Thursday, October 26, 2017

Eat The Whole Thing

Tonight after dinner my body started telling me it needed ice cream. Tonight a piece of fruit for dessert just wouldn't do.

Hubby Tony had a meeting, and I had to run a couple of errands. After everything was done I stopped at the grocery store to buy a small container of ice cream.  The first thing I saw when I walked into the aisle was a display of Halo Top.


I'd heard of the brand, but never tried it before.  Its main selling point is that it's low-calorie, low-sugar, and high-protein.An entire pint contains as many calories as a single serving of other ice creams. As a matter of fact, the label lists the total calorie count on the front of the carton in very large font, although the official serving size was a quarter of the carton. 

Based on past experiences, I knew I would eat the entire pint of ice cream in one serving, so I chose the Chocolate Banana flavor.   After I paid for my treat I walked out to my car, where I pulled out the spoon I keep for for reasons like this and dug in. The carton lid gave me permission to “Stop when you hit the bottom”. I did.

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9 comments:

  1. yikes!

    Well, glad you enjoyed it. My problems with dairy put ice cream off limits. Oh well....never a top dessert for me anyhow, so no spilt milk (get it) to me. LOL

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    1. Thanks for the 'funny' this morning :-). Most times my body is satisfied with fruit (in the summer my mainstay is frozen watermelon), but every once in awhile that doesn't cut it.

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    1. I started carrying a 'real' fork and spoon as an alternative to using plastic utensils when I ate at fast food restaurants. However, I've found you never know when they'll come in handy :-)

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  3. I've heard Halo is good. Am wary about added protein. Glad you gave in to your craving, I did that with a Tim Horton apple fritter on Wed.

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    1. Since I don't eat much meat it's actually a good thing that I added the extra protein. I've found that if you don't take care of a craving it will do you in.

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  4. I've heard nothing but good things about Halo Top and am hoping against hope that it's available here in Canada. Off to check.

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