The calories don't count when . . . . .

[SadieKate]

Isn't the cocoa bean a vegetable?

[Pedal Wench]

Isn't the cocoa bean a vegetable?

And, chocolate is brown. Mushrooms are brown. Mushrooms are a vegetable with very few calories. Obviously, then, chocolate is a vegetable with very few calories!

For me, the calories don't count... the day before a long ride (carbo-loading) the day of the long ride (glycogen replenishing), or the day after (recovery!)

[LBTC]

For me, the calories don't count... the day before a long ride (carbo-loading) the day of the long ride (glycogen replenishing), or the day after (recovery!)

...and since you ride every other day....

Namaste,
~T~

[SadieKate]

I'm resurrecting this thread because I found a new excuse for Peppermint Mochas and a Blackbottom cupcake for breakfast: being put on a soft foods diet after having a temporary crown re-glued.

Oh, darn. What's for dinner? Marbleslab or Cold Stone? Ooh, how about pumpkin pie? If the dog gets the crust, the pie is probably negative calories.

[cindysue]

who needs an excuse? I rationalize everything! Especially when it comes to sushi, indian food, and ice cream........

[Eden]

who needs an excuse? I rationalize everything! Especially when it comes to sushi, indian food, and ice cream........

who needs to rationalize sushi - fish-rice-wasabi its yummy and good for you!

[nuthatch]

So hungry and stuck at work! Stop, you temptresses!

[Melody]

Ooh, how about pumpkin pie? If the dog gets the crust, the pie is probably negative calories.

Mmmm pumpkin pie...

Every year for Thanksgiving I go all out for dinner. Turkey, ham, beef, mashed potatoes, veggies, etc... and I bake anywhere from 10 to 20 pumpkin pies since I have family and friends who request a pie or two. Unfortunately since I can only get fresh pumpkins around that point in time I only make them during Thanksgiving but they're sooooooooooo good. They taste different from most other pumpkin pies due to the addition of maple syrup and the consistency is silkier since I use a food mill to make the puree instead of a food processor.

I'm thinking pie now though. :/

Mel who's waiting for her sister for lunch.

[Duck on Wheels]

And, chocolate is brown. Mushrooms are brown. Mushrooms are a vegetable with very few calories. Obviously, then, chocolate is a vegetable with very few calories!

That's another one I've heard before -- that calories from anything brown don't count. That one and the evening-out-the-crooked-cut-pie one. Also a third: that they don't count if you're just finishing off those left-over bits that aren't enough for another meal and therefore not worth fridge space. After all, throwing out food is a sin, right?

[fultzie]

yep, that's why brown sugar is healthier than regular sugar!

and second-hand calories don't count... especially if you swipe the fries/ cookie/ milkshake off of your friend/ brother's tray.

or if someone makes you a meal as a treat. that doesn't count.

and you *have* to eat the broken brownies/ cookies/ chips! they're *broken*! you can't subject some other poor person to eating the broken bits.

i spin with a group on sunday mornings, and then we make chocolate chip pancakes with syrup/ real bacon/ scrambled eggs in the bacon grease/ mimosas/ coffee... that doubly doesn't count, because it's sunday and we did a spinervals video!

[Lise]

fries don't count if everyone around you has some (like tonight).

I like the "negative calories" if you give the pie crust to the dog.

My sister said "milk chocolate" was a dairy product when she was pregnant...but her babies weighed 9# 3oz (a month premature) and 10# 6oz respectively .

Let's see...dark chocolate is good for your heart, no calories there. Whole grains don't have calories, as we all know. Ummmm...no way can soy milk have calories. Definitely, caffeine-free diet Coke is a calorie eliminator...if you're working all night, nothing you eat has calories...M&Ms are a vitamin if eaten at 4AM after delivering a baby...

Oh, man, is it time for me to go to bed! L.

[MomOnBike]

Of course, if you bike to the meal, the calories don't count. (Even if the greasy spoon joint you are going to is only 1 mile away - downhill.)

[btchance]

The week of the test. They all get used up with all that stress and energy it takes to stay up those extra hours.

[Melody]

Of course, if you bike to the meal, the calories don't count. (Even if the greasy spoon joint you are going to is only 1 mile away - downhill.)

Ahh... but you have to ride that 1 mile to get backup... up hill

Mel