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Do you have a pudding every night?

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Allthenameshavegone1972 · 23/01/2025 19:23

Exactly my question. I'm so used to having a pudding, no matter how small, every night. If we don't have one it feels like the meal is not complete.
As I'm overweight it needs to stop. Need to save some money too. I have a wardrobe full of nice clothes that don't fit.
If you do have a pudding & still keep the calories down what do you have? Fruit salad is the obvious choice, but you get fed up of it after a while.

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PosiePerkinPootleFlump · 27/01/2025 07:02

No. I used to as a child and found it really really hard to break the habit, but forced myself to do it.

jeaux90 · 27/01/2025 06:57

No, special occasions only. I don't want to end up with diabetes.

TwinklyNight · 27/01/2025 04:55

No. But my dh has something sweet with his morning coffee.

PeloMom · 27/01/2025 04:49

I chew gum, suck on lozenge or hard candy; put berries in 0% Greek yogurt; fruit.

GreylingsSkin · 27/01/2025 04:19

Never have pudding at home, except rarely in late summer if I make a blackberry crumble. Very occasionally in a restaurant. I’m slim and try to eat pretty healthily.

bythere · 27/01/2025 04:09

"If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!"

Mintearo7 · 26/01/2025 22:09

Sweet tooth here hence my username but try not to overindulge. Most days a square of 80% dark choc, occasionally Greek yoghurt, honey and peanut butter mixed together (don’t knock it till you’ve tried it), every other weekend a Gu dessert or similar.

MoreIcedLattePlease · 26/01/2025 22:01

No, we only have pudding on Sundays. Occasionally I'll have a few squares of chocolate of an evening, or (when I'm feeling particuarly indulgent) a hot cross bun with a cup of tea.

But not pudding every day.

Honestandkind · 26/01/2025 22:00

I hate sweet food after a meal - even a set course meal in a restaurant I'll give away my desert. This doesn't mean I don't snack though, but it's got to be savoury for me.

BookRecsPleaseAndThankYou · 26/01/2025 21:56

KIlliePieMyOhMy · 23/01/2025 19:51

teacake best direct from the freezer.

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I tried it and 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

I felt quite bereft at the missing pillowy cloudness of the marshmallow. And the freezer really killed the flavour for me too!

So it's a no from me. But thanks for the suggestion - I find it's always good to challenge an old favourite! 😊 Glad I tried it!

Thursa · 24/01/2025 17:41

We did every night when the kids were young. Pudding was anything sweet that rounded out the main meal. Fruit, yoghurt, jelly pot, milk and a biscuit, piece of cake, ice cream. Now they’re older we rarely have pudding, I can’t actually remember the last time, possibly a mince pie last month…

Guttedandblue · 24/01/2025 17:34

I’m impressed and quite envious at people’s willpower and self control.

Roselilly36 · 24/01/2025 17:29

We can go for weeks without pudding, but we would prefer a savoury starter to a pudding.

heidi345 · 24/01/2025 17:27

One square of chocolate (or one chocolate) every night with a cup of tea.

Butterflysunshine01 · 24/01/2025 17:25

What about a little petit filous yogurt? They’re tiny so very little calories but the strawberry and raspberry ones are nice and sweet!

Merryberrypie · 24/01/2025 17:24

I have pudding every night. On the daily I also have chocolate / biscuits / cake etc.

I am not overweight (size 10) and do zero exercise. I also have a desk job.

Not sure what keeps the weight down other than my diet containing zero cholesterol as I have no animal products ever. I don’t eat meat, dairy, eggs etc.

A lot of deserts contain eggs which are very high in cholesterol as is dairy (particularly cheese) so maybe it’s because I only ever eat the vegan / plant based options of cake, chocolate and ice cream which helps me? Who knows but I have a very sweet tooth.

Lifestooshort71 · 24/01/2025 17:03

I think if we tweaked the title to 'something sweet' instead of 'pudding' (pudding does imply roly-poly, steamed syrup, tiramisu, trifle etc), many more are owning up to choc or biscuits etc.......

CandidRaven · 24/01/2025 10:15

No I only have it at Christmas, I only eat twice a day breakfast around half 9 and tea around 5 and I might have a biscuit or small amount of chocolate in the afternoon

DataColour · 24/01/2025 10:11

LeaveALittleNote · 24/01/2025 10:09

I have dark chocolate, the darkest I can find. It took me a while to get used to the taste (I used to always have milk chocolate after a meal) but one square is very satisfying to me now.

My DD 14 favourite treat is 100% dark chocolate. Montezumas usually. She nibbles on cocoa nibs too.
But as cocoa is quite high in caffeine, i do not buy her these regularly.

DataColour · 24/01/2025 10:09

Yes we, me DH and 2 teens, always have something sweet. There's usually a homemade cake or it could be chocolate. At the weekends there might be a more special pudding like tiramisu or a crumble.
I love fruit, especially exotic fruits for a pudding too. Also have greek yoghurt and fruit after lunch.
I would also class biscuits with a drink after a meal pudding too.

LeaveALittleNote · 24/01/2025 10:09

I have dark chocolate, the darkest I can find. It took me a while to get used to the taste (I used to always have milk chocolate after a meal) but one square is very satisfying to me now.

mindutopia · 24/01/2025 10:03

We don’t have pudding every night, maybe 2 days a week, a proper pudding I mean. Otherwise, we always have a fruit bowl so I tell the kids they can have whatever fruit they want. If I have any myself, it’s often a satsuma or some grapes.

RedPony1 · 24/01/2025 10:02

No, never unless it's a special meal out

We didn't have puddings as children either

Maddy70 · 24/01/2025 09:43

Never. Rarely if I go out for dinner

KimberleyClark · 24/01/2025 09:42

No don’t have pudding at night. Do have berries and yogurt at lunchtime. Still overweight.

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