Having your cake....

... and eating it too! This past Saturday, 10/11/08, was my 9th month anniversary on SparkPeople! What an amazing journey and adventure this has been!

Unaware that this was my anniversary on SP... we traveled (we.. being my brother, Ben (no, he's not lost any weight to speak of), his wife, Debbie, Abby (baby in the picture), Bekah (NannyBekah to those of you on SP), DBF & myself) traveled to my mom's to celebrate Abby's very 1st birthday! And what did we have... oh, yeah... cake.

Now most of the time, probably 99.8% of the time, I can pass up the sugary, fattening, totally off limit desserts that "normal" people have every day... But special events... like Abby's first birthday? Nah.. can't pass that up, besides... as you can see by Abby's picture above.... the cake was SCRUMPTIOUS!

And the entire piece I ate... was delicious! I lavished every bite... and then the nibble I had here and there as we were cleaning up the room after the party... Let me tell you... IT WAS THE BEST CAKE EVER!

Had I realized that this particular day was the 9th month anniversary of my decision to change my body and my life... I might not have taken that slice of cake... and enjoyed that little (or not so little actually) slice of heaven...

But... of all the things I have learned on this 9 month journey... it's that YOU CAN HAVE YOUR CAKE... and eat it too... YOU just have to have your cake... in moderation... and then... get back on track...

That slice of cake was so worth it... and just in case you live in my town... "Celebrations by Sonja" has the best cake ever!!!! In fact, I can't wait till my birthday party in February... Turning 50 years old will have it's good points... Guess where we're getting the cake?