Have certain foods ever surprised you with their calorie content? Good or bad?

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  • michaelachallis
    michaelachallis Posts: 137 Member
    I remember in my early logging days rice and pasta used to shock me (before adding all the toppings, admittedly i ate big portions too).

    I was looking at getting a sandwich the other day in Mark and Spencers, i'd be damned if i could find one under 600cals and they were bloody tiny.
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,899 Member
    SophieJacksonn wrote: »
    BigSpoonSA wrote: »
    Almonds were a big surprise. One small tin I'd eat in a sitting was almost a thousand calories.

    really? There's only 80 calories in 12 which is a handfull. x

    12 is a handful if you're a toddler. I can palm like triple that, lol.
  • DerekVTX
    DerekVTX Posts: 287 Member
    woofer00 wrote: »
    Crispy/Fried chicken wings, w/sauce - 150 per wing

    And on the other end, cucumbers/cauliflower/squash

    I second the Pub chicken wings. One pound (8 wings) 1200 calories..........I don't eat chicken wings anymore. Nothing tastes as good as losing weight feels.
  • DerekVTX
    DerekVTX Posts: 287 Member
    SteampunkSongbird wrote: »
    It might sound daft but I was really shocked at how many calories is in just one tbsp of vegetable oil.

    It really makes you realize why fast foods are so high in calories. 120 calories for one little tablespoon......crazy.
  • DerekVTX
    DerekVTX Posts: 287 Member
    Mcdonalds Quarter Pounder (w/o Cheese) and a diet coke = 420 calories......that's reasonable cause when you have kids you just can't avoid that place forever.
  • summer92008
    summer92008 Posts: 202
    Watermelon...considering so much of it is simply water, I thought it would have less calories (and all fruit). But I really surprised myself with the calories. I love watermelon and could eat well over 2 cups in one sitting, so I really had to restrict myself. The same with breakfast cereals. The calories are modest, but the serving size is so small lol.

    Then are Subway chocolate chip cookies. You'd think a place like Subway would have lower than normal calorie cookies. But nope. 220 calories for one tiny cookie! The same sized cookies at KFC are only like 160! I don't know how they packed those extra calories into that poor cookie.

    But now since I have been logging since June, I've really gotten a much better feel on an appropriate amount of food and I can guesstimate quite well the calories. Which is nice to have the habit since I'm not always available to internet to quickly look up something.
  • lorib642
    lorib642 Posts: 1,942 Member
    Shrimp I had a big shrimp cocktail that was 100 calories and very filling

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