birthday splurging?

Hi,

It's my birthday on tuesday and I've been on 1200-1500 cals/day for about 2 weeks now and lost 2ish lbs. If I eat whatever I want on my birthday including cake and such will that completely undo all my good work from the past few weeks? I really don't want that to happen but at the same time I want to enjoy myself on my birthday! any ideas/insight would be awesome

:)

i say, relex about it, make it a day where you dont go crazy about counting calories and just pick out the few things you really enjoy and have it! dont stress about it, it will only make you feel guilty and there is nothing to feel guilty about! its your birthday :)

you have to eat 7000 calories on top of what you normally burn in order to gain two pounds back.

watch out if you have salty stuff like pizza though, the scale may be mean afterward, but it's just water retention ;)

This sounds like a great opportunity to enjoy yourself and practice portion control at the same time. Have anything you want, in moderation. Happy birthday!

I don't know what your stats are but personally on my "splurge" days I try not to go over my maintenece calories. If, for example, I know we're having cake I'll try to find out what kind it's gonna be. I check nutrition on the box the mix is in if its gonna be a homemade one or select something in the CC food database that is close to it. But just practice some portion control and do eat what you want. I tried to keep track of what and how much I ate by logging stuff in on here so I didn't go completely overboard.

Even if you go above maintenence, it's gonna be ok. On the 4th of July I probably ate around 2000 calories (I'm on 1200-1300 normally) and after the next day of inevitable water weight from all the salt and sugar, was back to my weight before I ate all that junk. It was just for a day though. Since I ate a little bit of everything I wanted, I was able to start fresh the next day and finally be rid of some of the cravings that I'd been ignoring for so long.

There is a really good thread on here that I read before I started my day. It's about having cheat days to speed up your metabolism and prevent or get off of stubborn plateaus. So far I've been following the advice AND I've started losing weight again (had been on a 2 week plateu of 107 before, now 104.8).

Here's the thread. I'm such a dork. I usually research something to find out how to do it "correctly" before I actually do it. http://caloriecount.about.com/cheating-diet-i ncrease-fat-loss-ft7139

Sorry this was so long,and it may have been more info than you needed or asked for.I just thought that it might help you relax and enjoy your well deserved day of celebration without stressing about hypothetical consequences. More than likely, one day isn't going to undo all of your hard work. Happy Birthday hun!

I just had a birthday. I had a piece of cake but actually managed to not go too crazy on the calories. I would say like the others have enjoy yourslef but do not go too crazy.

i worried about this too but then i was like who cares!? its one day. its not like you eat cake every day.... so go for it and enjoy!