Can't wait to see the results CoffeeAndCookieGirl. Keep us posted.

Remember to resist the munchies!

Will do!

Sign me up for the alcohol and I'll pass on the cake :) Much like you Ian I indulge often (whiskey and diet pop) and it really does not affect my weight loss, some mornings I can be as much as 3 pounds down after a night of drinking.

I have excellent self control with snacking so that's not an issue. I've never been much on sweets or snacks my problem was always portion sizes. I'd rather have 2 plates of supper than supper and dessert. So bad...

I have loved the title of this thread so much and thought of all kinds of lead-in questions for it.

Honestly, I go into lockdown mode on social occasions, so the answer for me would be "neither." But I might take a plate of cake and mash it up a little, to look like I'd toyed with it. And I might let the wine just touch my lips, then abandon it somewhere with a lot of other abandoned half-empty or empty glasses.

Then maybe I'd let myself eat a dinner roll. Or an extra piece of meat. I don't know. But really, that's what I'd do.

Abandoning wine is like....like.....abandoning a child! Sob!

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If both were on a table in front of me, that's what I would have - both.

Mixing cake and wine is like mixing gin and tonic.

I like cake, but don't love it. Because of my sensitivity to artificial colors, I'm now suspicious of most of it and won't take the risk. Same with mixed drinks - too many hidden side effects in most liqueurs and mixers. So, poor me (:D) is limited to the world of craft beers, wines, and single malt Scotches. What an awful existence. ;)

Oh Becky, I love single malt scotches and craft beers. And cake.

I never abandon a glass of wine. I also can't abandon cake once I start it, so at social gatherings I try to get small pieces or none if I can help it.

I have to tell you, I'm playing parts of this thread in Eddie Izzard's voice in my head and picturing us all in a variation of 'cake or death?'.

Weirdly enough, I poured myself a glass of white wine (purposely avoiding all the pastries and breads on the table) and couldn't finish the whole thing. Which is awfully weird.. I didn't find the fattening foods on the table tempting either. Maybe it's just tonight. I'll see again tomorrow!

You gave me a new idea--to be super sensitive to artificial stuffs! I think that would cancel out most fattening foods.

C&CGirl, hey, feel free to use it! It does put the brakes on a whole lot of processed foods for sure. It's a rare day when I feel like tangling with 3-4 pounds of rapid-onset inflammation/water gain, so it does keep me fairly honest. :D

Haha, thanks! :) I was about to nibble on an Oreo cookie this morning when I remembered how "processed" and fake it'll taste. So I skipped it, whoopee! :))

Day 1! Avoided everything else, downed 4oz of a classic Chardonnay 12%

A particularly good pairing is an Australian shiraz (they tend to be full and berry like) and triple decker fudge cake :hat:

Dagmar ;)