There is just no way to accurately total the calories consumed at this buffet, so I just plugged 3,000 into my spreadsheet, knowing that I clearly went wayyyy over any reasonable calorie count for the day.
Sunday wasn't much better. We decided to have a hodge-podge of food, just whatever sounded good. So, this consisted of a Salted Caramel Pretzel shake from Steak 'n' Shake, Mozzarella Sticks and a Lava Cake from Arby's, and a Mushroom and Feta calzone from Niko's Spicy Pickle. That shake alone had 860 calories, and the total meal was about 2,000.
I don't think any of my 'cheat meals' were reasonable options in this experiment. If I were really on a diet, I would hope I would pick more reasonable splurges. I think I just ended up feeling deprived during the week, so I felt like I 'owed' it to myself to pig out on the weekends. Honestly, I wasn't even hungry enough to have eaten all of this food at the time it was consumed.
As suspected, all of that heavy eating hurt my final weigh-in figures, so that is why I summarized my results here. If I look at my ending weight for Sunday, my cumulative weight change is -2 pounds or 1.53% of my body weight. Based on my average weight so far for the year, this is about -1.5 pounds or 1.12%.
As for the other rules, I was right on the money with my 1,200 calorie daily allotment. Over the three-week period, my average calorie intake for non-cheat days was 1,186.91. I ate a lot more fruits and vegetables than I normally do - nearly every day, I had 2 servings of fruit and 2.5 servings of vegetables, but I did fall short on a handful of days. Good thing I take vitamins! I hit my exercise goals every week - 2.5 hours of cardio and strength training twice weekly. And I never had more than 2 weekly cheat meals.
All in all, this experiment did highlight some of my weak points, so I consider it a success.
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