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The Worst Waist-Offending Summertime Treats

Emily Lockhart
By: Emily Lockhart on Tuesday, July 1st


From hot dogs on the grill to s’mores on the campfire, your summertime diet might be full of high fat, calorie, and starchy carbohydrate temptations that are getting in the way of your ideal swimsuit beach body.

Here are summer’s biggest calorie culprits…

1. Lemonade

A lemonade stand is hard to pass up—especially if it’s manned by some truly adorable rug rats. Too bad this deceiving beverage is more sugar than anything else. Even the “homemade” or “fresh squeezed” versions of lemonade tend to feature as much refined sugar as a regular 16-ounce soda…and that’s about 250 calories per glass.

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