoping this helps too.

Again - thanks so much!

Sally

Sally,

I think that some of us need to have the flexibility to allow for a splurge on a special day or ocassion. What I am doing is planning for those special times. In doing this, I can control my intake, so it doesn't turn into a binge, and I won't feel guilty. Some people may not be able to do this without losing control. It sounds to me like you are able, since you ate some of your birthday dessert and didn't completely go off your low carb plan.

On my birthday, I am going to eat a piece of cake!

Chickadee

For heavens sake lighten up and enjoy your birthday!
You can't go constantly without giving yourself a treat


H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y!!!!

Happy Birthday!
Don't beat yourself up about the brownie. Personally, I pick several days a year for "planned cheats". Low carb is a way of life, you really weren't planning to go the rest of your life without a brownie, were you?