Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Movie theater diet destroyers......

Not only can the movie theater snack counter be hard on your wallet but it can also be detrimental to your diet!

  • Popcorn: At the low end, a medium box with no butter has a modest 951 calories, no fat, and no cholesterol. At the other end, a large bucket (around 20 cups!) with butter delivers 1,238 calories.
  • Nachos: 40 chips with four ounces of what they call cheese conveys 1,101 calories — roughly equal to two large McDonald’s fries orders or two Quarter Pounders with cheese.
  • Pretzel: The large, soft kind with cheese topping delivers 643 calories.
  • Coke: If it’s a 32-ounce medium-236 calories, but the lake-like 44 ounce Cherry Coke has 572 calories. With just a medium popcorn and Coke, you’re at nearly 1,200 calories, and we haven’t even gotten to the candy counter yet, where you will find…
  • M&Ms: The 5.3-ounce plain bag contains 750 calories, the same size peanut version just nudges the calories up to 786. Other choices include the 6.7-ounce bag of Skittles (765 calories), the 4.4-ounce box of Starburst (440), the king size Twix bar (475), the four-ounce box of Milk Duds (495), and the 4.75-ounce box of Junior Mints (432).

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