Remind me why I shouldn't eat a donut.

because you know you will feel like crap after youre done eating it and it will steal away all of your energy and you will feel sluggish and tired afterwards because all of the processed chemical and sugar will have your insulin spiking up and soon after will come crashing back down. Eat 1 cup of broccoli, 4oz of chicken, and 1/2 cup of brown rice with a full bottle of water, wait 5 mins and I SWEAR to you your cravings will have vanished!

If you are experiencing a craving for a donut, and eat broccoli, chicken and rice, you will still want a donut. Then when you eat the donut, you will have exceeded your calorie goals. Just eat the donut. Cravings don't have much to do with hunger or nutrtional needs. if you only eat one donut and aren't eating too much sugar/carbs in the rest of day and don't exceed your macros, you will feel fine.

Im telling the OP whats works for me, and that works for me. Some people can't eat that one donuts because than they will want to eat another and another and I'm pretty sure she posted this thread so people can encourage her to NOT eat the donut not so people can say "only one wont hurt". I know the feeling and I didn't lose 20 lbs from saying "only one wont hurt"

Everyone does find something that works for them, it's true. But the fact that the OP is asking for help to resist one donut shows she is already struggling with deprivation.

Long-term success comes from learing to eat in moderation and not being afraid of any food.
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Yes well said, I agree but I was trying to give her the advice and support she wanted at that exact moment of her post. That's what I would want. Do to others what you want done to you, if that makes sense lol

Dunkin Dounuts heart-shaped cookie dough donut has just come out and it's 380 calories.I can't fit it in today or this weekend, but sometime between Monday and the 14th, I will find a way.

I wouldn't say you always have to turn them down. Where I used to work a dozen doughnuts were brought in every Thursday. For the most part I didn't want one and they didn't tempt me but once in awhile they did, I would just try to have a 1/2 doughnut when I really wanted one. I would fit it in to my calories for that day. They are just really high in fat, calories and offer no nutritional value. Just let yourself have a little once in awhile, guilt - free, you just don't want to over do it all the time. I've learned I do better by letting myself have the not so good food once in awhile then to never let myself have any. I think in the 5-6 months I worked there I had 3 doughnuts. Although there were some days I felt like if I had one , I would eat 3 and eat horribly the rest of the day, I did refrain from eating them, you have to listen and know yourself enough if you can be in control of the food that day or if the food is going to be controlling you. Do what is best for you......

How do they have no nutrtional value? And just because you eat one, is no excuse to eat horribly the rest of the day. What we try to advise and help with, is learning to eat everything in moderation, including treats like donuts. It's better for long term success. Don't use eating one donut as an excuse to eat a lot of other things that you shouldn't.

Dunkin Dounuts heart-shaped cookie dough donut has just come out and it's 380 calories.I can't fit it in today or this weekend, but sometime between Monday and the 14th, I will find a way.

OMG tell me this is a not a tease!!! Must go to Dunkin this weekend...

I'd eat one, then make teh rest of my day work to hit my macros, mmmmm donuts

There won't be a cumulative effect if you simply swap the donut/free treat for something else in your food diary worth the same amount of calories. If you feel bad about it, exercise it (or a portion of it) off. A small treat a day keeps you happy, rather than ignoring the cravings and depriving yourself. It's what keeps you going

Marge: “Homer, stop eating your head.”

Homer: “But I’m so yummy…”



I wonder if Homer's head is a 3,500 calorie donut?

You ever tried a glazed hot Krispy Kreme donut right off the line? More addictive than crack cocaine. If your bulking and need an extra 2,000 calories it might be useful.

eat the donut ... Krispy Kreme .. fresh off the fryer dipped in wet, sugary deliciousness

^^ Ewww Yuck!











^^ Much better. Yum!

I wouldn't say you always have to turn them down. Where I used to work a dozen doughnuts were brought in every Thursday. For the most part I didn't want one and they didn't tempt me but once in awhile they did, I would just try to have a 1/2 doughnut when I really wanted one. I would fit it in to my calories for that day. They are just really high in fat, calories and offer no nutritional value. Just let yourself have a little once in awhile, guilt - free, you just don't want to over do it all the time. I've learned I do better by letting myself have the not so good food once in awhile then to never let myself have any. I think in the 5-6 months I worked there I had 3 doughnuts. Although there were some days I felt like if I had one , I would eat 3 and eat horribly the rest of the day, I did refrain from eating them, you have to listen and know yourself enough if you can be in control of the food that day or if the food is going to be controlling you. Do what is best for you......

How do they have no nutrtional value? And just because you eat one, is no excuse to eat horribly the rest of the day. What we try to advise and help with, is learning to eat everything in moderation, including treats like donuts. It's better for long term success. Don't use eating one donut as an excuse to eat a lot of other things that you shouldn't.

Maybe you need to reread a comment entirely before you reply...maybe it would have been better had I stated that they have little to no nutritional value...there is really nothing substantial in a doughnut that your body needs, they don't carry a whole lot of vitamins or minerals that is good for you. http://www.livestrong.com/article/284165-the-nutritional-value-of-doughnuts/ ( for an example of what is in a doughnut). and if you were to reread my post you would see I would and do an occasion eat some, it's not something I want to eat all of the time ( moderation). I have history of binging and do battle days where I want to binge and on days I feel like I may want to do that it is not the day I would want to eat a doughnut, somethings for me on days I feel like I might be in that kind of a mood, like a doughnut would trigger a binge, high calorie, high sugar, high fat....you may not have experience with binging and I do, that was/ is my personal experience. That is why I mentioned it and also told her to listen to her own body....she will know herself best of what she can handle doing or not doing at her point in her journey. Everyone's journey and battle is different.

because what you eat in private, you wear in public lol