Could I eat ice cream everyday & still lose weight?

Amylynn
Amylynn Posts: 242 Member
edited September 30 in Food and Nutrition
I have had the worst sweet tooth everyday this week. My sugar of choice, ice cream (Mmm...). I've eaten some everyday this week. Now granted, I only eat 1/2 c. or 1 c. depending on my calories & I haven't let it make me go over my calories either.

Is it ok to eat a serving of ice cream everyday if I fit it into my daily allotted calories?

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  • mamagooskie
    mamagooskie Posts: 2,964 Member
    I say YES ABSOLUTELY!! If if's just a treat in moderation within your calories and the rest of your day is balanced with a variety of fruits, veggies.....etc etc you know the healthy stuff. WHY not!!

    ENJOY!
  • TaneeisFitforLife
    TaneeisFitforLife Posts: 433
    I have ice cream almost every night :)
  • anharrison
    anharrison Posts: 74 Member
    I'm not a nutritionist by any means but if you keep portion control and it's within your calorie intake-go for it. I'm not sure if you track sugar, but that may be something to watch out for. I have a really hard time with my sugar intake and I don't have a sweet tooth.
  • Nailrep
    Nailrep Posts: 966 Member
    Calories in vs calories out determines weight loss. You could lose weight if you ate all 1200 calories in Snickers and ice cream. But because these foods don't contain many things that are very good for you, it wouldn't be a wise choice. Just be sure to allow for your ice cream and measure it to be sure how much you are eating. Skinny Cow makes a WONDERFUL ice cream cup in several different flavors that only have 150-170 calories! They are YUMMY!!!
  • melindapipkin
    melindapipkin Posts: 66
    as long as you stay within your calories i dont see why not, enjoy the ice cream!!!!
  • katbass
    katbass Posts: 351 Member
    Ive had ice cream almost every night since I re-started MFP, 18 days ago. :) Its better thant he glass of wine I ususally enjoyed each night, and I only have the ice cream (Skinny Cow mint ice cream sandwich..to. die. for. or Great Value chocolate ice cream cups) if it fits into my daily allowance :)
    Ive lost 5 lbs in 18 days.
  • marrieandfive
    marrieandfive Posts: 51
    Of course! Now, I don't think I'd endorse an ALL ice cream diet, but I bet you'd even lose weight if that was all you ate as long as you didn't eat too much of it...I believe that moderation is key!
  • carriep2010
    carriep2010 Posts: 117 Member
    I would say YES, as long as you are not going over in your calories for the day and make good choices otherwise you will be fine.
  • Amylynn
    Amylynn Posts: 242 Member
    I have ice cream almost every night :)

    Good, I'm glad I'm not the only one. I just really love ice cream.
  • majikal6
    majikal6 Posts: 72
    Yep!!

    So long as your within your daily allotment and are mindful of your serving size, absolutely.

    I eat ice cream every night and I work hard each day to enjoy that ice cream every night. :smile:
  • Amylynn
    Amylynn Posts: 242 Member
    I'm not a nutritionist by any means but if you keep portion control and it's within your calorie intake-go for it. I'm not sure if you track sugar, but that may be something to watch out for. I have a really hard time with my sugar intake and I don't have a sweet tooth.

    I was struggling w/that too so I took that catagory off my list. I have a lot of weight to lose so I'm gonna focus on just counting cals for now & slowly keep fine-tuning my diet over time until it's better balanced.
  • _Bro
    _Bro Posts: 437 Member
    as long as you stay within your calories i dont see why not, enjoy the ice cream!!!!

    Totally agree..
    It's all about moderation and keeping your energy consumed in check with what you are burning..

    Just posted something similar to my blog about the twinkie diet:


    So a researcher (Mark Haub) had the following changes in 2 months:
    27 pounds (decrease)
    20% LDL (decrease)
    20% HDL (increase)
    8.5 Body Fat Reduction...

      Okay, so the results are "good", so what...
    His diet was based upon Twinkies, Doritos, etc with the same level of moderate exercise. The trick? On a typical day his total Calories were 1,589 and 59 grams of fat in diet. So for his body type his was deficent in calories.  

    Obviously, it's not time to start a twinkie diet -- there would be serious health concerns about doing this.
    It does, however, drive home some good points.
    1.  Total Calories count: :Low carb, low fat, and other various diet plans will result in weight loss. I had some pretty quickweight loss with a low carb diet.  However, total intake is a key factor and moderation is crucial. You can eat too much of a "good" food!
    2. Loosing weight matters. It can improve choleserol and other health markers like blood sugars levels and blood pressure.
    3. Demonization? Eating JUNK FOOD every now and then is okay -- just keep track of what you are doing and don't make it habital/everday event.
     4. Exercise counts... Calories Consumed - Calories Burned. Start ****ing the equation in your favor. Perhaps I will post more on some of the exercises that seemed to work best for me a bit later.
    So take heart and be sensible! This website provides a great tool for helping monitor and be aware of our daily food/nutritional choices.
     
  • Amylynn
    Amylynn Posts: 242 Member
    Yep!!

    So long as your within your daily allotment and are mindful of your serving size, absolutely.

    I eat ice cream every night and I work hard each day to enjoy that ice cream every night. :smile:

    I heard that
  • superhippiechik
    superhippiechik Posts: 1,044 Member
    Yes! You deserve a small treat!
  • lkm111
    lkm111 Posts: 629 Member
    I say anything in moderation is OK, but at least make it good ice cream with the least amount of processed stuff. I love Breyer's Natural Vanilla. It has milk, sugar, cream, vanilla and one other ingredient - can't remember - but it's simple.

    Lately my sweet tooth curber of choice has been a bowl of chocolate cheerios and skim milk.
  • fitterpam
    fitterpam Posts: 3,064 Member
    Yup - you can lose weight, but you probably won't get all the nutrients you need to be healthy.
  • TaneeisFitforLife
    TaneeisFitforLife Posts: 433
    Yup - you can lose weight, but you probably won't get all the nutrients you need to be healthy.

    You can get the nutrients you need for your body with everything else you ingest for the day :)

    Typically I eat skinny cow, weight watcher's, or breyers smooth & dreamy bars.
  • funkyspunky871
    funkyspunky871 Posts: 1,675 Member
    Yep! Perfectly fine! I have chocolate almost every single day... Sometimes I have an entire hershey's chocolate bar. Lol. I'll spend my calories on what I want, thank you. :P I have had the biggest sweet tooth too lately, so some days my entire food diary is filed with candy, cookies, and ice-cream (oh and poptarts too!). I pay for it later when I realize that I only have a 100 or so calories left for dinner. Sigh! Glad to say that the tooth is being tamed with some peanut butter cereal in the morning now!

    Anyways, just make sure you have enough for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Haha.
  • Shamrock40
    Shamrock40 Posts: 264
    Yep! Perfectly fine! I have chocolate almost every single day... Sometimes I have an entire hershey's chocolate bar. Lol. I'll spend my calories on what I want, thank you. :P

    I'm with you!
  • purplespeckle
    purplespeckle Posts: 652
    i woud say yes i've lost 40 lbs before (gained 60 lbs though) and i ate anything i wanted as long as it was within my calorie limit and i exercised and i personally think dairy is good for you and it's good to get your craving out of the way as long as you don't go overboard and end up overeating there are low calorie ice creams though i've seen
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    Absolutely. I eat a small bit of ice cream probably 5-6 night a week.
  • jamie1888
    jamie1888 Posts: 1,704 Member
    I was just introduced to Arctic Zero ice cream substitute. It's a bit on the icy side and not as creamy as regular ice cream. But, it's only 150 calories for the entire pint! :drinker: It's lactose intolerant friendly since it's made from Whey Protein Concentrate and not milk. I've only had it a couple of times now and like to blend it with a little protein powder and almond or peanut butter. Then it becomes a tasty little milkshake "meal" (with protein & good fats) instead of just an empty dessert.
  • faithheals101
    faithheals101 Posts: 1
    If you run at least twice a week sure it will be fine if no excersise its not healthy for you and you will start to gain weight.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Yay for necro'ing a 3.5 yo thread as a first post :drinker:
  • Springfield1970
    Springfield1970 Posts: 1,945 Member
    If you run at least twice a week sure it will be fine if no excersise its not healthy for you and you will start to gain weight.

    You're new here. Welcome. You'll get into the finer details of health and fitness.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    If you run at least twice a week sure it will be fine if no excersise its not healthy for you and you will start to gain weight.

    Hi faithheals. You're going to find that the search function on this site doesn't take recency into account when ordering the results. It's generally considered good manners here to double-check the time stamp on the top left of a post to make sure it's still active before bumping an old thread.

    Also, no, eating ice cream without exercise won't automatically cause you to gain weight as long as you're still within your calorie and nutrition goals for the week.
  • leggup
    leggup Posts: 2,942 Member
    YES. I often exercise entirely so that I can have some ice cream in the evening. Am I losing weight? See ticker :laugh:
  • LeonCX
    LeonCX Posts: 862 Member
    I can not do it. I can not keep the stuff in my house. Just like when I quit smoking, portion control would not work for that.:laugh:
  • freshstart180213
    freshstart180213 Posts: 170 Member
    Short answer is yes u will lose as long as u keep to your calorie count so that u are using up more kcals than u are taking in eat what u want whether its necessarily healthy to eat everyday perhaps not im more a fan of everything in moderation
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