We celebrated my mom’s birthday today and since I volunteered to make the cake, we had all sorts of sweet temptations lurking in my home all weekend…and I’m happy to report that I resisted it all. Well, I may or may not have had a lick or two of icing, but yeah. 
It was the first cake I’ve baked since taking on this challenge to lose weight. I could have refused and just asked my sister to get a cake or something so that I wouldn’t have that kind of temptation here, but that wouldn’t be confronting my struggles now would it? Everyone seemed to like it…the top heart shaped layer was covered in coconut, my mom’s favorite. Speaking of my mom, here she is with my two daughters:
So, happy birthday Mom and thanks for all you do! ♥
I haven’t worked out since Friday evening because my ankle started bothering me. I have an old injury that I think flared up because of all the walking/jogging I did last week. So I decided to wrap it and stay off of it for the weekend which has helped a lot. I plan to be at the gym bright and early tomorrow morning to get this week started off good like I did last week. I have another 5K (walk for wishes) next Saturday and my goal is to beat my previous time.
Hope you all had a great weekend…mine was a bit trying but I think I came out stronger for it. Tomorrow is my weigh-in and if my sneak peek on the scale this morning holds true, then tomorrow will be a very good day for me indeed! 
33.1 miles walked/jogged/ran since January 1st. (2010 Goal: 500)
6.4 miles biked since January 1st. (2010 Goal: 300)
(1) 5K finished since January 1st. (2010 Goal: 12)
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I hope that ankle recovers quickly.
Happy Birthday to your Mom! What a beautiful cake. I am impresed with your willpower! You are so smart to take care of your injury and let it heal.
Take care of your ankle Josie. You don’t want it to cause you long-term problems.
It looks like you had a great birthday celebration with your family. I hope it was a great one for your mom.
Congrats on facing the food fear & doing great! Beautiful cake and happy bday mom!!!
Glad you rested that ankle.. be careful & don’t hurt it!
Great job on risting the siren’s call of “just taking a bite”! Of so many time my ship has crashed on the chunky shores of that unfortunate sweet island.
I’m looking forward to your weigh-in, and I got your tweet about the “5K” you did today! Great job, Josie!!
Coconut!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good call on resting your ankle. Better to let it recover rather than risking making it worse and stalling your exercise for even longer.
Great cake for your mom!
Oh wow, that cake looks awesome! You have mad decorating skillz! Way to resist more than just the little licks of icing here and there! And HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Mama!
Thanks everyone for your kind comments
The cake looks great, Josie. I’m the designated cake maker for my family and friends (a hat I don’t mind wearing), and it certainly can be difficult. It’s just too easy to sneak a chocolate chip or a finger full of frosting.
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