Sunday afternoon my daughter and her boyfriend showed up at our house with slices of Cheesecake Factory cheesecake as a treat for my husband and myself.  It was a very sweet gesture and the slice of cheesecake I had (Adam’s peanut butter fudge ripple) was so delicious I nearly swooned.  But, after eating half of it I came to my senses and realized I should check out how many Weight Watchers points it was costing me.

That’s when I nearly fainted (and briefly contemplated trying to make myself throw up).  The Adam’s peanut butter fudge ripple cheesecake is 36 points (1330 calories and 40 grams of fat)!  That’s more points than I get in an entire day!  It’s hard for me to comprehend that one little piece of food can contain so many calories and fat.  It’s not like it’s deep fried or that the slice is all that big.

My daughter, in her quest to bring me a treat she thought I would like (because I love peanut butter and chocolate), brought me the highest calorie cheesecake that the Cheesecake Factory has. How sad is that?

I’ve since talked to her and told her in the nicest way I can, to please NEVER EVER bring me an entire piece of that stuff again!  Yes, it’s super delicious but a piece of their strawberry cheesecake is 700 calories, 29 grams of fat, and 17 WW points.  That’s still a lot of points but I could eat the whole slice for less points than the peanut butter/fudge one and I like that kind too.  And if I shared it with someone it would be a much more manageable 8 points (because, of course I’d eat a little less than half!).

Of course it would be best for my weight loss efforts if I just skipped the cheesecake entirely, but that’s about as likely to happen as me becoming a fashion model (aka – NEVER).  So, that means I have to work it into my weight loss plan.  Or try to convince myself that cheesecake is icky and tastes like liver and onions…….

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