Today is Sunday and we celebrated my birthday this weekend which was yesterday.  I had such a good time being spoiled by my family that I forgot to write a post last night.  For my birthday I was treated to breakfast, a  1-1/2 hour massage, red roses, a bike ride and a nice dinner out on the patio.  My husband was very supportive of my wishes to NOT have a cake, which is a huge tradition in our family.  In fact, he kept asking me if I felt celebrated since we did things quite differently this year to help me stay on track with calorie restriction.  Yet even with no birthday cake and no red wine I had a fabulous time.   I am finding that I really feel so much better overall with a cleaned up diet and more exercise.  In fact, we rode our bikes a again today.  Both yesterday and today we rode 20 miles (an 1-1/2 each time).   So with that extra bit of exercise I did allow myself a few indulgences such as salmon mousse on crackers and a bit of blueberry cobbler with a scoop of low-fat vanilla icecream.  I think what is most interesting about this Longevity Diet is that it is so loosely defined you just kind of try to figure it out for yourself.  So I would have to say this is pretty easy because if I overeat on one day I can undereat the next.  The goal is to hit your calorie target for the week, not necessarily everyday.  I like that concept. Oh, and by the way, I have lost 3 pounds so far.