sirant
New member
Wow,
What an eyeopener!
I remember when I was a kid and my mother, in her fascination with the English lifestyle, would bake up scones. A little dry and not very exciting, but generally a nice little bready snack. I know what she put in them, and really you could have done much worse health wise. No suprises or hidden calories.
SO I got it in my head that scones are scones are scones and that they are pretty much low fat and low calorie..... But that is REALLY dependant on where you are eating said scone..... Oy!!
I was craving a little extra for breaky this morning, since I am trying to avoid my old staples of things like peanut butter (with up to 120 calories per tablespoon). In the past I would just grab a scone and coffee from Starbucks. And in the interest of keeping it light, I would have a cinnamon scone instead of a blueberry one.
But today, before making that impulse purchase, I decided to look it up.......
And Oh My GOD!!!!!! Are you frickin kidding me? I found this article from CNN (quite old but many other current sites confirm it) More than 500 calories and 20 grams of fat (2/3 your sturated fat for the day!) in one simple little innocent looking scone!!!!! Less than eating a big mac and chocolate sunday at McD's!!!!!!
Un-freakin believable!!!! Damn..... It all makes so much sense now. Here I was thinking I was making a healthy choice by choosing the innocent and harmless looking scone over the dreaded tablespoon of peanut butter...
And how many years have I been overweight......? Oh yeah, my whole damn life! Just goes to show you, a little research can go a long way. I am very thankfull I avoided that scone this morning and instead will eat the whole grain bread I brought from home and yes, I will put a tablespoon of peanut butter on it.
My only real question is how does Starbucks take something my mom used to make healthy and turn it into something WORSE than a big mac??
Another lesson learned the hard way....
sirant
What an eyeopener!
I remember when I was a kid and my mother, in her fascination with the English lifestyle, would bake up scones. A little dry and not very exciting, but generally a nice little bready snack. I know what she put in them, and really you could have done much worse health wise. No suprises or hidden calories.
SO I got it in my head that scones are scones are scones and that they are pretty much low fat and low calorie..... But that is REALLY dependant on where you are eating said scone..... Oy!!
I was craving a little extra for breaky this morning, since I am trying to avoid my old staples of things like peanut butter (with up to 120 calories per tablespoon). In the past I would just grab a scone and coffee from Starbucks. And in the interest of keeping it light, I would have a cinnamon scone instead of a blueberry one.
But today, before making that impulse purchase, I decided to look it up.......
And Oh My GOD!!!!!! Are you frickin kidding me? I found this article from CNN (quite old but many other current sites confirm it) More than 500 calories and 20 grams of fat (2/3 your sturated fat for the day!) in one simple little innocent looking scone!!!!! Less than eating a big mac and chocolate sunday at McD's!!!!!!
Un-freakin believable!!!! Damn..... It all makes so much sense now. Here I was thinking I was making a healthy choice by choosing the innocent and harmless looking scone over the dreaded tablespoon of peanut butter...
And how many years have I been overweight......? Oh yeah, my whole damn life! Just goes to show you, a little research can go a long way. I am very thankfull I avoided that scone this morning and instead will eat the whole grain bread I brought from home and yes, I will put a tablespoon of peanut butter on it.
My only real question is how does Starbucks take something my mom used to make healthy and turn it into something WORSE than a big mac??
Another lesson learned the hard way....
sirant
that's why they taste so good.. 
