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callyamills
callyamills Posts: 23 Member
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How often can you eat a treat on a healthy and balanced diet?

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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,400 MFP Moderator
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    callyamills wrote: »
    How often can you eat a treat on a healthy and balanced diet?

    I do it pretty much daily. I reserve about 10% of my calories to treats. Having said that, I also highly concentrate on adequate protein, I don't have an aggressive weight loss goal, and I mainly eat whole foods.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
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    A healthy and balanced diet presupposes that you - as a responsible adult - are in charge and free to decide what, how much and when to eat.

    Try it. Log your intake. Aim to hit your calorie and macro goals. Pay attention to how you feel - mood, energy - when you eat this and that. That will in time teach you how to eat.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
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    As often as you can fit it in your calories without compromising other essential nutrients.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,021 Member
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    callyamills wrote: »
    How often can you eat a treat on a healthy and balanced diet?

    Every single day. :)

  • jenbeck18
    jenbeck18 Posts: 32 Member
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    I do one meal a week where I dont count calories. I do eat treats the other days but I count it in my calorie count.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,488 Member
    edited March 2017
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    callyamills wrote: »
    How often can you eat a treat on a healthy and balanced diet?

    Depends on the size of the treat and how the rest of your calories and nutrients look. A small treat can be a daily thing - I like a nice square of dark chocolate - an entire triple chocolate fudge cake would be a less often thing.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,565 Member
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    Machka9 wrote: »
    callyamills wrote: »
    How often can you eat a treat on a healthy and balanced diet?

    Every single day. :)

    This. I make room for dessert almost every night.
  • lulalacroix
    lulalacroix Posts: 1,082 Member
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    I have a treat up to about 200 calories every day.
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
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    At least daily, sometimes more.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,134 Member
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    Did someone say treat?
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    I have dessert twice a day and my evening snack is probably considered a treat.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
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    It all comes down to the numbers. If you have a calorie deficit, you'll lose. If not, you won't.
  • perkymommy
    perkymommy Posts: 1,642 Member
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    callyamills wrote: »
    How often can you eat a treat on a healthy and balanced diet?

    Daily as long as I have the calories for it.
  • generallyme2
    generallyme2 Posts: 403 Member
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    Every day. I make the calories for it.

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