Eating 3 Oreos per day instead of 2

I don’t think @neanderthin was being rude. That’s not his style. His posts are usually well considered and informative.

So pardon me if I sound rude as well.

Based on the fact that you’re worrying over three Oreos versus two, and your previous posting history over the last few months, maybe you should reevaluate how you’re approaching weight loss, or actually maintenance, which is where you seem to be at.

I am not a “ my body is a temple” person. I can - and do- still scarf down sweets or temptations in massive quantities.

Believe me, if there were a chocolate /oreo / Breyers diet, I’d be the first one to trumpet it to everyone I know.

Having lived off a diet of 80% junk food for years, and being the kid-teen-young married adult who could “eat anything without gaining” it was a rude awakening when one day well into adulthood I realized, whoopsie, I’m obese. And I had no idea whatsoever how to cope with it.

You sound very young. If you’re sincerely concerned over the quality and or quantity of what you’re eating, please consider consulting with a dietician. If you’re thinking about those Oreos to that degree, a dietician may be able to give you guidance to other help that might be useful to you.

(Btw dieticians are degreed health professionals. Anyone can call themselves a nutritionist. You, me, someone pushing protein powder or supplements. I swear I saw an ad for a 3 day Fasting box diet yesterday that pictured empty boxes. There are numpties out there who will fall for anything if it promises weight loss. )

I WISH I’d done this younger. My nutrition education consisted of about ten minutes on the three food groups and the food pyramid back in the early 70’s. You have the opportunity to use reliable sources on the internet to educate yourself better than I ever dreamed of. You also have the responsibility to your own self of separating the good advice from the quacks, loonytoons and secret salespeople inhabiting same.

By the same token, obsessing over thinness is equally as harmful. I’ve had Bulemic family members, and my girls shared a best friend with a serious eating disorder brought on by a controlling mother.

Too much, too little, you’ve got to find the balance that works for you.

Good for you for asking questions, but consider the questions you’re asking? Sure, you can survive on a diet of high fat, Oreos, etc, but speaking from experience, when it catches up with you via weight, diabetes, GERD, joint pain, etc, its an major undertaking to undo the damage.

Others here can share their stories of undereating- the hair loss, muscle loss, heart issues (your heart is a muscle, hello!), inability to have children etc.

Sometimes a cigar is a cigar, an extra Oreo, an extra Oreo. But sometimes, not.

Hugs to you, sweetie. 😘

xbowhunter wrote: »

I find Oreos gross with all kinds of nasty chemicals so that would be zero in my opinion... lol

I'd probably still eat them if they didn't taste like dried-out rounds of brown fiberboard with denatured dollar store toothpaste in between. I just don't get the "Oreos are irresistible" thing, personally, though I believe other people when they say they enjoy them. It remains a conundrum: So many "hyperpalatable" foods don't even taste good (to me).

I'd go with zero, too.

P.S. Ingredients aren't all that horrible, IMO: Unbleached enriched flour, sugar, oil (palm, soybean or canola), cocoa, corn syrup (HFCS), baking soda or calcium phosphate leavening, salt, lecithin, chocolate.

I'd put most of those things into cookies if I was making the cookies myself. And they'd taste way better than an Oreo (to me).