It's a once-a-year experience for many, and you might actually be surprised to learn that it's not all bad. In addition to that though, what you think is good, most likely isn't.
• Corn-on-the-cob with butter
About 200 calories
12 grams of fat (mostly from the butter)
Walk 2 miles at a moderate pace to burn off those kernels
• Texas-size Corn Dog (foot long corn dog)
About 400 calories
24 grams of fat (about one-third of the recommended daily intake)
4.3 miles to burn off that double dog
• Fried Cheese
Almost 700 calories
38 grams of fat
One of those will take about 8.1 miles to work off
• Texas Twister Fries
Nearly 1,500 calories
57 grams of fat
Start walking - this one will be about 18 miles worth of walking
• Smoked Turkey Leg
1135 calories
54 fat grams (that's a full day's fat supply)
Roughly 15 miles to burn it off
And when it comes to the sweets...
• One Fried Oreo - 98 calories
• Cotton Candy - 150 calories
• Kettle Corn (3 cups) - 210 calories
• Frozen Banana w/chocolate - 240 calories
• Small Funnel Cake - 280 calories
• Carmel Apple - 400 calories
• Fried Twinkie - 420 calories
• Fried Snickers - 440
While you may feel guilty about all those calories, here's something you can feel good about: the money you spend benefits a lot of local and area non-profit organizations.
(www.calorieking.com)
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