Most amateur athletes understand that weight is the enemy of athletic performance.
The heavier you are, the slower you are in most cases.
So what are the the foods that should be avoided at all costs to stay slim and fit. What are the, " 20 industrial-strength calorie bombs this year?"
Men's Health Magazine has compiled a list of the 20 worst foods in America in 2009, and here are three "mega calorie meals" that represent foods that you may want to avoid if you are training for your favorite local 10K run.
At number 18 on the Men's Health Magazine list is the Worst "Healthy" Sandwich of 2009:
Blimpie Veggie Supreme (12”)
1,106 calories
56 g fat (33 g saturated fat)
2,831 mg sodium
96 g carbohydrates
Sure, a Veggie Supreme sandwich sounds healthy, but this foot-long
comes with three different kinds of cheese, and it’s drenched in oil.
At number 8 on the Men's Health Magazine list is the: Worst Burger of 2009
Chili’s Smokehouse Bacon Triple-The-Cheese Big Mouth Burger with Jalapeno Ranch Dressing
2,040 calories
150 g fat (53 g saturated)
110 g protein
4,900 mg sodium
You know this burger's in trouble when it takes more than 20 syllables
just to identify it. If you think the name’s a mouthful, just wait
until the burger hits the table. You’ll be face to face with
two-and-a-half day’s worth of fat—a full third of which is saturated.
To do that much damage with roasted sirloin, you’d have to eat about
eight 6-ounce steaks. It’s nearly three days’ worth of saturated fat.
At number 1 on the Men's Health Magazine list is the: Baskin Robbins Large Chocolate Oreo Shake
Baskin Robbins Large Chocolate Oreo Shake
2,600 calories
135 g fat (59 g saturated fat, 2.5 g trans fats)
263 g sugars
1,700 mg sodium
We didn't think anything could be worse than Baskin Robbins' 2008
bombshell, the Heath Bar Shake. After all, it had more sugar (266
grams) than 20 bowls of Froot Loops, more calories (2,310) than 11
actual Heath Bars, and more ingredients (73) than you'll find in most
chemist labs.
Rather than coming to their senses and removing it from the menu, they
did themselves one worse and introduced this caloric catastrophe. It¹s
soiled with more than a day's worth of calories and three days worth of
saturated fat, and, worst of all, usually takes less than 10 minutes to
sip through a straw.