Lyla's 13th Birthday BBQ Chicken & Sausage Cheat Day

Sunday August 21, 2016 Menu

Today is my daughters 13th birthday.  So I went all out on my cheat day.  For breakfast I had some banana bread with my coffee.  Then for lunch I made a grand meal of BBQ chicken and sausage, with garlic bread.  I also made a caprese salad.   The caprese salad was a combination of eggplant, tomato, fresh motzerella cheese, basil with a non dairy homemade pesto.  The oil mixture I used was a marinated homemade concoction of olive oil, garlic, and rosemary.  I use this quite often in my recipes to lightly oil my pan.  You ought to try it.

For the main dish I had BBQ leg quarters, some Savois sausage and garlic bread.  The chicken got a light coating of Pig Stand BBQ sauce.  I am sure on the My Fitness Pal I over estimated that.  Here in the south we love our BBQ.  My BBQ is to die for.  I would recommend that BBQ be placed on that cheat day if you will be doing the garlic bread, sausage, rice dressing and potato salad, which are the usual staples at this sort of meal.  But as  you see in the picture down below of my lunch plate I did not over do my portions.  For my desert we had a chocolate chip cookie, Klondie bar and washed it all down with one glass of coffee. I was a little hungry for supper and I ate 1 leftover chicken leg.

 

As you see for my cheat day I ate what I wanted but did not go over board on my servings.  I saved a few calories by eating very light for supper.  I had a great cheat day meals for a total of 1768 calories for the day.  That is 438 calories over my budget.   Remember this cheat meal could have been a lot worse if I would have went back for seconds or even eaten heavier for breakfast and supper.   So enjoy your cheat day and don't over do it too bad.  If you like my meal ideas just check out my diary for a list of ingredients for that meal.  And yes! I measured and weighed everything.  A crucial part of everyone's dieting is will power. The second part is portion control with good choices and third is physical activity.

It's how southern women diet!

Happy Eating
Angell