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LuckyCharms

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Tue Dec 23, 2025, 10:28 PM Dec 23

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This message was self-deleted by its author (Original Post) LuckyCharms Dec 23 OP
Lots of brocolli so you feel good about the pie BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 23 #1
Or, you could eat a brocolli pie. LuckyCharms Dec 23 #2
Or, you could just plan ahead Diamond_Dog Dec 23 #3
As a former accountant, I can say with certainty... LuckyCharms Dec 23 #4
The best and most effective diet advice I have ever received is this: Ocelot II Dec 23 #5
That's good advice, as long as you... LuckyCharms Dec 23 #6
That's what my cardiologist told me, too DFW Dec 24 #18
This is actually much better medical advise than RFK, Jr.'s HHS puts out. And, IMO, it can apply to more than... Ol Janx Spirit Dec 23 #7
Very good. I wish more people understood this. LuckyCharms Dec 23 #8
I tried your 'balanced' approach, just not at Christmas time EYESORE 9001 Dec 23 #9
. LuckyCharms Dec 23 #10
Snort. 😆❤️ littlemissmartypants Dec 23 #11
Punkin pie is a vegetable right? jmbar2 Dec 24 #12
5 slices, of course! mwmisses4289 Dec 24 #20
Those accounting degrees aren't adding up right.... Teacher of the Year Dec 24 #13
WIth a name like Lucky Charms Nasruddin Dec 24 #14
Make sure you get the proper proportional amounts from the Nutrition Pyramid. LudwigPastorius Dec 24 #15
You may be on to something LuckCharms. CentralMass Dec 24 #16
I myself am on a seafood diet. sprinkleeninow Dec 24 #17
My diet is more like search and destroy airplaneman Dec 24 #23
😄 sprinkleeninow Dec 25 #24
As long as there's a gallon of ice cream in the plan, by God, I'm on board! chouchou Dec 24 #19
I'm planning on enjoying .5L of Pils, .5L of Schwartzbier... Harker Dec 24 #21
I am balancing my cheesesteak with onion dip and a couple of hot dogs. Dorothy V Dec 24 #22

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(13,045 posts)
1. Lots of brocolli so you feel good about the pie
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 10:29 PM
Dec 23

LuckyCharms

(21,999 posts)
2. Or, you could eat a brocolli pie.
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 10:30 PM
Dec 23

As long as you eat 5 of them to keep the meal balanced.

Diamond_Dog

(39,864 posts)
3. Or, you could just plan ahead
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 10:32 PM
Dec 23

and take the batteries out of your scale…

LuckyCharms

(21,999 posts)
4. As a former accountant, I can say with certainty...
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 10:35 PM
Dec 23

that numbers are a false, man-made concept. Therefore, numbers on a scale are meaningless.

FAKE NUMBERS.

Ocelot II

(129,354 posts)
5. The best and most effective diet advice I have ever received is this:
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 10:35 PM
Dec 23

If it tastes good, spit it out.

LuckyCharms

(21,999 posts)
6. That's good advice, as long as you...
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 10:37 PM
Dec 23

spit it out 5 times. To keep everything in balance.

DFW

(59,773 posts)
18. That's what my cardiologist told me, too
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 01:09 AM
Dec 24

Unfortunately, my advanced memory loss keeps me from remembering to do that, especially when something is put before me that smells extraordinarily good. Having a wife who is a gourmet chef doesn't make it any easier on me, either. Worse yet, she's German, so she can do the pastry department, too.

Ol Janx Spirit

(765 posts)
7. This is actually much better medical advise than RFK, Jr.'s HHS puts out. And, IMO, it can apply to more than...
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 10:41 PM
Dec 23

...just the holidays.

For healthier-eating parts of the year you might even bring your weight down anywhere from 300 to 1500--possibly 3000--percent!

LuckyCharms

(21,999 posts)
8. Very good. I wish more people understood this.
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 10:43 PM
Dec 23

EYESORE 9001

(29,468 posts)
9. I tried your 'balanced' approach, just not at Christmas time
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 10:52 PM
Dec 23

My downfall was alphabet soup. After five bowls, I had an enormous vowel movement. Thanks a pantload, Charms

LuckyCharms

(21,999 posts)
10. .
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 10:52 PM
Dec 23

littlemissmartypants

(31,835 posts)
11. Snort. 😆❤️
Tue Dec 23, 2025, 11:21 PM
Dec 23

jmbar2

(7,704 posts)
12. Punkin pie is a vegetable right?
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 12:09 AM
Dec 24

How many slices meet the five fruits and veggies recommendation?

mwmisses4289

(3,347 posts)
20. 5 slices, of course!
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 03:25 PM
Dec 24
13. Those accounting degrees aren't adding up right....
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 12:10 AM
Dec 24

I would argue you but I didn't make enough cookies for the neighbors so I just made a double batch of fudge...which sort of ended up being my dinner and I can't eat anything else because my stomach hurts from all that delicious chocolaty fudge. Sigh.

I didn't mean to eat so much. All I did was eat what was left in the bowl/on the spatula. (a ridiculous amount).

Nasruddin

(1,193 posts)
14. WIth a name like Lucky Charms
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 12:10 AM
Dec 24

We have no choice but to believe you. Pass the gingerbread cookies, would you?

LudwigPastorius

(14,270 posts)
15. Make sure you get the proper proportional amounts from the Nutrition Pyramid.
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 12:25 AM
Dec 24

CentralMass

(16,868 posts)
16. You may be on to something LuckCharms.
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 12:28 AM
Dec 24

sprinkleeninow

(22,127 posts)
17. I myself am on a seafood diet.
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 12:48 AM
Dec 24

I see food an' I eat it. 😂

airplaneman

(1,373 posts)
23. My diet is more like search and destroy
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 04:51 PM
Dec 24

No matter where the food is I seek it out and destroy it.
-Airplane

sprinkleeninow

(22,127 posts)
24. 😄
Thu Dec 25, 2025, 12:29 AM
Dec 25

chouchou

(2,848 posts)
19. As long as there's a gallon of ice cream in the plan, by God, I'm on board!
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 01:17 AM
Dec 24

Harker

(17,464 posts)
21. I'm planning on enjoying .5L of Pils, .5L of Schwartzbier...
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 03:37 PM
Dec 24

and a 12oz. glass of Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale.

Does that qualify as balanced, or do I need to work in some Stollen, too?

Dorothy V

(462 posts)
22. I am balancing my cheesesteak with onion dip and a couple of hot dogs.
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 03:41 PM
Dec 24
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