Newsweek has just come out with The Eight Most Fattening Foods of Fall. I am horrified to see that most of my favorites fall staples are on the list. Brace yourself before you read it and don't get too upset. Remember we are all in this together and together we can get through fall with a limited amount of Comfort Food.
1. Halloween Candy: With all the bowls and bags of bite-size treats around the house, it's all too tempting to steal a few. But those tiny chocolate bars are more of a trick than a treat. Eat just four "bite size" bars and you're up to 320 calories. Twenty pieces of candy corn will cost you 100 calories, and just 25 jelly beans add up to 140 calories.
Okay this is a given, don't eat 20 pieces of candy corn, who eats jelly beans at Halloween anyway but the bite size bars is wrong. How can something that small have so many calories.
2. Mashed potatoes: They are the quintessential comfort food for fall. But watch out before taking seconds: weighed down with milk and butter, mashed potatoes usually have about 200 calories in a half-cup serving.
I don't know what to tell you on the Mashed Potatoes; for me I will just have to not eat 2 days before Thanksgiving because I am not giving up the mashed potatoes.
3. Venti Pumpkin Spice Latte: Starbucks drinks are notoriously high in calories, and their autumn special is no exception. The Venti Pumpkin Spice Latte weighs in at 510 calories and 20 grams of fat.
This was okay with me because I have no idea what it is but I am sure there are Starbuck's customers everywhere crying.
4. Apple pie: A Thanksgiving dinner is never complete without a slice of apple pie. But with more than 400 calories and 20 grams of fat, this might be one dessert you shouldn't be saving room for. Add a scoop of ice cream (who doesn't?) and you're up to 530 calories. It might just be enough to last you until next fall.
Okay, I found out that if you bake with Splenda it is almost the same. It actually does taste pretty good. So for those of you who bake try it with Splenda and have your pie.
5. Cider: Who doesn't love a cup of warm cider? You might not want to skip this traditional treat altogether, but with a sugar-laden 200 calories in 16 ounces, the sweet drink should probably be considered a dessert substitute rather than a beverage.
This goes in the same category as the Starbuck, I have no idea what this is and why you would drink it.
6. Stuffing At 358 calories and 18 grams of fat per cup, there's a reason they call it stuffing. The high-carb turkey companion may be appearing on lots of menus this fall, not to mention its starring role on Thanksgiving Day, but take it easy if you're trying to keep the fall weight gain to a minimum.
WHY!!! WHY!!! OH WHY!!! This was almost as bad as the potatoes. I eat stuffing once a year and it is at Thanksgiving and to tell me how bad it is just ruins the whole holiday. I think I am going to convert and a be Jehovah Witness so that I can not celebrate any holidays ever again.
7. Candy apple: An apple alone is a pretty healthy fall fruit somewhere in the 60-100 calorie range. Coat it in caramel, however, and you have quite a different story. A large candy apple with caramel usually weighs in around 540 calories. Avoiding this autumn treat will be a boon for your dental bills and your figure.
I don't know what a candy apple is. I only know the caramel apples and as far as I am concerned they are still healthy since it is an apple, so you put a bit of caramel on it. It is only adding flavor right? It's kinda like carrot cake, as far as I am concerned there carrot's in it so it is a healthy snack.
8. Turducken: This combo wonderbird is a trendy entree you might want to forgo. It contains turkey, duck and chicken wrapped together for a new twist on the usual Thanksgiving meal. In terms of your diet, that twist may be for the worse: one serving of Turducken has 749 calories and 34.5 grams of fat. Try limiting yourself to one bird and skip the crispy skin. A three-ounce serving of skinless turkey has 130 calories.
This is so wrong on so many levels. Some sick twisted idiot took 3 birds and stuffed them up each other and thought it would be a great delicacy. Personally I think it was kids who were trying to see how many things they could stuff up a turkey's hiney and their parents saw it and thought why waste good duck & chicken, cook'em up and feed them to the family. I would suggest you stay away from anything that combines 3 different animals together; unless it is a hot dog or bologna.