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11-21-2011, 05:26 PM
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Clementines are my crack
I am soooo addicted to Clementines. I know a few of you get excited about summer fruits and some about apples, but clementines are my crack.
I've got a bit off plan with them but I only eat them for 2 weeks of the year. So I splurge a little.
Anyone with me on this?  Any tips for controlling my eating six in one sitting? LOL.
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11-21-2011, 07:27 PM
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I find a lot of fresh fruits highly "addictive." Clementines, watermelon, Ranier and other yellow cherries, white peaches or nectarines, pommelo and pommelo hybrids, lychee fruit, honeycrisp and other sweet-sour crisp apples...
For the most part, I just incorporate the fruits into my exchange plan. I get three fruit exchanges and I can also spend some or all of my optional exchanges (up to about 500 calories) on fruit.
With Ranier cherries and watermelon, I'll sometimes go on a modified fast (eating all the fruit I want, but not much else except non-starchy veggies), but only for a day or two (and usually my IBS will act up enough to make sure I don't do it for longer).
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11-21-2011, 07:57 PM
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Totally with you! I can never have 1 at a time - the good news is they are so low in calories! They are like having candy 
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11-21-2011, 08:11 PM
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My kids love them, I can't keep them in the house for more than a few hours. I buy a bag and they mysteriously disappear very quickly
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11-21-2011, 08:21 PM
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Clementines are a fave in my house, too, but I've never eaten more than 2 in a sitting. 
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11-21-2011, 09:14 PM
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They are so small, SURELY 10 is a serving... 
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11-21-2011, 10:19 PM
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I had 6 today. I just love them and want nothing else! It's sooo weird. I even dream about them (that could be because the clementines ooze out of my pores, but whatevs)...
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11-22-2011, 06:36 AM
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Jenne, when I went to post in On the Plan and saw your name, I thought I was going to see:
B Clementines
S Clementines
L Clementines
S Clementines
D Clementines
(I agree they are good and almost the right size.)
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11-22-2011, 07:08 AM
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at Chickadeee!
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11-22-2011, 07:20 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cottagebythesea
Clementines are a fave in my house, too, but I've never eaten more than 2 in a sitting. |
I never eat more than one in a sitting. I keep the box in the back hall  All that exercise balances them out, right? We love them here too.
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11-22-2011, 08:11 AM
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So so delicious. So delicious. We're on our second crate this season!
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11-22-2011, 08:20 AM
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of course now I want one
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11-22-2011, 09:06 PM
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Clementines only have about 35 calories each, so even eating 10 a day is still pretty reasonable calorie wise.
I use an exchange plan and two clementines = 1 fruit exchange, and I get 4 fruit servings per day (and can spend my optional calories on more if I want to - though I usually try to spend them on protein, since even fruit carbs can make me hungrier).
So if I spent all my fruit exchanges on clementines, that would be 8 of them.
If I spent all my fruit exchanges, and all my optional "flex" exchanges on clementines, I could eat 14 (760 calories) of them (and still stay within my exchange budget (of 1500 to 1900 calories).
Of course, for me it wouldn't be such a great idea to get more than 40% of my daily calories from sugars, even if it is coming from fruit, but once in a while it's worth the splurge.
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11-22-2011, 09:54 PM
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I love fruit in general, but find it so filling I don't think I've ever eaten more than one piece at a time. I haven't had clementines in years! I'll check in the grocery store to see if they have bags rather than crates. That's a bit much for a one-person household.
Enjoy them, Jenne!
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11-23-2011, 10:37 PM
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We went to SIX stores last night looking for them. SIX! No one had good ones but Hannaford up here. So odd.
Yes, that means I ate an entire crate since Sunday 
Last edited by jenne1017; 11-23-2011 at 10:37 PM.
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