Thursday, February 24, 2011
Don't Eat the Popcorn..or maybe not so much
Been to the movies lately?
If you indulge with buying the popcorn combos from the concession stand then take a look at these numbers:
* this info is from this article.
Cineplex Odeon
1,141 calories
67 g fat
1,128 mg sodium
Cineplex said a large popcorn had 850 calories, 40.5 g fat and 399 mg sodium
Empire Theatres
1,116 calories
51 g fat
1,695 mg sodium
Empire said it had 637 calories, 28.5 g fat and 1,297 mg sodium
AMC
1,060 calories
62.6 g fat
883 mg sodium
The company didn't provide us with their own nutritional information
As for why there were such discrepancies, the serving sizes we picked up at the theatres were larger than the ones the companies used in their testing. Both companies also blamed human error for inconsistent methods used to prepare the popcorn.
When the same large bags of popcorn were analyzed with buttered topping, the calories jumped to 1,400:
Cineplex Odeon
1,420 calories
100 g fat
1,095 mg sodium
Empire Theatres
1,225 calories
67 g fat
2,114 mg sodium
AMC
1,138 calories
69 g fat
694 mg sodium
If you indulge with buying the popcorn combos from the concession stand then take a look at these numbers:
* this info is from this article.
Cineplex Odeon
1,141 calories
67 g fat
1,128 mg sodium
Cineplex said a large popcorn had 850 calories, 40.5 g fat and 399 mg sodium
Empire Theatres
1,116 calories
51 g fat
1,695 mg sodium
Empire said it had 637 calories, 28.5 g fat and 1,297 mg sodium
AMC
1,060 calories
62.6 g fat
883 mg sodium
The company didn't provide us with their own nutritional information
As for why there were such discrepancies, the serving sizes we picked up at the theatres were larger than the ones the companies used in their testing. Both companies also blamed human error for inconsistent methods used to prepare the popcorn.
When the same large bags of popcorn were analyzed with buttered topping, the calories jumped to 1,400:
Cineplex Odeon
1,420 calories
100 g fat
1,095 mg sodium
Empire Theatres
1,225 calories
67 g fat
2,114 mg sodium
AMC
1,138 calories
69 g fat
694 mg sodium
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Canadian Tennis at it's Peak!
Aside from the night I beat former World Number one, Ivan Lendl in a tennis match -- for fun of course, tonight and tomorrow is history in the making for tennis in Canada.
3 Canadians are in the finals in Memphis.
Tonight Rebecca Marino plays in the women's final.
And tomorrow, Milos Raonic plays in the men's final, and Daniel Nestor (I great guy who I grew up playing against, he even umpired one of my matches once when one of my opponents acted a bit dishonest) plays in the men's doubles final.
Crazy or what? This is incredible stuff and I am so glad that Sportnet has stepped up to change it's regular programming to broadcast it. Including some of the lead up matches.
Go Canada! I'll be watching all of it, or at least following it on the ATP/WTC App.
3 Canadians are in the finals in Memphis.
Tonight Rebecca Marino plays in the women's final.
And tomorrow, Milos Raonic plays in the men's final, and Daniel Nestor (I great guy who I grew up playing against, he even umpired one of my matches once when one of my opponents acted a bit dishonest) plays in the men's doubles final.
Crazy or what? This is incredible stuff and I am so glad that Sportnet has stepped up to change it's regular programming to broadcast it. Including some of the lead up matches.
Go Canada! I'll be watching all of it, or at least following it on the ATP/WTC App.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Team Running Free - I'm back
I am proud to be back with Team Running Free for 2011.
Running Free is an great store (stores actually), it is staffed and owned by incredible people.
If you need to get some gear, I suggest that you check there first. You'll get no better combination of service, selection, price, and satisfaction.
Use coupon code 11296 to save a few bucks too. Shop online at Running Free.
Running Free is an great store (stores actually), it is staffed and owned by incredible people.
If you need to get some gear, I suggest that you check there first. You'll get no better combination of service, selection, price, and satisfaction.
Use coupon code 11296 to save a few bucks too. Shop online at Running Free.
Monday, February 07, 2011
Two Legends of Media Together
Last Thursday Howard Stern appeared on Letterman and this was one of the greatest guest appearances of all time. On this night Letterman obviously beat Leno in the ratings. Letterman is such a better interviewer and the show is so much more clever. Who is watching Leno's show to make him slip by Letterman on a regular basis? Hard to believe or even watch that show.
Anyway, enjoy the clip below, and if you are into TV, read Bill Carter's "The War for Late Night." It looks into the whole Conan/Leno debacle. Quite fascinating if you are into that sort of thing.
Anyway, enjoy the clip below, and if you are into TV, read Bill Carter's "The War for Late Night." It looks into the whole Conan/Leno debacle. Quite fascinating if you are into that sort of thing.
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