Peer Pressure

I decided to go on the first two weeks of the South Beach Diet when I got back to London. I felt I needed to detox my body after all the sugar of Christmas. So, I've been sugar and carb- free for 6 days.

Well, almost. Last night was my friend Shari's birthday (Happy Birthday Shari!) so we went out to dinner with some friends. I was afraid this occasion could be a problem when I was planning my diet but felt like I needed to start anyway because I'd always come up with some excuse. We had sushi and for the entire night I managed to not eat any rice! The california rolls were tempting but I told them, "If I'm going to cheat on my diet it's not going to be with rice. I'll save that for chocolate!"

Then one of her friends brought out a surprise chocolate cake! OH. NO. After we sang Happy Birthday the waiter put dessert plates in front of everyone and she started cutting the cake. They were all looking at me!! What did I do? I caved. But I only had one very, very small piece.

It's a good thing they weren't offering me drugs. Remember, "Just say no."