Problem? All the prepackaged stuff in the supermarkets seem loaded with, for the lack of a better word, crap. These also happen to mean like A COOKIE is a million calories.
So, how do you get your cookie fix? Please share any brands or recipes that don't break the calorie bank!
I have found a bakery (local here) that has cookies and other baked goods I like. I get one about every month or two. If I bake cookies and put them in the freezer, hubby and I eat them. If I just put dough in the freezer, hubby and I eat it. So, no cookies at home except the one treat for immediate consumption. I find that I'm really frustrated when I indulge and it's not really worth it - poor quality cookies make me very angry.
I have a "treat" every week at least, but cookies make it into the rotation about once a month or so. I also have cake, high fat cheese with wine, beer and pizza, pie, and croissants in my rotation. Otherwise, it's whole grains, lots of vegetables and lean protein.
This system works for me. If I get the munchies and there's nothing "good" (meaning cookies, etc.) to eat, I don't have a problem.
I haven't had a cookie since at least Feb. 20. They are one of my favorite foods on earth, but it is one of the few things that I don't think would work to have just one. I want them ALL! It isn't worth it right now to me to even waste 130 or more calories one one little cookie when what I need is real, nutritious, wholesome food. I made cookies over the weekend for guests, cookie dough really for the freezer and 6 cookies for the guests, 6 cookies for one of the neighborhood kids I had promised some to. The guests didn't eat all theirs, so I sent them with them when they left. I'll be fine as long as I don't start eating them. Once I start, I would eat a while day's worth of calories, I'm afraid. I think I have enough self control not to go off plan calorie-wise, but I would be starving the rest of the day and right now, it is so not worth it. Maybe later, down the road, I can work cookies in. I have skinny cow ice cream sammiches, and I have Wendy's Frosty thingies, and it is a nice treat, not a meal substitute. I dunno.
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Last edited by angelskeep; 04-27-2010 at 09:16 AM.
I guess I should add that all my indulgences are things I have the calorie room for. I don't go off plan, ever, if I can because I am practicing for the rest of my life.
If you're seeking mass market brands, I stick to the European cookies. They tend not to use icky ingredients like hydrogenated oils and corn syrup but real (!) butter and sugar. Although you don't get as much bang for you buck like you would with Keebler or Chips Ahoy, the quality is vastly superior. In other words, you get what you pay for and the taste is worth the price.
Two brands I can find at most mainstream supermarkets are Lu & Jules Destrooper, Are they low calorie? No, but they sure are tasty!
Ikea also sells decent Swedish cookies, complete with nutritional information.
My favorite is the oatmeal, dark chocolate cookies. They also have Oatmeal Raisin Flax cookies and Happy Trail Mix cookies.
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Our cookies combine our signature Seven Whole Grain blend with hearty, natural ingredients such as peanuts, raisins, sunflower seeds, cranberries, walnuts, shredded coconut, flax seeds, and dark chocolate.
The cookies are a good size and are around 130 calories a piece. The dark chocolate cookies are good enough to get my cookie "fix" when I'm in the mood but wholesome enough and not so sugary sweet that I'm craving to eat the whole box. One is enough for me. The best thing is that I feel like I am eating something good for me. (If you don't mind shopping at the evil Walmart empire, it is the cheapest place I've found them.)
I love Kashi products! It really seems like the company is dedicated to making good food.
Not a cookie, but I love love love my sugar free jello and chocolate pudding mix, made with skim milk, and my Haagen Dazs chocolate sorbet.
I, too, have said farewell to cookies, pies, brownies, cakes, and pastries. They just aren't part of a healthy diet. I figure I'll eat stuff like that on major holidays and maybe my birthday, and leave it at that.
DH and I go out for a 'cookie date' somtimes. We will plan to go to Starbucks and have coffee and I'll have a biscotti. I really can't keep cookies in the house...so, this works out well for me.
Every once in a while I buy Alternative Baking Company vegan cookies. They're ENORMOUS and super-dense and rich, so eating half of one (around 200-250) definitely satisfies the craving. Plus they have 8g of fat, 0 cholesterol, no refined sugar, and obviously no egg or dairy. When I must have cookies, it's these.
"One cookie is too many and a dozen are not enough." thanks you to Meg for that one.
That about sums it up for me. I too LOVE cookies, even better than cake. But the problem is I have a hard time stopping once I start - my solution - don't start. Problem solved!
When I decided to lose the weight *this time*, I realized I had to do it differently than previous times. I tried the *moderation* route for years, decades in fact, and for me, it just doesn't work.
Instead of trying to fill my insatiable cookie fix, I found it more useful to dry up my desire for them, by eliminating them.
Even if I could keep it to one cookie, the calorie price is to high for me. I need to get filling and staying power from my calories and cookies just don't fit the bill.
Luckily, I've found other foods which I thoroughly enjoy - they taste good and they're good for me.
Your cookies are my pizza. LOL I havent had pizza in over 3 months. I just feel that I can't. Not yet at least. I don't want to take a chance that I will fall off plan completly so I "choose" NO PIZZA! I can stop at one... one WHOLE PIZZA!LOL
The market near my old apartment had a stand with the most delicious cookies ever. My favorite was dark chocolate with raspberry swirls and white chocolate chips and it tasted like whoever made it really loved me.
I knew it was incredibly unhealthy though so I only went to the stand once a month at the most to buy a single cookie. I moved almost six months ago though and haven't had any cookies since.
So, I guess the way to deal with it is to move far away from the most perfect cookie you've ever had and give up on them altogether because no other can compare. Pretty simple!
Cookies, Cakes and Sweets
