In a Calorie Quandry

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  • MeMyCatsandI
    MeMyCatsandI Posts: 704 Member
    I'm trying to figure out how many calories worth of frosting I just ate. Here are the facts, please help:
    Baby shower
    Costco cake
    Cake was cut into approximately 48 pieces
    The baby is due on April 3rd
    It was not my baby shower
    I am not pregnant

    I ate:
    The frosting scraped off the cake knife after cutting approximately 1/2 the cake
    The frosting off the piece of cake the cake server placed on my plate
    The frosting that my new best friend Mike scraped off his cake and placed on my plate

    I drank:
    1 cup of DIET Coke, mostly ice, so subtract those calories :bigsmile:

    I did NOT eat:
    Any actual cake, so subtract those calories too :drinker:

    More facts:
    I did not bring my food scale or my measuring cups because I fear the stares of others
    I currently have a sugar high that is quickly wearing off

    Question:
    How much frosting did I eat?
    Please note: It would be helpful for me (for today's frositng outing and those yet to come) if you could provide your answer in TBSP and cups
    :love: mmmmmmFROSTING


    I can't answer that until you tell me what time the train left the station and how fast it was traveling:bigsmile:
    I live in San Diego, so I have no idea about trains. Ask me about ships, boats, kayaks, or dolphins.
  • Davina_JH
    Davina_JH Posts: 473 Member
    Sharing too much frosting with your new best friend Mike can lead to pregnancy.
    ^^^Yess! Win!
  • Angimom
    Angimom Posts: 1,463 Member
    I just laughed all the calories off that you probably ate!!!
  • MeMyCatsandI
    MeMyCatsandI Posts: 704 Member
    Sharing too much frosting with your new best friend Mike can lead to pregnancy.
    Shouldn't there be a warning about that on the cake box????
  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    680 calories per tablespoon, and about 10 tablespoons equal a cup. Good luck working that off!


    :noway:

    Even if the Costco frosting has DOUBLE the calories as anything you buy in the cake aisle at the store, it would only be 140 calories per Tb. Where do you get your numbers?

    and 16 Tb = 1 cup. I guess that's "about 10" in some estimates?
  • MeMyCatsandI
    MeMyCatsandI Posts: 704 Member
    Frosting without cake is a negative calorie food. Congrats on that.
    That's fantastic. And so much tastier than celery.
  • Stinkerbelle84
    Stinkerbelle84 Posts: 328
    Great job for scraping the icing off of the knife and not licking it off. That shows a great deal of self-restraint, at least in my book!
  • MeMyCatsandI
    MeMyCatsandI Posts: 704 Member
    I just laughed all the calories off that you probably ate!!!
    Thanks for your assistance!
  • MeMyCatsandI
    MeMyCatsandI Posts: 704 Member
    Great job for scraping the icing off of the knife and not licking it off. That shows a great deal of self-restraint, at least in my book!
    Well, I was not the cake cutter. Otherwise...
  • Cadori
    Cadori Posts: 4,810 Member
    Frosting without cake is a negative calorie food. Congrats on that.
    That's fantastic. And so much tastier than celery.

    I'm eating celery with chocolate frosting as we speak. I'm practically invisible.
  • nbsambucca
    nbsambucca Posts: 123 Member
    Damn you !! Now I want icing....
  • MeMyCatsandI
    MeMyCatsandI Posts: 704 Member
    Frosting without cake is a negative calorie food. Congrats on that.
    That's fantastic. And so much tastier than celery.

    I'm eating celery with chocolate frosting as we speak. I'm practically invisible.
    I don't like to waste my negative calories on celery. And now that I know frosting without cake is a negative calorie food, I will never eat celery again!
  • MeMyCatsandI
    MeMyCatsandI Posts: 704 Member
    Damn you !! Now I want icing....
    I know where you can find some. But you better hurry.
  • _the_feniks_
    _the_feniks_ Posts: 3,412 Member
    Damn, I hate word problems. Uhm... eleventeen?
  • krislyn84
    krislyn84 Posts: 337 Member
    Sharing too much frosting with your new best friend Mike can lead to pregnancy.

    This. You should probably be tested.
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    I'm trying to figure out how many calories worth of frosting I just ate. Here are the facts, please help:
    Baby shower
    Costco cake
    Cake was cut into approximately 48 pieces
    The baby is due on April 3rd
    It was not my baby shower
    I am not pregnant

    I ate:
    The frosting scraped off the cake knife after cutting approximately 1/2 the cake
    The frosting off the piece of cake the cake server placed on my plate
    The frosting that my new best friend Mike scraped off his cake and placed on my plate

    I drank:
    1 cup of DIET Coke, mostly ice, so subtract those calories :bigsmile:

    I did NOT eat:
    Any actual cake, so subtract those calories too :drinker:

    More facts:
    I did not bring my food scale or my measuring cups because I fear the stares of others
    I currently have a sugar high that is quickly wearing off

    Question:
    How much frosting did I eat?
    Please note: It would be helpful for me (for today's frositng outing and those yet to come) if you could provide your answer in TBSP and cups
    :love: mmmmmmFROSTING


    I can't answer that until you tell me what time the train left the station and how fast it was traveling:bigsmile:
    I live in San Diego, so I have no idea about trains. Ask me about ships, boats, kayaks, or dolphins.

    Ah then clearly the answer is those calories didn't count!!!! You stay classy San Diego!! :wink:
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    I'm trying to figure out how many calories worth of frosting I just ate. Here are the facts, please help:
    Baby shower
    Costco cake
    Cake was cut into approximately 48 pieces
    The baby is due on April 3rd
    It was not my baby shower
    I am not pregnant

    I ate:
    The frosting scraped off the cake knife after cutting approximately 1/2 the cake
    The frosting off the piece of cake the cake server placed on my plate
    The frosting that my new best friend Mike scraped off his cake and placed on my plate

    I drank:
    1 cup of DIET Coke, mostly ice, so subtract those calories :bigsmile:

    I did NOT eat:
    Any actual cake, so subtract those calories too :drinker:

    More facts:
    I did not bring my food scale or my measuring cups because I fear the stares of others
    I currently have a sugar high that is quickly wearing off

    Question:
    How much frosting did I eat?
    Please note: It would be helpful for me (for today's frositng outing and those yet to come) if you could provide your answer in TBSP and cups
    :love: mmmmmmFROSTING


    I can't answer that until you tell me what time the train left the station and how fast it was traveling:bigsmile:
    I live in San Diego, so I have no idea about trains. Ask me about ships, boats, kayaks, or dolphins.

    Ah then clearly the answer is those calories didn't count!!!! You stay classy San Diego!! :wink:

    Sure hope there are some Ron Burgandy fans out there that understood my humor:blushing:
  • sgv0918
    sgv0918 Posts: 851 Member
    If it wasn't attached to the cake the calories don't count.
    That seems reasonable.

    best answer
  • Tag9
    Tag9 Posts: 3
    I like the people on this thread almost as much as frosting.
  • dinosnopro
    dinosnopro Posts: 2,177 Member
    Don't worry about it, just consider it your cheat meal for the week.:flowerforyou:

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