Chocolate shocker!

FelicityEliza36

So.... I have recently increased my calories per advice of everyone on here, "eat more - lose more" & so I went from 1300 calories per day to 1800. I am REALLY really having trouble finding things to eat to get up my cals.

I am also on day 5 of drinking only water ( 7 days straight ) because I hate hate hate water & I needed to force myself into it. With that being said, drinking so much water through out the day has caused me to feel full, round, and like a water balloon.

So tonight I decided I needed to add in "dessert" into my diary. I was really craving some chocolate, but buying such healthy foods all the time none, have none in the house. I scrambled thru my cabinets to find this.......

And decided to toast up an english muffin - can you guess what I topped it with to fix my sweet tooth????



Betty Crocker's Chocolate Whipped Frosting:
100 calories per 2 tbsp
4.5 Grams of Fat
60 mg Sodium
80 mg Potassium
14 g Carbs
1 g Protein

Nutella:
200 calories per 2 tbsp
1.1 Grams of Fat
15 mg Sodium
22 g Carbs
3 g Protein

This to me was shocking! I automatically thought the frosting would be higher in calories. I went for the frosting because for one, I am counting calories and thought that was a better choice. For 2, I am already too high in protein tonight so did not need that much more, and for 3 - its less carbs so that seemed better off for me.

I know some other people would also look at sodium and I have cystic fibrosis so I am supposed to have a high sodium intake anyways (so I dont need to worry about that) and grams of was higher in the frosting. But over all I feel like its healthier.

Needless to say my "dessert" for the night was delicious and I only used 1 tbsp of frosting anyways


WHAT DO YOU LOVE TO EAT WHEN YOU NEED THAT CHOCOLATE FIXING????

Sidesteal

Gave my wife one once.....





















ONCE.

graelwyn

Chocolate, or chocolate ice cream, lol.

Jules2Be

Gave my wife one once.....





















ONCE.

so sorry for your loss.

CallieM15

Gave my wife one once.....





















ONCE.

Lol... What'd she think? ;D

cbevan1229

I eat Dove Dark Chocolate Promises for a chocolate fix. about 45 calories each, and I don't tend to binge on them - just eat 1 or 2 per day, so I keep a bag in the house. (If it was M&Ms, the whole bag would be gone in one night!)

If I was choosing between your two options, I would probably read the ingredients list. I don't have them to compare, but I bet there are fewer chemicals and preservatives in Nutella. I tend to opt for the food with an ingredients list I can pronounce. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE chocolate frosting, and will certainly eat it again sometime in the future, but trying to eat "real" food is a focus of mine lately. I once made a carrot cake from scratch because, after reading the ingredients on the boxed mix I had bought, found that there weren't any freaking carrots in it!!!!

REALBIGBATBASTARD

Is this when you remove the shocker to fast?

MoreBean13

But frosting is full of partially hydrogenated (trans) fat- I would pick the extra calories in the palm oil nutella over that anyday.

I have a square or two of Lindt dark chocolate pretty much every day.

NaurielR

Wow! That's a cool find!

Of course, there's less frosting per serving than there is of nutella. They both say 2T is a serving, but 2 T of the frosting weighs 24 grams, and 2T of nutella weighs 37 grams. That means there's 35% less frosting per serving. 37 grams of the frosting would clock in at 154 calories. Which is still a big improvement over the nutella, but definitely something to take note of.

Sorry for being weird and anal....:ohwell:

ElizabethRoad

I've never thought of Nutella as anything but a dessert. I am surprised that people think it's a health food.

mjfratt

4 Hershey's kisses

FelicityEliza36

Well - my english muffin with chocolate frosting on top was delicious and just what I needed. I havent had anything like that in months WOOHOO!

And actually, I forgot to check INGREDIENTS lol good idea haha

bacamacho

I always have chocolate chips in the fridge for pancakes and muffins so I'll have a handful of those.

robin52077

Wow! That's a cool find!

Of course, there's less frosting per serving than there is of nutella. They both say 2T is a serving, but 2 T of the frosting weighs 24 grams, and 2T of nutella weighs 37 grams. That means there's 35% less frosting per serving. 37 grams of the frosting would clock in at 154 calories. Which is still a big improvement over the nutella, but definitely something to take note of.

Sorry for being weird and anal....:ohwell:

LMAO @ "anal".....on THIS thread....:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

ElizabethRoad

I only replied to this thread so the title would show up in my topics.

robin52077

NorseMaiden

Every night I have one Blue Bunny-Cadbury double chocolate ice cream bar. It's snack sized but so rich you don't notice and at 150 calories it's a win!

Prahasaurus

So.... I have recently increased my calories per advice of everyone on here, "eat more - lose more" & so I went from 1300 calories per day to 1800. I am REALLY really having trouble finding things to eat to get up my cals.

Wow. How are you going to lose weight by forcing yourself to eat when you're not hungry? Or are you now burning 500+ additional calories per day with increased exercise?

I, too, am trying to eat more calories now, but that's because I want to stop losing weight. It's not easy for me to get 2500 calories per day with healthy food...

--P

TheRealParisLove

Sliced bananas and strawberries with Hersey's special dark chocolate syrup topped with walnut pieces.

faylenechung

I love Chocolate. Chocolate lovers feel free to friend me. Maybe we can help each other. I would have ate the whole jar. Thats why I stay away from the frosting.

omgiacobbi

Ohh, this thread.

mrsnathanandrew

that last one makes me clench :noway:

devil_in_a_blue_dress

Dear lord, NOT what I thought this post was going to be about.

omgiacobbi

I love Chocolate. Chocolate lovers feel free to friend me. Maybe we can help each other. I would have ate the whole jar. Thats why I stay away from the frosting.

I am the SAME way. To make it worse, I would have been eating it with apple slices or grapes or something to convince myself it was okay and "semi-healthy". -_-

Let's be friends!

sz8soon

Gave my wife one once.





ONCE.

Lmao

AllTehBeers

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

ejohndrow

Gave my wife one once.....





















ONCE.

Well played sir, well played.

happyfeetrebel1

I know Nutella is terrible for you. I've ALWAYS known it. I was so surprised when they kept advertising it as 'part of a healthy breakfast', LOL..and then they got sued for it

Even knowing that, and LOVING my frosting, I'd still pick the Nutella. Wait, I can't pick it, because I can't have it in my house or I hear it's nasally little chocolate voice calling me in the middle of the night!!

RobynMWilson

I eat Dove Dark Chocolate Promises for a chocolate fix. about 45 calories each, and I don't tend to binge on them - just eat 1 or 2 per day, so I keep a bag in the house. (If it was M&Ms, the whole bag would be gone in one night!)

If I was choosing between your two options, I would probably read the ingredients list. I don't have them to compare, but I bet there are fewer chemicals and preservatives in Nutella. I tend to opt for the food with an ingredients list I can pronounce. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE chocolate frosting, and will certainly eat it again sometime in the future, but trying to eat "real" food is a focus of mine lately. I once made a carrot cake from scratch because, after reading the ingredients on the boxed mix I had bought, found that there weren't any freaking carrots in it!!!!

I woulda chosen the Nutella too...it's not just about the calories. Low cal doesn't mean healthy. I usually have a square or two of dark chocolate dipped in Smucker's All Natural PB..like a healthy Reese cup...YUMMY!

vytamindi

Thinking of Nutella. Now I'm knocked out of ketosis. Damn. :laugh:

NaurielR

LMAO @ "anal".....on THIS thread....:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Haha, I guess I have to get out more on these threads. The vast majority of my brain snickered when I wrote "anal" but the small part that tries to maintain a mature appearance said "no no no, that is a totally acceptable use of that word"

Its good to know that there are many other on this site whose minds reside soundly in the gutter. It makes it feel just a bit more like home. :laugh: