As far as the sugar goes, I'm slightly confused too - but I figure just as long as you're not eating donuts, junk food, candy, soda, etc. all day long and trying to eat healthy you're ok.

I have recently experienced my body getting tired from working out. I just started dieting and exercising again after a week long cruise we took in december and then Christmas. I've been working out about 5 days a week, mainly cardio. Two Sunday's ago I sat on the couch all day and couldn't get up my body was screaming that it was worn out! Since then, however, it has been getting better. I guess when you start making it a part of your daily routine, you're body will get stronger and not wear out as easliy. Your body will tell you when it's had enough, and I think it's ok to take a day to recover.

Good for you for resisting the chocolate! I too got chocolate/goodies for Christmas. I took some to work and it was gone in an instant. I kept the fudge, I haven't even eaten half of it yet. What's worse, my husband won't eat candy or chocolate - he doesn't like it.

I have tried Skinny Vine wine, and it's pretty good! I'll be buying that more in the future. On the cruise I learned that if I didn't eat everything in sight, everything was still ok So I'm going to try that for the party. Also I will cut back on calories for the remainder of the day and go for a run that morning. Hopefully I won't be too hung over to go running the next morning!

Do you run at all?