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Friday, January 22, 2010

Weight Watchers: WATCH OUT! Update

Just a quick Weight Watchers: WATCH OUT! update:

I found out this morning that there are even more "hidden" calories that may be sabotaging your ability to reach your weight loss goals using the Weight Watchers point system.  The culprit?

::drum roll::

FAT!

::symbol crash::

Yeah.  Fat, in the form of oil.  Everyone knows - well, most should - that oil is full of good, healthy fat.  But that's not the problem here.  The problem is that Weight Watchers wants you to include oil in your day to day eating so bad that you get 2 teaspoons per day absolutely free!  (No point counting necessary!)


"Teaspoons!  Teaspoons of oil!  They're yummy!  Come and get your free teaspoons!"


I digress into goofiness from time to time.  Sorry.

What does this mean to your weight loss goal?  Well, THEY figure it will help keep you full longer and therefore be less likely to binge in between meals.  Is that bad?  No.  So, I can accept that.  Fine by me.  Where I have a problem is that this fat is free.  And let me tell ya, folks.  Fat ain't never free!  It comes at a cost of 9 calories per gram!  That's more than double the calories per gram of protein or carbohydrate!

So once again, let's do some quick math.  2 teaspoons of oil is roughly 10 grams of fat, times 9 calories per gram, equals 90 calories per day.  90 calories per day times 7 days equals 630 calories per week.  That's 2520 calories per month.  30,240 per year don't count!?  That's 8.64 lbs.!  Wow.

Keep eating the oil, but count the calories.  They count as points.
Count the calories, count the calories, count the calories! (And have a great day!)

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