Guilt-cake ...and Diet Soda?

We were celebrating the birthday of one of the gals in the office here yesterday. I caught myself thinking "It's a special occasion! I'll have cheesecake!" And what did I order with it? A diet soda. Oh, this makes so much sense, doesn't it? Good grief! WHY do we celebrate with food that undoes all of our diet efforts? After I ate it, I felt horrible. I looked at the menu and saw that they did have fresh fruit I could have ordered.

Guess I learned my lesson! I think they should change the name to Guilt-cake.

This is from one of our newsletters:

That Diet Soda Might Make You Fat!

Diet soda drinking has been linked with metabolic syndrome, leading to high cholesterol, high blood sugar levels, high blood pressure and increased abdominal fat. Need to sip on something but want to avoid the calories? Try squeezing half an orange into a bottle of water or carbonated water. You’ll get the flavor you want, the benefits of a little orange juice and avoid the unwanted sugar and calories of regular soda.

Really makes you think, doesn't it.

You may be interested in the Curb Your Cravings Diet Patch, by the way. It does the trick in helping you not only control those cravings, it gives you the focus to help you make better food choices. Like skipping that darned cheesecake!