When you go to the movies....
Smittyinthesun2
Posts: 161
When you go to the movies with your honey or even by yourself, what do you eat as you watch The Rise of the Planet of the Apes, or Bad Teacher, or whatever is on the Big screen ?
Do you hit the snack bar for that large popcorn with that stuff they claim is butter but really is more like crack.?
Do you eat a bag of Twizzlers, Lemon drops, or M&M's ?
Do you get the largest soda cuz that's the best value. Of course you could get the same soda at 7 -11 for .99c that they charge $5.95 for at the movies.
Do you tell your wife or girlfriend to bring the "big purse" and then stuff lots of snacks in it to avoid paying the high prices at the Movies for snacks?
Do you not eat at all and just watch the Movie?
Do you "make out" with your significant other and not care about the movie ?
More than 1 of these may apply to you !
Do you hit the snack bar for that large popcorn with that stuff they claim is butter but really is more like crack.?
Do you eat a bag of Twizzlers, Lemon drops, or M&M's ?
Do you get the largest soda cuz that's the best value. Of course you could get the same soda at 7 -11 for .99c that they charge $5.95 for at the movies.
Do you tell your wife or girlfriend to bring the "big purse" and then stuff lots of snacks in it to avoid paying the high prices at the Movies for snacks?
Do you not eat at all and just watch the Movie?
Do you "make out" with your significant other and not care about the movie ?
More than 1 of these may apply to you !
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i went to the cinema yesterday with my boyfriend...and i bailed and had m&m's....
They were good though
and i only had a few 
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I bring my big purse lol We bring soda in and i buy a small popcorn that we share, no extra buttery golden topping lol0
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We sneak in drinks (water for me, diet soda for the hubby.) Skinny cow chocolates, maybe some trail mix. We just look at what we have at home that is sneakable and throw in my suitcase like purse and go for it. I've thought about popping popcorn and putting it in a ziplock before we go but I haven't yet.0
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one of the theaters we go to has a healthy snack pack.
a packet of no sugar added dried fruit.
a kind bar - fruit and nuts
a small bag of popcorn chips (ingredients popcorn, sunflower oil, salt)
and a bottle of water.
it costs $7 and is a great option. last time we went to the movies i bought the box. he had the chips, i had the fruit and we split the bar.0 -
I go without. Don't want the calories, and long before I watched calories, I was too cheap to spend the cash.0
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If I get a snack for myself I will get a mini popcorn (the kid size) with no extra butter ... I always get a diet coke or a water to drink. Usually I just grab a few handfuls of the kid's popcorn or sneak a bite of their pretzel, depending on what they get.0
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I don't eat at the movies anymore, the concessions are horribly over priced and the calories just aren't worth it
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I get the large popcorn with all the butter and the large drink. But I don't go very often, so why not splurge once and a while??0
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I bring my own munchies if I want any but will usually buy a soda. Might have to try that trick of using my big purse next time and bring some bottled waters instead. LOL!0
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we just went. I had lemom aquafina, 1 handful of popcorn and an envelope of pop rocks. Truth be told the water would have been enough0
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I usually don't buy anything at the movies because it's too overpriced. Once in a while I'll splurge and get a box of Dots, but I usually don't eat all of them. I NEVER buy soda...because who wants to have to pee halfway through a movie when you've paid $10 to see it??:noway:0
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I opt for the big purse. I put in veggie wraps and yogurt pretzels with a bottle of water.. Sorry if my crunching kept you from hearing the dialogue on the screen, but hey .. it was in dolby.. you should have heard every word
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I take water and whatever snack I have handy and usually buy a plain hot dog with mustard at the theater. He gets Soda and Popcorn when we get there. I wish my theater had a healthy snack pack I would buy it!0
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I bring in my own drink (green tea) and for a snack (power bar)0
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I get a diet coke and share a med popcorn with no extra butter. I find the stuff they put on it taste great already. The last time i went i did get peanut m&ms and a pickle on a stick. I eat 1500 calories a day so i can fit it in.0
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weve been hitting up the local movie taverns and ordering an appetizer of some kind along with a cocktail! making out is optional. depends on how strong the drinks are.0
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I am a movie-oholic for sure. I take the big purse whenever I can and bring water, cheese, skinnycow bars or lara bars. When I went to AMC last time I got this....
•ChiquitaTM Fruit Chips
•Odwalla® Trail Mix Bar,
•POPCornersTM Popped Corn
•20 oz. DASANI® water.*
It was great! I highly recommend it. I havent eaten movie popcorn or had soda in a year. 0 -
I'll carry a big enough purse so I don't have to buy water. We never get anything from concessions. I'm happy with my water and a piece of gum.0
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I'm usually a bag of Twizzler, and my son opts for the chicken fingers and a coke.0
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I used to live for the movie theater popcorn! I didn't really even care what movie I was watching as long as popcorn was involved! It was one thing I didn't restrict at all when I began changing my eating habits and I never planned to.
DH and I went to see Captain America last weekend though and true to form I got a big bucket of popcorn to swim around in. After eating some though I noticed my stomach wasn't feeling too happy with me. I also realized I wasn't enjoying the taste of it like I usually do. This was the second time I'd noticed the tummy thing but the first time I didn't eat it like a crazed maniac. (Well, okay I did at first but then slowed down as I realized it wasn't agreeing with me.)
So apparently I am no longer addicted to the theater popcorn! I had a really good dark chocolate in my purse and I guess in the future I'll pack some nuts or something along with it to enjoy. Unless of course my husband decides he wants to make out. 0 -
We have Netflix and reedit through a projector onto a wall for our own big screen experience. Too expensive to go to movies but rare times we go, we eat before and pass by the food & drink stand.0
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i sneak in PB&J sandwiches 0
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I took the man I'm dating out for his birthday yesterday....I brought in a bar of 100% cocoa chocolate (it was a-maz-ing) and bottled water. Call us snobbish...but movie 'food' isn't good enough, lol. I do however eat sour patch kids when I go with my daughter. We bring those in as well. I allow her to get a 'kids combo'....smallest popcorn (no butter), gummy snacks, and a water...it's her splurge. We eat fairly clean and the movies is a treat (maybe once a month).0
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hubs and i just went to hp and i popped my own corn at home to bring. also brought water for me and soda for him. and stopped at walgreens before to get candy. i just can't watch a movie without popcorn! even at home!!0
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LOL... I too bring my Big Purse. I bring water for everyone. I also pop popcorn at the house and put it in white lunch bags. One bag for each person if they want it. I try to bring granola bars or something that isn't too high in calories. Water is usually enough for me. We ALWAYS eat before we go to try and keep our snacking to a minimum.0
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I'm a Twizzler girl... but I think I use the majority of them to slap my boyfriend on the leg? I think it's the best all- in- one food around... it's entertaining, fun to eat and fun to use as a straw in a diet coke! Hrm, on second though maybe I am a little immature hahaha0
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My guy and I see movies pretty frequently. We split a large coke and a bag of twizzlers. Candy-wise I think Twizzlers are probably the better option, and I hardly ever drink coke anyway so I never feel too bad about the extra soda. Sometimes I can get Coke Zero at our theater too!0
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Always sneak my own snacks. My own popcorn, pop chips, jerky, Lean Cuisine Thai rolls, skinny cow. Heck I even sneak in my own zero coke. Ok, while being honest here. I also sneak into other movies....I end up usually watching 2. I know, it's wrong. I'm a sinner.....:(:sad:0
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99% of the reason I go to the movies is the sitting in the theater and enjoying gorging myself on popcorn. I exercise like crazy those days and don't worry about it. That's the one thing I will NEVER EVER EVER be able to give up. Because it's my favorite thing EVER.0
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WHY does everyone have to eat junk at a movie? Don't you eat at home? You can't go 2 hrs w/o eating?
I eat dinner BEFORE the movie and just .. well ... WATCH THE MOVIE - HOW can you watch a movie if you're crunching popcorn?
I don't understand this movie/food dilemma. If I'm that hungry, I'd eat first, THEN go see a movie.
sheesh0
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