Saturday on The Diet is cheat day. It's the one day a week when I don't really count calories. It's the motivation for sticking to the strict calorie total I allow myself on The Diet. Because if I crave something during the week (like the Krispy Kreme donuts I had for breakfast today), I tell myself that I can have them on Saturday.
Don't get me wrong. I don't go crazy. While I don't count, I try to keep my total calories to between 2,000 and 2,200 (the total for a moderately active woman to maintain weight). Actually, I find that after six days on The Diet (and after I've lost a few pounds), I fill up faster than I would before. For example, pizza is my favorite food. I have been known to eat three (plus) slices in a sitting. But today -- cheat day -- I ate one and was happy. I remember saying to myself that I could have another, since it was cheat day. But I was full after one, and I didn't want one.
Some other things I crave on cheat day:
Milano cookies
Potato chips
Cheese
Home made chocolate chip cookies
Brownies
Wine
Sausage (heck, I'm cheating, right?)
Pea salad (recipe to come later)
Cheeze Its
Good bread, toasted with butter
Anything with tomato sauce
French fries
French fries
French fries...
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