Happy Birthday to....my Gastric Juices

So yeah, it was my birthday yesterday. Because I'm lazy - always go to my wish list to find out what I want or need. I update this on a daily basis and use it to store anything that looks intriguing and rank them from "Must Have" to "Don't buy for me". Keep in mind the most recent additions are the ones I'm currently most interested in.

Anyway, the real purpose of this post. My gift to myself - food. I've lost roughly 45lbs since January 5th, 2004 on the South Beach Diet as previously mentioned. I wanted to take a binge break to keep muself from truly falling off the wagon this day. So I did and here's a bit of what I treated myself to:

Tuesday - At Baby-Prep Class

• A Chocolate Chip Cookie
• A Date Cookie

Thursday

• Lunch with manager - Fried Cod sandwich on a hamburger bun with mayo
• French Fried
• Dinner - a Hamburger Pizza and small chicken wings from local pizza place.

Friday - The Birthday

• Bought 2 dozen + 1 Krispy Kreme doughnuts. Ate 6 for myself over the morning and left the rest for friends at work. I used to do fundraising with Boy Scouts where we sold boxs of these things out front of Supermarkets and we'd end up with several dozen in our freezer for weeks afterwards. Heavenly.
• Was feeling both full and slightly ill from doughnuts. Had a Thai Chicken Wrap for lunch.
• Had a small piece of my own cake - Chocolate Flourless - that my wife bought for me. Absolutely scrumtious though I sabotaged true enjoyment with doughnut indulgence. Described by Milk Street Cafe as "Rich, dark, fudgy chocolate cake topped with white chocolate mousse and chocolate ganache. Made with a pound of chocolate in every cake!"
• Ordered Chinese Food for dinner - General Gao Chicken, House Special Fried Rice, Beef Lo Mein, and Crab Rangoon.

Saturday

• Lo mein and leftover pizza for breakfast.

Tonight is a planned foray to Macaroni Grill. I will certainly enjoy that.

Now, the interesting thing about this is the food tastes good but I have no urge to continue eating like this. When I did Atkins, every few months I'd go on a massive binge and fall off it. With South Beach, I'm almost ready to go back. I think the fact that I've lost so much weight with a balanced diet and whole foods, my body doesn't feel deprived. Yay me.

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