Well, a perfect example of why you never, EVER take uneducated guesses about calories in food that you did not buy and prepare yourself. I just ate two lunches by accident.
I stopped by Panera Bread today and chose the Pick 2: half of a Greek salad and a cup of French Onion Soup. I missed breakfast that day, so I splurged and got the side of French bread. If you go to their nutritional calculator, you will see this comes out to 500 calories (about 180 of that was the bread).
Three hours later, I was in a Caribou Coffee and decided to get a little snack during a long conference call. They have a new promotion for oatmeal. I chose a small cup of the 7-grain, berry flavor. Sounds healthy and light, right?
470 calories. Ouch. That’s an extra small meal.
Moral of the story: words like “7-grain” and “oatmeal” may bring visions of health to your eyes, but do the math before chowing down.
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