Do you eat pizza every week?

rikkejanell2014
rikkejanell2014 Posts: 312 Member
edited November 19 in Food and Nutrition
If you are able to fit it in your calories? I do once a week. 1 slice of fresh prepared cheese pizza at whole foods is 235 calories. I know I fit the calories into my deficit but I always feel like when eating things like pizza or a fried chicken sandwich from chick fila ( which is 440 calories) that I'm hauling my weight loss. Anyone else feel this way?
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  • WickAndArtoo
    WickAndArtoo Posts: 773 Member
    Do fit it into your calories? If so then it shouldn't hurt your weight loss.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    I don't eat it every week but I like to go out on weekends to nicerish restaurants so I save my calories for that... if it fits your calories and macros nothing wrong with having pizza weekly
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Just about. I had a couple slices of Papa Johns (the only national chain I'll eat) Hawaiian BBQ two nights ago.
  • gamerbabe14
    gamerbabe14 Posts: 876 Member
    Yes, yes I do.
  • tlanger251
    tlanger251 Posts: 86 Member
    no way! I guess I could eat pizza if I just ate the toppings, but I haven't reconciled with that yet. No crust with tomato sauce in the world is going to fit into my 23 grams of carbs a day..
  • whitpauly
    whitpauly Posts: 1,483 Member
    Absolutely! I can't live without my pizza,however I've grown to love thin crust,frozen pizza so I can keep an eyeball on the calories and buy the small ones to limit myself but I do still eat from the chains just not as many slices and not as often
  • capaul42
    capaul42 Posts: 1,390 Member
    I make pizza from scratch as often as I have time. At least once every two weeks, more if I can. I also make flat bread pizzas on occasion for lunch when I'm in the mood.
  • ladyhusker39
    ladyhusker39 Posts: 1,406 Member
    Absolutely! I do it quite regularly. It's just like any other food if I want it and can fit it in I'll have it.

    I do find that I've become quite the pizza snob, though. I'll only accept very high quality, crazy fresh pie and I savor every delicious bite. I used to just inhale several slices of cheap whatever pizza and barely pay attention to it.

    On a side note, I recently learned that CFA puts butter on the bun of their sandwich and if you ask them to hold it you can save several calories. Their website says it's 380 calories and I personally don't miss the butter.
  • busyPK
    busyPK Posts: 3,788 Member
    Yep, once a week with my kids. I work out extra just for it and don't weigh myself for a few days after.
  • Verity1111
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
    More than once per week. I just ate a whole frozen pizza. I was supposed to eat half. Oopz. lol. I think I still stayed at maintenance though so it's all good. I'll have a bit of a lower day tomorrow. :smiley:
  • Tried30UserNames
    Tried30UserNames Posts: 561 Member
    I have it planned into my financial budget only once a month.
  • kdavid1987
    kdavid1987 Posts: 107 Member
    Almost every week. I do a vegan style pizza from Pizza Fire every Sunday, and I have lost 20 lbs since April. I do create a very drastic calorie deficit during the week to allow for two treat meals on the weekend tho, and pizza is usually one of them. :) Sounds like you're doing great!
  • Aarjono
    Aarjono Posts: 228 Member
    Yup. Sunday nights.
  • MichelleWithMoxie
    MichelleWithMoxie Posts: 1,817 Member
    Verity1111 wrote: »
    More than once per week. I just ate a whole frozen pizza. I was supposed to eat half. Oopz. lol. I think I still stayed at maintenance though so it's all good. I'll have a bit of a lower day tomorrow. :smiley:

    A large frozen thin crust CPK BBQ chicken pizza is only 910 calories for the whole thing - you better believe I eat that by the pie.
  • lisamleblanc
    lisamleblanc Posts: 2 Member
    Yup! Just not 4 or more slices like I used to. I eat a big salad and enjoy 1 or 2 slices every Friday.
  • BWA468
    BWA468 Posts: 101 Member
    Yep I do!! I buy little frozen single serve pizzas from the supermarket which are great for lunch. About 326 calories. I'd probably get more pizza having half a large vegeterian thin crust but the little ones are good for portion control lol
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    Not once a week. Once a month.
    Not afraid to eat it just eating lots of other things.
  • MelissaPhippsFeagins
    MelissaPhippsFeagins Posts: 8,063 Member
    I have celiac disease and GF pizza is expensive so I don't eat it weekly. I do go out to eat once a week though. Yesterday was my youngest kid's birthday. We ate Chick-fil-A (where I had salad because I had chosen other things earlier in the day) and the Sweet Frog frozen yogurt (which I topped with peanuts and whipped cream.)
    Depriving g myself just leads to binges.
  • musicfan68
    musicfan68 Posts: 1,143 Member
    No. When I found out that my favorite pizza was 450 calories a slice, and 2 slices don't keep me full for more than 2 hours, I quit eating pizza. Frankly was never a huge fan of pizza anyway, so I really don't miss it.
  • ashjongfit
    ashjongfit Posts: 147 Member
    Every couple weeks normally since we don't have any decent pizza in my town and the nearest is 30 minutes away.

    Its just food guilt. We get it in our heads if we eat something "not clean" we won't lose weight even if we are within our calories. Just ignore that. If your eating nutritionally dense foods/ balanced foods most of the time, who cares if you eat something a little less here and there?

    two slices of my favorite pizza in the world is 750 ish calories. And I enjoy every damn bite.
  • jennybearlv
    jennybearlv Posts: 1,519 Member
    I did pizza every week for the first few months of my weight loss. Eventually I got tired of pizza though. Who knew that was a thing?
  • xmichaelyx
    xmichaelyx Posts: 883 Member
    I make pizza at home every Sunday night, and the gf and I split it. It's pretty big, but I've never tried to figure out how many calories it is -- I don't count calories on the weekend.
  • JohnnyPenso
    JohnnyPenso Posts: 412 Member
    What a bizarre question...and yes I do!!. I love pizza and while I was losing weight I used to buy a Blue Menu pizza every week and eat it as dinner. Only 640-680 calories with a super thin crust. When I finished losing weight I decided to try and make my own pizza for the first time in my life. I found Jenny Jones had started a cooking channel on YT and she had a recipe or method for making pizza in a skillet so I followed her suggestions but made the crust from whole grain flour and some added protein powder. My first version of it was huge and weight in around 1500 calories cooked in my largest skillet. I ate the whole thing but it was really too much food for one sitting. After that I split it into a medium and small, ate the medium for dinner and froze the small to eat during the week. Medium usually weighs in around 1200 calories and the small around 600. I've missed it the last couple of weeks but I hope to get back on the bandwagon tomorrow B)
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    I usually have pizza or something similar (tonight was spaghetti with meat sauce, garlic bread and wine) every week.

    If that slice from Whole Foods fits your calories, how would it harm your weight loss?
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