Um. I just ate a tub of ice cream and need help
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As long as you can control your portions, you can eat what you want and lose weight, as long as it is within your calorie goal.
I'm living proof. I still shoot for eating 80% healthy. I find that if I have a nice treat everyday, it keeps me from binging, because I don't feel deprived. 
Everyone has their own way that works for them. Keep up the good work OP! )) 0 -
I don't want to sound like a jerk, but treats are reserved for special occasions especially when trying to lose weight. Oatmeal a la mode is a sign that you may have lost sight of that. I have stopped the "treats" because a beloved friend told me that I am not a dog, and should not reward myself with food. I wish you much success, and I also advise a scale. Measuring cups are liars. Goodwill always seems to have a bunch, and are wicked cheap. Be well.
I have ice cream every day, and always have. I don't think of it as a treat, I just think of it as food. Assuming a person is able to measure out a portion and eat only that, and assuming that same person is eating a nutrient dense diet with an appropriate number of calories, it's not a problem.0 -
Don't beat yourself up about it. Just log it, and move on. Tomorrow's a brand new day! Be encouraged!0
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I don't want to sound like a jerk, but treats are reserved for special occasions especially when trying to lose weight. Oatmeal a la mode is a sign that you may have lost sight of that. I have stopped the "treats" because a beloved friend told me that I am not a dog, and should not reward myself with food. I wish you much success, and I also advise a scale. Measuring cups are liars. Goodwill always seems to have a bunch, and are wicked cheap. Be well.
I have ice cream every day, and always have. I don't think of it as a treat, I just think of it as food. Assuming a person is able to measure out a portion and eat only that, and assuming that same person is eating a nutrient dense diet with an appropriate number of calories, it's not a problem.
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There are some serious issues going on around here.
care to elaborate?
Just been following your posts today. You've gotten some good advice and information.
ah ok. sorry if i sounded catty at all for a moment there. i just didn't genuinely understand what you meant. i'll agree some of the info is great but some people read like 1/2 the question and it gets annoying when their answers are wayyy off0 -
I can't believe your dad just goes and breaks your food scales. That's so disrespectful of you and what you're trying to accomplish. Don't get mad at the answers here. They are well-intentioned posts from people who are walking the same path.
yeah i know its just some of the answers are so ridiculous like 'move out' or people who keep saying to get a scale when i can't0 -
When you graduate college and have a job and are able to move out, invite your parents over and don't let them eat anything without it being weighed on the food scale.
For now, just do the best you can and move on. Work with the antiquated food scale your mom has and just go light in the cup the next time you buy that brand.
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I don't want to sound like a jerk, but treats are reserved for special occasions especially when trying to lose weight. Oatmeal a la mode is a sign that you may have lost sight of that. I have stopped the "treats" because a beloved friend told me that I am not a dog, and should not reward myself with food. I wish you much success, and I also advise a scale. Measuring cups are liars. Goodwill always seems to have a bunch, and are wicked cheap. Be well.
I have ice cream every day, and always have. I don't think of it as a treat, I just think of it as food. Assuming a person is able to measure out a portion and eat only that, and assuming that same person is eating a nutrient dense diet with an appropriate number of calories, it's not a problem.
This is solid truth.
hahah agreed. AND FOR THE THOUSANDTH TIME RIGHT NOW. I"M ONLY SAYING THIS ONCE AND I"M NOT RESPONDING TO MORE STUPID ANSWERS ABOUT GETTING A SCALE OR NEVER HAVING FOOD I LIKE IN MY HOUSE:
I have been weighing and maintaining with eating ice cream EVERY WEEK for about a month now, ok?! I'm not 'keeping it out of the house' because of once brand that was hard to measure. i learned from the stupid mistake, ok? i'm moving on and hell, if i want ice cream tomorrow, you know what? i'm gonna measure it correctly and eat it if it fits within my goals! so stop saying I'm some kind of mentally inept animal that stuffs sweets in my face with no self control. i've just MISMEASURED. i thought it was under what it was, i never would have eaten so much if i knew it was so much. but now i know. AND IM DONE WITH THIS. BYE>0 -
I want to suggest something different: stop eating the ice cream. You say you've been eating it for three weeks now. Obviously you are not in control of your bingeing behavior when it comes to ice cream. THrow away any ice cream in your house right now, and don't buy more.
How is she binging? She inaccurately measured her ice cream, that isn't a binge. And eating it every day for three weeks isn't a binge either, as she's clearly trying to be very careful about making it fit into her calorie goal.
omg i love you yes thank you i was measuring it. i just MIS-measured it.0 -
As long as you can control your portions, you can eat what you want and lose weight, as long as it is within your calorie goal. I'm living proof. I still shoot for eating 80% healthy. I find that if I have a nice treat everyday, it keeps me from binging, because I don't feel deprived. Everyone has their own way that works for them. Keep up the good work OP! ))
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I want to suggest something different: stop eating the ice cream. You say you've been eating it for three weeks now. Obviously you are not in control of your bingeing behavior when it comes to ice cream. THrow away any ice cream in your house right now, and don't buy more.
Otherwise, you will just go right on negotiating and measuring and bargaining with yourself and giving yourself "treats" and telling yourself you're "maintaining," but the bad habits will creep back on. Soon you won't be measuring.
Get over this bump in the road and MOVE ALONG your road to fitness, you will be much happier if you just get the monkey off your back! Good luck!
go back and read comprehensively and then tell me why your advice makes no sense in this situation. i'm not explaining myself again.0 -
Everyone has a method that works for them. For some people, it is no sweets, for some they can have it in moderation. I didn't do a whole lot of reading the last 5 pages but just because someone mis-measured does not mean they have a binging problem or because they eat sweets everyday that they are going to gain so much weight. While that might be true for some, it is not in this case.
I still eat sweets (ice cream and candy) every day because I want to be able to live my life and know that I can have them and end my negative thought process with food. Probably makes me a bad person, but I have manged to maintain for over a year and started recently losing again (stupid illnesses) and I am okay with mixing it in with my diet. Do I eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner? No, but I do eat a little everyday, and it makes me proud that I went from eating 2 to 3 bowls of ice cream a day down to 1 cup a day.0 -
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no, thats all I got ...I want to suggest something different: stop eating the ice cream. You say you've been eating it for three weeks now. Obviously you are not in control of your bingeing behavior when it comes to ice cream. THrow away any ice cream in your house right now, and don't buy more.
Otherwise, you will just go right on negotiating and measuring and bargaining with yourself and giving yourself "treats" and telling yourself you're "maintaining," but the bad habits will creep back on. Soon you won't be measuring.
Get over this bump in the road and MOVE ALONG your road to fitness, you will be much happier if you just get the monkey off your back! Good luck!0 -
If it's of any consolation, I've been making the mistake of measuring ice cream in cup measures for the last while too. Normally I weigh things but the serving size given on my brand is "1/2 cup (125 ml)" - presumably direct from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious. So I'm not sure what I can do to convert that into a more accurate serving by weight but I certainly have been packing that stuff hard into the cups so really need to dial back on that. In retrospect the huge container did empty out surprisingly fast although it isn't only me eating it and I'm the only one 'measuring' my servings from it so I can't be sure how much damage I've done to myself.
Don't worry about these people telling you that you're some sort of out of control junk addict for eating things you enjoy. This was an honest mistake and I'm sure many will have made a similar error while completely ignoring the fact that the container didn't add up to the expected number of servings, or indeed perhaps noticing but not bothering to question it. You seem to be switched on, you're logging and monitoring and you're not in denial, and that is what counts.0 -
I've never heard of oatmeal a la mode, but it sounds like a bad idea.
I try to save all treats for after dinner/bedtime snack. But sometimes I slip up. We all do. Put it behind you.0 -
Quoting self to say I figured it out.If it's of any consolation, I've been making the mistake of measuring ice cream in cup measures for the last while too. Normally I weigh things but the serving size given on my brand is "1/2 cup (125 ml)" - presumably direct from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious. So I'm not sure what I can do to convert that into a more accurate serving by weight but I certainly have been packing that stuff hard into the cups so really need to dial back on that. In retrospect the huge container did empty out surprisingly fast although it isn't only me eating it and I'm the only one 'measuring' my servings from it so I can't be sure how much damage I've done to myself.
Weigh empty container. Weigh full container. Divide difference by container volume and multiply by serving size. That is the serving size in grams. Of course it can't be exactly perfect unless you check the stated container volume is perfectly accurate but it's a darn sight closer than ramming some ice cream in a cup measure. I have been eating just under 1.5 serving every time I 'measured' one serving. There goes my diary for the last week. Lesson learned!0 -
Quoting self to say I figured it out.If it's of any consolation, I've been making the mistake of measuring ice cream in cup measures for the last while too. Normally I weigh things but the serving size given on my brand is "1/2 cup (125 ml)" - presumably direct from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious. So I'm not sure what I can do to convert that into a more accurate serving by weight but I certainly have been packing that stuff hard into the cups so really need to dial back on that. In retrospect the huge container did empty out surprisingly fast although it isn't only me eating it and I'm the only one 'measuring' my servings from it so I can't be sure how much damage I've done to myself.
Weigh empty container. Weigh full container. Divide difference by container volume and multiply by serving size. That is the serving size in grams. Of course it can't be exactly perfect unless you check the stated container volume is perfectly accurate but it's a darn sight closer than ramming some ice cream in a cup measure. I have been eating just under 1.5 serving every time I 'measured' one serving. There goes my diary for the last week. Lesson learned!
1 mL of water weighs 1 gram. I usually just weigh whatever it is the same way. It is probably closer with this than trusting the company who loaded the product to actually give you the correct weight to the slightest gram.0 -
1 mL of water weighs 1 gram. I usually just weigh whatever it is the same way. It is probably closer with this than trusting the company who loaded the product to actually give you the correct weight to the slightest gram.
This works for almost all liquids but ice cream has lots of air incorporated, you'd have to melt it first to be accurate. The empty/full container-weighing system works well, but you need an empty container first - I can usually manage that :happy:0 -
I don't eat ice cream every day, but I keep a container of Unreal chocolate candies (basically "organic" M&Ms) in my desk drawer. When I get those middle-of-the-day cravings, I count out 12 or 25 of them (50 or 100 calories) and enjoy a moment of chocolate bliss. If someone said I have to give up the one thing that gives me a bit of pleasure each day, I'd probably feel like the OP, too. I fit it in to my otherwise pretty healthy and balanced diet. Though technically I should weight them, I don't. If I'm one M&M over for 50 calories, not going to worry about it.
My point is the OP says she's eating well and logging/measuring portions. Good for her. If she can get a new scale and hide it from her dad so he doesn't bust it up, great. Weighing portions is far more accurate than measuring, we all agree with that. But I think the OP's dad may be more of the challenge here than her nightly escape with a small cup of ice cream.
My heart goes out to you because I can hear the "I feel so trapped" in your posts. I hope that you find the inner personal strength to deal with your family and support from the outside to help you heal and move on. There is a solution to this--you have to search (and possibly search hard) to find it. Don't give up.
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I agree, get a food scale and keep to portion sizes. Nothing is off limits, so enjoy everything you like in moderation.I also agree with the advice to get a food scale. ALL solid foods should be measured with one.
Just a side note - while ice cream is an awesome treat, it seems like you may have a problem with self control with it. I was that way when I first started changing my eating habits. Moderation is the most important skill you will learn here. Long term it may mean the difference between success and failure.
good luck.0 -
Since you can't get a scale the best option here just seems to be to forget and move on. You know what your mistake was so in future you can use it to learn from.
Today I've spent like ALL day sat about on the sofa, I ate pizza and now I'm drinking beer. I know it's bad but I've had an insanely good week so tomorrow I'll get back to exercising and eating well. You need to do the same Don't obsess because that's when you'll start develop a bad relationship with food which won't help anything. 0 -
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The name of your topic is "Um. I just ate a tub of ice cream and need help." I took those words literally. That sounds to me like someone who ate too much ice cream and needs help. But maybe it's just me. Everyone seems very eager that you go right on eating the ice cream that is torturing you - and if that is your choice and it works for you, great! I was trying a different suggestion since none of the other suggestions seemed to please the diarist..0
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Weigh empty container. Weigh full container. Divide difference by container volume and multiply by serving size. That is the serving size in grams. Of course it can't be exactly perfect unless you check the stated container volume is perfectly accurate but it's a darn sight closer than ramming some ice cream in a cup measure. I have been eating just under 1.5 serving every time I 'measured' one serving. There goes my diary for the last week. Lesson learned!
Thanks for that idea. If I buy the same brand, that should work really well! For what it's worth, the ice cream I usually buy does NOT have serving size in grams so I've always struggled with a serving size of ice cream as well, trying not to pack too much.0 -
Log nine and move on. Don't over obsess on stuff like that. It happened, can't be changed, the world's not ending, period.
This. One bad day won't kill your success, just like one good day didn't magically bring you to maintenance level. Give yourself the gift of shrugging it off and move on! :-)0 -
I don't believe in any forbidden foods. Everything is fine in moderation. For best results, I use a food scale.0
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To quote from the original post:
"Last night I measured out 2 1/2 cups servings (serving per container: 12), then another 1/2 cup serving for myself. 300 calories. Ok. Then I gave my sister 3 sevings as well. I opened the tub today to make some oatmeal a-la-mode for breakfast. I was so hungry. I measured it out--one 1/2 cup serving. Good. Then I measured out 1/2 cup again. Then I caved and had another 1/2 cup."
I don't know what that sounds like to anyone else but as a binge-eater myself, I recognize some of the signs. OP, If you are not a binge-eater, my apologies, because you sound just like me on a binge. Only you know whether or not having the ice cream around is giving you problems or not, and if it is not, nothing to get angry or defensive about.
If it is giving you problems, then it's within your power to not buy more ice cream for awhile until the cravings stop. Another way is to buy a lot of it, so much of it that it fills the freezer and you don't feel compelled to eat it all up, the way you describe. That worked for me in breaking binge cycles early on in my weight loss. It's all contained in a great book called 'Overcoming Overeating" by Munger and Hirschmann that really helped me a lot.
If you don't want to do this - fine. Please disregard. It is only a suggestion. Since you say you measure your food "compulsively," you might want to examine why measuring it didn't keep you from eating 20 oz of it (by your count) in about a 12-hour period. But if that is not a problem, my apologies for thinking that it was. And best of luck to you!0 -
I have done a similar thing - with ice cream too.. I didn't measure it but I have learned that some foods are "trigger foods" and I am not good at controlling portion sizes.. unfortunately there are a few different foods that fit this category
So for now I am not going to keep them in the house, maybe one day I will be able to but not for a while.. We do just need to move on, every day is a new start to make good choices 0 -
Slow churned gets some of its fat and calorie savings from the air that is incorporated (it gets it's texture from including air rather than fat...oh, don't get me started) so it's almost impossible not to have it settle some when kept at the generally colder home freezer temps and very easy to pack it. To even try to measure volume without packing, you would want to let it soften just a bit, but not so much that it loses the air. You migth actually find it easier to pick a healthy standard ice cream and eat smaller portions.
Oh, and seriously consider moving out. even if you have to get 4 roommates. It's cheaper than therapy later.
so are you saying some of the 'calories' they list and the 'servings of 12' are actually like 8 servings and less cals?
She/he is saying that that 12 servings of Edy's (100 cals/serving, right?) is the same as 6-ish servings of normal ice cream (~200 cals/serving) with a whole bunch of additional air incorporated during the churning. That's what gets you the lower calories - they doubled the volume of the same ice cream base with air.
Like the difference between angel food cake batter and angel food cake - lots less calories in the same volume for the cake.0
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