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Fram Fram to Fitness: Christmas Sweets

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at St Olaf chapter.

Hi Fram Fram readers,

I hope you had a restful and family-filled Thanksgiving break!  This is the season where food -whether it is carbs, sweets or fatty foods – is everywhere. Coming back from Thanksgiving break and heading into Christmas Fest means one important thing: plenty of sweets will be looming in your face at the Caf. Bon Appetite likes to go all-out for its guests. So, for this week, I am going to give you some guides on how you can judge what to allow yourself to have, and what you should stay away from.  Click on the links below each dessert to figure out the exact amount calories, fat, sugar, etc.

Chocolate Pudding – A regular Handi Snack Pudding has 100 calories with 1.0 grams of fat.

http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-handi-snacks-pudding-chocolate-i100368

Candy Canes – A regular Spangler peppermint candy cane has 67 calories with 0 grams of fat.

http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-spangler-candy-canes-i182954

Brownie – A Betty Crocker brownie (serving size) has 110 calories with 1.5 grams of fat.

http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-spangler-candy-canes-i182954

Carrot Layer Cake – A Sara Lee slice of cake has 330 calories with 19.0 grams of fat.

http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-sara-lee-carrot-layer-cake-i98588

New York Style Cheesecake – A Schawn’s slice of cheesecake has 300 calories with 21 grams of fat.

http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-schwans-new-york-style-cheesecake-i103867

 

Obviously these brands are not the exact types of sweets that you will find in the Caf. But they do provide a basic outline of calorie content in foods. If you want to learn about the calories in your favorite foods, I recommend the website I used for these treats:

http://caloriecount.about.com/

Bri attends St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota and is majoring in Psychology with concentrations in Media Studies and Women's Studies. She is most passionate about writing, traveling, cooking, hand-written letters and cheering on the Minnesota Vikings and Wisconsin Badgers. In her free time, she enjoys running, photography, attempting to blog and spending time with her amazing family and friends. She is currently an Arts & Entertainment Editor for the St. Olaf College newspaper with the lovely Lucy Casale and aspires to further explore the field of journalism after graduation.