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Let's break down by the numbers what costs almost nothing on the grill, and what drags the plate down more than it looks.",{"type":25,"tag":42,"props":43,"children":45},"h2",{"id":44},"why-the-sides-deserve-counting-separately",[46],{"type":30,"value":47},"Why the sides deserve counting separately",{"type":25,"tag":26,"props":49,"children":50},{},[51],{"type":30,"value":52},"It's easy to focus on the meat and forget everything else — yet grill sides are their own, often underrated layer of calories. 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The one catch is what you spread on it: a pat of butter on top adds +40-90 kcal in one go. Corn without butter, with a little salt, is an excellent side in a deficit.",{"type":25,"tag":42,"props":96,"children":98},{"id":97},"grilled-potato-130-kcal-piece",[99],{"type":30,"value":100},"Grilled potato — ~130 kcal \u002F piece",{"type":25,"tag":26,"props":102,"children":103},{},[104],{"type":30,"value":105},"An average potato is fine food: carbs, some fiber, potassium. But with fatback, bacon and a spoon of sour cream it easily turns into 300+ kcal. 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