Can't live without Ice Cream
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Need2Exerc1se wrote: »SeeEmilyShrink wrote: »The awesome thing is, you don't HAVE to live without ice cream! It's all about balance and moderation! I would suggest allowing yourself one cheat meal and one cheat snack a week. This
It's not a cheat meal or snack if you've made it part of your regular calorie count. Cheating would be going over your goal or eating some food you normally omit.
I was just suggesting saving it for a cheat. Sorry if I worded it in a confusing manner! It doesn't have to be a cheat. If working it into your daily allotted calories works for you, then do that! I was just suggesting a way to make it a weekly treat instead of a daily option, as that works better for other people.0 -
SeeEmilyShrink wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »melonaulait wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »SeeEmilyShrink wrote: »The awesome thing is, you don't HAVE to live without ice cream! It's all about balance and moderation! I would suggest allowing yourself one cheat meal and one cheat snack a week. This helps keep you motivated to stick to your calorie and eating goals the rest of the week! Your cheat snack could be a serving of ice cream or even a sundae. Also, there are plenty of healthier options you could incorporate as snacks, such as frozen yogurt, Skinny Cow ice cream treats, or frozen fruit bars. Also, have you ever heard of Nice Cream?! That is what I do now when I get a craving for ice cream! It's awesome! It's made out of a frozen banana. That's it! You cut it up and put it in the freezer overnight. The next day, put it in a food processor. It takes a little while, but if you keep chopping it and blending it up, it will get to the consistency of frozen yogurt. Once it gets to that consistency, you can add in a Tablespoon of peanut butter and a little honey, some berries, some cocoa powder, or even dark chocolate chips! Then, you blend it for a couple more seconds. Take it out, put it in a container, and stick it in the freezer for an hour to two. It is then the same consistency of ice cream, and you can scoop it out and enjoy! I love how much you can customize it, and it's super low cal and so much healthier and lower in fat than traditional ice cream!
Doesn't "nice cream" have about the same calories as ice cream? I hear this suggestion all the time, but I don't think it is a low calorie alternative to ice cream.
Also if you add honey it's not "nice cream" anymore.
But yeah, don't do it for the calories, do it for the enjoyment!
I "love" it when vegan recipes are altered to include animal products.
Nice cream doesn't have to be vegan! It can, but does not have to.
It was created as a vegan recipe, an easy homemade alternative to dairy ice cream. I just find it odd when people alter vegan recipes to add animal products back, that's all.0 -
SeeEmilyShrink wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »melonaulait wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »SeeEmilyShrink wrote: »The awesome thing is, you don't HAVE to live without ice cream! It's all about balance and moderation! I would suggest allowing yourself one cheat meal and one cheat snack a week. This helps keep you motivated to stick to your calorie and eating goals the rest of the week! Your cheat snack could be a serving of ice cream or even a sundae. Also, there are plenty of healthier options you could incorporate as snacks, such as frozen yogurt, Skinny Cow ice cream treats, or frozen fruit bars. Also, have you ever heard of Nice Cream?! That is what I do now when I get a craving for ice cream! It's awesome! It's made out of a frozen banana. That's it! You cut it up and put it in the freezer overnight. The next day, put it in a food processor. It takes a little while, but if you keep chopping it and blending it up, it will get to the consistency of frozen yogurt. Once it gets to that consistency, you can add in a Tablespoon of peanut butter and a little honey, some berries, some cocoa powder, or even dark chocolate chips! Then, you blend it for a couple more seconds. Take it out, put it in a container, and stick it in the freezer for an hour to two. It is then the same consistency of ice cream, and you can scoop it out and enjoy! I love how much you can customize it, and it's super low cal and so much healthier and lower in fat than traditional ice cream!
Doesn't "nice cream" have about the same calories as ice cream? I hear this suggestion all the time, but I don't think it is a low calorie alternative to ice cream.
Also if you add honey it's not "nice cream" anymore. But yeah, don't do it for the calories, do it for the enjoyment!
I "love" it when vegan recipes are altered to include animal products.
Nice cream doesn't have to be vegan! It can, but does not have to.
People who want to stick with the spirit of the recipe could use maple syrup.0 -
kshama2001 wrote: »SeeEmilyShrink wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »melonaulait wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »SeeEmilyShrink wrote: »The awesome thing is, you don't HAVE to live without ice cream! It's all about balance and moderation! I would suggest allowing yourself one cheat meal and one cheat snack a week. This helps keep you motivated to stick to your calorie and eating goals the rest of the week! Your cheat snack could be a serving of ice cream or even a sundae. Also, there are plenty of healthier options you could incorporate as snacks, such as frozen yogurt, Skinny Cow ice cream treats, or frozen fruit bars. Also, have you ever heard of Nice Cream?! That is what I do now when I get a craving for ice cream! It's awesome! It's made out of a frozen banana. That's it! You cut it up and put it in the freezer overnight. The next day, put it in a food processor. It takes a little while, but if you keep chopping it and blending it up, it will get to the consistency of frozen yogurt. Once it gets to that consistency, you can add in a Tablespoon of peanut butter and a little honey, some berries, some cocoa powder, or even dark chocolate chips! Then, you blend it for a couple more seconds. Take it out, put it in a container, and stick it in the freezer for an hour to two. It is then the same consistency of ice cream, and you can scoop it out and enjoy! I love how much you can customize it, and it's super low cal and so much healthier and lower in fat than traditional ice cream!
Doesn't "nice cream" have about the same calories as ice cream? I hear this suggestion all the time, but I don't think it is a low calorie alternative to ice cream.
Also if you add honey it's not "nice cream" anymore. But yeah, don't do it for the calories, do it for the enjoyment!
I "love" it when vegan recipes are altered to include animal products.
Nice cream doesn't have to be vegan! It can, but does not have to.
People who want to stick with the spirit of the recipe could use maple syrup.
Tastes vary, but I find bananas so sweet that I don't even sweeten it most of the time (especially if I've added berries).0 -
The problem is that if you force yourself to cut out things that aren't realistic for you to cut out, you can become depressed, start to associate ice cream with emotional triggers, and become more likely to overindulge. Labeling certain foods as "bad" or "guilty pleasures" can cause problems in the long run. It's actually better to make allotments instead of treating it as a "treat" or "reward". So it's better to cut down portions in your other meals to make room for your one serving of ice cream. I do this for my cups of tea (as I have to put sugar in them). That or ramp up your exercise either by increasing intensity or increasing the duration to burn more calories.
One thing you can consider doing to get more bang for your buck is to swap ice cream for frozen yogurt or sherbert. I love Mango sherbert and chocolate frozen yogurt as much as ice cream, but they have about 1/2 or 1/3 of the calories. So I can have 2 or 3 times as much!
It's all about trade offs and balance. If you can find a way to fit your ice cream in, then by all means, do so. However, also make sure that you aren't sacrificing nutrition for empty calories, as this will hurt in the long run too!0 -
SeeEmilyShrink wrote: »I would suggest allowing yourself one cheat meal and one cheat snack a week.
ONE cheat snack a week? Say whatttttt? There's no need to be that restrictive. Have treats whenever you can when it fits into your daily/weekly calorie goals.
The fact is most people on lower calorie diets don't have much room to fit a bunch of treats into their diet without compromising basic nutritional needs.0 -
I had gone through a phase of needing to have ice cream everyday and I gained about 30 lbs in a 2 year period. It's ok to indulge in your favorite foods once in a while, but try to find other alternatives (sherbet, low fat, skinny cow or frozen yogurt) and instead of everyday, try maybe once a week.0
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Also pineapple coconut flavored frozen yogurt is great0 -
Me! A couple nights per week I measure out about 1/2 a cup (exact grams depends on flavor/how many calories I have left). Last night it was cookies & cream.
Sometimes I buy the light/diet bars, but I don't like the flavor as well. So I try to make room for the good stuff.0 -
BRRRRRRRRRRRRRR it's way too cold here for ice cream. Or salads.0
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LOL. While I am sitting here getting my car washed some of these responses are cracking me up LOL0
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kshama2001 wrote: »BRRRRRRRRRRRRRR it's way too cold here for ice cream. Or salads.
Ice cream is better when it's cold! 0 -
I don't factor it into my daily calories, but I do arrange for some extra calories for an end of the day snack, and if it's enough for a serving of some B&J New York Super Fudge Chunk and I have some in the freezer, hell yeah! XD0
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Packerjohn wrote: »SeeEmilyShrink wrote: »I would suggest allowing yourself one cheat meal and one cheat snack a week.
ONE cheat snack a week? Say whatttttt? There's no need to be that restrictive. Have treats whenever you can when it fits into your daily/weekly calorie goals.
The fact is most people on lower calorie diets don't have much room to fit a bunch of treats into their diet without compromising basic nutritional needs.
Thank you. I feel like this fact gets lost here.0 -
bellabonbons wrote: »So I'm factoring it in to my daily calories. Do any of you do this also?
Yes. On a regular basis I enjoy a magnum ice cream bar.
Sometimes two.0 -
kshama2001 wrote: »BRRRRRRRRRRRRRR it's way too cold here for ice cream. Or salads.
Ice cream is better when it's cold!
LOL.0 -
I don't factor it into my daily calories, but I do arrange for some extra calories for an end of the day snack, and if it's enough for a serving of some B&J New York Super Fudge Chunk and I have some in the freezer, hell yeah! XD
New York super fudge chunk. Huge chunks of dark chocolate and walnuts. Awesome! I love the Boston Cream Pie with actual chunks of yellow cake and rich Bavarian Cream.0 -
I generally have some sort of dessert everyday. It's usually ice cream, candy, or some sort of cake/pastry.0
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bellabonbons wrote: »I don't factor it into my daily calories, but I do arrange for some extra calories for an end of the day snack, and if it's enough for a serving of some B&J New York Super Fudge Chunk and I have some in the freezer, hell yeah! XD
New York super fudge chunk. Huge chunks of dark chocolate and walnuts. Awesome! I love the Boston Cream Pie with actual chunks of yellow cake and rich Bavarian Cream.
Not a huge fan of boston cream pie things, but another treat i do sometimes is froyo. There's a place nearby that has birthday cake flavor and sometimes dutch chocolate. nooommmmmmm.......0 -
SeeEmilyShrink wrote: »It honestly depends on the kind of ice cream you are eating, but most of them are going to have a much higher calorie AND fat content than a frozen banana and a little almond or peanut butter.
And the mixers I suggested were just options. You can add whatever you want, or nothing at all. It's absolutely delicious just by itself, banana flavored! It is still a better alternative to full fat ice cream, especially if you are eating the kinds with candies or cookie doughs in them.
Well, no, not really.
1 smallish banana + 1 tbsp of peanut butter + 1 tsp honey + 1 tbsp cocoa powder ~ 230-240 cals
1 scoop Ben & Jerry's Belgium Salted Caramel Brownie Ale = 250 cals
Not that there aren't flavors that are higher, but really your mix is falling in the middle of the B&J's lineup. There are a ton of ice cream lines out there with fewer cals than B&J. And that's forgetting their frozen yogurt which can be very good and is generally < 200 cals per serving.0 -
Eat all the ice cream! And pizza!
(well, maybe not alllll of it, but some). I am low/mod carb and still eat both on occasion - cuz life.0 -
SeeEmilyShrink wrote: »It honestly depends on the kind of ice cream you are eating, but most of them are going to have a much higher calorie AND fat content than a frozen banana and a little almond or peanut butter.
And the mixers I suggested were just options. You can add whatever you want, or nothing at all. It's absolutely delicious just by itself, banana flavored! It is still a better alternative to full fat ice cream, especially if you are eating the kinds with candies or cookie doughs in them.
Well, no, not really.
1 smallish banana + 1 tbsp of peanut butter + 1 tsp honey + 1 tbsp cocoa powder ~ 230-240 cals
1 scoop Ben & Jerry's Belgium Salted Caramel Brownie Ale = 250 cals
Not that there aren't flavors that are higher, but really your mix is falling in the middle of the B&J's lineup. There are a ton of ice cream lines out there with fewer cals than B&J. And that's forgetting their frozen yogurt which can be very good and is generally < 200 cals per serving.
Delicious!!!!0 -
I found this a week or so ago:
http://www.eatenlightened.com/#/products
Its very good and I am easily able to fit it into my diet.0 -
SeeEmilyShrink wrote: »It honestly depends on the kind of ice cream you are eating, but most of them are going to have a much higher calorie AND fat content than a frozen banana and a little almond or peanut butter.
And the mixers I suggested were just options. You can add whatever you want, or nothing at all. It's absolutely delicious just by itself, banana flavored! It is still a better alternative to full fat ice cream, especially if you are eating the kinds with candies or cookie doughs in them.
Well, no, not really.
1 smallish banana + 1 tbsp of peanut butter + 1 tsp honey + 1 tbsp cocoa powder ~ 230-240 cals
1 scoop Ben & Jerry's Belgium Salted Caramel Brownie Ale = 250 cals
Not that there aren't flavors that are higher, but really your mix is falling in the middle of the B&J's lineup. There are a ton of ice cream lines out there with fewer cals than B&J. And that's forgetting their frozen yogurt which can be very good and is generally < 200 cals per serving.
Consider which would full most people up more and have more nutritional value for the same number of calories0 -
kshama2001 wrote: »It was Nice because it was vegan. Honey is not vegan, as bees are exploited in order to produce honey.
Never thought about it like that. What is the difference between that and the necessity of bees pollinating most of the fruits/veggies we eat? Now with all the problems happening to bees farmers have to call in bee keepers to bring by their colonies to manually pollinate as well.
Exploited bees however makes me think of a bunch of bees marching on Labor Day or something...
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I can live without ice cream but enjoy a Nestle Mini Milk [vanilla, chocolate & strawberry] a couple of times a week. It's a nice snack for only 35 calories.0
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CupcakesMom2 wrote: »I found this a week or so ago:
http://www.eatenlightened.com/#/products
Its very good and I am easily able to fit it into my diet.
Awesome site !0 -
suziecue20 wrote: »I can live without ice cream but enjoy a Nestle Mini Milk [vanilla, chocolate & strawberry] a couple of times a week. It's a nice snack for only 35 calories.
Must look into these. Thanks.0 -
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blues4miles wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »It was Nice because it was vegan. Honey is not vegan, as bees are exploited in order to produce honey.
Never thought about it like that. What is the difference between that and the necessity of bees pollinating most of the fruits/veggies we eat? Now with all the problems happening to bees farmers have to call in bee keepers to bring by their colonies to manually pollinate as well.
Exploited bees however makes me think of a bunch of bees marching on Labor Day or something...
To collect honey, beekeepers must temporarily remove a number of the bees from their home. During the course of bee management and honey collection, even the most careful beekeeper cannot avoid inadvertently injuring, squashing, or otherwise killing some of the bees. Other commodities may be taken from the hive as well, including beeswax, honeycomb, pollen, propolis, and royal jelly.
Bees are not harmed by the process of pollination -- it is something they would do whether or not humans were involved or reaped any profit. If one were to stretch the point, using honey could, in a broad sense, be considered analogous to dairying. Furthermore, there is no reason to take honey from bees other than to sell it. Utilizing bees to pollinate crops in no way necessitates ravaging their hive.
There are some other points too but I'm too scatterbrained for that right now...
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