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I know, I know, it is not good to cheat on your diet but sometimes you get an uncontrollable urge. I am not hugely over weight, but I carry an extra 5 pounds at all times. Once in a while it is a little more. I keep close watch because it is easier to loose 5 or 10 pounds than it is to loose 25! So every couple of months I have to cut back.

Now back to cheating, it must be done to make yourself complete! Keep in mind there is good cheating and bad cheating. I am here to tell you how to “good cheat”.

I am an ice cream hound, fan, freak, hog, and connoisseur. I know where the best place to go for each flavor. I have a first, second, and third favorite flavor, even a favorite color!

Temperature, texture, presentation, cone, cup, bowl, or right out of the carton, are all important factors. Home made, soft serve, frozen solid, or partially melted. Toppings, syrup, over a cookie, or plain, are to be considered when I am dreaming. As an infant I believe I was raised on ice cream instead of breast milk. So much for Dr. Spock! I have even been accused of stealing ice cream from the refrigerator at work! The nerve of some people! Buy the way; I have never been caught at such a dastardly deed!

So now you understand my relationship with ice cream, and I have the cholesterol count to prove it. Here is my recipe for a good cheat. (Finally)

Go to Costco, you are not going in so you do not have to be a member. Outside is a snack shop where they sell, well, snacks.

Order a non-fat vanilla yogurt and a soda, total cost is $2.08. (Forget the pizza) Fill the soda cup with half Coke and half Diet Coke, no ice. They do not have root beer but Coke fills in quite nicely. A little at a time pour the coke over the vanilla yogurt and eat with the plastic spoon provided. Yummy! Now go home, eat an apple, and hit the treadmill for 30 minutes. You are cool!

There you have it, not a tremendous amount of sugar and very low fat. But the important thing here is your well being. Now it will not be necessary to yell at the kids or kick the dog.