I think I'll go die now or self-loathe more or plan some wacky plan of not eating tomorrow to make up for today. I am a pushover and afraid to offend anyone, which is ridiculous. I'm sure she would not have been offended. I could have said no but after she told me Mi Casa es tu Casa, I couldn't decline. :-)

quick you have until 12am to continue the indiscretions before you have to cut off..! drink some eggnog

Haha, if I had some I probably would, Firas!

The new neighbor proceeds to tell us that it is her birthday today and asks if we would like a piece of cake.

Is it a complete failure of sympathy that as I read that, my heart swelled with joy for you?

I get that you have specific dietary goals and I really do sympathize that it's hard to meet goals and it's easy to beat yourself up for one day's slip-up in meeting those goals.

And on the other hand: I mean, dude... you got CAKE!

Birthday cake, even, which is scientifically the most joyous of the cakes.

What are the chances that I would be eating cake on the sidewalk after a day of gluttony? If I could have foreseen my fate I would have never left the house. Seriously though, it was nice to talk with the neighbors and share a piece of cake to be neighborly.

It's possible I'm not competent to evaluate normal human-to-cake interaction. (Seriously: my twitter bio reads, in its entirety, "I would push you over to get some cake. Sorry about the pushing.")

So I'll try to forget that this involves cake and just remember that it involves someone I like feeling bad about herself. And I'm sorry to hear that. But you're delightful and it sounds like a very nice evening and a good chance to spend some time with neighbors!

Thanks for the kind words, Elsa. You are too sweet. I will say I feel bad about my food choices a lot. I'm never terribly harsh on myself and most of the time I have a somewhat healthy acceptance of my body. Today was just a bad day. It involved multiple candy bars. It was nice to talk with the neighbors. One is sending her eldest to kindergarten this Fall. Her anxiety about choosing the best school brought me back to when I was faced with the same. The other is spending the summer in Ecuador.

Now I have a headache. I blame chocolate overdose.

Today was just a bad day. It involved multiple candy bars.

See, there's a part of my head that gets all confused by this and says "Wait. That sounds like a good day." But I really do get it, especially if your body is cross with you about those choices.

My body is cross with me for a whole other reason: I just realized that I forgot lunch and dinner. This is officially Not Good. I'm off to make some spinach and eggs. But if I had cake, you bet that's what I'd eat instead! Maybe I should go say hello to the neighbors?

... but it's only one day!

Oh, the delicious irony! *said in voice of Bruno Tonioli, I know you know who I mean*

There is much to be said for fellowship and social connections as positive health influences. Don't loathe; laugh, and go around the block the other way tomorrow.

Sweet slippery molasses, that was a good late dinner! Now if I just had some cake, I'd be alllllll set.

I ate a lot of food today. A lot. I entered my intake on Fitday and it is ridiculous the calories I ate today. I'm not exaggerating.

You have my sympathies. I have days like that as well, and it's always pretty depressing afterwards. The numbers do indeed get scary. A really bad day for me adds up to 6-8,000 calories. Not asking for your number, just saying that whatever it is, I would believe it's not an exaggeration.

For me, things work kind of weird. I burn a lot of calories (especially so when I was active in a local cycling club, going for fast, 5-hour bike rides every weekend) so when everything is going right, I lose weight frighteningly fast. Friends have been jealous of that, I think. But the ones who've known me for a long time have seen the flipside of that, which is I put it back on frighteningly fast too. One bad day can undo a couple of weeks worth of good habits.

So... ::hugs:: hang in there.

You know, sometimes you have a bad hair day and sometimes you have a bad energy day. It's not the end of the world - until you do it every day ... :-)

Ok, this is the secret: comfort food has no calories. Compensation food has triple calories.

I think these all count as comfort food. So you're good!