{"id":10044,"date":"2010-12-10T12:33:31","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T20:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=10044"},"modified":"2010-12-10T12:33:31","modified_gmt":"2010-12-10T20:33:31","slug":"some-things-i-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=10044","title":{"rendered":"Some Things I Miss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Knowledge is power. <\/strong><\/p>\n

I am pretty good at guesstimating how many calories are in something. After 5+ years of counting calories to lose weight I’ve become sort of an encyclopedia of Calorie Knowledge.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Because I have this Calorie Knowledge in me, it’s often hard to splurge on things I used to eat ALL.THE.TIME.<\/p>\n

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(Source)<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s also the time of year for amazing seasonal treats. For example:<\/p>\n

I used to LOVE love love a Starbucks<\/span> Chocolate <\/span>Peppermint <\/span><\/strong>Mocha<\/strong> <\/span>with Whipped Cream and Chocolate shavings on top. Oh my god. I’d suck down one a day (or more).<\/p>\n

How many calories are in this delicious treat? 540 calories<\/strong> for a Grande (16 ounces).<\/p>\n

To give you some clarity as to why I skip these now: Tee other night at the gym I worked out for ONE HOUR AND TWENTY-TWO MINUTES and burned 512 calories. ALMOST the same as one mocha.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Another treat–which I probably WILL partake in this holiday season–is the glorious, creamy Peppermint Ice Cream. LOVE it!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Depending on the brand it runs between 140-200 calories a serving. Which is not too bad but I have a hard time eating just one serving at a time. One serving is about 1\/2 cup. Or one scoop.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I almost never have just one scoop. So that’s really more like 300-400 calories. Which is an okay splurge once in awhile.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Holiday treats…how about Eggnog? Mmmm! Looking forward to having some GregNog <\/a>this weekend in fact.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>1 cup of eggnog = 340 calories<\/a> or so depending on ingredients and portions.\u00a0 Now I celebrate the holidays in healthier, lower calorie ways.\u00a0 I get the Light Eggnog, mix it with Non-fat Milk to dilute it and I skip the whipped cream.<\/p>\n

Another one of my old haunts….BURGERVILLE. Their current seasonal milkshakes right now are:<\/p>\n

Chocolate Peppermint Milkshake (Regular): 940 calories
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Chocolate Peppermint Milkshake (Large):\u00a0 1140 calories<\/strong><\/p>\n

Burgerville Eggnog Milkshake (Regular):\u00a0 520 calories<\/strong><\/p>\n

Burgerville Eggnog Milkshake (Large):\u00a0 670 calories<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(Source)<\/p><\/div>\n

Oh so good. I’ve discussed Burgerville’s amazing milkshakes in the past<\/a>. I definitely miss those but rarely can I justify the calories I’d consume.<\/p>\n

A treat I CAN have as an alternative are these:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Trader Joe’s Candy Cane Cookies. Basically Oreos but with peppermint. YUM. Noticing a theme here? \ud83d\ude09 I believe there are 140 calories for 2 cookies. A nice treat indeed!<\/p>\n

Come on readers! Share your favorite treats and ALTERNATIVES!<\/p>\n

QUESTION: What are some high-calorie items you rarely ever indulge in because you now know how bad they are for you? What do you eat instead?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Knowledge is power. I am pretty good at guesstimating how many calories are in something. After 5+ years of counting calories to lose weight I’ve become sort of an encyclopedia of Calorie Knowledge. Because I have this Calorie Knowledge in me, it’s often hard to splurge on things I used to eat ALL.THE.TIME. It’s also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[55,68,1964,80,1193,314,91,92,104,105,106,125,1960,1683,193,214,246,247,275,278,1,297,298],"tags":[517,1878,2043,2042,2040,2041,8738,1640],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10044"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10044"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10113,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10044\/revisions\/10113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}