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Do you go on the Disney Diet? (A tongue-in-cheek topic)
You do know, don't you that nothing eaten while at WDW contains calories or anything else unhealthy for you personally, don't you? I'm sure that's true, since I've heard so many people say it's so. The Disney Magic is what does it, of course.
So, do you eat as we do while there? "I can eat anything I want while at Disney, because all the yummy stuff ordinarily very bad for me has been sprinkled with pixie dust."
If you do, what "forbidden foods" do you most enjoy?
(Mine are Mickey bars and Mickey krispy treats...oh, and REAL BUTTER)
P.S. I was so cheered as I went one night into Gasparilla's at the GF to refill my mug to see an older lady standing just outside the entrance clearly enjoying a Mickey bar. An elderly man was sitting in a wheelchair a few steps away, head down and obviously not in the best health.
As I passed, the lady began speaking to him, "Darling, I'm enjoying my first Mickey bar as I always do. Now, I feel I'm really at Disney."
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We work on the theory of eat what we like while we're at Disney, especially as we know a lot of walking is involved and will probably help us to work off some of the additional calories we're eating while we're there...
We don't tend to watch what we eat in WDW. Now, I don't eat fried foods, and especially when it's hot, I usually stick to light meals - salads, fruits, very little meat.
I do love desserts, and as we all know, WDW has some of the best ever!
We walk a ton in WDW. I don't worry about weight. I usually lose a couple of pounds while we're there. Of course, I'm "Pooh-sized", so I can stand to lose more than a few!
So, what do either of you, Cheryl or Teresa, enjoy most?
(P.S. Teresa, this is a Disney-guilt-free thread, so you may not mention that dreadful phrase, "need to lose a few pounds," here. We're devoting ourselves to sharing what our Disney yummy delights are, so "Dish the delicious!" What do you enjoy most? < sassy wink >)
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So, what do either of you, Cheryl or Teresa, enjoy most?
Honestly? I'm really not the sort of person who loves a particular dish - I just enjoy good food, so I'm going to struggle to answer that. I could answer more easily which restaurants I like and what types of food (seafood generally and desserts of course ) but specific dishes, that's really tough for me to answer.
When I am in Disney I eat what we like. We love all the TS meals and we eat at one for dinner every night. We will also have a couple of TS lunches during the trip. I have found that probably because of all the walking (or maybe it's the pixie dust) I don't gain weight during the trip (maybe a pound or two, but nothing significant). What I have noticed though is I get home and tend to think I can keep eating like I'm in Disney and I gain some after the trip. :roll eyes:
My favorites are Mickey bars, Dole Whip as snacks. I also love indulging in the wonderful dinners we have. I love trying new foods and I really love appetizers and main courses.
We don't watch what we eat while in Disney - we're on vacation to enjoy it. While there is no particular food we must have at Disney, if we want pretzels or ice cream for lunch (or dinner depending upon our ADR's) that's what we have. If we get back to the hotel at 10 pm at night and are hungry, we'll go to the food court and get something even though we know we'll be going to bed soon. While I don't put "restrictions" on things we eat, this past trip I did on what Abby could eat one day. It was our last full day in the parks when she started our day off by throwing up in the parking lot so I think everyone can understand why I was very careful with what and how much I allowed her to eat that day.
Oh, sure, Darlene. I think quite a few of us, adults and parents minding kids, must restrain ourselves more than we'd rather even when Disney Dieting. That's why I called it a "tongue-in-cheek" topic, hoping that people might mention, too, what they'd love to indulge in if they hadn't to restrict themselves at all.
I certainly understand your needing to monitor Abby's eating, particularly after she got sick like that. I'd love to eat a huge ice cream sundae but know my digestion would not be happy if I did. In fact, it was so warm (mid-80's) when we were in Fantasyland that I didn't feel up to trying a Lefou's brew or new dairy-free pineapple Dole whip. < sniffle! > I couldn't even eat much of my BOG lunch, and it really was pretty good.
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We eat whatever we want while there, but I do love all the fresh fruit and veggie options and I do load up on those. We load up on seafood too. That is probably my favorite.
We figure calories don't count when your vacation involves miles of daily walking. I particularly appreciate the variety of non-meat CS options, which suits my normal way of eating, and also leaves caloric room for a nice fat chocolate-coated, caramel drizzled strawberry.
We don't really watch what we eat, but are conscious of how much we eat. Let me explain that Disney dining is among my very favorite parts of my vacations there and I look forward to visiting old favorites and new haunts.
As I pass certain places, the favorites I've enjoyed there seem to call. I have a hard time controlling quantity. Not so much because I must eat an ___oz. portion of any particular food, but because I could easily eat myself silly!
I hate to feel overly full. I can't stand that full belly you've-eaten-way-too-much kind of feeling. So we try to pace ourselves through the day and share when we can to experience as much as we can. (One caveat of sharing noted below...)
My favorites that are hard to walk away from are...
The whole snapper at Cat Cora's Kouzzina. I must have it every trip along with a glass of sangria.
The pizza and arancini from Via Napoli. It is impossible to ignore the siren call of the rice balls!
The cinnamon-sugar dusted almonds found in the snack cart in the Magic Kingdom in the hub. I will not share and ye beware of whose fingers enter the coned paper.
I love the dole whips but my favorite snack overall are the chocolate covered Rice Krispie treats that look like candy corn. DBF and I really only go around Halloween so they're usually around I could eat them all the time!
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I snagged several of the Christmas krispy treat shapes on our use-up-snack-credits shopping spree, Wolfy. There were several of the standard Christmas cookie designs--Christmas tree, stocking, tree ornament, Santa hat--all really well drawn in icing on the glazed krispy treat so that each resembled a Christmas cookie.
Yummylicious!
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We eat pretty much what we want. With the dining plan we tend to eat more at meals than we normally do, so there is not much snacking going on. We end up using snack credits for treats to take home. Like everyone else, we log in the miles so weight gain on trips does not usually occur.
So, what do either of you, Cheryl or Teresa, enjoy most?
(P.S. Teresa, this is a Disney-guilt-free thread, so you may not mention that dreadful phrase, "need to lose a few pounds," here. We're devoting ourselves to sharing what our Disney yummy delights are, so "Dish the delicious!" What do you enjoy most? < sassy wink >)
Well, I don't have much that I have to have. I do love a kaki-gori. We have places we love to eat at (50's Prime Time, California Grill, Les Chefs de France, Paris Bistro to name a few). One of our family "rules" while on vacation is to eat/do something new every day - so I try to not eat things I've already eaten!
Now, at Restaurant Marrakesh, I always get the mint tea and Beef Brewat Rolls. And usually the lamb.
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I must have it every trip along with a glass of sangria.
I could eat them all the time!
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