Having cookies every night?

hs1744
hs1744 Posts: 6 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I'm trying to maintain my weight and typically eat around 1200-1700 calories a day and mostly healthy. I usually don't have "dessert" but I do allow myself a treat every now and then. However, my niece is selling Girl Scout cookies, and I want to buy a box of Do-si-Dos. I plan on (if I buy them) eating 3 every night since that's the serving size for six nights (there are six servings per box). Do you think that this is a good idea or would it do harm?
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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,426 MFP Moderator
    I regularly incorporate treats into my diet. But I also make sure it doesn't impede my ability to get adequate protein or other nutrients.

    Having said that, I tend to get a lot of recipes at www.theproteinchef.co <-- a lot more nutritious version of deserts.
  • Kelimek
    Kelimek Posts: 4 Member
    I kind of doubt you get enough nutritions for 1200-1700 kcal when you eat 3 extra cookies. According to MFP 3 cookies = 480 kcals of mostly carbs and fat ? Once or twice a week it should be ok, but I don't think doing it everyday is a good idea.
  • Packerjohn
    Packerjohn Posts: 4,855 Member
    Kelimek wrote: »
    I kind of doubt you get enough nutritions for 1200-1700 kcal when you eat 3 extra cookies. According to MFP 3 cookies = 480 kcals of mostly carbs and fat ? Once or twice a week it should be ok, but I don't think doing it everyday is a good idea.

    I would agree. Little if any space in a 1200-1700 calorie a day diet for almost 500 calories worth of cookies

    WIll not hurt if VERY infrequent, but probaby an issue if a several times a month over the long term.
  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
    Suggested serving sizes are just that - suggestions.

    I aim for about 80% of my calories from nutrient-dense sources and 20% for treats.

    One cookie per night might fit better into your eating plan than three cookies would.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,426 MFP Moderator
    bbell1985 wrote: »
    If I can only eat one cookie, I like to break it up into a greek yogurt for topping. Way more satisfying than eating the dang thing in two bites.

    That is what I do with Oreo's, which is the best cookie ever!!!
  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    psuLemon wrote: »
    bbell1985 wrote: »
    If I can only eat one cookie, I like to break it up into a greek yogurt for topping. Way more satisfying than eating the dang thing in two bites.

    That is what I do with Oreo's, which is the best cookie ever!!!

    Yeah, I do it with oreos too. Not now though.
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,735 Member
    It's not going to harm you unless you're allergic or have another medical reason not to eat any of the ingredients in the cookies.

    I do admire your restraint in buying one box tho. Between the ones I end up buying and the like 50 boxes my boss ends up buying, I'm set for the rest of the year. :)
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    Go for it. Beer and whisky are my treats, and I'm on 1420 plus exercise cals.
  • staticsplit
    staticsplit Posts: 538 Member
    I eat cookies most days. Cookies are awesome. I usually have 1 or 2 dark chocolate Mcvities biscuits, at 83 cals each.
  • xmarye
    xmarye Posts: 385 Member
    bbell1985 wrote: »
    If I can only eat one cookie, I like to break it up into a greek yogurt for topping. Way more satisfying than eating the dang thing in two bites.

    Omg I think you just saved my life <3
  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    xmarye wrote: »
    bbell1985 wrote: »
    If I can only eat one cookie, I like to break it up into a greek yogurt for topping. Way more satisfying than eating the dang thing in two bites.

    Omg I think you just saved my life <3

    It saved mine. People would see 2 oreos logged and asked how I did it. I crushed them up in yogurt :)
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,592 Member
    edited February 2017
    haileyshumar wrote: »
    I'm trying to maintain my weight and typically eat around 1200-1700 calories a day and mostly healthy. I usually don't have "dessert" but I do allow myself a treat every now and then. However, my niece is selling Girl Scout cookies, and I want to buy a box of Do-si-Dos. I plan on (if I buy them) eating 3 every night since that's the serving size for six nights (there are six servings per box). Do you think that this is a good idea or would it do harm?

    If they fit within your calorie limit, there's no problem with this at all. :)


    I do this too. :) I buy a box of cookies (but not Girl Scout cookies ... I've never liked them) and have one about every other night, if I feel like it. Each one of mine is about 85 calories which makes a nice late-evening snack.

  • leejoyce31
    leejoyce31 Posts: 794 Member
    I really admire everyone who can have one or two cookies. That's awesome. Cookies and chocolate are my kryptonite. I allow for a once a month indulgence if I have hormonal cravings. I didn't get those cravings this month. So no treats. I'm an abstainer for the most part. Not very good at moderating. But thankfully I don't feel deprived.

    BTW- I can eat an entire box of caramel delites Girl Scout cookies in one sitting. So I don't buy them.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,592 Member
    leejoyce31 wrote: »
    I really admire everyone who can have one or two cookies. That's awesome. Cookies and chocolate are my kryptonite. I allow for a once a month indulgence if I have hormonal cravings. I didn't get those cravings this month. So no treats. I'm an abstainer for the most part. Not very good at moderating. But thankfully I don't feel deprived.

    BTW- I can eat an entire box of caramel delites Girl Scout cookies in one sitting. So I don't buy them.

    I'm a hoarder when it comes to food. I'd rather have a box of cookies in the cupboard in case I happen to feel hungry for a cookie than to eat the whole thing in one sitting ... and then not have any for tomorrow or later in the week.

    But I end up forgetting about food in the back of my cupboard and tossing half-eaten boxes of cookies etc. because they've gone stale.

  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    Kelimek wrote: »
    I kind of doubt you get enough nutritions for 1200-1700 kcal when you eat 3 extra cookies. According to MFP 3 cookies = 480 kcals of mostly carbs and fat ? Once or twice a week it should be ok, but I don't think doing it everyday is a good idea.

    That looks high for what it is...esp knowing the size of Girl Scout Cookies. I also see 160cals per serving (3 cookies) in the database? Maybe OP can clarify.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,207 Member
    3 of those cookies is 160 calories. No idea where this 480 calories came from. I eat around 1400 a day and always fit around 200 calories of a treat in my day.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,426 MFP Moderator
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    3 of those cookies is 160 calories. No idea where this 480 calories came from. I eat around 1400 a day and always fit around 200 calories of a treat in my day.

    I suspect they looked up in the database and didn't realize the serving size is 3 cookies.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,207 Member
    psuLemon wrote: »
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    3 of those cookies is 160 calories. No idea where this 480 calories came from. I eat around 1400 a day and always fit around 200 calories of a treat in my day.

    I suspect they looked up in the database and didn't realize the serving size is 3 cookies.

    Ah, that math would make sense, yes.
  • French_Peasant
    French_Peasant Posts: 1,639 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    psuLemon wrote: »
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    3 of those cookies is 160 calories. No idea where this 480 calories came from. I eat around 1400 a day and always fit around 200 calories of a treat in my day.

    I suspect they looked up in the database and didn't realize the serving size is 3 cookies.

    Ah, that math would make sense, yes.

    I just double checked and there is an entry for 100 g of do si dos which is 478 calories. So, apparently they picked the "realistic serving that I am actually going to eat" rather than the "recommended serving so we can list a modest amount of calories on our box." :D

    I do really miss the days when I could sit down and wipe out a sleeve of thin mints without a second thought, and things just seemed to magically burn themselves off.
  • Kelimek
    Kelimek Posts: 4 Member
    I apologize for providing bad calorie info on do-si-do's. Just added whatever came first and didn't check other options. 1 cookie = 160 kcal, so 1 container (3 cookies) = 480kcal and it was confirmed by 3 people. Anyway I've never tried them so no idea about serving size :)
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
    Girl Scout cookies are the devil! Having said that, I ordered 2 boxes myself haha. I'll probably just exercise and increase my deficit for a week, then snack on them on the weekend when we get them. I'll also be handing them out to the grand kids so that'll help a bit. But as long as you have the calories I say eat them. No harm done. Well.. unless you're diabetic then maybe some harm.. ;)
  • smotheredincheese
    smotheredincheese Posts: 559 Member
    Are Girl Scout cookies really as good as they say? They don't sell them in the UK (I don't know why, we have Scouts so you'd think they would?) so they're kind of the stuff of legend.

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