I try to stay far away from movie theater popcorn. It's that whole 'subconscious eating' thing. Too easy to just eat and eat and eat and eat when you're really supposed to be watching the movie. Especially since most of the theaters I've been in have free refills. The mentality (for me and family members) always seems to be that since you overpaid for the popcorn, you might as well take advantage of the refills.
I believe I once read that a large tub of popcorn done with the 'normal' amount of butter at a theater has like 1,000+ calories and 70+ grams of fat. I'm definitely *not* a hard-core dieter, but that's pretty ridiculous for a 'snack' at the theater. I'd rather eat a couple of cheeseburgers if I'm doing that kind of damage.
Certainly better without the butter. But what fun is that?
