Do you have cake on your birthday
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Cake, ice cream and usually more the day after.0
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Just fit it into your calories!
Definitely have the cake and enjoy the night with your friends and family. After all, we're doing this to improve our quality of life. Don't deprive yourself of the small things, they matter!! 0 -
Sunday is my birthday and I've been debating whether I should have a piece of cake with everyone. I think...it's my bday, I deserve it. But on the otherhand are all the calories worth the 2 minutes of delicious cake? I'm thinking no.
What do you do?
It depends how fond you are of cake.
But one thing though when you invite guest for your birthday they do expect birthday cake. Whether you eat it or not is your choice.
I'm very picky with my birthday cake. I only like black forest and Italian rum. Anything else I don't even bother.0 -
Pssst!! *looks both ways*
I have cake ...even when it's not my birthday!!
As long as it fits in my macros and I want it... I eat it. Pie, cake, cheesecake, ice cream, chocolate.
To just avoid those foods isn't a feasible lifelong change. Learn to live them and eat them in moderation.0 -
I never understand this question.
If you want a slice of cake on your birthday, eat it.
If you want a slice of cake when it's not your birthday, eat it.
Log it, fit it into your day if you're sticking to a calorie goal (though I never do on my birthday).
I guess for me, I made a choice not to make any changes while losing weight that I wasn't willing to maintain forever. That means I eat cake sometimes, and I most definitely eat cake on my birthday. I lost 130+ pounds here, I've been maintaining for 2.5 years, and you bet I eat cake on my (and my husband's, and my son's, a friends') birthdays.0 -
Calories do not count on your birthday!!
Enjoy your day and get right back on the program on Monday! 0 -
ABSOLUTELY and enjoy it!!! It's your birthday...I eat it when I want it! Enjoy your birthday!0
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I love CAKE!0
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I had 2 cupcakes last night and its not even close to my birthday. They didnt fit into my calories but I enjoyed them very much! I plan on working hard the rest of the week to make sure I burn off those extra cals. 0
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Yes, tuxedo, pls.0
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cindyangotti wrote: »Yes, you should have cake on you birthday!!! Just count the calories and carry on. This past birthday I had cupcakes. That way I didn't have to deal with left over cake. Enjoy your birthday!!
I disagree to the part "Should have" "must have". That's where it clearly went wrong Ithe 1st time.
It's Thanksgiving ... I must have
It's birthday ... I must have
It's Christmas ... I must have
No that's not how any of this should be anymore.
I now stop and think if it's really, really, really what I want. Not because society has made this unsaid rule.
Like I said for birthday guest do expect a birthday cake but to eat or not to eat is ultimately my desire.
EDTA : I'm very picky with my birthday cake. I only like black forest and Italian rum. Anything else I don't even bother0 -
hell yeah, just not lots of it!0
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I would!0
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Cake is not evil.0
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ShannonMpls wrote: »I never understand this question.
If you want a slice of cake on your birthday, eat it.
If you want a slice of cake when it's not your birthday, eat it.
Log it, fit it into your day if you're sticking to a calorie goal (though I never do on my birthday).
I guess for me, I made a choice not to make any changes while losing weight that I wasn't willing to maintain forever. That means I eat cake sometimes, and I most definitely eat cake on my birthday. I lost 130+ pounds here, I've been maintaining for 2.5 years, and you bet I eat cake on my (and my husband's, and my son's, a friends') birthdays.
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Ummm, yes. If you don't, I will be sad.0
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Cranquistador wrote: »Cake is not evil.
Bad cake is.0 -
ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »Cranquistador wrote: »Cake is not evil.
Bad cake is.
Few things more tragic.
One of my friends makes me Mexican hot chocolate cake. So yes, I eat it. It's delicious.0 -
ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »Cranquistador wrote: »Cake is not evil.
Bad cake is.
Cake from Hannafords with "best creme" frosting is evil.
So gross.
My grandmother lied to my grandfather a few years ago that we had a cake for my birthday. So I had to stop into Hannafords on my way from home work. I grabbed the first chocolate cake I saw and raced home. I passed my grandfather on the drive in and literally had to run into the house so he wouldn't see the cake and know my grandmother lied.
Eck, that cake was gross.
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of course you eat the cake!
Went to my brother in laws house for his birthday (he is on some wacky 500 calorie dumb diet with hormones) and we had apples. APPLES! What kind of birthday is that? I planned ahead and worked my day so I could have cake. But no - so we stopped and got ice cream on the way home. 0 -
Just break up.0
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Eat the cake. Unless you don't like the cake or want the cake, then don't eat the cake.
I would eat the cake on my birthday, or a Tuesday.
But do or do not, won't bother me at all0 -
DianaLovesCoffee wrote: »of course you eat the cake!
Went to my brother in laws house for his birthday (he is on some wacky 500 calorie dumb diet with hormones) and we had apples. APPLES! What kind of birthday is that? I planned ahead and worked my day so I could have cake. But no - so we stopped and got ice cream on the way home.
That is just FISHING sad!
Ban his birthday the next time. No wait!!! Carry a huge cake the next year of your choice. Ask him to blow the candles and wait till he cuts it and then shove him aside like literally shove him and attack the cake.
What in the world!!! Apples?????0 -
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Cranquistador wrote: »Cake is not evil.
It is if it has whipped frosting. Butter Cream or Cream Cheese or GTFO!
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We don't do anything for birthdays.. But, I have two different cakes ordered for our anniversary! lol
I don't have cake at office parties, I will have cake at my parent's 40th anniversary. I'll eat scones at a tea party with close friends, but I'll avoid the cupcakes at work.
You have to find your balance. I've found that if I just don't ever eat the food at work, that cuts out most of my opportunities. But, I will have the dessert for celebration of close friends and family. (Granted, in small portions)
(I also have cake in a cup pretty much everyday, but, I know how many calories is in that and can work it in. )0 -
It's your birthday, of course eat the cake! Don't get a huge slice, but one day going over your calorie limit won't sabotage you, and you'll feel much worse for missing out when everyone else is enjoying cake!Calories do not count on your birthday!! Enjoy your day and get right back on the program on Monday!
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Eat the cake!0
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I'm a hybrid, like Dr. Yoda
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