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Uh, I just ate sooooooooo much “healthy” food to prevent eating a donut. Good trade off or bad?

01/22/11 by | 4 Comments

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Question by Happy: Uh, I just ate sooooooooo much “healthy” food to prevent eating a donut. Good trade off or bad?
I made a dish that my grandmother makes (I don’t know if she came up with it or saw the recipe somewhere), but anyway, it’s:

1 lg. Zucchini
1 med. onion
2 scrambled eggs

You basically sautée the veggies together in some olive oil and then pour the eggs over them and cook until lightly browned. I’ve been on Atkins for 3 years (I had 15 pounds to lose to begin with, and now I’ve had to stay at <30 carbs per day to maintain... for whatever reason if I increase I gain). Anyway, my mother bought my a chocolate donut with honey-dipped glaze. OOOOOOOOh my mouth is watering just thinking about it!!! I had ONE tiny bite (and it was better than I could have ever imagined), but to prevent eating it, I ate the above dish (close to ALL of it... and that makes a LOT of food) to prevent from eating that donut. Now I'm stuffed and bloated. Was that a good or a bad tradeoff? I know it's not good to overeat, but it's the only thing I could do to keep from eating that donut!!!! LOL
Oh maybe I should add that so far today all I ate was a piece of low carb toast (4 carbs) with cinnamon on it......
Yeah, but 1 zucchini and 1 onion contain negligible amounts of sugars, don't you think?

Best answer:

Answer by kari
Even though it is healthy you can’t overeat healthy food like that. Next time just throw the donut away or give it to someone quick. I used to try and get full by eating a can of fruit or a ton of fruit and I wasn’t doing myself any good. Even though healthy those foods contain sugars and other ingrediants that turn into fat if eaten in large amounts.

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