Can I eat another cookie or two?

Say no... Short term satisfaction or long term satisfaction? You've had two, lucky you! But don't over do it. You'll feel better for saying no and being strong.

I contend that having a 500 deficit and filling it with cookies isn't overdoing it. She worked for those extra calories and using them to her enjoyment will keep her motivated to keep working. Sweating for your cookies is a show of strength when you could just...you know, eat them.

Besides, gotta eat those exercise calories back. Might as well go for max tastyness

You can but only if you share them :happy:

Will you regret eating them later? If so don't eat them. If not, eat them.

Meh. My only thing is that would be 500 empty calories. 200, sure, but 500? For myself, I'd look for a better option.

plus i've never found a cookie that tasted better than any sort of fresh fruit.

I'm gonna say my experience is the exact opposite. I've never had fresh fruit that tasted half as good as an Oreo or fresh baked chocolate chip cookie. And I've tried a wide variety, both organic and otherwise.

plus i've never found a cookie that tasted better than any sort of fresh fruit.

I'm gonna say my experience is the exact opposite. I've never had fresh fruit that tasted half as good as an Oreo or fresh baked chocolate chip cookie. And I've tried a wide variety, both organic and otherwise.

meh, maybe it's part mental, like i'm certainly not to where i want to be yet, but eating fruit and looking how i do now, vs eating garbage food and how i used to look...it just feels like the easiest decision in the world....plus cardio is hard work and eating a cookie vs having to run an extra 20 minutes as a result...makes the decision even easier.

..it took time, certainly when i started my diet was the biggest issue (I ate alot of fast food and garbage food, never ate fruit for snacks nor did i eat purely healthy).

Well, I don't believe in garbage food so I'm gonna agree that it's partly a mentality. I was in the best shape of my life enjoying what you may consider garbage, so to me it makes no sense to avoid it now.

There is nothing about so called "junk"/"unclean" foods that would slow down your progress. Hold cals and macros constant, it doesn't really matter what foods are eaten

I understand what you're saying, but if i ate 400 calories of fruit vs 400 calories from a candy bar/chips/soda/etc.., i feel like i'm much less likely to feel hungry or have a need for additional snacking...plus of course fruit provides much more vitamins/etc than something unhealthy.

..maybe it's mental bc a candy bar is small and a quick task vs eating an equivalent amount of fruit/salad takes more time and just feels more satisfying.

i'm not pretending to be some PHD about this, but i know what works for me and i know i've had pretty good success and am much happier to eat healthy than to not.

plus i've never found a cookie that tasted better than any sort of fresh fruit.

I'm gonna say my experience is the exact opposite. I've never had fresh fruit that tasted half as good as an Oreo or fresh baked chocolate chip cookie. And I've tried a wide variety, both organic and otherwise.

meh, maybe it's part mental, like i'm certainly not to where i want to be yet, but eating fruit and looking how i do now, vs eating garbage food and how i used to look...it just feels like the easiest decision in the world....plus cardio is hard work and eating a cookie vs having to run an extra 20 minutes as a result...makes the decision even easier.

..it took time, certainly when i started my diet was the biggest issue (I ate alot of fast food and garbage food, never ate fruit for snacks nor did i eat purely healthy).

Well, I don't believe in garbage food so I'm gonna agree that it's partly a mentality. I was in the best shape of my life enjoying what you may consider garbage, so to me it makes no sense to avoid it now.

i guess it also depends on your goals, if you want to get skinny/slim/normal etc...i spose it's fine to eat bad food, I'm super focused on getting to 6-8% bf, so in my mind, it's not worth slowing down my progress. I started at 35% bf @ 285 pounds initially, this last february i was at 24% BF and weighed 250, and right now i'm 15% (and right about 200lbs)...so to stall gains bc an oreo tastes sweet just seems like a waste to me.

My goal isn't skinny (been there, done that, left unhappy) but to be strong and fit. I hit my protein and my fat, I keep an eye on my Micro, and at the end of the day if I've got calories I eat some ice cream or cookies or both. I'm having both tonight, nom. I work hard and bust my butt; if a year from now ice cream eaten while at a deficit and while hitting macros hurts me I'll be shocked. Also turning myself in for scientific study.