The Best and Worst of Your Favorite Foods

Calorie Catastrophes

There is no such thing as a good “diet” cheesecake.  But here’s some info to help you slip less badly, if you do should succumb to one of these high-calorie temptations:

Cheesecake

Best:

• Say Cheese Gourmet Diet Cheesecake (90 calories per 70-gram serving)
• Skinny Cow Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream Cup (150 calories per cup)
• Jenny Craig Cookies n’ Cream Cheesecake (150 calories per 71-gram slice)

Worst:

• Cheesecake Factory Red Velvet Cheesecake (1,250 calories per slice)
• Sara Lee Cherry Cream Cheesecake (320 calories per slice)
• Jon Donaire Baked New York Cheesecake (450 calories per slice)
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Pizza

When ordering pizza, think thin—thin crust, that is. Ordering your crust thin instead of pan can save you up to 200 calories per slice. That’s because thin crust uses less dough, which means less calories.

Best:

• Domino’s Thin Crust Ham and Pineapple (2 slices, 310 calories)
• Lean Cuisine Three Meat Deep Dish Pizza (390 calories per pizza)
• Pizza Hut All Natural Pepperoni Pizza Mia (2 slices, 400 calories)
• Red Baron Meat Trio Pizza by the Slice (380 calories per

Worst:

• Sbarro Stuffed Pepperoni pizza slice (960 calories)
• Papa John’s Pan Crust Hawaiian BBQ Chicken Pizza (1 slice, 440 calories)
• Pizza Hut The Edge Meaty Pizza, 14” (1 slice, 450 calories)

Ice Cream

Best:

• Skinny Cow Cookies ‘N Cream Ice Cream Sandwich (150 calories)
• Starbucks Nonfat Frozen Yogurt Frappuccino Bar (130 calories)
• Dreyer’s fat-Free Frozen Yogurt (90-100 calories per ½ cup)
• Baskin-Robbins Wild ‘n Reckless Sherbert (2 scoops, 160 calories)

Worst:

• Outback Steakhouse Thunder from Down Under (1,911 calories per sundae)
• Coldstone Peanut Butter and Chocolate Shake (Gotta Have It size, 2,010 calories)
• Ben and Jerry’s Chunky Monkey (300 calories per ½ cup serving)

Potato Chips

Best:

• Baked Lay’s Original (15 chips, 120 calories)

Worst:

• Ruffles Cheddar & Sour Cream (11 chips, 160 calories)