Testing My Self Control.
MindySaysWhaaat
Posts: 401 Member
This is a partial complaint, so I'm going to apologize for if this sounds whiny in advance.
I love trail mix. I bought a big bucket of it. When I wasn't trying at all, the whole thing would have been gone in probably about 2 days. A serving of trail mix is 180 calories for 1/4 cup. I measured out a cup and I just about laughed/cried at how little it was. I decided to measure it using my digital scale to see if there'd be any difference, and it did come out to about the same thing. I've been bringing 2 servings with my lunch and I've been fitting it into my calorie goals so that's at least a positive, but I think when I'm all out of trail mix I probably won't be eating it for a good long while.
I guess the fact that there's a big bucket of trail mix on my fridge, and I haven't devoured the whole thing is a very positive thing. I only allow myself to have foods in the house if I know I can control myself around them. Still can't have oreos lol. Someday.
Are there any foods out there that you have found were disappointing when you realized just how small a portion size of them were? Another one I was disappointed in was Pop tarts. 210 calories for one little tart. Sad.
I love trail mix. I bought a big bucket of it. When I wasn't trying at all, the whole thing would have been gone in probably about 2 days. A serving of trail mix is 180 calories for 1/4 cup. I measured out a cup and I just about laughed/cried at how little it was. I decided to measure it using my digital scale to see if there'd be any difference, and it did come out to about the same thing. I've been bringing 2 servings with my lunch and I've been fitting it into my calorie goals so that's at least a positive, but I think when I'm all out of trail mix I probably won't be eating it for a good long while.
I guess the fact that there's a big bucket of trail mix on my fridge, and I haven't devoured the whole thing is a very positive thing. I only allow myself to have foods in the house if I know I can control myself around them. Still can't have oreos lol. Someday.
Are there any foods out there that you have found were disappointing when you realized just how small a portion size of them were? Another one I was disappointed in was Pop tarts. 210 calories for one little tart. Sad.
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You're doing great with the trailmix. Congrats! I only hope to someday be able to eat at least raw almonds in appropriate quantities. So many calories for such a tiny handful!0
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You're doing great with the trailmix. Congrats! I only hope to someday be able to eat at least raw almonds in appropriate quantities. So many calories for such a tiny handful!
I love almonds. They're another thing I won't be having until I can trust myself not to eat half the bag in one go, lol.
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I died a little inside when I measured peanut butter for the first time. Same with ice cream.0
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granola, trail mix and nuts are my bane. Seriously have issues keeping them in the house.0
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Ditto the peanut butter. And Red Vines Licorice used to be really hard for me until I managed to get sugar intake better under control. Now that I'm used to eating less sugar the licorice is overpowering.0
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Rogiefreida wrote: »I died a little inside when I measured peanut butter for the first time. Same with ice cream.
I've had to fully switch from eating peanut butter to eating PB2. I don't keep ice cream in the house, but when I want it I'll either buy a little single serving cup from the cafeteria where I work, or I'll stop at McDonald's and buy a soft serve vanilla ice cream cone from there. I think that's only around 170-180 calories.0 -
Learning moderation, self control, and portion control are all essential to long term success.0
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Right now I'm craving to just go to town on a carton of peanuts at my mom's house. Salty, oily, delicious peanuts.0
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All too familiar. I love trail mix. It is sooo high calorie, so I tried to make my own somewhat lighter version, with unsweetened dehydrated fruit, no candy, not as many nuts, etc. I was bitterly disappointed when a 1 oz serving still turned out to be 244 calories. Like you, I portioned it out, ate it in 1 oz portions til it was gone, and haven't had any since. I guess the reason it's good for long hikes is that it's calorie-dense. Mayyybe I can have some the next time I do a serious hike.0
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For me Raisins and/or most dried fruit. HOLY crap there's a boat load of carbs. I simply don't even have them in the house period.0
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I only allow myself to have foods in the house if I know I can control myself around them. Still can't have oreos lol.
I'm with you on Oreos. If I buy a pack, I will finish a pack. My stomach will be in literal pain, but the tongue is stronger than the stomach, I suppose. The tongue always wins. So, like you, I can't buy Oreos anymore.
Another big one for me is granola. I thought I was being real healthy until I saw how calorie dense it is.
Good job on the self-control around the trail mix. For me, if there are any tasty treats lying around, I can't keep away. I can't think about anything else until they are all gone. I usually don't keep anything around the house, because I know I don't have the willpower. In fact, most of my binges happen on my lunch break at work, because I can't control the fact that trigger foods are sold at my workplace. I mean, it is a grocery store.
Even with keeping the crap out of my home, sometimes I can't resist the urge to make a late-night voyage to the convenience store to get some fist-fulls of candy. But hey... at least I walked to the convenience store... I guess...0 -
brownies and ice cream. those are my kryptonite. could blow a whole day's calories just on dessert. So I don't keep them around all that much.0
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For me Raisins and/or most dried fruit. HOLY crap there's a boat load of carbs. I simply don't even have them in the house period.
I gave up worrying about carbs. I generally go over my limit by like 5%. Since I'm only a couple months in, I'm focusing more on making sure I'm somewhere around my calorie goal. 0 -
For me Raisins and/or most dried fruit. HOLY crap there's a boat load of carbs. I simply don't even have them in the house period.
I gave up worrying about carbs. I generally go over my limit by like 5%. Since I'm only a couple months in, I'm focusing more on making sure I'm somewhere around my calorie goal.
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Ice cream lasts so much longer now that I weigh it out. I went through a Pop Tart ice cream sandwich phase for a while, but only on cardio days, and only one Pop Tart with less than a full serving of ice cream. I made it fit my day. I can finally have Oreos in the house, eat 2 and be done. The mini ones are even better. The calories in a full slice of most of Cheesecake Factory's cheesecakes make me sad, but once or twice a year I'll fit one in, because delicious.0
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Haven't really been sad about calories and portion sizes really, but I've also gotten used to the smaller portion sizes. But if I want to eat more than the designated portion size I will for sure.
Oh, I guess cheese and PB are the saddest ones. I still eat cheese almost daily though!
ALSO, if I didn't eat GF, I would love to buy both of these and I bet the serving weight would also be depressing:
(love those bagel bite things and the chex pieces)
BTW americans, do you have these? 0 -
CallMeCupcakeDammit wrote: »Ice cream lasts so much longer now that I weigh it out. I went through a Pop Tart ice cream sandwich phase for a while, but only on cardio days, and only one Pop Tart with less than a full serving of ice cream. I made it fit my day. I can finally have Oreos in the house, eat 2 and be done. The mini ones are even better. The calories in a full slice of most of Cheesecake Factory's cheesecakes make me sad, but once or twice a year I'll fit one in, because delicious.
That pop tart ice cream sandwich idea sounds absolutely amazing. I think if I was going to figure out Oreos, I'd just buy a 6 pack and fit it in somehow. I used to buy the big packages and eat one row all to myself. I recently saw red velvet oreos with cream cheese filling, and I wanted them so badly lol, but I decided that I'll get them if I can find a smaller pack since I don't want a full pack of them in my house.0 -
Haven't really been sad about calories and portion sizes really, but I've also gotten used to the smaller portion sizes. But if I want to eat more than the designated portion size I will for sure.
Oh, I guess cheese and PB are the saddest ones. I still eat cheese almost daily though!
ALSO, if I didn't eat GF, I would love to buy both of these and I bet the serving weight would also be depressing: (love those bagel bite things and the chex pieces)BTW americans, do you have these?
I've never seen the crispers things, but I used to pick pretty much all the bagel bites out of the chex mix and keep them to myself lol. There's actually a very unflattering picture of me at someone's graduation party where I'm sitting in a chair and I've got a handful of them.
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CallMeCupcakeDammit wrote: »Ice cream lasts so much longer now that I weigh it out. I went through a Pop Tart ice cream sandwich phase for a while, but only on cardio days, and only one Pop Tart with less than a full serving of ice cream. I made it fit my day. I can finally have Oreos in the house, eat 2 and be done. The mini ones are even better. The calories in a full slice of most of Cheesecake Factory's cheesecakes make me sad, but once or twice a year I'll fit one in, because delicious.
That pop tart ice cream sandwich idea sounds absolutely amazing. I think if I was going to figure out Oreos, I'd just buy a 6 pack and fit it in somehow. I used to buy the big packages and eat one row all to myself. I recently saw red velvet oreos with cream cheese filling, and I wanted them so badly lol, but I decided that I'll get them if I can find a smaller pack since I don't want a full pack of them in my house.
I wouldn't let my kids have the big packages of Oreos for the longest time, because I was the same way, I'd eat the whole row. So I'd only let them get an individual pack. I actually banned everything from the house that I knew I couldn't control myself around, then I brought one thing in at a time, until I knew I was in control. Then I'd buy something else. Ice cream was first, because I love ice cream the most. Then Pop Tarts, I'd stick a plastic baggie in the box before I even opened the first pack so there'd be no excuse not to bag the 2nd one. I put sticky notes with my name in a red circle and a line through it on the boxes of Cheez Its at work, because I'd grab a box when I was feeling overwhelmed and eat about half of it before I realized I'd done it. It kinda snapped back to reality. This post really helped me look at food differently, too. myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/925464-fitting-it-in-giggity
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Krisstastic wrote: »Spaghetti. 85g = 310 calories and thats like what? 5 mouthfuls? Hardly worth dirtying your mouth on, and i am the type that likes to have bread with my spaghetti, i also like to have ground beef in my sauce.. so when you add it all up 700 calories maybe for a tease of spaghetti lol
My fiance will only eat the angelhair pasta. I don't understand why, but it's got something to do with the texture. The kind I get is 200 calories for 2oz dry. I always try to put some kind of meat with it like a grilled chicken breast cut up, and I use the lighter version of the prego spaghetti sauce. It's usually around 500 ish calories for the whole thing.0 -
Haven't really been sad about calories and portion sizes really, but I've also gotten used to the smaller portion sizes. But if I want to eat more than the designated portion size I will for sure.
Oh, I guess cheese and PB are the saddest ones. I still eat cheese almost daily though!
ALSO, if I didn't eat GF, I would love to buy both of these and I bet the serving weight would also be depressing: (love those bagel bite things and the chex pieces)BTW americans, do you have these?
I've never seen the crispers things, but I used to pick pretty much all the bagel bites out of the chex mix and keep them to myself lol. There's actually a very unflattering picture of me at someone's graduation party where I'm sitting in a chair and I've got a handful of them.
LOL aw, sorry but kind of funny. I've done that before too. I'd pick out the cheerios if they were seasoned (usually were), the bagels, and the chex pieces. Everything else I'd leave in the bag, and then half the bag would just be the gross stuff. I really need to google recipes for my own version. And crispers are delicious, like... not crackers, not chips, just YUM.0 -
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Krisstastic wrote: »Spaghetti. 85g = 310 calories and thats like what? 5 mouthfuls? Hardly worth dirtying your mouth on, and i am the type that likes to have bread with my spaghetti, i also like to have ground beef in my sauce.. so when you add it all up 700 calories maybe for a tease of spaghetti lol
I don't get how 85g isn't enough... are you weighing it cooked? It's 85g DRY lol. I eat 50g or so dry now, and it's easily enough for a serving; I used to cover my plate in pasta. I can easily do spaghetti with a meat-heavy sauce and it can be under 400 cals. This is still enough for a normal bowl of pasta.0 -
Krisstastic wrote: »Nice i am actually gonna look into those low carb asian noodles and see if i like those. i like vermicelli so im hoping that they will be somewhat the same thing
I've found that I have to find alternatives for a lot of things in order to make them fit my calorie goal. I guess I am lucky though, I really like turkey, so when I want burgers, or sausages I get the turkey variety.0 -
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Krisstastic wrote: »yeah i am weighing it dry.. lol i guess you'd have to see just how much spaghetti i was eating before LOL.. There is a reason why i am over weight
lol
Like this?
(imagine this is a large dinner plate, liket he ones that are twice the size of your head)
THat's how I used to eat haha. I've gotten accustomed to what reasonable serving sizes should look like now though. If I get a soup bowl (room for ~2-3 cups of liquid?) the 50-60g that I usually eat now will fill up about half that room. Which I find is fine for me now, since I add in all the other fixings - meat, cheese, sauce, veggies, etc.
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Krisstastic wrote: »yeah i am weighing it dry.. lol i guess you'd have to see just how much spaghetti i was eating before LOL.. There is a reason why i am over weight lol
If you're using a scale, you could weigh the whole thing cooked, then divide it by 7, or whatever the total servings are for the box. I weigh my strainer, then weigh it full of the spaghetti after it's strained. Makes it easier to figure out, and you don't end up cooking one serving at a time.0 -
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