Anybody still eat cupcakes?

jhill774

maybe those hardcore crunches I'm doing are turning my big stomach into big muscle and making me gain, since muscle is heavier...

MyChocolateDiet

my husband buys "two bite chocolate fudge cupcakes" from the grocery store. they have 87 calories each and I love them.

I can have one and feel alright. two and feel good. more than that I'm a bloated nappy mess.

So try them find them at your store. they keep well since they are so much sugar. they come in plastic containers of a dozen tiny cupcakes.

they look like this and taste as good as they look. since they aren't diet. they are just tiny. and cute.

kgkraftskaren

I started on a 1200 cal diet this week and it;s my Bday week so I have had mini cupcakes, cakes, pastries..............and I figured them into my diet and guess what! ?! I've lost four pounds this week and it's not just water weight.........I have been yoyo dieting since Jan, trying to settle on one! and this is theone!

morpheousneo

@kowfred. Actually I have only 1 low cal cookbook but mostly I follow online recipes from sites like Good Food. Found a lovely looking veg chilli con carne recipe yesterday on Jamie Oliver's site

morpheousneo

@MyChocolateDi . I've never seen any that tiny on my shopping trips. . . Looks yum

bellahopo

I think it's ok to have a little of what you like as long as you log all your cal's down to every bite. I struggle a lot as i love biscuits...i often fall of the wagon but try my hardest to get back on it next day. I'm on a diet in uk called Change4life and they encourage you to swap your fav foods for an healthier option rather than cutting them total from your diet.
Claire : 0D

morpheousneo

I would have eaten one yesterday while visiting my Mom at the nursing home, but they were for the residents only. Soooo, I watched as Mom ate hers. It was a sad moment...for me, not for her. She was quite happy.

Haha. Never mind, hun. I had similar moment at lunch time with my own mother. She had a massive plate that consisted of 1 whole peppered mackrel, 1 whole baguette and half an avocado. I wanted to cry when I looked at my own salad. mackrel yes but 1/3 and no baguette and tiny avocado! it was like her plate had a baby - my plate. At least she did not have cake. That i am grateful for

morpheousneo

@bellahopo. Thanks Claire

Westjawja

If you lick the frosting off of a cupcake, you have a muffin. Muffins are good for you.

morpheousneo

I do not eat cupcakes.

... but only because they are the least satisfying of all the sweets for me. I do eat cookies, cheesecake, candy and many other "treats."

I do not eat them on a regular basis, because I have a hard time controlling portions and stopping when I should. I confine my "treat eating" to the weekend and try to eat healthy during the week. I also enjoy baking and often bake on the weekends so my family and I can enjoy sweets. I know when Monday rolls around that I am done and I get back on my plan. It works for me.

I know that others can plan a small treat every day, but for me one piece of dark chocolate at night turns into two, which turns into five, because that's the serving size on the bag. Five turns into eight just once because it was a bad day, and eventually I'm eating twelve a night.

If you eat too many calories, it will stall your weight loss, so it's up to you to figure out how sweets, treats and junk food fit into your eating plan. If you totally deny yourself things that give you great pleasure, you will eventually give in to a binge or give up altogether.

Thanks hun, good advice.

jonnythan

If you lick the frosting off of a cupcake, you have a muffin. Muffins are good for you.

That's funny, but muffins are one of the worst possible foods for people on a diet. And this is coming from a guy who eats fast food and ice cream almost every day, who believes there are no bad foods.

morpheousneo

and hot dogs topped with macaroni and cheese.

Yes! This is me everyday! A total Homer. Sound effects and all.

morpheousneo

haha, that is so cruel

MrsDangerousCurves

yes! everything in moderation...

morpheousneo

Yes. and donuts. and birthday cake. and fish and chips. and hot dogs topped with macaroni and cheese. and you can see from my ticker that it worked.

I eat treat foods as *treats*. I log them, or don't. But they're occasional indulgences that I enjoy, that make life fun and tasty, and that I keep in balance with many, many healthy meals.

Have a cupcake. Log it. Move on. I'm not on a diet, never was, and it sounds like you're not either.

I had fish and chips just last night and I had a cupcake last weekend I believe. You can still eat what you love. If it's a food that you can't leave along, like cupcakes for example, don't bake a dozen or two and force yourself to maintain infinite willpower against them. Instead, go out and buy one, bring it home and enjoy it. When it's gone, you've both satisfied yourself and removed unnecessary temptation to have another, and another, and another, etc. At least that's what I have to do with any sweet baked good.

Or bake, save one and ship the rest off to the siblings. Thanks

Christina_3192

I ate cake today.

It was delicious.

MightyDomo

I ate a brownie this morning, am probably going to have a slice of pie tonight and had some cake and ice cream last week. I don't give up the good stuff, I just eat it less often.

DaughterOfTheMostHighKing

yup! especially if it's that time of the month... I only eat half tho'. I throw the rest in the trash... I did it 3x this week already.. lol!!!

sunshyncatra

Yes, I eat treats and log them. I don't deprive myself if I am craving something. I also know that I can't bake cupcakes at home because they are too tempting. If I want cake, I go buy one cupcake or one slice of cake from the store.

2youngatheart

Yes. and donuts. and birthday cake. and fish and chips. and hot dogs topped with macaroni and cheese. and you can see from my ticker that it worked.

I eat treat foods as *treats*. I log them, or don't. But they're occasional indulgences that I enjoy, that make life fun and tasty, and that I keep in balance with many, many healthy meals.

Have a cupcake. Log it. Move on. I'm not on a diet, never was, and it sounds like you're not either.


The above person was right!

I never give up regular food...I eat butter, and anything natural instead of "diet" food. and yes you lose weight...you just log it. Like spending money...you have so much..spend it and you are done!

Sactown900

I will have a bite of one, but it is logged into my daily list.

I might have a bite of Fathers Day cake and ice cream tonight at my BBQ.

chrislynn_marie

I had two cupcakes at my father-in-law's 50th birthday last night. Oh my gosh, they were sooo good!

liddienicole

I feel your pain - I am also a baker and know how hard it is. Most of it is portion control - I add recipes into MFP and see how many calories my cupcakes come to. I found out my oreo cupcakes (which I would have 2-3 a day previously) came to over 300 calories. So now I would half the mixture so the cupcakes are smaller, less calories, but I still get to enjoy the taste. I've been on MFP for a month and I am losing steadily so it must work - I've not cut out anything I enjoy I just eat less of it! Or you could save up calories/exercise to earn one. But don't deprive yourself of anything or you will fail - that's the mistake I've made in the past and only lasted about a week or two and have then ended up binging!

TheCaren

My mantra has been: "everything is permissible, but not everything is beneficial". So yes, when I want the cupcake I eat the cupcake. I eat right the bulk of the time and an occasional cupcake is not how I got 45 pounds overweight. It was three cupcakes and a bag of chili cheese fritos with a diet pepsi and calling it lunch on a regular basis that got me there.

And I don't starve myself all day to eat the cupcake. I just say "hey today I'm gonna be three hundred calories over. I'd better keep an eye on things this week to make sure it doesn't get out of hand." Because it can easily for me. We crave what we eat. When we eat garbage, it tends (for many of us) to create a craving for more garbage. I make a conscious decision to eat the treat, and then move on with my normal lifestyle of reasonable eating. When I allow myself to indulge in moderation on occasion, I eliminate the binge eating that comes with deprivation lifestyles.

But that's just me.

ecw3780

The only reason you cant have them is if you cant control yourself. I will eat 4 cupcakes in one day, so I never have them. I also would rather watch tv than exercise off some cupcake calories, and I don't want to save room in my diary for a cup cake instead of real food. That being said, as long as your nutritional goals are being met, and you have the calories, have a cupcake!

jerber160

I'm missing chocolate cakes... cupcakes with frosting. I've been at this for 2 weeks now and for me I am trying to eat healthier for the rest of my life, so I do not see it as a diet. But I am a serious food lover and enjoy baking - and eating what I bake. Is there anybody out there that still eat some of their favourite 'naughty' food and still lose weight? Cheers mi dears

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/596985-3-2-1-cake-low-cal?hl=321+cake+recipe

CallMeCupcakeDammit

Hot dogs topped with macaroni and cheese?! I you.

It was from Ditch Plains (UWS NY) and yummy as hell. They top them with bacon on request, as if something that great could get better.

That just needed to be reposted. Where's a drooley smiley when you need one?!

soxx226

I had 2 donuts for breakfast and probably gonna have 3 soft tacos from taco bell after work, cheat days are yummy.

bernadettemelvin

oh my! i have lost 4 lbs. I had a get together last weekend for a friend who is getting married in July. Another friend has a cupcake business.... she bought these red velet cupcakes with cream cheese icing.... i lasted as long as I could and I had 2.... 1 would just not cut it. They were out of this world. I have been trying all week to work it off. I felt soooooooo guilty but they were sooooooooooooo worth it.

SuprDadOf4

Yup. And I had some damn good Doritos today and I'm still within my daily limit.