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    Me vs The Girl Scouts.

    Posts: 369 Member
    edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
    These are just my thoughts at the moment...and because I want a cookie.
    And here's a lil backstory before you judge me.
    I was in Girl Scouts from the age 7 until I was 18 years old. I'm actually a Cadet, which was a pretty big thing in the late 80's and early 90's! Research it.
    Fast forward.
    I'm now middle aged and can't have gluten. I WILL give you donation, but just let your mom know that you don't really want to sell cookies in front of Walmart in 30 degree weather. It's okay. I will understand.

    I wanted those cookies though, but resisted NOT because I am gluten free (or trying to be) but because those cookies aren't really worth it (for some, they are.) My favorite Girl Scout cookie is the Samosa which clocks in at 150 calories for 2 cookies, But is it worth it? Sometimes.
    So, what is the one thing you would sacrifice your calories for?

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    • Posts: 46 Member
      CAKE
    • Posts: 300 Member
      A Samoa, a Thin Mint, Trefoil or Tagalong! Sooooo glad that Cookie Season is over! I bought more boxes outside the grocery store this year than ever before! So good...and I’m sure soon eńough they will have a GF option!
    • Posts: 369 Member
      edited March 2018
      LZMiner wrote: »
      A Samoa, a Thin Mint, Trefoil or Tagalong! Sooooo glad that Cookie Season is over! I bought more boxes outside the grocery store this year than ever before! So good...and I’m sure soon eńough they will have a GF option!

      I think they actually have gluten free options...but ,I know I would eat the whole box!
    • Posts: 2,854 Member
      Brownies
    • Posts: 558 Member
      HappyKat5 wrote: »
      These are just my thoughts at the moment...and because I want a cookie.
      And here's a lil backstory before you judge me.
      I was in Girl Scouts from the age 7 until I was 18 years old. I'm actually a Cadet, which was a pretty big thing in the late 80's and early 90's! Research it.
      Fast forward.
      I'm now middle aged and can't have gluten. I WILL give you donation, but just let your mom know that you don't really want to sell cookies in front of Walmart in 30 degree weather. It's okay. I will understand.

      I wanted those cookies though, but resisted NOT because I am gluten free (or trying to be) but because those cookies aren't really worth it (for some, they are.) My favorite Girl Scout cookie is the Samosa which clocks in at 150 calories for 2 cookies, But is it worth it? Sometimes.
      So, what is the one thing you would sacrifice your calories for?

      Thin mints. Hard to resist them. And once I start I cannot stop. I substitute a couple dove dark chocolate and mint candies, because I can stick to just 2-3 of those.
    • Posts: 661 Member
      Better Than Sex cake
      my mom's tuna casserole and spaghetti
      my homemade mac & cheese

      Not just sacrifice calories, but eat until I'm uncomfortably full. Worth it.
    • Posts: 119 Member
      Actual real homemade Christmas baking. Terrifyingly seductive.
    • Posts: 137 Member
      A slice or two of 'Nothing Bundt Cakes' Red Velvet Cake.
    • Posts: 28,055 Member
      1houndgal wrote: »
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      Thin mints. Hard to resist them. And once I start I cannot stop. I substitute a couple dove dark chocolate and mint candies, because I can stick to just 2-3 of those.

      My neighbor gave me a box of Thin Mints that I buried in a drawer. Once I crack it I'll have a hard time stopping. Got to find an event where I can share it. Or maybe a recipe and then I can sell them at a bake sale. Maybe Thin Mint Brownies? I have some Ghirardelli peppermint chunks I can sprinkle on top.
    • Posts: 184 Member
      There's a little bakery in my town's market that makes the best scones, and they are HUGE! We're talking 250g (8ish oz) and 670ish calories and cost only 50p. Occasionally, I'll have one replacing breakfast, morning snack and lunch. I never hit my protein goals on those days, but totally worth it.
    • Posts: 258 Member
      I make a buttered rum cream cheese pound cake. I could crawl in it and die happy.
    • Posts: 369 Member
      edited April 2018
      utahjulia wrote: »
      I make a buttered rum cream cheese pound cake. I could crawl in it and die happy.

      Wow....and just think, we would actually find you in about 10 years...in a cheese cake. Hmmm?
      Do you Boo...Cuz, I ain’t mad atcha ya!
      And I like cheesecake, just saying.

    • Posts: 4,855 Member
      HappyKat5 wrote: »
      These are just my thoughts at the moment...and because I want a cookie.
      And here's a lil backstory before you judge me.
      I was in Girl Scouts from the age 7 until I was 18 years old. I'm actually a Cadet, which was a pretty big thing in the late 80's and early 90's! Research it.
      Fast forward.
      I'm now middle aged and can't have gluten. I WILL give you donation, but just let your mom know that you don't really want to sell cookies in front of Walmart in 30 degree weather. It's okay. I will understand.

      I wanted those cookies though, but resisted NOT because I am gluten free (or trying to be) but because those cookies aren't really worth it (for some, they are.) My favorite Girl Scout cookie is the Samosa which clocks in at 150 calories for 2 cookies, But is it worth it? Sometimes.
      So, what is the one thing you would sacrifice your calories for?

      Standing out selling the cookies in the cold/rain/snow is a character builder :).
      I'll buy a box for the troops (don't buy them for ourselves) from a GS outside on a bad day. Won't buy from the ones huddled in the lobby of a store.
    • Posts: 490 Member
      Oh, Samoas! And Thin Mints stored in the freezer!

      The ones I’ve tried as an adult, though, aren’t nearly as delicious as the ones I remember from childhood. I realized eventually that I could just keep chasing that remembered taste through thousands of calories’-worth of boxes...or I could just accept that things have changed. :(
    • Posts: 330 Member
      my sister's black forest chocolate cherry cheesecake, homemade cookies, peanut butter and chocolate anything pretty much.
    • Posts: 1,267 Member
      This is funny! Also a former GS and also buying GS cookies from my niece at the moment. I have four boxes on top of my fridge that haven't been touched yet. I'm hoping my husband will start eating them and they'll be gone before I get any. I did choose the lesser calorie options on two of the boxes but they still aren't healthy.
      I don't really sacrifice my calories for anything. I just pre-log everything and make sure it fits into my daily calories... if it doesn't then I walk or work out more so I can eat whatever it is that I might want.
    • Posts: 481 Member
      I actually only had 2 peanut butter patties this GSC (girl scout cookie) season, & there were plenty of boxes around the house. I have sacrificed for tasty adult beverages & buffalo wings from the watering hole.
    • Posts: 10,179 Member
      I joyously part with green paper for GS cookies. Those stupid girl scouts! I got their cookies and all they got was green paper.
    • Posts: 369 Member
      amgreenwell wrote: »
      This is funny! Also a former GS and also buying GS cookies from my niece at the moment. I have four boxes on top of my fridge that haven't been touched yet. I'm hoping my husband will start eating them and they'll be gone before I get any. I did choose the lesser calorie options on two of the boxes but they still aren't healthy.
      I don't really sacrifice my calories for anything. I just pre-log everything and make sure it fits into my daily calories... if it doesn't then I walk or work out more so I can eat whatever it is that I might want.

      @amygreenwell
      When I was younger, we didn’t have to “pre-order” cookies, our Troop Leader would just have boxes and we would take what we wanted to sell and then come back and get more if we sold out. It started off innocently. My dad would eat a box and then write a “IOU” for the cookies instead of given me the cash. Dude, we ended up owing like $100 one year. IOU’s aren’t cash people :)
    • Posts: 1,794 Member
      My granddaughter divying up her sales. My son's remark: "It would be easier to get a gold bar out of Fort Knox, than to get a sleeve of thin mints out of her stash."
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    • Posts: 369 Member
      Rocknut53 wrote: »
      My granddaughter divying up her sales. My son's remark: "It would be easier to get a gold bar out of Fort Knox, than to get a sleeve of thin mints out of her stash."
      4i5r5h2itjmi.jpg


      Dude, she looks hard core about those cookies :D
      But, good for her! GIrls Scouts FOREVER!!!
    • Posts: 258 Member
      HappyKat5 wrote: »
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      Wow....and just think, we would actually find you in about 10 years...in a cheese cake. Hmmm?
      Do you Boo...Cuz, I ain’t mad atcha ya!
      And I like cheesecake, just saying.

      Poundcake.
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