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Count the Calories in your Christmas Food!

Even if you don’t celebrate Christmas, this time of year brings many holiday parties, sweet treats, and higher calorie beverages.

The best we can do is allow ourselves a few treats, and continue to eat healthy 80% of the time.

In order to make sure we are making informed decisions, I have created a no-nonsense guide to calories at Christmastime.

Some of these calorie amounts may shock you!

The Sweet

Candy cane: 55 calories for 6 inch candy cane
Peppermint bark: 140 calories per 1 oz. (the size of a dental floss box)
Gingerbread cookies (or houses): 120 to 200 calories. Varies based on size and recipe.
Peanut Brittle: 138 calories per 1 oz.
Frosted sugar cookies: 150 to 250 calories. Also varies based on size and recipe.
Fruit cake: 1 small slice is about 139 calories (43 grams or 1.5 oz).
Fudge: 117 calories and 20 grams of sugar per 1 oz.
Rum cake: 1 piece (4 oz.) is 400 to 560 calories and up to 54 grams of sugar!Yikes.

Ham: 130 to 180 calories per 3 oz. slice. Turkey breast is only 88 to 150 calories per 3 oz serving! If you take the skin off the turkey, it will be on the lower end.
Glazed brussel sprouts: 70 to 100 calories per serving. The added bonus is that you get 4 to 5grams of fiber per serving!
Traditional lasagna (with meat): Averages 300 calories per 1/6 of a 8 inch casserole serving.
Roasted vegetables: 110 calories and 4 grams of fiber on average per ½ cup serving.

Hot chocolate (or peppermint hot chocolate!): 190 calories and 32 grams of sugar per 12 oz (made with skim milk).
Egg nog: 350 to 400 calories per cup and up to 40 grams of sugar!
Champagne: 90 to 100 calories per 5 oz. flute.
Hot cider: About 80 to 100 calories per cup. You can easily make this from a high quality, fresh, 100% apple juice.
Mulled wine: 170 to 230 calories per cup.