Planning to be off-plan

I have read a few posts recently from people worried about going over calories and getting discouraged. I wanted to share something that I have been doing the past five weeks and still have lost 25 pounds: the plan to be off-plan. If you're like me at all, I have cravings for food....mostly carbs for me. So, instead of constantly fighting with the voice of the old me, I plan to eat one "off-plan" meal per week. Not an entire day, and not a celebratory gorging of myself. But a time when I can have a favorite meal, start to finish, with no guilt. For example, tonight, it's pizza and breadsticks and maybe even a beer. Yep. I'll go over my calores, carbs and fat intake. You betcha. But I've planned for it. I'm not eating from boredom or guilt or sadness or happiness. I'm planning a meal off-plan. Planning it just like most healthy people do, and making sure that I set myself up for success. How? I'll have less calories throughout the day so that it won't be such a big impact. I know the meal will be way higher in sodium than I'm used to, so I'll drink lots of extra water. I will walk an extra half-hour. I will plan to eat the meal late afternoon instead of evening to give my body a chance to recover before I go to bed. I am in total control....as opposed to just going crazy eating whatever I wanted because I slipped up and had something I "shouldn't have". And, most of all, I get right back on plan the next meal (usually for me the next day and I don't weigh myself for a few days. I don't want to see that water weight gain on the scale. And, you know what? I still lose weight. But most of all, I am teaching my mind and body that I am in control of food, not the other way around. Just thought I'd share.