girl Scout Cookies

CAKarlos
CAKarlos Posts: 6 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Why are Girl Scout Cookies sold in January when you are trying to stay on a diet? I just derailed my 3 weeks of starting new. Now I have to start again! Ugh!
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  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    Why not just use portion control and enjoy the cookies in moderation?
  • 100df
    100df Posts: 668 Member
    I like Girl Scouts. Didn't want to penalize them for my gluttony. I gave them $20 as a donation. At least they get to keep it all and I don't get crazy trying not to eat the whole box at once. Maybe in a year I will trust myself to use portion control.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,649 Member
    Time to hit the rellies up for a care package of Samoas.
  • scastor27
    scastor27 Posts: 204 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    Ooh...they would be great crushed up into my greek yogurt. Why do I not know any girl scouts?

    I just sent a text asking my mother if she knows any Girl Scouts. I must get some for crumbling too!
  • neohdiver
    neohdiver Posts: 738 Member
    CAKarlos wrote: »
    Why are Girl Scout Cookies sold in January when you are trying to stay on a diet? I just derailed my 3 weeks of starting new. Now I have to start again! Ugh!

    I'm still finishing my Christmas cookies. Two a day is all that fits within my allotted carbs, so I've been nursing them for more than a month now. Do the same with your Girl Scout cookies (although I'd only be able to eat a half a cookie - they are much more carb intense than the spritz cookies I make).
  • BioQueen
    BioQueen Posts: 694 Member
    I have soooo many christmas cookies left. I have 2-3 a day (depending on what kind they are, for some it is just one) with my tea and it makes me happy :smile: . I just have to portion control it.
  • 20months
    20months Posts: 62 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    You don't have to derail yourself with them, just fit a serving into your calories as you can.

    This!!
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    edited January 2016
    My kid sells them every year and, as her mom, I have to buy some for support! We still have a box or two in the freezer from last year, but we ended up just bringing most to work and leaving them out for coworkers (my husband bought 9 boxes along with my 5!). Nobody in my household NEEDS cookies, but if they wanted 1-2, it would still fit into a healthy diet.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    Where can I get my cookies?

    Do not derail with them... Although in my "past life" it would take nothing to down the entire box of Thin Mints or at least "one sleeve" at a time.

    Get a serving and put the box up, and just think instead of downing the box, you can go back and get some more when you are so inclined!!
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    I wish I could sell them to all of you - she's trying for 1600 boxes this year to earn a laptop. Pretty lofty goal!
  • CooCooPuff
    CooCooPuff Posts: 4,374 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    Ooh...they would be great crushed up into my greek yogurt. Why do I not know any girl scouts?
    Just wait until February for girl to sell them in front of grocery stores.

    I plan on buying a box of do si dohs and rah rah raisins... Maybe some hellos if I feel like spending 12 dollars. :p
  • dragon_girl26
    dragon_girl26 Posts: 2,187 Member
    Don't think of it as a hurdle to derail your progress. Instead, it's a great opportunity for you to train yourself on how to use portion control. Girl Scout cookies aren't "bad"...it's just the approach to eating them that needs improvement. Learn to enjoy them in moderation. :-)

    Some Thin Mints crumbled in greek yogurt sounds outstanding! Now I'm going to have to hit up the grocery stores waiting for the Girl Scouts to set up their stand out front.

    Best of luck!
  • 100df
    100df Posts: 668 Member
    Queenmunchy wrote: »
    I wish I could sell them to all of you - she's trying for 1600 boxes this year to earn a laptop. Pretty lofty goal!

    That's a lot of boxes of cookies. Fingers crossed for her! Hope she gets it.
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    Queenmunchy wrote: »
    I wish I could sell them to all of you - she's trying for 1600 boxes this year to earn a laptop. Pretty lofty goal!

    Hopefully you have a fitbit/step tracker if you're helping her go door to door! Good luck. I'm usually pretty lazy and just buy them from the local troop at the grocery store.
  • kgeyser
    kgeyser Posts: 22,505 Member
    I ordered extra boxes of Samoas and Thin Mints this year. I'm not even trying to pretend that I'm only going to have one box, and since I actually have cookie parents this year, I can't sneak down to the garage to get more whenever I want. I'm also going to make Thin Mint brownies for our cookie booths to give away as samples.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    I haven't ordered any in three years. So i just looked up thin mints...4 cookies for 160 calories? I'm so in this year.

    And even if I don't run into any scouts selling at the grocery, I live 10 minutes from the local council office. I might have to pay a visit.
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,791 Member
    The girl scout cookie website has a market locator and schedule of times the troops should be there.

    It comes in handy!
  • OyGeeBiv
    OyGeeBiv Posts: 733 Member
    I buy them for friends who live in a nursing home and don't have any other way to get them. They're a big hit there.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    My daughter is a girl scout. I've had 8 boxes in my pantry for a week, lol. Just one or two at a time (cookie, not box!).
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    susan100df wrote: »
    I like Girl Scouts. Didn't want to penalize them for my gluttony. I gave them $20 as a donation. At least they get to keep it all and I don't get crazy trying not to eat the whole box at once. Maybe in a year I will trust myself to use portion control.

    My very first binge food was Girl Scout cookies and to this day I have a hard time moderating them. It's easiest for me to just not have them in the house. I give Girl Scouts at the supermarkets a few dollars; no cookies required.
  • LHWhite903
    LHWhite903 Posts: 208 Member
    I used to buy those. (And, at one point in my life, I sold them.) Now, for allergy/intolerance reasons, I avoid them like the plague. They still look pretty, though.
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,791 Member
    Ooooo I lied in another thread. We don't have to wait until March. They'll start selling them in early February. Just not closest to my apartment where I can stop off on my way home after my morning walk. :)
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    glassyo wrote: »
    Ooooo I lied in another thread. We don't have to wait until March. They'll start selling them in early February. Just not closest to my apartment where I can stop off on my way home after my morning walk. :)

    Here the scouts will go door-to-door and parents will take the forms to work around this time of year (I was a Girl Scout for seven years), then they come in mid-to-late February. That's about when they would start selling at stores as well.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    Queenmunchy wrote: »
    I wish I could sell them to all of you - she's trying for 1600 boxes this year to earn a laptop. Pretty lofty goal!

    I'll take some... too bad no one has been to my door selling.... sigh.. :)
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,791 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    glassyo wrote: »
    Ooooo I lied in another thread. We don't have to wait until March. They'll start selling them in early February. Just not closest to my apartment where I can stop off on my way home after my morning walk. :)

    Here the scouts will go door-to-door and parents will take the forms to work around this time of year (I was a Girl Scout for seven years), then they come in mid-to-late February. That's about when they would start selling at stores as well.

    I think it's interesting that they still go door to door. It's dangerous! :) I was a girl scout for about 5 minutes and have only known our clients children (who my boss tells the parent he'll take like 20 boxes from....each....*sigh*) and, of course, the sugar pushers at the markets. :)
  • brb_2013
    brb_2013 Posts: 1,197 Member
    Its not the girl scouts fault! I bought 4 boxes from the girl I nanny for, and I intend to store them in our storage closet. I'll pay attention to the date but then someday be pleasantly surprised when I find them
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