Yesterday, we celebrated my dad's 69th birthday and my brother had the whole family over for a dinner party.  These events in my family are always interesting as the same themes and questions keep popping up over the years.  "Are you guys still going to the gym?"  "Did you go today/Are you going afterwards?"  "How much have you lost?"  And both Sarah’s and mine personal favorite after we decide we are going to have some cake... "So, are you off your diet?"

Now, for the record, last night I (Brad) decided to indulge, while Sarah decided against it.  Personal choices on both sides.  But, it's funny how people think "Oh, a piece of cake!!!  Are you sure you should be eating that??" (I sometimes think it gives people some sense of superiority. Some of you might disagree with me here, but I see nothing wrong with the occasional treat of dessert (key word being occasional)  I am not saying to go out and order a dessert as big as your head here.  I'm not saying to have dessert all the time. And I'm not saying have the three-course meal with greasy food then have the dessert.  As Clint Eastwood would say "A man's got to know his limitations."

The point I'm trying to make is one dessert does not a lifestyle break.