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To think having dessert daily is excessive

185 replies

adriennewillfly · 04/12/2019 07:17

When I was growing up, dessert was a common occurance. It was served with lunch at school. At home we would often have dessert in the evening, even if it was just a piece of fruit.

Now I'm a bit older, the idea of it sounds so excessive! Does anyone actually eat dessert more than once a week? Is it possible to stay in-shape/diabetes-free with a daily dessert?

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ChardonnaysDistantCousin · 04/12/2019 07:23

What is excessive? I see many things that seem perfectly acceptable to other posters as excessive, so I suppose one person's acceptable is another person's excess.

Perfectly possible to stay healthy and in shape with a daily dessert.

YABU.

Fairyliz · 04/12/2019 07:24

Yes eat dessert every day. I’m late 50’s, 5ft6 inches tall and nine stone so reasonable slim.
Think it’s about your overall calories and exercise level.

RevengeOfTheRoundRobin · 04/12/2019 07:25

even if it was just a piece of fruit.

Now I'm a bit older, the idea of it sounds so excessive! Does anyone actually eat dessert more than once a week?

If you mean a piece of fruit, then yes we eat dessert every day. If you mean cake, biscuits, pies, crumbles, chocolate etc then no, we don't.

Camomila · 04/12/2019 07:27

Depends what it is, and what you eat for lunch/dinner, and portion sizes too.

Whenever I'm in Italy visiting relatives we tend to have traditional 3 course meals and they usually have fruit/yoghurt/cheese/cake on Sundays at the end and I never gain wait, but the actual meals are usually light eg - broth with pasta bits - grilled meat and salad - pudding.

At the moment I'm pg and having two puddings a day - a little mousse pot after lunch and a yoghurt after dinner. I had hyperemesis for ages though so I think my body is trying to regain lost fat or something/missing dairy products/yoghurt is settling my stomach.

ScreamingValenta · 04/12/2019 07:27

I usually have a yoghurt after dinner.

melonhead · 04/12/2019 07:27

We always have pudding - sometimes I make something like crumble or we buy from the bakery, or have a piece of chocolate or some fruit.

anterenea · 04/12/2019 07:28

Cannot seem to resist dessert every day and that includes biscuits, cakes, yoghurt and chocolate! Am 38 5'5 and 55kg but I do walk a lot and do body weight exercises every morning. TBH feel lucky I can get away with it so far 😆

Camomila · 04/12/2019 07:29

*weight, pregnancy has completely screwed up my spelling ability Blush. I'm not even sure completely is right.

ChestnutSmoothie · 04/12/2019 07:29

Excessive for who?

You? That’s your business.

For other people? That’s not your business.

When did it become so acceptable to pick apart other people’s lives like this? Is there some kind validation you get from this, OP? A need to feel superior to someone for something?

Peignoir · 04/12/2019 07:32

We always have dessert, I don't see the problem with it as long as you have a healthy diet?

ItsAPleasureSwingYouFuckNut · 04/12/2019 07:33

Insert words like slurping, guzzling, gobbling etc. A few pages of I'm 5 foot 5 and weigh 6 stone, references to obesity crisis, half a tin of soup fills me up for hours, boom you've got yourself a MN food thread.

Thebookswereherfriends · 04/12/2019 07:34

My daughter has dessert every day with school dinner and also has something after her tea. I’ve always offered from about age 3 and I like it because when she wants chocolate or biscuits/cake I say “Yes, for pudding.” It limits sweet things to meal times as recommended by dentists and she rarely asks for sweet things outside of mealtime.

feelingverylazytoday · 04/12/2019 07:35

Are you a healthy weight? Then it's not excessive. Eating sugary stuff isn't usually a problem if you exercise a lot.

Quail15 · 04/12/2019 07:35

I make a cake or similar once a week (usually at the weekend) and will have this a dessert on a couple of days but once it's gone that's it. I never remember to buy biscuits etc so there are none in the house.

DD will have fruit from the fruit bowl when ever she wants it so I don't really see that as dessert.

Sciurus83 · 04/12/2019 07:37

I agree OP

Cornishmum00 · 04/12/2019 07:39

Depends what you count as dessert, fruit or youghurt daily after dinner is not excessive in my opinion but i wouldn't serve a cake/trifle etc except on weekends usually

OccasionalNachos · 04/12/2019 07:40

No, don’t have dessert every day. Some days I have a chocolate bar with lunch, a dessert after dinner and then a couple of biscuits for supper too. Some days I don’t have anything.

Everything in moderation is simply not a problem.

GiveHerHellFromUs · 04/12/2019 07:41

Yep YABU. I love having something sweet on an evening and I've lost 1.5stone in 6 months.

Averyyounggrandmaofsix · 04/12/2019 07:43

Why pick on dessert? People eat different things at different times. I mainly have fruit or yoghurt for dessert, both at lunch time and after dinner. I don't eat breakfast or between meals.

Courtney555 · 04/12/2019 07:47

I bake cakes throughout the week. We're always picking at a slice of this and that.

Probably excessive cake amounts Grin

ChipsAreLife · 04/12/2019 07:47

I think dessert could mean anything. Yoghurt, mousse, fruit etc are fine but a tiramisu with ice cream every night would be excessive in my eyes.

Some people have a sweet tooth, some like cheese, some like wine. I think it's fine if you're not doing all those excesses every day

SeaBear11 · 04/12/2019 07:49

It’s definitely possible to stay in shape and diabetes free with a daily sweet treat, even multiple puddings. I don’t know anyone with type two diabetes, I don’t have any friends who are overweight, and I’m pretty sure most people eat something sugary every day.

NotACleverName · 04/12/2019 07:52

I eat a single lettuce leaf every meal so I can have dessert.

Lweji · 04/12/2019 07:53

If you do mean fruit, then it's a good thing, surely.

Eating a sweet dessert with your meal must be the least bad thing for diabetes as well. The sugar is taken up with all the other nutrients and including slower carbs, instead of a single rush if eaten by itself.

EvaHarknessRose · 04/12/2019 07:53

It was probably necessary to maintain bulk, calories and pleasure in food when people ate more basically, locally, plainer food and didn't snack apart from the odd rich tea biscuit. Now with a huge range of international foods, spices, takeaways, coffee shops, chocolate, crisps, share bags, cereal bars, sugar in sauces - now it seems like an excess to people who want or need to limit sugar.