COUCH POTATO CALORIES

Previously we have talked about "active calories." But just as we eat active calories, calories which keep our furnace running, we also eat "couch potato calories."  Couch Potato Calories are calories that are so easily digested we are likely to absorb every calorie and store it as fat!  When you eat Couch Potato Calories, even if you don't overeat, you may still gain weight because the calories are so easily absorbed and stored as fat.

Some Couch Potato Calories are easy to recognize such as refined and sugary foods that take 0 energy to digest.  Here are a few of the obvious ones:

• Candy
• Fruit Punch or Fruit Juice Cocktails
• Sweetened Cereals
• Sodas/Colas
• Sweet Tea

However, there are impostor Couch Potato Calories.  These are processed foods advertised as the real thing, but they are actually anything but!  There is really no "meat" or substance to them, and they are full of fillers.  Here are a few of these types:

• Breaded Chicken Patties - read the label!
• Chicken Nuggets - again, read the label!
• Premade Burgers that are not 100% meat.
• Lunch Meats such as Bologna and Salami
• Hot Dogs

A future post will discuss another type of Couch Potato Calories - The Binge Foods

Oh no! Candy, Couch Potato Calories!