Birthday's,my new normal in weight maintenance

I had a recent birthday. On my lunch walk, all the "woodland" animals came out to visit me. Very cool! I felt like Snow White. For about 30 minutes. Then it was back to work. And, I don't have team of 7 who will do the house work for me, either!
 Anyhoo, on my weekend walk. It became very clear what I wanted to do for my birthday. A grass-fed burger, protein style at Pure Burger. 
 Some berries, cinnamon, and chocolate- all things I would normally have in my evening meal, but at a coffee shop. A decaf Americano and visiting with my daughter. Fun! Rich. Low stress. On food template. Yep! Just like that. The new normal feels... normal. Works!

No triggers, no struggling. No worries about what I should eat. No explaining it to others. Just making a plan that seems right and carrying it out as best as possible.

So lucky to have grass-fed burgers

Feels good to be getting older and feeling better than I did in my 20's and 30's.

What's working
1. Sticking to my low-inflammatory food template. Birthday's, holiday's.
1.5 Eating rich foods, that don't trigger overeating.
2. Making a plan and working the plan, sticking to it.
3. Fine tuning the plan, as needed.
4. Letting others know MY birthday plan


What did not work in the past
1. Eating cake (wheat) and frosting (sugar).
1.5 Over eating on cake and sugar for many days post birthday.
2. Not planning for my long term goals, short term goals, even on my birthday.
3. Not adjusting the plan to what I'm currently working on- I let habit make me believe I HAD to have cake on my birthday. Not so, for me!
4. Letting other people tell me what I was going to do on my birthday. Yep! I allowed that. Crappiest Least fun birthday's ever!

Berries, 85% chocolate, decaf Americano

 Honored and blessed to be here another year!

Great flavor combos- so rich!

I see you, Blue Heron!