A Dietary Confession - My Kryptonite

This is a serious confession that I have to tell you...something about me; my kryptonite...I love fried potatoes.  Really.  Love.  Love.  Them.  I love the crispy outside and the saltiness.  If I could, I would eat them at every meal.  I don't think I'd ever get tired of them.  How do I handle this forbidden love? 

You see, I really could eat fried potatoes at every meal.  Hashbrowns for breakfast, tater tots at lunch, and fries with supper...yum!  Oh, and potato chips and cast-iron-skillet fried potatoes. But (for obvious reasons) it's not a good idea for me to eat them often.  While potatoes in and of themselves are not bad - in fact, they're high in vitamin C and fiber - when they're fried, most of the nutrition is fried up with them!  Yet, I want to eat them.  See, told you it was a serious confession.

Here's my secret to managing this temptation...I don't allow it to be forbidden.  But I do set ground rules as follows:

1. I don't fry potatoes at home.
2. I rarely buy potato chips for home.
3. I do eat them when I got out, if I want them.

By setting rules I can live with and not making this favorite food completely off limits, I manage my temptation without feeling deprived.  The main thing is keeping them a "special" treat.  How do you manage your favorite "treat" foods?  Be healthy!