What food's calories have you been shocked by?
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This thread could really use a few dozen more people posting how many calories are in strawberries.7
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ribs
chicken wings
chicken divan
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CHEESE! Just like when I moved out and started doing my own grocery shopping, I was so surprised how much cheese costs...now I'm shocked that one little slice is 110 calories. If it wasn't for cheese, this weight would come off so fast. But then I'd be miserable because cheese is so great, you know? :P0
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Chips and salsa at a Mexican restaurant!!0
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Olive oil! I guess I shouldn't have been sooo shocked but I was....0
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Low-fat granola. I was eating truckloads worth of that stuff. Probably 1000 calories worth of low-fat granola to start my day. And, of course, I had yogourt and fresh fruit with it. I figure a 1400 calorie breakfast was the norm for me. (Yikes.)0
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I used to work at Baskin Robbins in high school, and I would go next door to Chipotle to pick up lunch. Burrito, chips and guac and a double scoop of ice cream for dessert was over 2500 calories (and that was one a three meals a day). I had this several times a week. How I have been underweight my whole life is beyond me.0
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Starbucks Double Chocolate brownie. That is an ultimate brownie for me, taste, texture...everything. I knew it wasn't healthy but didn't realize it was that bad. I had it about twice per month until I checked the calories- 410 cals, 24 g fat, 30 g sugar. Now, I pass by it everyday and just drool but don't buy.0
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Definitely figs. One sly fruit has 47 calories. And don't get my started on the dried ones.0
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Strawberries! I just entered 1 c fresh strawberries and it is 200 calories!
its 50! where do you get your info?0 -
pizza, i should've known, but like when you go to restaurants and you're served a whole pizza it made me think that a pizza wasn't too high calorie, fatty but not too high calorie, boy was i shocked and upset when i ate that and saw the calories0
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Low-fat granola. I was eating truckloads worth of that stuff. Probably 1000 calories worth of low-fat granola to start my day. And, of course, I had yogourt and fresh fruit with it. I figure a 1400 calorie breakfast was the norm for me. (Yikes.)
same! i was eating probably 800 calories of it and believing i was being healthy0 -
The oriental salad at Applebee's!!! woo eeee!0
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Salads....freaking salads are ridiculous at restaurants. I personally dont eat salad, but my husband does. We were looking at Nutritional info for some of our fav restaurants and the salads were at least 750 calories or MORE. Poor people go in thinking they're watching their calories and end up eating more with salad than they would have if they'd gotten what they really wanted. Shameful.0
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Nutella! Bummer.....0
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My own carbonara - it's around 1600 cals for a tiny portion!! Tried replacing the cream with creme fraiche - just disgusting0
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One of those large vanilla flavored CRUMBS cupcakes with rainbow sprinkles have 880 CALORIES! They are soooo delicious, and I knew they had a lot of calories, but I didn't know that one of them would be more than 2/3 of my calorie limit for the whole day.:ohwell:0
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Low-fat granola. I was eating truckloads worth of that stuff. Probably 1000 calories worth of low-fat granola to start my day. And, of course, I had yogourt and fresh fruit with it. I figure a 1400 calorie breakfast was the norm for me. (Yikes.)
^^^this^^^ is honestly part of the reason why I am overweight. I work out, eat 90% good stuff and endulge rarely like everyone should. BUT, when I look at what i would eat at breakfast, it's insane. I knew granola, muesli wasn't on the light side of calories. The thing is when I actually got to weighing portion size I was shocked!! As she said, I was eating about 600-800 calories of muesli/granola. Either milk, yogurt and then apples. If the granola didnt have nuts already in it, I'd toss more nuts and/or dried cranberries!!! I was eating a 1000 calorie breakfast!!!!! Healthy, but making me fat!!!
Same thing with pasta- double,triple portions.
For me weight loss can be simple: change the breakfast and eat only one cup pasta. Bam. Over 1000 calories saved!!!!0 -
Low-fat granola. I was eating truckloads worth of that stuff. Probably 1000 calories worth of low-fat granola to start my day. And, of course, I had yogourt and fresh fruit with it. I figure a 1400 calorie breakfast was the norm for me. (Yikes.)
^^^this^^^ is honestly part of the reason why I am overweight. I work out, eat 90% good stuff and endulge rarely like everyone should. BUT, when I look at what i would eat at breakfast, it's insane. I knew granola, muesli wasn't on the light side of calories. The thing is when I actually got to weighing portion size I was shocked!! As she said, I was eating about 600-800 calories of muesli/granola. Either milk, yogurt and then apples. If the granola didnt have nuts already in it, I'd toss more nuts and/or dried cranberries!!! I was eating a 1000 calorie breakfast!!!!! Healthy, but making me fat!!!
Same thing with pasta- double,triple portions.
For me weight loss can be simple: change the breakfast and eat only one cup pasta. Bam. Over 1000 calories saved!!!!0 -
Low-fat granola. I was eating truckloads worth of that stuff. Probably 1000 calories worth of low-fat granola to start my day. And, of course, I had yogourt and fresh fruit with it. I figure a 1400 calorie breakfast was the norm for me. (Yikes.)
^^^this^^^ is honestly part of the reason why I am overweight. I work out, eat 90% good stuff and endulge rarely like everyone should. BUT, when I look at what i would eat at breakfast, it's insane. I knew granola, muesli wasn't on the light side of calories. The thing is when I actually got to weighing portion size I was shocked!! As she said, I was eating about 600-800 calories of muesli/granola. Either milk, yogurt and then apples. If the granola didnt have nuts already in it, I'd toss more nuts and/or dried cranberries!!! I was eating a 1000 calorie breakfast!!!!! Healthy, but making me fat!!!
Same thing with pasta- double,triple portions.
For me weight loss can be simple: change the breakfast and eat only one cup pasta. Bam. Over 1000 calories saved!!!!0
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