Is this too much of a splurge/binge?

thursdaystgiles
thursdaystgiles Posts: 98 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I love my wife, but dude, she made a special dessert for tonight...that has almost 1600 calories in one serving. That's right ONE SERVING, and that's before her homemade whipped cream. I feel a little like crying. My daily goal is 1750. So once I figure in my normal 300 calorie breakfast, 400 calorie lunch, and 700 calorie dinner, I'm at 3000 calories for the day. I earned enough back in exercise to cover all but 400 calories (busted my butt doing 2 hours of weight training and plyometrics). Should I just be okay with it since I *never* eat back my calories (this week I earned about 3400 exercise calories and ate about 200 of them). I'm seriously stressing over this, but I don't want to hurt her feelings, because she made it especially for me. It's bread pudding, my favourite :/

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  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    You should eat some exercise calories, so by all means eat the pudding.
  • SunofaBeach14
    SunofaBeach14 Posts: 4,899 Member
    How long have you been at this and how much have you lost? If you're losing weight at a reasonable rate, you will get right back in the saddle tomorrow, and won't beat yourself up over it, then enjoy the dessert. There's also nothing wrong with having a 1/3 or 1/2 portion either.
  • cwoyto123
    cwoyto123 Posts: 308
    No.
  • confetticupcake
    confetticupcake Posts: 30
    It's your favorite and your wife made it for you (with love)!! You should definitely enjoy some. You don't have to eat the entire serving. You could eat half a serving and save the other half for later. However if you do eat the whole serving that's also fine. Life is short. Indulge once in a while, especially for special treats like this. I promise nothing will happen to your weight/body from one day...that goes for eating too little, eating too much, AND eating just enough.
  • princessmommy122
    princessmommy122 Posts: 135 Member
    Absolutely! No worries. Just stick to one serving, track it and forget it.
  • sparklelioness
    sparklelioness Posts: 600 Member
    ^what she said. Life is short. You exercised to cover for most of it. She made it specially for you. Just eat it.
  • frood
    frood Posts: 295 Member
    Send the dessert to me. Problem solved. :wink:
  • marycatherine000
    marycatherine000 Posts: 28
    No way I'd pass up homemade bread pudding. Not for anything. Plus you don't want to hurt her feelings right? One day won't affect much.
  • Left4Good
    Left4Good Posts: 304
    You could eat half today and half tomorrow. I would eat it =3 its really nice of her to make that for you, don't hurt her feelings.
  • Rage_Phish
    Rage_Phish Posts: 1,507 Member
    what was the dessert?
  • looseseal
    looseseal Posts: 216 Member
    Can you post the recipe? 1600 cals per serving? :huh:
  • aqualeo1
    aqualeo1 Posts: 331 Member
    1600 calories in one serving of bread pudding? Are you sure? That seems out if control unless the serving size is totally enormous. In which case you could eat half maybe. I would double check that though.
  • sodakat
    sodakat Posts: 1,126 Member
    Calories seem way off. Not counting the whipped cream I think it should be under 500 (way under). There is a recipe on Allrecipes.com for 160 and another for 350 for example.
  • apparations
    apparations Posts: 264 Member
    Can you post the recipe? 1600 cals per serving? :huh:

    Yum... It could be 1600 calories if it was big enough. Also, if she adds extra egg yolks and uses heavy cream, whipping cream, or chocolate milk! Also, is there other goodies inside? I'm thinking chocolate chunks. Also... what kind of bread? I've made it with stale croissants before--- SO GOOD. For sure there are some delicious and extremely high calorie versions of bread pudding! Would love to hear how to make this one!
  • Ulwaz
    Ulwaz Posts: 380 Member
    I honestly dont think it would be that many calories, but like you said youve done alot of exercise so your in the deficit to eat it and you shouldnt be effected, enjoy it, you only live once and its your favorite! By avoiding foods you enjoy your going to make yourself really unhappy
  • thursdaystgiles
    thursdaystgiles Posts: 98 Member
    She sort of took bits and pieces from a few different recipes, but I'll do my best to give an accurate representation of it. There are three servings. They're in individually sized spring form pans, I think about 4". I agree that it seems way, way too much, but there's a lot of butter, eggs, and heavy cream, so I guess that's how it is:

    The bread part (all but two slices, but I didn't know how to estimate it because she and our son had already eaten them by the time I saw it, so I don't know how big they were, and she'd already cut the rest of the loaf into small chunks):
    2 large eggs
    1 1/4 cups (295 ml) milk
    1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla extract
    2 1/2 cups (315 grams) all-purpose flour
    1/4 teaspoon table salt (see Note)
    2 teaspoons (10 grams) baking powder
    1 to 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon (Bill calls for 2 but I preferred 1, so that it didn’t dominate)
    1 cup (200 grams) granulated sugar
    5 ounces (140 grams) sweetened flaked coconut (about 1 1/2 cups)
    6 tablespoons (85 grams) unsalted butter, melted or melted and browned, if desired
    Vegetable oil or nonstick cooking spray for baking pan

    the sauce (only used half of it):
    2 cups heavy cream
    1 cup whole milk
    1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped
    6 large egg yolks
    1/2 cup granulated sugar
    3 tablespoons agave syrup
    1 cup pureed mango
    2 tablespoons bourbon
  • thursdaystgiles
    thursdaystgiles Posts: 98 Member
    Here they are, uncooked: http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t332/mokuyoubi/IMG_6572_zps49417296.jpg

    She's going to bake them once she wakes up. We're going to catch up on the end of Season 2 of Hannibal tonight, so she was trying to recreate one of the recipes from the show (she's really, really into it) and she picked this one because I love bread pudding.
  • Ang108
    Ang108 Posts: 1,706 Member
    What did she do with the bread pudding ? It is also my favorite dessert and I had a helping ( one eights of a large rectangular baking pan ) almost every day on my recent three week vacation. It was made with butter, cream, nuts and dried fruit and served with whipped cream and was about 345 calories and I was able to fit it in my 1200 calorie ( because I am old and under five feet tall) allowance plus some of my exercise calories.

    PS: I should have read to the end of the thread to the recipe. Also, where in season two did Hannibal serve bread pudding ? Did I miss something ? I watched all shows ( yes we get it even here in Mexico ! ) and I never saw any baked goods ....does not quite fit into the cannibalistic food themes of the show ...I think.
  • thursdaystgiles
    thursdaystgiles Posts: 98 Member
    It's from episode 7 of the first season, actually, Fromage. The woman who makes the food for the show has a blog: http://janicepoonart.blogspot.com/2013/05/ep-7-fromage-paella-on-rocks.html
  • doctorsookie
    doctorsookie Posts: 1,084 Member
    You'll be fine.
  • MaidensAndMonsters
    MaidensAndMonsters Posts: 89
    I allow myself one cheat meal a week. Today I had a steak and mashed potatoes and even FroYo after. Life is short. Eat tonight and back on track tomorrow. Little cheats help keep you sane :) It's not about all or nothing 100%, it's about positive sustainable changes!
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  • fatcity66
    fatcity66 Posts: 1,544 Member
    A seafood restaurant near here makes bread pudding with KRISPY KREME DONUTS.
    OMG, that shiz is amazing.
    But I make my friend order it and just have few bites of hers. :devil:
  • Biggirllittledreams
    Biggirllittledreams Posts: 306 Member
    Binge eating is not merely eating more than planned/than you would like to. It's eating for emotional reasons as opposed to physiological reasons, to cope with your life/situations/emotions/etc.

    That is excessive, but you'll be fine as long as it isn't daily. :)
  • kdeaux1959
    kdeaux1959 Posts: 2,675 Member
    It's one day and a special day at that. It is fine. Just don't make it a habit. Special days must factor into your new lifestyle...
  • TheAmbitionist
    TheAmbitionist Posts: 13
    Eat it. This is life. Welcome ;) Unless you plan to NEVER ever eat your favorite dessert again ;) It is not bingeing if you just eat it and enjoy it - just don't purge!

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