Sadly, my well-intended **MODERATION** kick flew away from me for the birthday cake yesterday. I think I would have done okay if I had been given a moderately-sized piece of cake. Instead, I was given about a 3-pieces-in-one slab of cake. I am not trying to place blame. I know I wasn't forced to eat all of it. But man, I LOVE LOVE LOVE cake.

So, I totally crashed the calorie intake yesterday. I was tempted to just say "screw it" and get a double cheesburger and tater tots at Sonic on the way home, but I chose the grilled chicken wrap. I recalled how miserable I felt after eating all that food and all that fat in the past and that was enough for me to make the right choice. I wish I could remember how all that sugar feels in my system when I was chowing down on that cake...but 50% ain't bad, I guess. I need to remember that eating all those carbs and all that sugar makes me really thirsty and makes my skin crawl next time! 1/2 piece of cake is better than none!!! If I develop diabetes, or something, I won't be able to eat any of it--so I better clean up my act!

I wanted to go to the gym pretty badly yesterday, but my dad lives about 30 miles away from the nearest gym and I know that my family wanted to visit with me. Maybe I can get away this evening after dinner, duties, etc. and go for a while.

Okay, so I am actually going to do some work today at work, I think. This professional seat warmer job is getting old. I've never been paid sooo much to do sooo little! It makes me crazy.

Update: I had about one hour of work today. I wish I could actually earn my keep around this place. I am very low on the calories today, but if we average out the two days of calories, they average out to be 2000. I'm going to call it a successful day. I'm going to have a piece of fruit later tonight...hopefully. I may not be hungry.