Today I spent my day working at a starbucks on my computer. Drinking my venti anericano and not having breakfast, I found myself quite hungry come lunch time. As I wasn't finished working and I didn't want to brave the lines at chipotle for my veggie burrito bowl, I decided id check out my options at starbucks. Luckily enough a line suddenly appeared almost out the door and stopped me before I went to get my bagel! After a week or so of discussing the effect of carbs on your diet with friends, I decided to check out the carb content of this plain starbucks bagel. The calories were a doable 280 which id be willing to part with, but the carb content was too much to handle. 59 carbs for this plain little bagel! According to fitness sites my daily allowance of carbs is around 100 and if I want to lose weight, its around 50. That would mean this bagel alone would be my whole day of carbs! That's ridiculous! I bring this to your attention because its something I never put much thought into, but carbs are the diet killer. Yes, carbs are good for you, I'm all for them. They are in rice, veggies, a lot of things! Its the little things like bagels and a small bag of chips at lunch that we don't realize add up! We look at the calories and think, okay I can do that, I can eat this, but you don't realize its more than just calories! This is something I constantly remind myself of. Its a tough lesson. However, if you're eating within your dietary amount of calories to lose weight and still not losing or you're just maintaining, take a look at what exactly you're eating! It could tell you much more than you realized.
Yours truly,
Lady C
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