I stopped theatre food from ruining my diet!

iorahkwano
iorahkwano Posts: 709 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I am so thrilled! Usually I give in and buy one of those over-sized chocolate treats (i.e. 3lbs bag of M&M's), or I nosh on a friend's popcorn. Well today I put some snacks in my purse beforehand (Bottle of water, 1/2 banana, apple, 1/16th cup of raisins, 1/16th cup of almonds, a Ficello cheese stick) & a Crunch Bar (220 calories) from a convenience store. I ended up eating everything BUT the apple & Crunch Bar! My friend offered me the rest of his popcorn and I munched about 1/2 cup, and then gave it back to him quickly. Which is amazing, because I LOVE theatre popcorn. I looked it up here and 1/2 cup of buttered theatre popcorn is 200 calories. So I got to have some popcorn -and- stay on my diet :)

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  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    Well done!
  • icimani
    icimani Posts: 1,454 Member
    Good for you!
    You ate only 1/2 cup of popcorn? How the heck did you do that?! :wink: :laugh: We have Regal theaters were I am, and MFP has even a small bag popcorn with no butter at 670 calories! :grumble:

    I go to the theater a lot, and the popcorn is always SOOO tempting! I don't carry a purse so it's tough to take anything in with me.
  • iorahkwano
    iorahkwano Posts: 709 Member
    I think because I already ate most of my snacks before the popcorn so I wasn't actually hungry when my friend offered them. If I ate nothing through the movie AND THEN he offered, the whole bag would've been devoured lol
  • Shunda_27
    Shunda_27 Posts: 16
    Well done grasshopper.
    Play it smart!
    :drinker:
  • coffee_rocks
    coffee_rocks Posts: 275 Member
    ...but what movie did you see?

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