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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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phoenixrosehere · 24/01/2025 09:40

No.

I’m usually content after having a main meal. I may have a pudding at home if I crave one. I usually find I crave one when I’m sad and since I don’t often have them, it means going out and getting one. Often if I buy one, I find that it doesn’t taste as good as I hoped after a few bites even if I enjoyed it before so it gets put away or someone else will eat it.

However, if we’re out and there is a pudding that sounds nice, I may get it depending on how I feel after eating my meal.

PandoraFrontier · 24/01/2025 09:31

No. We only ever have pudding if we are having family or friends over for a meal, then we do pudding too. But honestly months go by. I have never understood dinner and pudding, but I wasn’t raised like that so it never crossed my mind to introduce it as an adult.

Bearbookagainandagain · 24/01/2025 07:24

We have "dessert" at the end of every meal.

The standard is yogurt (with a bit of yogurt, jam.or honey), and/or fruits.
Occasionally, we'll make more elaborate dairy based stuff like semolina or rice pudding. Usually when the meal itself is quite light.

And then on weekends or special occasions we'll have proper pudding.

NotAnotherBirthday · 24/01/2025 07:23

Yes.

Most nights it's something very simple like stewed fruit (with yoghurt as an option) or a fruit salad. Only about once a week or so is it something more substantial than that.

Winterskyfall · 24/01/2025 07:17

KIlliePieMyOhMy · 23/01/2025 22:09

I'm pretty sure that is not driven solely by having pud.

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I never said it was driven solely by having pudding. I was responding to "I'm pretty sure there are no rules. Eat what you like"

SereneCapybara · 23/01/2025 23:10

I do, I don't think I do but most nights I have a yoghurt or some fruit or a left over mince pie etc. All adds up. Pointless calories as I'm not hungry straight after a meal.

Ilovecakey · 23/01/2025 23:05

Fruit with Nutella is really nice and healthyish

researchers3 · 23/01/2025 23:03

Yeah, i have to have something sweet, usually chocolate most days. I'm properly addicted. Quite good at portion control though and mainly stick to bitesized.

Greengagesnfennel · 23/01/2025 23:03

IceIceBabyBump · 23/01/2025 19:38

Absolutely, pudding after every meal.

Lunch pudding is normally a chocolate bar or a few biscuits.

Tea pudding is about 9pm when we're settling down to watch TV. We usually eat tea at about 6.30pm. Most nights it's a heated thing (sponge cake, strudel, crumble) with cream/ice cream. But if we can't be arsed it'll just be a couple of chocolate bars or biscuits again.

Pudding is always accompanied by a cup of tea. Always

Yes to lunch pudding (tracker bar or biscuit)

as well as tea pudding which you are correct must be accompanied by a cup of tea!

Guttedandblue · 23/01/2025 23:02

Yes, eight to twelve bars of chocolate a day. I feel like crap.

BarbedButterfly · 23/01/2025 22:59

We do. I have a huge sweet tooth though.

WellsAndThistles · 23/01/2025 22:59

I never eat pudding at home but quite often have breakfast as a evening snack.

(I don't do breakfast at the generally accepted time alot but still need my fill of Coco Pops 🤣)

Newhere5 · 23/01/2025 22:59

No, I just eat my dinner.
I do have chocolate maybe twice a week? and sometimes nice muffin from a bakery during the weekend.

SunnieShine · 23/01/2025 22:58

Always, I love my grub.

HS1990 · 23/01/2025 22:58

Currently losing weight (1 stone down) but I always leave 100 calories for my evening 2 biscuits with a cuppa. That's enough pud for me.

Dutchhouse14 · 23/01/2025 22:56

I usually have pudding, it's a bad habit but I love puddings!!
We always had "afters" when I was a child so it's a life long habit.
A few frozen berries is not a pudding imo.
But I am overweight, so it needs to stop - I used to be slim and still be able to eat pudding but sadly no longer.
DH, who is still very slim!, bought gypsy tart from shop tonight-I really don't want to know how many calories are in that, it's pure sugar!

Beesandhoney123 · 23/01/2025 22:48

The dc do. I make it, they eat it. Always after Sunday lunch, and then I do indulge.

It's a habit - by the time I've tidied up and taken the dog out, I don't want anything else. If I am, I have a very small square of chocolate.

happy44 · 23/01/2025 22:46

Full fat Greek yoghurt with choc protein powder
Apple and peanut butter

SexAndCakes · 23/01/2025 22:44

Yes, but for me it's always fruit. I have a good fruit bowl and choose something I fancy - orange, apple, berries, mango, etc. etc.

Other low calorie ideas are yoghurts, light chocolate mousse, sugar free jelly?

Rewis · 23/01/2025 22:34

Only on special occasions.

marmaladeandpeanutbutter · 23/01/2025 22:34

Those horribly expensive frozen raspberries with a chocolate coating 100g for 80 calories

marmaladeandpeanutbutter · 23/01/2025 22:32

Apple and a teaspoon of peanut butter
Yogurt
Quark
Silken tofu with a teaspoon of cocoa powder, whizzed up
One scoop (50g) vanilla ice cream

Purpleberet · 23/01/2025 22:30

Yes I have at least a bar of chocolate most days. It’s a mindless habit really.

However the rest of the day I eat very well, I limit processed foods - never really have cereal/crisps/supermarket bread/biscuits. I’m also very active and at the gym 5 times a week.
So it’s all about balance. If I’m eating super healthy for breakfast, dinner & tea and all the snacks in between I think a dessert every night is fine.

For a while I tried switching to hot chocolate and that was ok. But I missed having actual chocolate, and life’s too short!

SnidelyWhiplash · 23/01/2025 22:29

I grew up in a family where pudding was always served after dinner. But in my family, we only ever have pudding if we have a dinner party. Even then I’ll eat only a spoonful to be convivial. We would never order pudding in restaurants; just not something we want.

We are not a sweet tooth family, and we never got our kids into the habit.

coxesorangepippin · 23/01/2025 22:23

Dried fruit works

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