Considering Pizza

areallycoolstory

Considering pizza tonight for dinner. Two slices, plain cheese, Little Ceasar's deep dish. It will not take me over my sedentary calories, nor any of my macros. I've eaten healthy today and worked out. Yet I feel afraid. It just feels forbidden. Too yummy for what I am trying to accomplish at here. Not sure if I should just go with the steak and veggies I planned on originally.

arditarose

Meh! Get the pizza. You might save more room if you don't get the deep dish. When I'm a good girl and want pizza on a Friday night, I get it. And it's amazing.

TheVogonVegan

If you eat the pizza and satisfy the craving and it doesn't put you over any of your goals, why not? A lot of weight loss plans fail if you never let yourself eat -anything- that you want.

moose_mama

Go for it! I had pizza for dinner tonight with a big serving of steamed vegetables.

iamaprincessx

If you've been good treat yourself !!!! You deserve it. Its no harm done if your not above your calories Its better to have little treats every now and then than restrict yourself to the point where you explode and have an enormous binge.
I love an occasional bit of pizza too but I do myself a mini one made with half a pitta bread toasted, then healthy tomato sauce (pureed tomato with basil) then cheese (low fat feta or mozzerella) mushrooms, red onions and chicken or prawn or whatever then oven it until its all crispy and melty. If I have the time I will even just make pizza dough using cauliflower instead of flour so its completely carb free and still delicious x

ssigmond

Yep! If you can fit it into your macros do it! I ate a whole large pizza last night. so I could carb load for today's lift!!! I do half the amount of cheese to cut a lot of fat out but still delicious!

TheVirgoddess

Pizza is a perfectly healthy food choice. I do not, for the life of me, understand why it's ever on the "unhealthy" or "forbidden" list for people.

If it fits, eat it - and enjoy the crap out of it.

KudraM

Go for it! I make my own pizza (50% white 50% WW flour) @ 374 a slice with 3 cheeses, mushrooms, turkey sausage, and pepperoni. Shoot me an IM if you want the recipe.

vixtris

If it fits, it sits, right? I had pizza just the other day GUILTY FREE cause I was walking around for hours before that. It definitely fit. And - I stepped on the scale the next morning and still lost some weight!

ShellyBell999

Part of changing your body into fit and healthy is mind set.

The longer you think of foods as forbidden the more difficult it will be for you to achieve your goals and maintain them.

If the shoe fits................

areallycoolstory

Awesome advice all around. Thanks much! I think part of the fear was the thought of ordering a whole pizza and having enough discipline to stop at two slices. I'll just go for a mini like some of you suggested. Thanks again:-)

Liftng4Lis

Absolutely !

slodawnc

I have a really good pizza recipe with the meat being the crust (I use ground turkey or chicken). About 111 calories per slice. If anyone would like the recipe, let me know. It is a really simple one.

arditarose

slodawnc wrote: »

I have a really good pizza recipe with the meat being the crust (I use ground turkey or chicken). About 111 calories per slice. If anyone would like the recipe, let me know. It is a really simple one.

...Did someone say meat crust?

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arditarose

emily_stew wrote: »

arditarose wrote: »

slodawnc wrote: »

I have a really good pizza recipe with the meat being the crust (I use ground turkey or chicken). About 111 calories per slice. If anyone would like the recipe, let me know. It is a really simple one.

...Did someone say meat crust?

Whaaaa?? This beats cauliflower crust (gag)

Definitely beats cauliflower crust.

slodawnc

yes...I use a ground turkey or chicken for the crust. Definitely beats a cauliflower crust

areallycoolstory

slodawnc wrote: »

I have a really good pizza recipe with the meat being the crust (I use ground turkey or chicken). About 111 calories per slice. If anyone would like the recipe, let me know. It is a really simple one.

Oh. My. Gawd! That is freakin' brilliant. Hell yes, I want the recipe!

arditarose

slodawnc wrote: »

yes...I use a ground turkey or chicken for the crust. Definitely beats a cauliflower crust

Gimme recipe please.

I've never asked for a recipe on here. Not once. I hate cooking and I hate people's recipes but I'm gonna make this.

slodawnc

I have never done recipe so hope it is okay to just put it here in the discussion

areallycoolstory

Yes. Yes. Yes.

shirayne

I like to use naan bread instead of pita for the crust... a bit more chewy But meat for crust??? Recipe please!

arditarose

OP says you can, so yes.

slodawnc

Cheesy Chicken and Herb Pizza

Crust:
1 lb ground Chicken or Turkey (or other ground meat)
1 TB Italian seasoning
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp salt (I actually leave the salt out)
1/4 cup parmesan cheese (grated)
1 egg white

Toppings:
3/4 cup pizza or tomato sauce
3/4 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
Optional Toppings: parmesan cheese and veggies (red onion, green peppers, olives, mushrooms, etc.)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet pan with foil and spray with non-stick
cooking spray or use parchment paper. In a medium bowl, mix all of the ingredients for the crust of the pizza.

Flatten crust out in a circular shape (or a rectangle) on the prepared baking pan. Crust should be about 1/8 inch thick. Bake for 20 minutes and remove from the oven. Turn oven temperature up to 425 degrees.

Spread pizza saude over the crust and sprinkle with cheese over the top of sauce. Layer with additional toppings if desired. Place pizza back in the oven and bake for an additional 7-10 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and toppings cooked to your liking. Remove from the oven and let cool for a few minutes. Cut pizza into 8 slices and enjoy!!

Makes 8 servings (1 slicer per serving)
111 calories, 4 g fat, 2 g carbohydrate, 1g fiber, 1 g sugar, 17 g protein, 300 mg sodium

Recipe adapted from dashing dish

slodawnc

My husband likes this recipe so I hope you will too.

areallycoolstory

Thanks so much for taking the time to post this. I looks absolutely delicious:-)

slodawnc

Your welcome. :-) Let me know how you like it.

Sandcastles61

WOW

areallycoolstory

So I didn't wind up having pizza for dinner last night. I went with steak and veggies. But guess what I had for lunch today. Meat crust rules! Thanks again, slodawnc

arditarose

What the heck is on there? It looks like mango? or pineapple?

areallycoolstory

Hawaiian Style with pineapple. It's a pretty common where I live. Usually it is done with pineapple and ham. But I skipped the ham because the crust was meat. I totally enjoyed it. Next time I will season the meat a bit more though...like I would a meatloaf. It was delish!