Day 13 - More is Better? The Proof is in the (HMR 70+) Pudding!
Posted by Alicia Leeds on Wed, Apr 22, 2009 @ 05:01 PM
I am a dessert fan. Love dessert. Dessert after supper, dessert after lunch. Actually, my undying love for dessert is a problem.
If it weren't for ice cream and creme brulee and chocolate mousse, cake and cookies and BROWNIES...(really brownies are the worst)...I would have no (caloric) problems whatsoever. I couldn't care less about eating a potato chip. I'm just fine with my salads and baked potatoes, broiled fish and chicken... but...When the meal is over the dessert monster rears her hungry head and demands her due.
I have tried not having dessert and it just makes me feel...unsatisfied. Deprived. Cranky. The day is unfinished, really, if I haven't had my sweet stuff.
But the bitter truth is, that unless I am willing to devote several hours a day to doing a cardio workout, all the yummy delectables I dream of are simply not in the calorie budget. High cal goodies are out of the question.
Take, for example, The Cheesecake Factory Chocolate Cake - seven layers of chocolate filled with chocolate frosting, then frosted and sprinkled with jimmies. (They sell a version of this at COSTCO) The serving size at The Cheesecake Factory is 16 full ounces of cake. At about 150 calories per ounce you are looking at oh... roughly 2400 calories. (for DESSERT!!) I would have to walk 10 hours to burn that off. That's a problem.
To eat dessert or not to eat...but alas! HMR 70+ pudding is the solution to the dessert lover's dilemma. At 110 calories and 14 grams of protein, it's the best bang for your sweet buck on the market. In fact - you could eat more than 20 servings of HMR 70+ chocolate pudding for the same number of calories in the Cheesecake Factory Chocolate Cake. No Kidding. Problem solved.
A typical 4 ounce chewy rich and delicious brownie is about 550 calories. One brownie - about 2 hours and 15 minutes on the treadmill.
5 servings of HMR 70+ pudding is also 550 calories. So I often make 5 (More is Better) servings of 70+ in the blender. Whip it up real nice and creamy, add a little extra cocoa. When I'm having a BROWNIE attack - I give myself permission to eat the whole blender full. I figure - even if I ate it all, I would still come out ahead of the game - because it is unlikely I would be able to have just one brownie barring (cue megaphone...) "Step away from the bake sale with your hands up lady!"
Like I said, I love dessert. And the good news is I have had fewer than a handful of sad, dessertless nights since I started working with HMR ten years ago. Does "More is Better" HMR 70+ work for me? The proof is truly in the pudding!
Check out the latest post on Fit n'Fast Recipe TV to see how HMR 70+ can work for you!