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Dreading my birthday

angelsja

So usually on my/my partner's birthday we make breakfast in bed (usually a full English) then have a takeaway on the evening but obviously can't do that this time round. Help!

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DeanaCal

I just need to ask, what is pancake day? LOL

Elle_Marie_Fit

My birthday is coming up too. Instead of eating all the things, I plan on getting Halo Top Birthday cake flavor and having one meal I enjoy. I am going to track every single thing I eat though because for me, that is key to not falling off the wagon. Even if I go over, I will track it. I hope you enjoy your day, regardless of what you eat, and that we remember this is the long game.

ladyhusker39

Screw that attitude! Enjoy your birthday. Otherwise, what's the point of all this?

MelanieCN77

DeanaCal wrote: »

I just need to ask, what is pancake day? LOL

Shrove Tuesday. Catholic holiday widely observed in the UK in the sense that people eat crepes. I'm a lapsed Catholic, something to do with unleavened bread.

Poisonedpawn78

The all or nothing attitude is what will eventually make you fail. Not a birthday or big family get together. Enjoy the day and either prep for it or go all out. either way the next day get back to your plan and goals and laugh in 2 weeks as all that worrying will be gone and you will see the proof on the scale that it literally did nothing to your progress.

or you know .. you could give up.

1houndgal

angelsja wrote: »

I'm only on 1316 Cal's a day not much room for banking calories for another day

Can you get some excercise in, to earn more calories to eat.?

malibu927

This is why I always take a diet break the week of my birthday. I don't want to worry about sticking to my deficit that day. Not that I go overboard, but I prefer to have room to celebrate.

Once you enter maintenance, you're still going to have to deal with these days and decide what kind of strategy you want to use. For me, birthdays and holidays are few and far between. A handful of days aren't going to derail me...it's staying on track the remainder of the year that's the key.

Elle_Marie_Fit

(I meant to add, please don't dread your birthday. Enjoy it! Celebrate life.)

VintageFeline

MelanieCN77 wrote: »

DeanaCal wrote: »

I just need to ask, what is pancake day? LOL

Shrove Tuesday. Catholic holiday widely observed in the UK in the sense that people eat crepes. I'm a lapsed Catholic, something to do with unleavened bread.

I think somewhere else they call if fat Tuesday. It's the day before Lent starts right? So feast before famine as it were.

ZoneFive

VintageFeline wrote: »

MelanieCN77 wrote: »

DeanaCal wrote: »

I just need to ask, what is pancake day? LOL

Shrove Tuesday. Catholic holiday widely observed in the UK in the sense that people eat crepes. I'm a lapsed Catholic, something to do with unleavened bread.

I think somewhere else they call if fat Tuesday. It's the day before Lent starts right? So feast before famine as it were.

Mardi Gras, literally Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, which is the beginning of Lent. Christian fasting for Lent goes back many hundreds of years, and the idea behind Fat Tuesday celebrations was to eat up all the eggs, butter and other things that would go bad if not eaten promptly. Pancakes are a simple version, and it's expanded out to things like bread pudding, King Cake in Louisiana, and Paczki (jelly donuts) in Poland (and Michigan -- yaaay!).

angelsja

It's my birthday and I'm happy

got my breakfast in bed not my usual but really enjoyed it then my meal to look forward to tonight

also going out for the day

katijjaa

You can always make a healthy version of English breakfast: e.g cook egg in little healthy fat, bake hash browns, and add healthy vegan smoked sausages. And get healthy takeaway later like sushi or dim sums or some middle eastern grills. HBD!

PAV8888

Woohoo! Cheers for you birthday! :drinker:

Have fun! Responsibly!