to eat a sweet snack every day

[Hedgehog88]

One of my friends was shocked to hear that I have a 'sweet snack' every day with my afternoon cup of tea - a couple of biscuits, bit of cake, small chocolate bar etc. According to her, these should be once a week treats and this is an extremely unhealthy habit. I cook and eat relatively healthily and get my five a day, so AIBU to eat something like this every day, as part of a balanced diet.

@Ivyonafence jeeeeeez. You need to reign it in a bit

I’ve eaten half a packet of chocolate digestives while reading this thread.

It's a small lettuce I promise!

Um healthy person here, I eat 3-4 mini candy bars each night, with a soda

I have two squares of dark chocolate every day mon-fri, then something quite substantial on a sat and sun (bag of Jelly Babies/ Gu pot /almond croissant/ caramel shortbread etc) infront of the TV.
I'm a slim size 10.

What a miserable existence. I’ve always had a sweet tooth. I eat chocolate, sweets or biscuits every single day and have done my whole life! Never been overweight. I’m not skinny either, I’m a size 12, but I’d rather be that and enjoy my sweet things than deprive myself and be a size 10!

Biscuit/ cookie plenty are 500 kcal.Majority of tesco finest ranges are around 460 and up.

You are doing mumsnet wrong.

You should also have a chicken that you roast and then you can eat it over the next few months with your lettuce.

I'm exactly the same.

Are you sure you aren't mixing up your joules and your calories?

I have a full share bag of haribo every day . shoot me now.

@FinallyHere 100% identical to you. You describe it perfectly. It's either zero or complete binge. Easier with zero.

Yep.Got plenty for a party and only then realised some are 1400 normal calories. Insane..Same with muffins etc.

Odd. I can't see any tesco finest cookies over 311 calories (bakery ones), the ones with the biscuits are 100-something.

I don’t do it, but I hardly think eating one sweet snack a day is ‘extremely unhealthy’.

Good to see I wasn’t the only crazy person who ran to the Tesco website to check this. 🤣

😂😂😂

Same1977 that's probably per 100g, not per cookie

I work out a lot so I always think I’ve earned a chocolate bar or slice of cake and definitely have something daily. Never really questioned it because I know I’ve mitigated the calories through exercise so I don’t gain weight.

OH MY GOD. People on mumsnet eat? Thought they lived on organic sugar free oxygen and sometimes lettuce.

I've had half a tub of B&J! yeaaaaaaaa.

Such damaging wording and mindset.

thesw threads make me sad, society has such a warped relationship with food.

It does seem a lot but it's not going to kill you and it's your life.

I would be more concerned that you should get your heart rate up through some form of exercise each day and have a BMI in the normal range.

It's quite odd that she feels able to be so bossy.

If a friend said this to me I would laugh in her face while unwrapping a twix bar, eating it in front of her then grabbing a packet of biscuits.