30 DAY GELATO | ICE CREAM CLEANSE DIET

I'm gonna vote for Pastry/Cookie cleanse. There's so much yummies to be had with that!

Get out of my head.

My husband may dislike that idea because he's cutting. But I'm in. :bigsmile:

I'm gonna vote for Pastry/Cookie cleanse. There's so much yummies to be had with that!

Get out of my head.

My husband may dislike that idea because he's cutting. But I'm in. :bigsmile:

Wait am I one of few people in here doing this while cutting?

I'm quasi-bulking (haven't managed to gain any weight yet) but I have done ice cream every day while cutting as well. In some ways it was easier because when cutting I gave myself a higher fat allowance.

I'm gonna vote for Pastry/Cookie cleanse. There's so much yummies to be had with that!

Get out of my head.

My husband may dislike that idea because he's cutting. But I'm in. :bigsmile:

Wait am I one of few people in here doing this while cutting?

Nope. I'm in a deficit. I still make it work. I completely plan on having my cake and eating it too. It's worked so far!

I just lowered my cals to try to cut. i plan on still enjoying some ice cream, just not as much as before

Just a heads up, but if you have a Shoprite near you, Talenti will be back on sale starting Sunday for $2.88.

Time for me to restock the freezer! :O

I wish it were that cheap here. Giant had it for $4.99 so I just ended up buying their store brand Red Velvet Cake (never tried this flavor) & their Mint Chocolate Cookie which is amazing.

I had a JSF day yesterday. After I went to Balducci's and got the 2 Steve's ice creams (we left for the beach later than planned, so I had time after all!), we stopped at Super Wal-Mart to get food for the house. I had to get the Sam's Choice coffee and donuts. It's way different from Steve's. Dang was it good! I left it at the beach house for someone else to enjoy.

managed to squeeze in a serving of the Turkey Hill Lemoni Biskoti and a serving of Talenti Caramel Apple Pie, and also have 2 slices of pizza and stayed under goal.

also i just finished my term paper.

managed to squeeze in a serving of the Turkey Hill Lemoni Biskoti and a serving of Talenti Caramel Apple Pie, and also have 2 slices of pizza and stayed under goal.

also i just finished my term paper.

Yay!!! That Lemoni Biskoti sounds good. I'll have to keep it in mind when I have room in the freezer. And now I want to look for that sweet potato one dunnodunno was talking about!

I had a full serving of Steve's NOLA Coffee & Donuts. It's good if you like coffee and stale plain donuts, and not sweet like Sam's Choice, or with as many different flavors in it. I wouldn't buy it again. Sam's Choice was definitely the winner for me in that flavor.

Wow, how did you do that?

I googled ice cream gifs :laugh:

So are we doing a new thread for baked goods cleanse or just posting in here or what's the deal on that?

I lost something like 2.5 lbs. in the 30 days. I had just increased my calories and started running when it started (eating back most exercise cals), so can't really complain about that loss.

Over half of my calories today were in ice cream, because well, it was one of those days. 1 cup of B&J That's My Jam and 1 1/2 cups of Talenti chocolate PB cup. I'll empty out the freezer one of these days.

So are we doing a new thread for baked goods cleanse or just posting in here or what's the deal on that?

I think we're just keeping Jewlz company while she finishes up her 30 days.

Day 1: Breyer's Tiramisu Gelato; 1/2 cup; 8/10; strong espresso and cream flavors, needs moar ladyfingers. Would bang again.
Day 2: Ben & Jerry's Hazed and Confused Core; 1 cup; 7/10; really digging the hazelnut flavored ice cream and the hazelnut fudge "core," chocolate ice cream flavor is pretty standard, not a huge fan of fudge chip speed bumps. Enjoyable, but I probably won't buy it again.
Day 3: Went to the new market by the gym to look at their interesting ice cream flavors, but I got side tracked by their hard cider options... 330 calories of delicious hard cider later, I realized there was no way to fit ice cream into my day. Wah wah. But the two days on the cleanse appears to be working; I was down a pound yesterday. I must resolve to get back on track today.
Day 4: Breyer's Tiramisu Gelato; 1 cup. Pretty sure that Iliftheavyacrylic is correct; whoever approved the "servings per container" or the serving weight must be dead behind the eyes.
Day 5: It happened again. Went to the new market to look at ice creams; got distracted by cider. On the plus side, I'm trying some really interesting artisanal ciders.
Day 6 & 7: As is typical of me for cleanses and other dietary restrictions, the weekend really does me in. I was mostly good all week, but then Saturday and Sunday come along and derail me with pizza and beer.
Day 8: Talenti's German Chocolate Cake Gelato; 1/2 cup. Sweet Jesus. I need this in my life. Every day. It's glorious. I'm incapable of more complex thought. It's a milk chocolate gelato with a caramel swirl and candied pecan and coconut pieces. 10/10, but would not bang again. Would respectfully court and woo with the intention of marrying. Would probably get serious and say "I love you" too soon. But we'd work it out because we're meant to be.
Day 9: Talenti's German Chocolate Cake Gelato; 1/2 cup. So, we had our second date last night. Nothing too wild and crazy; we played a little Left4Dead2. I daresay the epic zombie-slaying may have brought us closer together (survivor's guilt, maybe). I know it's too soon to say this but... guys... I think she's the one. There's a lot to appreciate, but I frequently find myself getting lost in the caramel swirl. The occasional candied pecan breaks the trance, but what a way to come out of a reverie. ... SIgh.
Day 10: Ben & Jerry's Hazed and Confused Core; 1/2 cup & Breyer's Tiramisu Gelato; 1 1/2 cups. My initial impressions for these stand.
Day 11: Ben & Jerry's Hazed and Confused Core; 1/2 cup. Officially out of all my other ice creams and gelatos besides German chocolate cake. Might pick up an extra pint of that for the deep freeze on my way home, but I'm hoping to grab some new ones that I've read about. (The coffee and donut one from Walmart, in particular, plus whatever finery I see while reupping the GCC)
Day 12: Talenti's German Chocolate Cake Gelato; 1 cup. Parting is such sweet sorrow. Additionally, I went to the market that night to get more...but it turns out they had a 2/$5 sale. They were completely cleaned out.
Day 13 & 14: As per usual, the weekend derailed me with pizza, caramel rolls, and beer. I like to call these "mini-cleanses." As in, "Yo' dawg, we heard you liked cleanses, so we put a cleanse in yo' cleanse!"
Day 15: Talenti's Southern Butter Pecan Gelato; 2/3 cup & Talenti's German Chocolate Cake Gelato; 1/2 cup. The market was still running the 2/$5 sale, so I grabbed the butter pecan after securing some caaaaaaake. While it's not as good as GCC, it's still pretty darn good. I find it difficult to describe the base because it was so...buttery, but it was a very satisfying savory-sweet flavor. They threw in a generous handful of roasted pecans (also buttery tasting) and swirled dulce de leche throughout. 8/10; will definitely buy again when I want an ice cream that's a little savory, but I typically prefer chocolate and/or sweeter flavors.
Day 16: Talenti's Southern Butter Pecan Gelato; 1 1/3 cup. Had some rage-pain cravings from Mother Nature, so I basically just ate the rest of the container and regretted nothing.
Day 17: Sam's Choice Coffee and Donuts ice cream; 3/4 cup. Pretty glorious coffee flavor. If I had a cup of coffee that tasted like the base of this ice cream, every morning would be best morning. The icing swirls look downright indecent, but the sweetness it adds complements the coffee ice cream very well. The donut bits are a necessary addition; not-so-sweet and usually occurring in sizable chunks, they're like little speed bumps on Mainline-Sugar Highway. I'm pleased that the consistency of the donuts is more of a "cake donut" variety, as well. 9/10. I can see this being a staple in the freezer--it helps that it's among the most economical of all the ice creams I've bought for this cleanse (both in terms of $$ and calories), as well as being easily available at my usual grocery store.
Day 18: Sam's Choice Coffee & Donuts ice cream, 3/4 cup, & Talenti's German Chocolate Cake gelato, 1/2 cup. I originally intended only to have half a cup of each, but I ended up throwing in an extra 1/4 cup of the coffee & donuts in an attempt to get all the deliciousness in before the coming two-day drought.
Day 19: Arrived at the mountains for vintage snowmobiling fun. No ice cream available, sadly, and I did look. I made a "Cinnamon Bun" cocktail that was sweet enough it may as well have been ice cream. 3 parts Rum Chata, 1 part Kahlua, stirred over ice. ~500 calories.
Day 20: Day Two of my winter isolation and still no signs of lif--er, ice cream. Someone brought up scotcharoos, in which I indulged quite happily. Washed a couple down with a "French Toast" cocktail that tasted a lot like the french toast I had for breakfast that day. 3 parts Rum Chata, 1 part maple whiskey, stirred over ice. ~517 calories
Day 21: Somehow, someway, we made our way back to civilization. I celebrated with 1/2 cup each of Sam's Choice Coffee & Donuts and Talenti's German Chocolate Cake. ... It's good to be back.
Day 22: Talenti Sicilian Pistachio Gelato & Haagen Dazs Green Tea ice cream; 1 cup each. I went grocery shopping that night and it was the first time I'd seen either of those options at my local grocery store, so I was practically obligated to get them...and then sample them...heavily...later that night. Green Tea ice cream review to follow later, but this is the first time I'd ever had pistachio ice cream/gelato ever. I wasn't sure what to expect, but it was absolutely delicious. The base was sweet-savory, creamy, and had a delicate pistachio flavor, all of which I found very pleasing. The pistachio pieces were chewy without being crunchy, which I'm also down for--I don't like crunchiness in my ice creams, though. My only concern was the preponderance of pistachio pieces, or rather, the lack thereof. I didn't mind the scarcity, but I can see how some folks would want moar pistachios. Overall, 10/10; I will definitely be purchasing this again.
Day 23: Talenti Sicilian Pistachio Gelato, 1 cup; Sam's Choice Coffee & Donuts ice cream, 1/2 cup; Talenti German Chocolate Cake Gelato, 1/2 cup. This is the second night in a row on this cleanse that I actually had a full pint of ice cream, albeit different ice creams.
Day 24: Since I felt sufficiently "stocked up" again on ice cream from the weekend's abstinence, this was a beer and cider night. J.K. Scrumpy's Organic Cider, 22 ounces; and Leinenkugel Snowdrift Vanilla Porter, 12 ounces; add it all up for a total of zero regrets.
Day 25: Haagen Dazs Green Tea ice cream, 1 cup. I wasn't really sure what to think of this the first time I had it. I love tea--green tea, red tea, black tea, white tea, whatever--so I had high hopes for this one. It just didn't measure up to my expectations. The consistency was smooth and pleasing on the tongue, but I felt the flavor left a lot to be desired. I like Haagen Dazs's base vanilla and chocolate flavors on their own, and this tasted like they just added a scant amount of green tea flavoring/coloring to their vanilla. It also left a strange after taste. 6/10; not the best, not the worst, would still be willing to try a green tea flavor from another brand.

So i was away from a computer for a while there... I don't have a lot of time for a post right now, but I had to at least get in on the new thread!
Day 26: I was traveling in the evening, so I picked up a Nestle Toll House Ice Cream Sandwich (made with Mrs. Field's chocolate chip cookies) when we were about halfway there. It was tasty, but I have to admit that it was ice cream for ice cream's sake. 6/10; I'd grab it again under similar circumstances, but it wouldn't be my first choice on an average day.
Day 27 & 28: Standard weekend booze derailment; Day 28 had the additional joy of homemade angel food cake, macerated berries, and whipped cream. ... A lot of whipped cream.
Day 29: Talenti Sicilian Pistachio Gelato; 1 cup. Still so seriously delicious. I never thought I would get so attached to a mildly savory ice cream.

Day 30 and some bonus days to make up for the boozy weekends will follow later today. Mild spoiler: reviews of Jeni's Roxbury Road, Ben & Jerry's That's My Jam Core, and Talenti's Old World Eggnog. Also, I may have gotten a little carried away.

After cranking out the 10 page term paper, a final exam that was 7 pages long and a two page essay my brain shut down. i'm trying to get the last essay done, then i will just have another final next week and i'll be done!

in the midst of all this writing i just couldn't seem to forget about Steve's Southern Banana Pudding. It has been on my mind ever since MrM27's review. So although i have WAY TOO MUCH ice cream left in my freezer i just ordered from Steve's online to celebrate almost being done haha

got 2 Mint Cacao Chip, 2 Southern Banana Pudding and a Sunday Morning coming my way.

( they had a new one on the site, carrot habanero pepper. I decided to pass on that though...also decided to skip the coffee & donuts. i think i saw someone mention a stale donut flavor. blech. besides, i can get that one at Wholefoods if i really want to try it....ok, back to my school work.....)

What do you guys want to do?

"Eat all the sweets cleanse" ? - This way it's open to fitting in Ice Cream, Cake, Cookies, Cup Cakes, Donuts, Cake, Chocolates, Candies etc?

I need to stock up. The only sweet I have is 1 tub of strawberry shortcake ice cream. zzzzz

I like that idea! :drinker: