kicking puppies is bad

This morning a coworker brought donuts to work (actually donut holes). I am not one of those girly girls who only eats salad and sugar-free jello, but I *do* pay a small amount of attention to what I consume. And I like to save my ridiculous calorie binges for things that are *totally* worth it. If I avoid things which aren’t really worth the calories (like Starbuck’s Caramel Frappuccinos: Grande = 380 calories), then I can occasionally eat things that *are* worth the calories (like a Ben and Jerry’s Coffee Coffee Buzz Buzz Buzz Milkshake).

Of course this involves being somewhat informed about the caloric content of what I am eating. So I occasionally look up nutritional information on my food. This morning when I arrived in the office kichen and noticed the munchkins, I thought, “One munchkin can’t hurt”. I’m a big fan of moderation. But then I thought, “How many munchkins would hurt?” A whole donut would probably be bad. But a half donut probably wouldn’t be so bad. Exactly how many munchkins are in a donut…

So I went to the Dunkin Donuts website (apparently – based on calories – there are 4.5 glazed munchkins in a glazed donut). I was fairly shocked to find that a Dunkin Donuts glazed donut is only 180 calories. 180 calories! That really isn’t very many. It is less than half the calories of a Starbucks Grande Caramel Frappuccino (380). A DD glazed donut contains fewer calories than the ranch dressing that comes with a salad at McDonalds (290 calories). Perhaps I should be eating more donuts and fewer salads…

On a mostly unrelated note: why do they make “plain” donut holes? Whenever someone brings donut holes to the office all the donuts holes get eaten except the “plain” ones. The plain ones sit there in the bottom of the box all day. It is sad. When *I* buy donut holes, I always ask them not to put any plain ones in. Does anybody really like the plain ones? They are like the blue raspberry Jolly Ranchers. When you get a mixed bag of candy for the front desk, everything gets eaten except the Blue Raspberry Jolly Ranchers. No one likes them. Why do they still make them? They are yucky. And Blue. Food shouldn’t be blue.