You CAN Have Your Cake and Eat it Too!

Coldstone Cake that is! Let me 'splain . . .

Hello. My name is Valerie. I am an ice-cream-aholic. I always have been, but since the moment I first met Coldstone, every day I crave the rich, creamy yumminess that they offer. Unfortunately, along with the amazing taste comes and amazing number of calories. Therefore, I try to ration my Coldstone indulgences.

For those of you don't follow Coldstone news (and I don't understand who would not), yesterday they introduced new 8-layer cakes and had a free tasting at all participating Coldstones across the country. FREE??? Coldstone? You KNOW I had to go!

Here is where the having & eating comes in. You all know I have my daily calorie budget and I struggle to stay within it. My strategy was to PLAN for my visit to Ice Cream Heaven. Luckily, Coldstone does publish its nutritional information. Birthday Cake Remix is typically my flavor of choice. So, I did my research and developed the following plan:


I know that it looks like a hot mess, but it is SOOO delicious!

1. Eat a sensibly for lunch and breakfast to ensure that I had the extra calories left to "spend" at Coldstone


2. I would consider my Coldstone calories as part of my dinner calories, and scale back on my "dinner" to compensate by eating a smaller portion meal after my visit to Coldstone


3. Request a taste sample of the "sinless" lower fat and calorie version of Cake Batter ice cream to see I could save calories that way (I did, and NOT the same)


4. Plan B: Ihad actually planned for full calorie, full flavor all along! Cake Batter is not the lowest calorie flavor, but I was willing to spend the extra 20 calories for it.


5. Remix the Birthday Cake remix: hold the chocolate syrup (really a bit much for me, anyway), hold the brownie (this WAS a compromise), at just 25 calories keep the rainbow sprinkles (which is my favorite mix-in anyway).


6. With my remixed Remix, a "Like it" size would be 355 calories

So, everything went according to plan until Step: 6. From there I took a detour. Not to worry, it was a good one!

My friends ordered their Coldstone in the kid-size. This inspired me to follow suit. The smaller portion (about half the "Like it" size), saved me even more calories and still satisfied my Coldstone Craving!!!

To be cautious, I recorded my calories for the Remixed Remix and the small cake sample as 1.5 "Like it" size of Birthday Cake Remix (which I know is more than I actually had). Even with those calories, I was still within my weight loss calorie budget. And, the scale showed it with a decrease of 0.04 lbs this morning!

So, when losing weight, you CAN have your cake (metaphorically speaking for a low calorie day), and eat one at Coldstone, too!