Comments on: Are You Sure Health Foods Are All Healthy? http://loseweightfindlife.com/2007/11/14/are-you-sure-health-foods-are-all-healthy/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:20:51 +0000 By: Kathy http://loseweightfindlife.com/2007/11/14/are-you-sure-health-foods-are-all-healthy/#comment-20 Kathy Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:34:45 +0000 http://loseweightfindlife.com/2007/11/14/are-you-sure-health-foods-are-all-healthy/#comment-20 When I first read this, I thought... "I'd NEVER eat a whole CUP of any of those "treats". Then I started thinking.... While I'd never eat a whole CUP of any of those in one sitting, I definitely could "snack" my way through the day to consuming a cup. (A couple here, a couple there. I'm sure I'd reach a cup and beyond as long as I didn't keep track or think about it.) You're right... if I sat down (key word: SAT) and ate a cup of yogurt and a 1/4 cup of raisins I'd feel like I had a mini meal! However, I could easily "snack" my way through a cup of yogurt covered peanuts during the course of a day and not realized (or thoroughly enjoyed) almost 1000 calories! When I first read this, I thought… “I’d NEVER eat a whole CUP of any of those “treats”.

Then I started thinking…. While I’d never eat a whole CUP of any of those in one sitting, I definitely could “snack” my way through the day to consuming a cup. (A couple here, a couple there. I’m sure I’d reach a cup and beyond as long as I didn’t keep track or think about it.)

You’re right… if I sat down (key word: SAT) and ate a cup of yogurt and a 1/4 cup of raisins I’d feel like I had a mini meal! However, I could easily “snack” my way through a cup of yogurt covered peanuts during the course of a day and not realized (or thoroughly enjoyed) almost 1000 calories!

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