8 Evil Foods
Thanks to SHAPE magazine for the list of these evil foods and their alternatives. The first list is of the evil foods, and the second list is of their alternatives. For example, if you wanted to find the alternative of sour cream and onion potato chips (#2 on the first list), look at #2 on the second list.
Evil Foods
1. Cola Drinks (12 ounces: 150 calories)
2. Sour Cream and Onion Potato Chips (12 chips: 150 calories)
3. Store-bough Chocolate Chip Cookies (1 small cookie: 80 calories)
4. Full-Fat Cheeses (1 ounce: 120 calories)
5. Chocolate Doughnuts (1 doughnut: 300 calories)
6. Regular Bacon (2 slices, cooked and drained: 120 calories)
7. Beef Hot Dogs (1 hot dog without bun: 180 calories)
8. Chocolate Truffles (1 truffle: 220 calories)
...And Their Good Alternatives
1. Fruit Spritzers (12 ounces: 0 to 15 calories)
2. Raw Veggies with homemade yogurt dip (1/2 cup veggies and 1/2 cup dip: 72 calories)
3. Fig Bars (1 small fig bar: 60 calories)
4. Lowfat Ricotta (1/4 cup: 60 calories)
5. Raisin Toast with Peanut Butter (1 slice raisin toast and 1 tablespoon reduce-fat peanut butter: 166 calories)
6. Vegetarian Sausage (2 links, cooked and drained: 80 calories)
7. Ball Park Turkey Hot Dog (1 turkey dog without bun: 45 calories)
8. Chocolate-covered strawberries (4 strawberries dunked in 1/4 cup lite chocolate syrup: 114 calories; or Haagen-Dazs Chocolate Sorbet Bar: 80 calories)