Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Where Will I Hide the Popcorn?


Ok, so I've been thinking a lot lately about how my stomach is going to jut out enormously during this pregnancy, and I just realized something.

Normally in the winter, when we're all bundled up with layer upon layer I use the extra space in my jacket for popcorn storage. I know, this sounds strange. But I am cheap and trying to eat better. I researched the calories and other crap that is in those bags of movie theater popcorn. It's sick!

Small Popcorn, No Butter Added - 573 calories.
Medium Popcorn, No Butter Added - 951 calories.
Large Popcorn, No Butter Added - 1283 calories.
And that doesn't even list the fat or sodium intake! And who gets popcorn without butter?!!

If you consider that the average woman should be having 2500 calories per day, and add in breakfast, lunch and dinner - you can see that those numbers are way too high. We also usually see a movie late at night, which is the worst time to pump your body full of junk.

So to get to my point. There have been a couple times where I have made popcorn at home, stuck it in a large bowl and tucked it into my winter jacket. On one occasion, someone I knew bumped into me and a few days later, my husband told me they were wondering if I was pregnant. Ha ha. The funny thing is, now I am. So popcorn storage is out. Shit.

1 comment:

A. said...

Quite the dilemma...and a genius post!