How many calories do you spend on treats?

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  • NovaDuck
    NovaDuck Posts: 63 Member
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    My allowance/deficit is pretty low (I'm short) but I usually manage 100-200 calories of treats daily. Those tend to be (UK) biscuits in the morning with my coffee. If I have chocolate, I'll have a bit of that too. Or sorbet.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,426 Member
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    I don't think about food being a treat or indulgence. I eat food I like all day, every day.
    I usually have 100-300 calories for snacks every day. Things like fruit, chips, popcorn, pretzels, chocolate, cookies, granola bar, carrots, celery, broccoli, trail mix, deviled eggs, pickles.

    I have some dark chocolate kisses that I eat sometimes. I let one sit and melt in my mouth instead of chewing it quickly and swallowing. Maybe eat more slowly and really tune into experiencing your food fully instead of trying to get more in your body. Kind of like food meditation.

    Apparently meditating with food is a thing. http://www.metatronics.net/eat/


  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
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    Wait...there are people who chew Hershey kisses????

    What a twisted world we live in.
  • BLifts38
    BLifts38 Posts: 248 Member
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    tapwaters wrote: »
    I usually use a treat to fill a small calorie gap, often 100 calories. I will usually eat a cookie, this week for instance I made pumpkin cookies; if I am over 30g on fat or over my sugar limit I'll eat a Dandie (vegan marshmallow) instead.

    i am SO intrigued by this vegan marshmallow... and im not even a vegan. tell me more!
  • ho11y4271
    ho11y4271 Posts: 32 Member
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    All my calories go on "treats" as I love and enjoy everything I'm eating and look forward to every meal.
  • brb_2013
    brb_2013 Posts: 1,197 Member
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    My treat for today is about 200 calories, a half serving each of PB and nutella spread on a whole wheat sandwich slim. I won't have one every day, and it will change up. But I think a treat for me will always depend on calories I have available, not set a specific limit.
  • mitzhogue
    mitzhogue Posts: 132 Member
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    snacks/treats make up a 4th meal for me, usually around 300 a day... spread between meals like after lunch before dinner or after breakfast before lunch... I basically eat every couple hours... fortunately I don't crave much in the way of treats because I don't really eat processed sugar... I do love me some dark chocolate though... and that's not an indulgence, that's just for health ;)

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