I’m sitting here in the Denver airport, freezing and starving, when behold! a bakery appears! Mmmmm one last shot at an American brewed coffee and a quick muffin for breakfast.
So as I’m savoring said muffin (zucchini nut), looking at the snow on the mountains, preparing to return to my hot little urban jungle, it occurs to me:
Kiersten, you research obesity and nutrition for a living. What are you eating?? So I did what any sane person should never do in the midst of a meal – I googled the nutrition information online.
ABORT MUFFIN!
Can you believe this little sucker has 700 calories!? That’s practically half of a woman’s daily recommended intake, all before 7am!
Clearly we’re doing something wrong here, America. Several of my ‘foreign’ friends who relocated to the US will tell me how they gained close to 20 lbs (9 kg) when they moved to the US without making any major diet changes. Could it be because there’s so much hidden sugar and salt and fat in all of the food we eat?
700 calories, 40 grams of fat, and only marginally more expensive than the banana.
Not okay.
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November 10, 2010 at 10:50 pm
floramoreno
That’s crazy! I haven’t eaten a pastry for breakfast since I left the US. And I noticed I’ve lost some weight since moving here. Coincidence? I think not.
November 12, 2010 at 12:55 am
kierstens
Hmmm just you wait until Chinese New Year my friend!
November 11, 2010 at 1:43 am
Phua Chu Kang
The breakfast muffin — a.k.a Gut Bomb!
You did do well to pass on the Cinnabon option however.
November 12, 2010 at 12:55 am
kierstens
Oooo and I bet it smells better too!
November 11, 2010 at 6:22 am
bookjunkie
I think Singapore is starting to go that way too.
November 12, 2010 at 12:56 am
kierstens
Perhaps, but the portion sizes are definitely smaller!!
November 11, 2010 at 9:55 am
Kirsten
*thinks guiltily about all the muffins she has ever eaten in her life, especially for breakfast*
November 12, 2010 at 12:57 am
kierstens
now pancakes…that’s a guilty food i can get behind!
November 11, 2010 at 11:14 pm
Crystal
This is why I’m NOT doing that while I’m home. I’m going to eat my way through every food I love while I’m here. And since I’m being pro-active and buying maternity stuff…maybe I’ll just slip into those if I eat one too many muffins ;)
November 12, 2010 at 12:57 am
kierstens
Awesome! If you’re gonna do it, go all out, right?