Do you weigh icecream?

malibu927

svarychevskagunder wrote: »

better to not eat it

I would not be happy if I gave up ice cream. I lost almost 65 pounds eating it several times a week.

Anyway, yes I weigh it. And if I have chocolate syrup on it, it gets weighed too.

dragon_girl26

svarychevskagunder wrote: »

better to not eat it

This makes me sad. No ice cream?

Yep, I weigh mine, especially since I don't stick to just one serving all the time.

dragon_girl26

malibu927 wrote: »

svarychevskagunder wrote: »

better to not eat it

I would not be happy if I gave up ice cream. I lost almost 65 pounds eating it several times a week.

Anyway, yes I weigh it. And if I have chocolate syrup on it, it gets weighed too.

Oh, chocolate syrup is a must on my vanilla ice cream...
...and sometimes crumbled Oreos, which also get weighed...

CooCooPuff

svarychevskagunder wrote: »

better to not eat it

It's pretty easy to fit 400 calories of ice cream and a little waffle bowl on my maintainence days.

If I eat lots of whole foods everyday, why is it better not to eat it?

MsAmandaNJ

When I eat it at home, I weigh it in grams. When out, I estimate in cups. However, ice cream is a huge weakness for me, so I rarely have it. Weighing it does help in not going back for seconds, I put it in a ramekin so that I eat much less of it, taking my time to savor the deliciousness.

hope516

no i eat it

Savyna

Yes I weigh in grams for the most part.

sardelsa

I think I did in the past. But no.. I don't. But if you want to be as accurate in your logging as possible it is probably a good idea

Ps. In Canada the label is usually measured in ml and it's not always in the database in grams so... lazy

stealthq

Depends.

If it's Ben and Jerry's I'll sometimes just estimate how much of the pint I ate. I live alone, so I know I'll be eating the whole thing eventually and it'll average out. I've always found that B&J's shorts the pint by up to 20 grams. So it's not likely I'll be underestimating the total.

Otherwise, I weigh. Other pints aren't as consistent.

malibu927

dragon_girl26 wrote: »

malibu927 wrote: »

svarychevskagunder wrote: »

better to not eat it

I would not be happy if I gave up ice cream. I lost almost 65 pounds eating it several times a week.

Anyway, yes I weigh it. And if I have chocolate syrup on it, it gets weighed too.

Oh, chocolate syrup is a must on my vanilla ice cream...
...and sometimes crumbled Oreos, which also get weighed...

Two servings of Edy's Slow Churned vanilla bean, a serving of Hershey's syrup...300 calories of wonderful.

cwolfman13

No, but I hardly ever have ice cream...when I have ice cream, it usually means I'm on a vacation and walking around some boardwalk somewhere or down some main street of some tourist town. If I ate it with frequency I would weigh it.

AngryViking1970

malibu927 wrote: »

dragon_girl26 wrote: »

malibu927 wrote: »

svarychevskagunder wrote: »

better to not eat it

I would not be happy if I gave up ice cream. I lost almost 65 pounds eating it several times a week.

Anyway, yes I weigh it. And if I have chocolate syrup on it, it gets weighed too.

Oh, chocolate syrup is a must on my vanilla ice cream...
...and sometimes crumbled Oreos, which also get weighed...

Two servings of Edy's Slow Churned vanilla bean, a serving of Hershey's syrup...300 calories of wonderful.

Ooh, the Edy's vanilla bean is the best! I'm usually not much of a vanilla fan, but that's a good one.

kristikitter

I would if I ate it. Generally only eat ice cream if it's had espresso thrown all over it. Mmmmmmm.

amusedmonkey

svarychevskagunder wrote: »

better to not eat it

That's only a 2-300 calories per servings. I don't see why not. If you don't have issues with stopping before you overeat beyond your calories ice cream is not harmful. You would be horrified to see my nearly 1000 calorie McDonald's meal today if you didn't know the context. You may be a bit shocked to see people eating ice cream on diet, but let me explain...

Food is seen in context of the whole diet. Using my case today here is what happened: Basically I wasn't very hungry today, and even after a large serving of peanuts I still had 1500 calories left. Tomorrow is a fast day for me, so if I undereat today tomorrow would be difficult and it would break my eating pattern which is important to my diet. My overall nutrition for today is kind of lacking due to lack of appetite but all throughout the week I've had a great variety of nutrient dense foods.

McDonald's has been on my mind for a couple of days so I wanted to have it while I can since lent has started and I've only found out, so no chance to act on my cravings for a long while. Now that I got it out of my system my diet will continue being pleasant and sustainable.

See how in this case my high fat high sodium "junk food" meal was actually beneficial to my diet?

JeromeBarry1

Actually, yes. Even when I'm way over my planned calories for a day, I weight the ice cream and 4 oz is enough for me.

RAinWA

AngryViking1970 wrote: »

malibu927 wrote: »

dragon_girl26 wrote: »

malibu927 wrote: »

svarychevskagunder wrote: »

better to not eat it

I would not be happy if I gave up ice cream. I lost almost 65 pounds eating it several times a week.

Anyway, yes I weigh it. And if I have chocolate syrup on it, it gets weighed too.

Oh, chocolate syrup is a must on my vanilla ice cream...
...and sometimes crumbled Oreos, which also get weighed...

Two servings of Edy's Slow Churned vanilla bean, a serving of Hershey's syrup...300 calories of wonderful.

Ooh, the Edy's vanilla bean is the best! I'm usually not much of a vanilla fan, but that's a good one.

I love the Edy's (they call it Dreyers here) vanilla bean! With chocolate sauce and then I eat it with a really small spoon to make it last longer.

ETA: And yes, I weigh it in grams

almostsuperpowered

In pints.

jemhh

No, I don't.