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So Much Cake!

I may have gone a little overkill for my 30th birthday. I wanted all my favorite things and that included my five favorite cakes. So me, miss healthy eating, ate five cakes at one time spanning three plates. Don't believe me see exhibit A.

Birthdays, social events, cookouts etc... always leave those on a "diet" or who are trying to eat better a bit stumped because you want to indulge and have fun but you also don't want to wreck your progress, am I right?

Life is about balance and that includes learning how to survive these functions maintaining a balance between having fun and stopping that little bully voice inside you from making you feel bad about your choices.

So here are some survival tips for all those fun eating events you have coming up.

1. EARNED meals, not cheat meals because it is NOT cheating if you stayed the course and planned ahead. I plan my earned meals. I take a look at my calendar for the month and see what events I have coming up and if I am going to have any good eats at those events. I limit my earned meals to once a week or once every two weeks depending on what result I am trying to get and I PLAN THEM. So I know if I stick to my plan the WHOLE WEEK (S) that I have a fun, planned meal to look forward to. So to continue the birthday theme I knew it was coming and skipped all sweets for a month. Then you don't feel guilty about indulging because it is part of your plan!

2. The big day. if you are having a normal cheat meal you can by pass this step but if you are doing something crazy like me (five cakes) I opted out of carbs with breakfast and lunch sticking to a post workout recovery shake and lean protein with vegetables. So even though I ate a lot of cake my calories were lower going in because I stuck to lower calorie foods.

3. Eat normal the rest of the day. DO NOT SKIP meals to save up. It isn't an earned day its an earned meal, not a free for all day. Eat a healthy breakfast (omelet with veggies), have some lean snacks and a good second meal and then enjoy your earned meal.

4. Hydrate, keep you water to at least 1/2 your body weight in ounces or more. This helps move everything through your system and helps flush any extra salt from what you may be eating from causing you to hold water.

5. Enjoy the meal. It was earned and planned and not you cheating on your program. Don't let that bully internal voice get to you.

6. Recovery the next day. You don't have to cleanse, purge or eat only greens the following day. If your cheat meal made you feel yucky drink plenty of water and eat lots of veggies and lean protein but get right back on your plan.

Earned meals are an important part of any meal plan and healthy lifestyle. You don't have to be perfect 100% of the time. You can enjoy the parties and meals and still reach your goals.
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