Nutrition Alert
I went for an extended bike ride today with my beloved Gary Fisher. Aside from the issue of the handlebars coming loose during a ride, everything has been going splendedly with Gary and we are very happy together.
At one point during today's ride I got ridiculously hungry. I hadn't prepared for this eventuality. I had water with me, sure, but food? Feh. So sweaty and gross, I popped into a Dunkin' Donuts to get a bagel (carb loading, right?) I ordered a sesame bagel, no topping, no toast. The lady handed the goods over and then gave me a second bag.
"What's this?" I asked. "A free donut for you on this Independence day!" she said.
"How revolting!!" I thought to myself. I just can't deal with donuts. They burn a hole right through my digestive system, and even if I ever just have one bite, I have indigestion for hours and hours. So I thanked her politely and handed back the bag with the donut.
"OH, watching your weight?" she asked. I tried to explain my situation to her, but she just wouldn't get it. "You know, that bagel has more calories than this donut," she replied instead. I smiled at her, thinking "what an idiot," and made my way outside.
When I got home, I looked this up. By god, she's right!
Apple Fritter has 300 calories (130 from fat) - I pick this one, because if I could eat a donut, I would get this sweet apple-y goodness.
But their best-seller seems to be the Boston Kreme. It has 270 calories, 80 calories from fat.
Now check this out. The sesame bagel, yes my beloved sesame bagel has 380 calories, 70 calories from fat.
Sure, the fat ratio is better on the bagel, but you actually save 80 to 100 calories by eating fried dough and sugar instead of boiled and baked bread.
I just don't understand how this is true. What a sad, sad state of events. I'm not going to stop eating the occasional sesame bagel because of this - but it just doesn't seem fair!
posted by Michelle @ 2:18 PM
5 Comments
5 Comments:
this overlooks the important fact that both the DD bagel and the DD donut are nasty. Although it's hard to get a good version of either one in Chicago, alas.
I went on a donut rage when I first moved to Chi-town. Somewhere a year and 10 lbs down the line I lost my taste for the things. I don't have trouble digesting them, but they seem like such a waste. You eat one, and like an hr later you are hungry again.
So the apple fritter is a health food, eh? Good to know. I've always maintained that. It's got fruit and all.
I used to be a huge DD junkie. I hate Krispy Kreme donuts. Those days are gone, and sadly they opened a DD counter about 100 steps from my desk. Bastards.
I admit that I don't count calories or any of that -- but the fact that the donuts and fritters are chock full o' sugar has to count towards something, right?
What I like about bagels is that they fill me up. One bagel will usually take care of me for lunch and tide me over for four or five hours.
Carbs is carbs. One ounce of sugar or one ounce of highly processed flour - it's all the same to your body. So when it comes to bagels vs. donuts, it's not the sweetness that counts, it's the weight. Donuts are sweet, but full of air. Bagels, in my experience, are about as dense as a neutron star.
You do know (besides the fact you haven't blogged in a while) that the first time I read this, I thought you had a boyfriend named Gary Fisher who was beloved and you went for a bike ride with.
I think I tried to comment that ages ago at work, and it didn't take.
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home