I just ate an entire box of Girl Scout cookies. Help!

auddii wrote: »

_Waffle_ wrote: »

If I do eat another box, which one is the least amount of calories? I'm just trying to make better bad decisions.

These are by far the best girl scout cookies:

they are also the highest cal. nom nom nom

CarboUnload wrote: »

Am I the only one that feels that if this post is legitimate that self-destructive impulses like this need to be worked with in therapy? Being fat doesn't start with your stomach...it starts with your brain. If you can sincerely not control yourself with food, you need to consider WHY this is happening...not just how to avoid it in the future.

Also, on a lighter note, Girl Scout cookies are expensive and not even that good. C'mon now.

Therapy is definitely a good option but unless the OP is already seeing a therapist, expecting they search out an appointment on Friday afternoon is unreasonable. In my experience part of therapy is discussing strategies with people who have the same issue.

I took a pass on the Girl Scout cookies this year. I knew I wouldn't be reasonable despite wanting to be. Sometimes it is just easier not to tempt myself. I can not eat something like yummy cookies but I can't stand the white knuckling that goes on when I resist. It sounds so easy to say you'll only have a serving or two but it's just as easy to gobble them all to the tune of 900 calories. I feel so embarrassed how I would make myself physically ill from overeating them in the past.

I would bring something to work that I love to eat that fits into my calorie allowance and definitely not buy more. If you feel guilty not supporting, give cash. The troop gets to keep all the cash.

yusaku02 wrote: »

gobonas99 wrote: »

yusaku02 wrote: »

ThickMcRunFast wrote: »

dafuq is a peanut butter patty? Is that like some kind of communist Tagalong?

Yes. Thought they're not even worth it anymore. They changed the recipe years ago, the cookie part is crumbly and tasteless and the cookie is half the size it used to be.

This is why you must find a girl scout troop who is still using the Little Brownie Bakers. then you can still get actual tagalongs, samoas, trefoils and do-si-dos. Otherwise your stuck with nasty imitations: peanut butter patties, caramel delights, shortbread cookies and whatever they call the do-si-dos imitations. Thin mints are thin mints regardless of who makes them (but the little brownie bakers ones are so much better).

Wait, the cookies I grew up loving still exist?

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I'll look for LBB this spring though... just in case.

I see someone beat me to the cookies have different companies who make them point. And just because, you know, it helps to see the site ^_-

Girl Scout cookie website

auddii wrote: »

Some_Watery_Tart wrote: »

Since we're being serious: I hate oreos. Hate. Them.


And light beer is a heinous abuse of natural resources.

What are you talking about?! Guinness only has 120 calories; that's less than 2 cookies. It's definitely light...

You can stay. But I'm not drinking Guinness. NB 1554 or GTFO.

kayemallory wrote: »

I'm sorry....what exactly is a "dead food"?

What is a "Food Babe?" Sounds deleterious to one's health. [shudder]

Some_Watery_Tart wrote: »

Since we're being serious: I hate oreos. Hate. Them.


And light beer is a heinous abuse of natural resources.

Finally someone talking some sense in this thread!

I prefer my food dead, thanks.

First, log the first box.

Second, log the second box.

Look at that number of calories. Maybe pre log your lunch, and dinner and then look at the daily total.

Then hit complete entry and see how fat you'd be in 5 weeks if you did that every day.

Still want the second box?

You could also -
Print out a picture of half a pound of fat - because that is pretty much what 1800 calories is
Print out a picture of the cookies but like, moldy or in the trash or covered in ranch dressing or something disgusting, and look at that each time you decide you want some.

I'm reminded of when I was still figuring all this out and I was just putting my head in my hands yelling at myself "WHY do I do this to myself?" It's biology, it's cravings, it sucks, but somehow, you have to learn your own way of resisting things that don't help you meet your goals.