Dairy Queen!

can eat a lot of healthy food for 400 calories...to me its an utter waste of calories

I guess it comes down to what someone thinks is a waste of calories. If I have 5 bowls of salad and spend only 30 calories...I may be under my goal but I may not be satisfied..

I guess maybe some of us it comes down to we actually want to live longer and healthier not lose some weight for 6 months to regain it. Ill take the 5 bowls of salad any day over the ice cream why you say...well one i love it, 2 it is what my body needs not some sugary concocksion that does nothing for my body. Ive changed my life style so these no longer fit in my calories period why? because id rather have greek yogurt, apple, banana or heck peanut butter over something like this because my body gets something from them.

huh. see, I still like to enjoy pleasures. food can be a pleasure. lighten up.

(I have ice cream most every night. lately have discovered blue bunny's no-sugar-added line, and it is awesome.)

I guess I'm in the minority, but I think 400 calories is perfectly reasonable for an ice cream indulgence!

I lost all my weight (and then some) while still eating pizza, cupcakes, burgers, alcohol, etc (and not even the 'light' or diet versions). I've been on maintenance since February (though I still seem to be losing about .25 pounds a week on average). My TDEE is typically around 2400-2600 calories a day. Believe me... if I have room (calories/macros) for something like a Blizzard, I'm going to order it and enjoy every last bite. :-)

OP - my favorite Blizzard to order is the Mint Oreo Mini!

Why are you and I not friends? :-)

I figured I'd add my favorite - midnight truffle. Followed by Georgia Mud Fudge. Num.

But still, peanut buster parfait pretty much always wins if I'm going all the way. ;-)

What in the world is a mignight truffle??

How do you not know about midnight truffle?! Go to DQ *immediately* and discover for yourself! It's awesome - and soooo chocolatey. :bigsmile:

I guess I'm in the minority, but I think 400 calories is perfectly reasonable for an ice cream indulgence!

I lost all my weight (and then some) while still eating pizza, cupcakes, burgers, alcohol, etc (and not even the 'light' or diet versions). I've been on maintenance since February (though I still seem to be losing about .25 pounds a week on average). My TDEE is typically around 2400-2600 calories a day. Believe me... if I have room (calories/macros) for something like a Blizzard, I'm going to order it and enjoy every last bite. :-)

OP - my favorite Blizzard to order is the Mint Oreo Mini!

Why are you and I not friends? :-)

I figured I'd add my favorite - midnight truffle. Followed by Georgia Mud Fudge. Num.

But still, peanut buster parfait pretty much always wins if I'm going all the way. ;-)

What in the world is a mignight truffle??

How do you not know about midnight truffle?! Go to DQ *immediately* and discover for yourself! It's awesome - and soooo chocolatey. :bigsmile:

Yes, I agree..... or at least as soon as you can afford the calories. You will NOT regret it. LOVE that one. :-)

Eating Blizzards 2-3 times I week is what made me gain a LOT of weight in 2001-2003. But my goodness they are so good! Yum yum yum. I know they have the Mini size, but I typically go for the small. It doesn't cost too much more.

Anyhow...these days I only allow myself a Blizzard twice a year. Big change between twice a week I would say. Does it do my body good? Well....I know that it does my mental state good in that I am extremely happy when I am eating one.

I always make sure that I work out if I am eating a special treat like a Blizzard and do not eat too heavy of a dinner. I am counting down until the fall when the Brownie Batter Blizzard is out. That is my absolute favorite.

Maybe I will get a Mini instead of a Small come this fall.....

If that's what you like and can work it in to your calories, go for it. I prefer Coldstone.

Okay, this thread is not helpful. My husband and I sometimes on date nights go binge on sushi followed by Coldstone. (Which is 60 miles away!!!!!)

I think we are due for a date night, actually.......

I love Rita's frozen custard cones... turtle cheesecake (extra caramel, nuts and chocolate), and fruit sundaes. Brownies. Chocolate chip cookies.

For now I am pretty strict and keep off them but when I get in the normal weight range i will rotate them in my diet like one of these ever two weeks or something. At DQ, I love their Strawberry CheeseQuakes. No idea how many cals, I'm sure a lot! I do prefer ColdStone's Birthday Cake Remix! MMM MMM MMM

I have an insatiable sweet tooth. One morning my dad brought in cinnamon buns and I ate two and a half. It amounted to about 700 calories. My gosh. That was a sickening day later, but so worth it! If you stay in your calorie goal, and don't just eat three blizzards a day for days on end, you're fine! The body is smarter than you give it credit for - it can handle a little ice cream.

I LOVE Dairy Queen. Their Chocolate Xtreme is my weakness!

I would only do this as a splurge ... nothing tastes as good as being skinny though! :bigsmile:

My parents keep telling me that I look fine and the BMI chart says I am normal weight so being skinny is not my goal sorry

I agree. I'd rather be fit and toned than be skinny, but everyone has different goals

Yup...some days I have the extra calories and a mini blizzard it is. It's not a waste..it's enjoying something you like.

If I had to avoid any kind of food just to "diet", I'd shoot myself.

to me, if you are under your calories.. and you ultimately eat healthy (you arent eating only DQ ice cream for all your calories!) then why not?? Heck, i have beer on weekends sometimes, and other things like candy bars, ect.. but im ALWAYS under calories, and if you check out my diary, i eat very healthy! So whats the big deal?

Whats the big deal....Well do you need to eat that stuff? What does it do for your body other then tax it and fill it with processed crap and sugar....If you eat VERY healty like you claim then you would know that candy and chocolate bars are unneeded and senseless.... for a chocolate bar you could almost have another meal common its common sense. Eating heatly doesnt mean just come up under your goal plain and simple its about making smart choices.

It makes sense if I was someone who just had a gastric bypass and needed to learn self control...but for some common sense is having a good balance. Sugar is not processed that was created by God too by the way :P

Well we could argue the god thing but thats a whole nother ball game......Sure sugar is natural but your trying to tell me that god wanted us to make twinkies, snickers, mars bars and stuff like that to eat,,,common. I agree a treat once and a while is fine but sugar is an addicting substance and really refined sugar isnt good for the body no matter where they got the starting product from. All im saying is the usa wouldnt be in a state of obesity if these products werent created, sold by the millions and eaten like they are not bad for you.

Why the heck is God being brought into a simple conversation of a Dairy Queen treat. We all have different ways of losing weight and maintaining it. You should get off your high horse. Oh and btw we all will die one day whether it's by drugs, alcohol, food, car accidient, disease, etc. we don't know when we're goning to go, but we all are going.