Surprise Surprise!

Yesterday was our first day off....yay! We had been looking forward to it all week - had even made big plans as to what we were going to eat and drink! The list looked something like.....pasta au gratin, garlic bread with cheese, homemade chocolate chip cookies, apples, pancakes with maple syrup and a big glass of milk, chips and dip, beer, mojito (with the rum!), Ben & Jerry's ice cream, french fries, poutine, and some real Coca-Cola. I think I'd even dreamt about how good this was all going to be. Salivating in my sleep!!
But a strange thing happened. Saturday morning I woke up and actually forgot for a while that today was THE day. But not for long! Hubby made the boys and I some excellent tasty crêpes and I smothered the butter on, waited for it to melt, and added my generous serving of maple syrup. YUMMY...still one of my favourite breakfasts. Oh and hon - could I please have a glass of milk with that? Thanks - and hubby knowing how to please me, gave me a nice big full glass of milk. Aaaahhhhhhh....awesome breakfast. Four crêpes later, goodness I was full. Already? Already. Ok, well no need to worry...I should be ready to go for more in a couple of hours....there's no way I'm going to waste my opportunities on THIS day!
Spent the next couple of hours cleaning my kitchen from top to bottom, watching my favourite weekend channel, 'W' tv, but still not hungry. Ready for a nap, yes, but not hungry. Hmph...go figure. A couple of hours later, I decided to just go ahead and make those chocolate chip cookies - I'll get hungrier, and besides there's no rush...I have all day. So made the cookies, and tasted the batter a few times (so delicious) and once they were ready, I had a couple.....then a couple more. STUFFED. What? Could it be?? Seemingly so. Now the wheels were definitely turning in my wee head: wait a minute.....this eating plan (notice how I avoid the word diet!) not only allows me to lose weight, but is actually helping me refrain from eating too much crap by curbing my appetite. Oh my....I was not expecting this. They didn't mention this at all in the book. They just said that it's important to spike my blood sugar levels once a week in order to play tricks on my body's weight survival instinct. BONUS!!!!! This might be a whole lot easier than I thought. And it was.
We had a nice dinner of pasta with a bit of cheese - no bread; no dessert either (YOU READ CORRECTLY!!) And in the evening, we had some chips, dip and cola. Hubby ate some more - sausages I think, but was mostly glad I wasn't nagging him to stop. He did regret it though. Felt too stuffed. I had an extra 2 cookies before going to bed.
Now I call that a good day: Good food, good lessons!!