My “long” coveted cheat day has arrived!! (to be truthful it is actually my second cheat day). I want those things I used to have. I miss the things so bad for us, it is how we wound up in this situation in the first place. I want to eat cake like I am begging to be a diabetic and daring the powers that be to do their worst.

So my first cheat day, I eat an In n Out “double double” with “animal style fries”. Holy YUM that sounds amazing!! I get through the drive thru madness and home to savor ‘my precious’ without the prying eyes of the carb loving public.

I get my juicy, cheesy paper wrapped, bun adorned double meat burger and sink my teeth in. I swear my eyes were pre-rolling in anticipation of this bite… I savor every  bit and swallow. It was a very big, very juicy, very unsatisfactory bite. Followed by another, and another, and another, until I stopped at just over half. Now, the cheesy stack of fries was much better than the burger, but I couldn’t finish those off either. 🙁

My dinner was just as memorable as lunch, with a fish taco, rice, beans, and an iced tea with agave sweetener (my favorite pre-diet sugar). Again, nothing to write home about. On top of that, the iced tea actually made me feel ill. The more I drank, the more nauseated I got. Cheat day# 1 gets a big fat thumbs down. What did I learn? I miss potato, rice and tortilla the most. Maybe just better tasting ones………….