Let them eat cake

BUT I SHALL REFRAIN!

Everyday since I've been back to work this week (which is only TWO days), they've had cake! Stop the madness! One of our students brought in a cheesecake he made, and today they had a sheet cake for one of the girls. Most everyone knows in my department about the program I'm on, and can you believe my coworkers kept taunting me to eat the freaking cake?! The first day I had a protein bar and soup for lunch. Cheesecake isn't really my favorite, and honestly I wasn't tempted to eat any of it. EVERYONE but like two people in the room kept telling me "a slice wouldn't hurt". You wanna bet? I eat my lunch at 1:00pm everyday, and usually only my friend Cris is at lunch at the same time. Everyone seems to pile in the break room during that time, and watches me eat. WTF. So today I came skipping down the hallway with my salad and grapes to find there was ANOTHER cake on the table! Do we seriously need cake everyday?! 

Anyone that knows me, knows I don't like icing and I never have. I either scrape it off or don't make cakes with icing period. This cake had gobs of peanut butter frosting and chocolate all over it. Even though I really like peanut butter and chocolate, the sight of this overly decadent cake was enough to make me want to hurl. I am still feeling a little queasy...maybe I did get that bug. So again, I was confronted with the immense peer pressure to cheat.

"Have some cake Thao! It needs to be gone by tonight so help yourself, it's so good! You know you want some! Take a whiff!" 

"Gee thanks! Your encouragement leading me to cardiac arrest is super touching!"

Bahh hahaha! Not my real response. My real response was "I don't need anymore fat on my ass." Typical Thao statement. LOL Needless to say they backed off, probably because I made them feel guilty for eating it too! It's not really the sweets that have been tempting me, I'd like to have a few drinks. It's hard to go out with my friends, watching them drink cocktails and beer. UGH. It's SO not worth it for me, super empty calories that make a big difference in my weigh ins each week. I guess it's the feeling of having a bottle or glass in your hand? I don't know. I've been known to totally nurse any drink that I have. Again, I never was a big drinker. It's just one of those things I'm going to have to get used to. 

With the holidays coming on fast, I know I'm going to have to resist the urge to cheat--but I'm pretty sure I already have it under control. 

So take your damn cake and eat it too! :D