Dessert Everyday
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WinoGelato wrote: »kschwab0203 wrote: »Is it reasonable to have dessert everyday if it fits into your calories?
I really do believe in the whole CICO thing and I usually want to have something sweet after dinner (not fruit, chocolate or ice cream), but I have this internal debate with myself constantly that I shouldn't because eating ice cream and chocolate are counter productive to losing weight.
Why NOT fruit, chocolate or ice cream? If it fits within your calories, and you've eaten a variety of nutrient dense foods throughout the day (and by the way - fruit, chocolate and ice cream also offer some nutrients as well) - then there's no reason to avoid these in particular.
Feeling guilty about continuing to enjoy food while losing weight and achieving your goals is definitely not a productive mindset. Better to embrace it now, for long term success.
I read that to mean that what OP means by "something sweet" is "not fruit [but rather] chocolate or ice cream."3 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »kschwab0203 wrote: »Is it reasonable to have dessert everyday if it fits into your calories?
I really do believe in the whole CICO thing and I usually want to have something sweet after dinner (not fruit, chocolate or ice cream), but I have this internal debate with myself constantly that I shouldn't because eating ice cream and chocolate are counter productive to losing weight.
Why NOT fruit, chocolate or ice cream? If it fits within your calories, and you've eaten a variety of nutrient dense foods throughout the day (and by the way - fruit, chocolate and ice cream also offer some nutrients as well) - then there's no reason to avoid these in particular.
Feeling guilty about continuing to enjoy food while losing weight and achieving your goals is definitely not a productive mindset. Better to embrace it now, for long term success.
I read that to mean that what OP means by "something sweet" is "not fruit [but rather] chocolate or ice cream."
AHHHH. That makes a little more sense. The oxford comma (or lack thereof) trips things up every single time...
My response still stands though.1 -
Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »sure. If it fits your goals (including rate of weight loss, health goals, nutrition goals). Why not?
Ditto,
If I've left room in my calories and carbs (T2D) then I can have a 90-100 calorie single serving ice cream cup.
If I made other choices that day, not so much. I.E. I drank a beer or three....
It's like a checkbook. I check the balance, not the number of checks I have in the book to decide if I'll write another.1 -
I have premium ice cream on days when I earn more exercise calories and something lower calorie, like fruit or small amounts of chocolate, on days when I have less calories to play with.1
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WinoGelato wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »kschwab0203 wrote: »Is it reasonable to have dessert everyday if it fits into your calories?
I really do believe in the whole CICO thing and I usually want to have something sweet after dinner (not fruit, chocolate or ice cream), but I have this internal debate with myself constantly that I shouldn't because eating ice cream and chocolate are counter productive to losing weight.
Why NOT fruit, chocolate or ice cream? If it fits within your calories, and you've eaten a variety of nutrient dense foods throughout the day (and by the way - fruit, chocolate and ice cream also offer some nutrients as well) - then there's no reason to avoid these in particular.
Feeling guilty about continuing to enjoy food while losing weight and achieving your goals is definitely not a productive mindset. Better to embrace it now, for long term success.
I read that to mean that what OP means by "something sweet" is "not fruit [but rather] chocolate or ice cream."
AHHHH. That makes a little more sense. The oxford comma (or lack thereof) trips things up every single time...
My response still stands though.
Oh, definitely your response was good. I just wanted to offer a different interpretation in which OP is only demonizing chocolate and ice cream, not fruit.
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »kschwab0203 wrote: »Is it reasonable to have dessert everyday if it fits into your calories?
I really do believe in the whole CICO thing and I usually want to have something sweet after dinner (not fruit, chocolate or ice cream), but I have this internal debate with myself constantly that I shouldn't because eating ice cream and chocolate are counter productive to losing weight.
Why NOT fruit, chocolate or ice cream? If it fits within your calories, and you've eaten a variety of nutrient dense foods throughout the day (and by the way - fruit, chocolate and ice cream also offer some nutrients as well) - then there's no reason to avoid these in particular.
Feeling guilty about continuing to enjoy food while losing weight and achieving your goals is definitely not a productive mindset. Better to embrace it now, for long term success.
I read that to mean that what OP means by "something sweet" is "not fruit [but rather] chocolate or ice cream."
AHHHH. That makes a little more sense. The oxford comma (or lack thereof) trips things up every single time...
My response still stands though.
Oh, definitely your response was good. I just wanted to offer a different interpretation in which OP is only demonizing chocolate and ice cream, not fruit.
This is MFP, I just assume everyone is demonizing anything that includes sugar INCLUDING fruit.4 -
I had chocolate every day while I was losing, and I have chocolate every day now that I'm in maintenance.3
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I prelog calories for an evening snack. Usually it's some kind of dessert. Never inhibited my ability to lose or maintain. I just made a chocolate pudding pie for us to have the next few days.
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I have some kind of dessert every single day. Sometimes it's cookies a cupcake, other days it's fruit or Greek yogurt that I put in the freezer so it kind of feels like ice cream, and sometimes if I'm super low on fat I have a spoonful of PB and call it dessert. I like ending each day with something that I'm eating primarily for enjoyment.2
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I just ate delicious pie. It has pecans and coconuts, so those help my macros, right? 😎1
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I have dessert every night. What i have changes, depending on how many calories i have left after dinner.2
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