Craving ice cream

megstoo
megstoo Posts: 47 Member
edited November 11 in Food and Nutrition
It's the middle of winter and I workout 5 days a week (bootcamp burning roughly 500-800 calories per session) and lately all I'm wanting after I'm done workout is ice cream or sorbet or those frozen lemon ice cups. The workouts are something I've been doing regularily for the last 4 months but within the last week the cravings are coming on. I don't get the ice cream/sorbet cravings in summer.. only in the winter. I eat clean the majority of the day and don't drink soda or juices.

How are you guys overcoming the cravings?
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  • obscuremusicreference
    obscuremusicreference Posts: 1,320 Member
    By buying single pints of the good stuff and living with someone who will finish it off by the time I go back for seconds.
  • dopeysmelly
    dopeysmelly Posts: 1,390 Member
    Or, if you can't ration yourself and just have a portion when it works with your calorie/nutrient targets, go buy yourself a single scoop in an ice cream parlor. That way you don't even have it in the house.
  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
    I work it into my day and log it. I had homemade coffee ice cream yesterday. Sooo good.
  • KHaverstick
    KHaverstick Posts: 308 Member
    I just eat the ice cream. I haven't bought ice cream lately, but I used to regularly have ice cream every night after working out...and I still lost weight. I'd buy individual serving cups, and I'd work them into my day, calorie wise.
  • projecthotbel
    projecthotbel Posts: 32 Member
    Eat it. :)
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    There's this thing called mashed bananas...
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    OdesAngel wrote: »
    There's this thing called mashed bananas...

    You're fired...
  • belindaferre5
    belindaferre5 Posts: 1
    I buy the light ice cream, I like it more always have. I on first opening of container when its soft I cut with blunt knife the potions of what I want cal to have so its all cut in portions when you open it up next time.
  • ewhip17
    ewhip17 Posts: 515 Member
    Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches...... ummmmmm........ :smile:
  • dieselbyte
    dieselbyte Posts: 733 Member
    I'm pretty sure that if I don't eat ice cream every night I'd go crazy...
  • lseed87
    lseed87 Posts: 1,105 Member
    I'd eat it
  • My_Butt
    My_Butt Posts: 2,300 Member
    I'm getting really bad ice cream cravings in the winter too. So I've been eating some every Sunday, and I don't feel so deprived during the week. I've been doing insanity, and the calories I burn from that is enough to burn up my ice cream calories.
  • turnercherrie
    turnercherrie Posts: 24 Member
    There's a brand called skinny cow, which do very low fat, low kcal ice cream

    Or if you can't find that freeze a low fat yoghurt
  • CatJill86
    CatJill86 Posts: 35 Member
    edited January 2015
    I get the salted caramel pretzel skinny cow and have those as my reward for the day :) They're amazing and they only have 160 cal and pretty low carbs. Also the cookies and dough is pretty good as well! LOVE SKINNY COW!!!!!!!!!!
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    I eat at least a cup every night.
  • getstrongkaylen
    getstrongkaylen Posts: 137 Member
    blend frozen bananas... works for me everytime... but i do love ice cream... and if i want it, ill get a mcdonalds vanilla cone... its like 170 cals and i can normally work it in to fit my cals for the day
  • AlisonH729
    AlisonH729 Posts: 558 Member
    getstrongkaylen wrote: »
    blend frozen bananas... works for me everytime... but i do love ice cream... and if i want it, ill get a mcdonalds vanilla cone... its like 170 cals and i can normally work it in to fit my cals for the day

    Agree- fit it in and have it. BUT blended frozen banana is delicious. I made some last night. (But I'm weird & searched the entire boardwalk for frozen chocolate covered bananas one summer while the rest of my family was eating Kohr Brothers.) It's got a very mild flavor so you could add a little vanilla to it, and the texture is so similar to 'real' ice cream. Peel the bananas before you freeze them though or they're a PITA.

  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    AHainzl wrote: »
    getstrongkaylen wrote: »
    blend frozen bananas... works for me everytime... but i do love ice cream... and if i want it, ill get a mcdonalds vanilla cone... its like 170 cals and i can normally work it in to fit my cals for the day

    Agree- fit it in and have it. BUT blended frozen banana is delicious. I made some last night. (But I'm weird & searched the entire boardwalk for frozen chocolate covered bananas one summer while the rest of my family was eating Kohr Brothers.) It's got a very mild flavor so you could add a little vanilla to it, and the texture is so similar to 'real' ice cream. Peel the bananas before you freeze them though or they're a PITA.

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    MOAR FROZEN BANANANANA!!11!!

  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    megstoo wrote: »
    It's the middle of winter and I workout 5 days a week (bootcamp burning roughly 500-800 calories per session) and lately all I'm wanting after I'm done workout is ice cream or sorbet or those frozen lemon ice cups. The workouts are something I've been doing regularily for the last 4 months but within the last week the cravings are coming on. I don't get the ice cream/sorbet cravings in summer.. only in the winter. I eat clean the majority of the day and don't drink soda or juices.

    How are you guys overcoming the cravings?

    I don't see anything wrong with just having some ice cream. I haven't been eating it lately--I've been trying to experiment with some other options--but I used some of my exercise calories for 150-250 calories of frozen dessert (gelato, ice cream, frozen yogurt) for months while losing much of the weight I've lost, and had no problem with it. I just logged the calories.

    I am interested in eating a healthy diet, but I don't think that means you have to cut out all indulgences.
  • BodyByButter
    BodyByButter Posts: 563 Member
    Skinny Cow chocolate ganache cone is my favorite. 160 calories.
  • HeySwoleSister
    HeySwoleSister Posts: 1,938 Member
    edited January 2015
    Gelato has fewer calories and less fat than ice cream, and by nature of the way it's churned, it's creamier. I know for me, that makes it extra satisfying. About 240 cal per 110g serving. Worth every bite.

    Mashed bananas? IT'S A TRAP. A mashed banana has quite a few calories on its own, and if you add "extras" like peanut butter, cocoa, or honey? You'd have consumed fewer calories certainly if you'd have had a Skinny Cow, and possibly even as much or more than Gelato.
  • AliceDark
    AliceDark Posts: 3,886 Member
    I just eat ice cream, but on days when I really can't fit it in, I've thrown a greek yogurt into the freezer for a few hours. It helps if you stir it once after about 90 minutes. It's not anywhere near as good as ice cream, but it's kinda sorta in the same ballpark.
  • La5Vega5Girl
    La5Vega5Girl Posts: 709 Member
    i personally do not like ice cream (yes, i'm odd) but if i had a craving for it, i would find a way to eat it. either eat a small portion, get a "light" ice cream, or find a substitute like frozen yogurt.

    my problem is, i have a very severe corn and soy allergy. most of my cravings are for things like chips, salsa, savory foods that i cannot eat. i indulged in tacos one day and paid the price big-time with an itchy mouth and a break-out of hives. it's pretty easy to avoid cravings when that is what happens! LOL
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    Oh good - I was missing the other thread. Now where are my frozen bananas...

    OP - if you want ice cream, and you have the calories for it, and if you are exercising regularly it sounds like you would, there is nothing wrong with just eating ice cream. Or gelato. Or whatever else you fancy, in moderation. Even if it is frozen bananas which for the record are NOT the same as ice cream.

    Why do you feel like you can't or shouldn't eat ice cream?



  • AlisonH729
    AlisonH729 Posts: 558 Member
    Apparently defending frozen bananas is frowned upon in this establishment.

    You don't just mash them up like baby food. You blend them up in a food processor and you get a consistency similar to ice cream. You could do this with any frozen fruit really, it would just be more like Italian ice.

    For the record I said eat the ice cream. But some people might like the idea of something with one ingredient vs the list below, which is from a Vanilla Skinny Cow Ice Cream Sandwich.

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  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    I weigh out one serving of whatever I want and enjoy it. I usually have ice cream or gelato at night after dinner-- knowing that I have that worked in already keeps me on track all day.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited January 2015
    Pretty sure there are other types of ice cream. (I think I must conclude that I gave away my old ice cream maker in a fit of de-cluttering mania some years back, so I may finally get a new one this weekend.)

    Never knew it was kosher, though. Cool.

    ;-)
  • mistymeadows2005
    mistymeadows2005 Posts: 3,737 Member
    Ok Im telling you - Take a greek yogurt likeeee raspberry or blueberry or whatever - mix in a lil NSA/plain cocoa powder - freeze that sucker - its protein packed, SUPER creamy, and in my opinion WAYYYY better than ice cream :)
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  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Diet pop slushie.

    (Not serious. Ugh.)
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