
- Once a week I go out to dinner with my sister at Pizza Hut and every other time or so I get one of their brownies. I cut it into 9 pieces, eat one at the restaurant, and take the rest home. When I get home, I put the remaining pieces in snack bags and pop them in my freezer. Now there are brownies waiting for me in individual baggies! (You can also obviously do this by baking your own brownies, letting them cool, cutting and bagging them.)
- If you are an Iowan and live anywhere a Scratch Cupcakery, this one’s for you! Don’t let this be your downfall! Scratch has phenomenal cupcakes, or at least they are to me. I’ll buy a half dozen or so and freeze them. Usually a half cupcake is all a need as a really great treat for myself, so this can last a while. Often Scratch will also have “Day-Afters,” which are boxes of 6 cupcakes that are obviously a day old and are therefore cheaper. The plastic container they come in makes a great freezer container for 6 cupcakes.
- Aldi (and really any other store) has great little individual meals that I enjoy having just for me. They are portioned out in small amounts so that I get what I want and just a little of it. Still, if I feel full before I’ve eaten all of it, the challenge is to stop even if it’s not all gone. Save it for the next hunger!
- When I go out to eat, I am very careful to pay attention to when I get full because the food is so GOOD and it’s hard to stop! But I remind myself that this delicious food could become another lunch or even two if I box it up and take it home. Delicious leftovers are something I enjoy as a “treat.”

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