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I bought a 36 pack of string cheese and blew through it in less than a week. Which is why I usually don't buy cheese. Occasionally I give in, but I don't usually buy that much. It was on sale, and I can't resist a deal on something I want.

But, I started to actually think about how bad it really was and how guilty I should feel. So, I did the math:

6 pieces of string cheese per day for 6 days. They're 50 calories each. So that's 300 "extra" calories a day, or 1800 total "extra" calories. I say "extra" because they may not all count as extra calories, depending on the day, because I may have eaten the cheese instead of something else.

Before the surgery a cheat would've been 1800+ calories in a day. Now it's 1800 calories in a week. Big difference.

The lesson: keep everything in context, especially when you screw up. And don't go grocery shopping before dinner.

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I LOVE MY CHEESE! :P

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Oh I eat string cheese daily as it's an excellent source of Protein. I buy the "light" version. If you are following a low carb diet this make a great snack. 2 is usually my daily intake. The only downside is the sodium content which is higher in string cheese than the babybel cheese. Can you tell, I know my cheeses! LOL

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Oh I eat string cheese daily as it's an excellent source of Protein. I buy the "light" version. If you are following a low carb diet this make a great snack. 2 is usually my daily intake. The only downside is the sodium content which is higher in string cheese than the babybel cheese. Can you tell' date=' I know my cheeses! LOL[/quote']

Isn't light lower in fat, but as a trade off higher in carbs?

Done Did It!

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Isn't light lower in fat' date=' but as a trade off higher in carbs?

Done Did It![/quote']

Usually that is true. But it can vary from food to food and from brand to brand. Usually low fat cheese is low in fat because its made with 2% milk. Fat free cheese is made from skim milk. Therefore it usually has less fat, less carbs and less calories. In the case of the skim (fat free) it also has less taste.

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I bought a 36 pack of string cheese and blew through it in less than a week. Which is why I usually don't buy cheese. Occasionally I give in' date=' but I don't usually buy that much. It was on sale, and I can't resist a deal on something I want.

But, I started to actually think about how bad it really was and how guilty I should feel. So, I did the math:

6 pieces of string cheese per day for 6 days. They're 50 calories each. So that's 300 "extra" calories a day, or 1800 total "extra" calories. I say "extra" because they may not all count as extra calories, depending on the day, because I may have eaten the cheese instead of something else.

Before the surgery a cheat would've been 1800+ calories in a day. Now it's 1800 calories in a week. Big difference.

The lesson: keep everything in context, especially when you screw up. And don't go grocery shopping before dinner.[/quote']

I ate many a meal that was way more than 1800 calories in my previous life. Easy to do at certain restaurants.

And now when I go to the grocery store, I stay on the perimeter. Produce, meats and dairy. Evil lives between the aisles.

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