Birthday Celebrations

Happy birthday! My birthday is on the 5th and I've already planned myself a treat for that day. I'm having a little of my favorites and even a little cake. My plan is to get in some good exercise first and eat light for the rest of the day.

Happy Birthday :drinker: The important part is not to starve yourself before you go out with your friends. Make sure you have a filling healthy snack before so can avoid over doing it.

Happy Birthday!

I understand how you feel, and I think you have the right idea about working out (and maybe lighter eating) as a preemptive strike! ;-)

I've got a heckuva month coming up...4 day road trip on which I'll marry my fiancé, followed by Halloween and my 37th birthday at the beginning of November. Lots of temptation in the next several weeks but I fully intend on logging faithfully and only going over my calories by a small margin.

We can do this!!

I celebrate my own bday with complete godless abandon but don't really celebrate others'... Unless it's a particularly wild party in which case I say bottoms up. You only live once. You can make up for it later.

The way I handle it is to allow myself to indulge but not TOO much. I went to Oktoberfest pub crawl a few weeks ago (day long event) and had a couple beers and a mixed drink (malibu and diet), had a glass or two of water in between, said no thanks to my friends when they tried to talk me into more drinks, avoided the apps that didn't really appeal to me (not worth the calories), had a nice lunch and didn't even feel the need for dinner when I got home. And we did a lot of walking around too.

The worst problem I have with events like that is if I get a good enough buzz going, my inhibitons are lowered enough so that temptations get the better of me. So I try to take it slow with the alcohol consumption. And the whole not wanting to drink and drive thing is a fantastic reason to say no for anyone trying to pressure me to drink more.

You've obviously started developing better eating habits so why let that go altogether? Go ahead and have a burger, some wings and beer but there's no need to totally stuff yourself because it's your birthday. Getting a good workout in before hand and eating light that day (but not too light - need to support that good workout) is a good idea but I don't like the idea of fasting the next day. You can still eat, just keep it on the lighter side for a few days. Your body doesn't work on a 24 hour clock - spreading out your overage over the week works just fine.

On the other hand, it's your b-day so go crazy if you want. Just make sure you make peace with whatever you decide so you're not beating yourself up for the next week or two...

BTW, blaming your behavior on your friends is lame...

Don't beat yourself up. Have fun and enjoy your birthday. I am very strict throughout the week and allow myself to enjoy things on a weekend here or there, having some beer, maybe a day of no logging. I try not get ridiculous, but the body and mind have to let go every once in a while. We are all human.

Just celebrate! And that without regret!

A light day on Sunday and lots of water will help get the sodium out and you back on track ;-)

Have a great day tomorrow!

Happy Birthday!
Honestly it doesn't sound like the point of this "cheat" day, if that's what you would call it, is to gorge yourself in food just for the sake of it, which is probably what you find most frustrating about others.
Based on what you said, I imagine that the purpose of this is just so you don't have to be OCD for a day, and you can relax and enjoy yourself on a day that you're meant to.
I say go for it.
I doubt you'll end up eating an entire cake or doing too much harm "just because you can".

I still track on my birthday, but usually I set aside calories for that day by eating less on others. I have to track, or I WILL be one of those people who gorge themselves on wonderful birthday pastries. But you seem more self disciplined than that, so go have fun!