Holidays, Birthdays, Wednesdays, and Any Other Excuse to Eat Cake

I meant to post this before the holiday break.

It's that magical time of year again when God tells us to eat sugar cookies. I really like the ones with the sprinkles that look like crystals imbedded in an inch of vanilla frosting. Even better if they're cut into shapes of reindeer, snowmen, and Christmas trees. I ate a tasty menorah once too, but let's be honest, no way was that thing parve.

What are you supposed to do when you are socially obligated to indulge? Weight-loss gurus such as Dr. Stephen Gullo (author of The Thin Commandments) and Jillian Michaels (Biggest Loser trainer, author, the voice of my conscience) recommend including your friends, family, and coworkers in your quest for health and thinness. Try telling a nine-year-old that you're not eating a piece of his birthday cake because thin just tastes better. In his mind not eating the cake translates to "I hate you and you're failing the next math test because I said so."

I try to plan everything else I eat around the bad choices I have to make. That way I don't blow my whole day... or week.