Hey guys,
Happy Wednesday. I just took my first final tonight. I studied so hard that it only took me hour and a half out of the allotted two and a half hours. It feels good to have one that I feel really good about. I have one Friday, one Saturday, and one next Thursday and then I’ll be able to go home!
As much as I love Cornell, I find it hard to stay in shape and to eat healthy here. Today at lunch I was feeling really nervous and a bit anxious about my exam that I decided I wanted to have lots and lots of chocolate. I picked up brownies, chocolate chip cookies, and some double chocolate chip cookies on top of my regular. Goodness they looked soooo delicious and I was so very excited to eat them all. Thankfully I had only eaten one of the smaller brownies when I realized how ridiculous I was being. I was going to let the stress of a 2.5 hour exam cause me to eat way too many calories. Luckily I was able to give them away to friends so I didn’t have to waste them.
The worst part was I wasn’t even sure how many calories were on my plate. It got me thinking about all my favorite foods that might a lot of calories. So I found a list (because I love lists) of the amount of calories in 25 popular snacks. You will thank me later.
1. Peanut butter and jelly sandwich with 8 ounce glass of milk — 555 calories.
2. Bagel with cream cheese and juice — 510 calories.
3. One slice of cheese pizza — 300 calories.
4. Yogurt smoothie — 390 calories.
5. Peanut butter with a banana on toast – 390 calories.
6. Chili cheese fries — 619 calories.
7. Nachos with beans — 560 calories.
8. Four ounces of trail mix with chocolate chips or M & M’s included — 582 calories.
9. Tuna salad on five crackers — 440 calories.
10. Granola bar with yogurt — 480 calories.
11. Hostess fruit pie — 480 calories.
12. Nutter butter cream patties — 160 calories.
13. Small French fries — 230 calories.
14. One good sized brownie — 450 calories. (ahhhh so many calories, no more brownies for me)
15. Kit Kat bar – 218 calories.
16. Root beer float – 270 calories.
17. Snickers chocolate bar — 280 calories.
18. Small chocolate milk shake – 240 calories.
19. Chips and salsa (15 chips) – 200 calories.
20. One medium sized hotdog with fixings — 315 calories
21. Pepperoni Pizza Hot Pocket — 350 calories.
22. Muffins — averaged to large-sized muffins can range up to 500 calories each.
23. 16 ounce soda – 150 calories.
24. Starbucks chocolate malt frappuccino with whipped cream — 610 calories. (if you go to Cornell you probably have like eight of these a day)
25. One ounce of cheese puffs – 160 calories.
Apparently chocolate chips cookies are only 80 or so calories. I should have eaten the cookie instead of the brownie. I hope this make you think twice before grabbing foods, especially since people might overeat something when studying.
Instead of eating these things, head over to the Drop10 Diet and see some healthier snacks that won’t kill your daily calorie count. Also, don’t forget to sign up Round 2. of the Lose the Freshman 15 DietBet.
Love ya like a fat kid loves cake,
Dani-bear!