Happy Birthday To.... ME!!

Hello fellow dieters!! Today is my birthday and I'm going to be naughty and eat a piece of cake (gasp!) I know, I know, I know.... HORRIBLE right?! Well, it's actually proven to make you leaner when you have the occasional cheat day. Extreme dieting can put your body in starvation mode and you body will stop burning fat. When you increase your calories and add foods that you've been restricting for a long period of time (fats and carbohydrates), this can actually speed up your metabolism and make you look leaner - it's like telling your body, "We're not starving anymore; it's safe to start burning more calories now." Not only can an occasional "cheat meal" make you look leaner, but your muscles will also fill out and look bigger and firmer because your glycogen levels will increase from the all extra carbohydrates you take in.

I'll explain all that stuff in more detail another day. I have some birthday celebrating to do!!

Here's a picture of me 27 years ago, when looking chubby was acceptable.