[BlynC]

Okay ...very bad cookie monster came to work? I ate 2 homemade cookies(very very good) but would you just count some calories (how many I don't know) and stay under for the day ...exercise them off ? ahhhh....well at least I enjoyed them....Blyn

[Less of Lena]

Blyn, I had 2 raw cookie dough drops (mmmm an oldie but still a goodie!) a couple of weeks ago. I just counted them as part of my total for the day. Actually, they weren't even all that expensive. And I sure did enjoy them!

That's the beauty of calorie counting, as far as I'm concerned. Absolutely nothing is off-limits. There are no "Forbidden Foods". As long as you account for it, you're golden.

Saying "I don't want to spend the calories on this" is much easier for me than saying "You can't have that".

[LLV]

I'd just count them. Or sometimes if I've eaten something I don't know the count of, I just kinda guess. And sometimes I don't count it at all, I just blow it off and move on. I have many days where I don't count every single thing. I used to, but I've relaxed a little bit on that. It hasn't hurt me any. My weight loss is slow right now, but as long as I'm not gaining, I'm not freaking out over it. The last 10 pounds takes forever anyway.

[Heather]

I would count it. If it happened early enough in the day I might try to still stay within my limit, but I have a range, not really a limit (I try to stay under 1900, but really look at it week by week). So, I'd count it, and suck it up, even if I did go over for the day.

And then I'd try to find out why I ate them, especially if I didn't really want to! or why I ate two. If I giving myself a treat, then that's answer enough, but if I did it because I was overwhelmed, or too hungry, then I want to know!

I'd also congratulate myself for STOPPING at 2!

This is a long journey, and you won't be perfect, by any means. Account for what you did and move on -- again, might want to think about why it happened...

[BlynC]

Okay ..quick update to the cookie disaster....and thanks for the advice! I really wish I knew how many calories because the not knowing kind of freaks me out..but.
I decided to eat lightly for the rest of the day ..which I did..and I walked for three miles on the old treadmill and thought about those stupid cookies the whole time. I really did not have a reason for eating them other than COOKIES are my favorite food and they were homemade and worth every calorie~actually the best cookie I have ever had....Yippee for me!
! I stopped at 2 could have been much worse because I really did want more..
Thanks gals you definitely made me feel better and it didn't get the best of me. Blyn

[srmb60]

Today, as soon as I get to work, I'm going to put that box of chocolates in the med fridge!
I counted mine

[hockeyfan7]

The thing is, if you want a cookie, eat a cookie, write down the calories and plan it in your daily food goal. But you have to be willing and able to stop with one or two. Maybe buy just one at a bakery.

I have to do that with potato chips -- I buy the snack size bag at the grocery store in the checkout lane and it's a controlled portion -- when it's gone, it's gone.

When we start depriving ourselves of food we want, that frequently can lead to a binge. And what tends to happen is that we say "I want a cookie" but have an apple instead. Then we still want the cookie, so we have a salad. Then we still want the cookie so we have some watermelon. Then we still want the cookie and before we know it, we've eaten as many calories in other foods as we would have if we just ate the silly cookie -- and we still want the cookie!