How We Do Cheat Night ~ Sabotage Free!!

Our Wonderful Fattening Tradition

My husband and I created the tradition of pizza and ice cream night about as soon as we started dating. He loves ice cream and I love pizza. As you know, eating these two items together in their full fat versions is a sure fire way to gain weight. I’ve experimented with making healthier and lower calorie versions of pizza before, but I find that having low calorie pizza doesn’t satisfy my pizza tooth.

How to Make It Work

 

This combination that I’ve pictured here is the best option that I’ve come up with. I’m so excited to have finally figured out a way to have deliciousness without gaining weight! As long as I exercise for about 45 minutes to an hour on our splurge day, I find that I don’t wake up to weight gain the next morning. In fact, I still lost .2 pounds when I weighed myself the following morning after eating this.

The “Ice Cream”

 

 

The ice cream that I chose is made from almond milk and has a lot less sugar than all the other options I’ve found so far that are also low fat. This ice-cream is a conundrum. It is sweet and delicious with only 7 grams of sugar and no artificial sweeteners! I posted a pic of the back of the carton so you can inform me if I’m wrong, but I don’t believe anything in that list is an artificial sweetener.

 

 

 

The Pizza

I choose the pizza for this meal because it has 430 calories for one piece of French bread pizza. The fat content is really high at 21 grams, but it’s just bad enough to be satisfying without completely killing my diet for the day. I avoid fat throughout the first part of the day and just become ok with going a little over still on my fat intake overall that day. In case you’re wondering about other aspects of this items nutritional content, there are 47 carbs (4 dietary fiber and 5 from sugar), 7 grams of saturated fat, 6 polyunsaturated, 7 monosaturated, zero transfat, 13 grams of protein, 10 % vitamin A, 10% vitamin C, 15% calcium, and 10% iron in each French bread pizza.

The Cost of It All

This meal is also cheaper than some other pizza ice cream combos that we’ve tried out in the past. I spent about $2.30 on the French bread pizza at Publix. The box comes with two pizzas. I bought the So Delicicious Almond Milk ice cream at Whole Foods for about $4.80. It recommends a ½ cup serving size, but we split the container and had a full cup each. I ate my French bread pizza with two table spoons of light ranch and about ¼ teaspoon of creole seasoning. My husband didn’t add anything to his pizza.

Wrapping Up

I know that this sounds like a terrible meal for a diet, but I think it’s essential to find ways to satisfy cravings for foods that we love so that we don’t go crazy. This meal does make us go over on our fat for the day, so it may not be a good idea for everyone, but if you’re like us and just can’t give up pizza and ice cream, you may enjoy this meal.  

* Check with your doctor before changing your diet. What works for me may not work for you.