The real cost of "bargain" sizes
From the "Eat this Not That" newsletter -- Sometimes supersizing it will really supersize you:
* 7-Eleven. Gulp to Double Gulp Coca-Cola Classic: 37 cents extra buys 450 more calories
* Cinnabon. Minibon to Classic Cinnabon: 48 more cents buys 370 more calories
* Movie theater. Small to medium unbuttered popcorn: 71 additional cents buys you 500 more calories
* Convenience store. Regular to “The Big One" Snickers: 33 more cents packs on 230 more calories
* McDonald’s. Quarter Pounder with Cheese to Medium Quarter Pounder with Cheese Extra Value Meal: An additional $1.41 gets you 660 more calories
* Subway. The 6- to 12-inch Tuna Sub: $1.53 more buys 420 more calories
* Wendy’s. Classic Double with Cheese to Classic Double with Cheese Old Fashioned Combo Meal: $1.57 extra buys you 600 more calories
* Baskin Robbins. Chocolate Chip Ice Cream, Kids’ Scoop, to Double Scoop: For another $1.62, you’ve added 390 calories
The bottom line: For 8 bucks, you’ve bought yourself 3,620 calories. If you eat each of these foods once a week but go with the smaller size—again, your favorite foods, but more reasonable sizes—you’d save about $417 a year. That's enough to put you on a plane to the Bahamas, where you can show off your new body. After all, you’d also save 188,240 calories a year, or 54 pounds of belly fat! It's hard to imagine a better investment.
* 7-Eleven. Gulp to Double Gulp Coca-Cola Classic: 37 cents extra buys 450 more calories
* Cinnabon. Minibon to Classic Cinnabon: 48 more cents buys 370 more calories
* Movie theater. Small to medium unbuttered popcorn: 71 additional cents buys you 500 more calories
* Convenience store. Regular to “The Big One" Snickers: 33 more cents packs on 230 more calories
* McDonald’s. Quarter Pounder with Cheese to Medium Quarter Pounder with Cheese Extra Value Meal: An additional $1.41 gets you 660 more calories
* Subway. The 6- to 12-inch Tuna Sub: $1.53 more buys 420 more calories
* Wendy’s. Classic Double with Cheese to Classic Double with Cheese Old Fashioned Combo Meal: $1.57 extra buys you 600 more calories
* Baskin Robbins. Chocolate Chip Ice Cream, Kids’ Scoop, to Double Scoop: For another $1.62, you’ve added 390 calories
The bottom line: For 8 bucks, you’ve bought yourself 3,620 calories. If you eat each of these foods once a week but go with the smaller size—again, your favorite foods, but more reasonable sizes—you’d save about $417 a year. That's enough to put you on a plane to the Bahamas, where you can show off your new body. After all, you’d also save 188,240 calories a year, or 54 pounds of belly fat! It's hard to imagine a better investment.
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