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It’s Girl Scout Cookie Time. We got our boxes outside the grocery store, but you might have ordered a bunch when they only looked like harmless boxes on a piece of paper. Our ability to resist is easier when food is two-dimensional. If you haven’t purchased any Girl Scout Cookies and you want them, I think you should. Learning to live with tempting food in the house is another step toward a healthy life.
How To Indulge In Girl Scout Cookies Without Overdoing It:
Open The Boxes Immediately: No matter how many boxes you have bought, open them all up right now.
Divide Them Up: Calculate how many cookies you can eat for 100-150 calories and divide the boxes up. Put these individual servings into Ziploc baggies.
Treat Yourself: Take one serving of cookies and put them into your treat cupboard.
Freeze The Rest: Put the rest back into the individual boxes so you can remember the exact calorie and fat content. Put the boxes in the freezer.
Limit Access: Only allow one serving of cookies to be unfrozen at a time.
If you follow this process, you’ll be able to enjoy Girl Scout Cookie Time without over-indulging. You can do this, so prove it to yourself!
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March 18th, 2006 at 6:35 am
My mom does this with homemade cookies. She freezes the whole batch, and takes one frozen cookie to work, and it’s thawed by lunch. It’s hard to over-do it on cookies that will break your teeth… The downside to doing it with Girl Scout Cookies?? Thin Mints are AWESOME frozen… (Sorry if that tempts anyone– my inner fat girl took over…)
March 18th, 2006 at 8:22 am
Thanks for a great idea! Too late for this year – they (the cookies) are already all gone . . .
March 18th, 2006 at 7:46 pm
Can’t do it. They can’t stay in the house. I have been known to thaw out food in my mouth. When I purchase Girl Scout Cookies from co-workers, I do open all the boxes, look at them and ask myself is it worth it. On my good days, they are not worth it and I put them out for everyone to enjoy, of course, on someone elses desk. I never ever bring them home.
March 20th, 2006 at 7:51 am
As a Girl Scout leader (2 troops) there is nothing more discouraging to us than hearing “No thanks, I’m on a diet…”! Yes the cookies are tempting, and if they are too tempting for you, you can make a “gift of caring” by buying a box and letting the troop donate it to someone else. We had 6 cases of gift of caring cookies that we donated to a treatment center for abused and neglected children… they were so excited to get them!
As always, the Girls Scouts of America appreciates those who help us raise money to broaden the horizons in a young girls life… some of our money is going to take us to Space Camp for a weekend next month! Who knows, maybe one of my girls will become an astronaut because of the support of our local community!