Lemon pie

jls1leather
jls1leather Posts: 68 Member
in Food and Nutrition
About two months into determination to shed some weight. But my little girl (10) made me lemon meringue pie for my birthday -- seein' that face I just couldn't NOT eat it. 1) not all calories are bad, and 2) I don't need to eat the whole thing.

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  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    There are no calories on your birthday.

    Happy birthday!
  • DoubleUbea
    DoubleUbea Posts: 1,115 Member
    edited July 2018
    It was your birthday, we are all allowed a day of weakness every once and a while! Lemon meringue pie is delicious.
    "Pie is much better than cake for a birthday treat. The only reason people choose cake is because they can write on it, a pie will win every time." (Paraphrased from Adam Carolla)

    However..... when you want a second piece or a third piece of pie remember:
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    (A few weeks ago I was going to have a small piece of LMP, then I saw that when I entered it into my log.)

    Just tell your daughter that you love her and the piece you ate was great but daddy is trying to eat better and healthier.
  • DoubleUbea
    DoubleUbea Posts: 1,115 Member
    I just read this, https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10213155/a-guide-to-going-out-to-eat/p1
    This part is important.
    1. Don’t worry about counting your calories.
    • One day of poor logging will not hurt you in the long run. Dust yourself off after your meal, and get back to your calorie counting. As long as this is not a habit of not logging, it shouldn't hurt your overall deficit.
  • CarvedTones
    CarvedTones Posts: 2,340 Member
    Edwards is only a little over half as much as the entry shown above:
    https://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/edwards-lemon-meringue-pie-219448578

    So it is hard to say how much it was. I love LMP and KLP enough to make the numbers work every now and then.
  • snemberton
    snemberton Posts: 175 Member
    We have a shop - way too close to my house, called Buttermilk Sky Pie. I fit in pie from there at least once every week or two. They have mini 4 inch pies that are Ah-Mah-Zing. Key Lime is available now for summer. They don't have nutritional info posted, so I log it as Edwards version of KLP, as it's pretty close serving size to those. I may be way off, but I'm still losing at the expected rate, so I'm not going to obsess. LOL
  • fitacct
    fitacct Posts: 242 Member
    All things in moderation, that's the key, NOT deprivation. :smile:
  • jls1leather
    jls1leather Posts: 68 Member
    I didn't realize it was 600 calories! But, I'm going g with this 😎
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    There are no calories on your birthday.

    Happy birthday!

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