See a Movie – Skip the Popcorn

What I wouldn’t give for a few hours to sink into a dark theater and escape. As I was passing my local movie theater (playing Toy Story 3, right now, so it’s not exactly calling to me), I felt that rush of air conditioning and smelled the popcorn and thought, “ooohhh yeaaahhh.”

Of course, I had my hands full of dry cleaning, pushing the stroller and on the way to the grocery, so no, stopping wasn’t an option.

Had I been able to stop and sit and eat, do you know how much fat I could have had in that one sitting? Like over 60 grams. Now, the actual amount will vary depending on what size tub of popcorn you indulge yourself with, but my god! That’s a lot of saturated fat. Want to read more terrible things about movie popcorn? Check out this article.

I’m sure this is something you already know, but it came as a bit of a shocker to me just how bad movie popcorn is for you, so I thought I’d share.