two thousand calories in a single meal
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My boyfriend was mentioning this article last night. I was kinda grossed out over a milkshake with more than 2000 calories. I eat around 1600 a day and I feel I eat all day (every 2-3 hrs). And sadly, while tasty, that milkshake would leave me hungry in about an hour, for more carbs. The Cheesecake Factory selection really turned my stomach too. We still go out, but I cook way more than we go out to eat, mainly because I like fitting into my pants without much effort.0
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Good article I was just a bit disappointed how little you got.0
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I love Men's Health "Eat This, Not That" --both the books and the articles they do that shows the calories in restaurant food and a better alternative. Cheesecake Factory always comes in with dishes absolutely loaded in calories, fat and sodium.0
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TheWorstHorse wrote: »missiontofitness wrote: »SnuggleSmacks wrote: »
And you generally get 2-3 servings on a plate anyways.
So that 2,000 calories becomes 1,000 or around 665 per serving.
how many people get a plate of fettucini with chicken at cheesecake factory (about 2400 calories), divide it into three portions and share it with two other people? i am willing to bet dollars to donuts that it isn't more than one in fifty.
you can make pretty healthy choices eating out. lots of people (including me) do so on a regular basis. and if you make conscious choices and know what's actually on your plate. you are more likely to do so.
There's this place in CT called "Joey Garlics".
It's delicious.
The last time I went there, I got shrim scampi. Fed me for 4 meals.
Yeah so maybe people won't order it to share AT the restuarant but I always brought my leftovers home from Joey's and made multiple meals.
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I love Men's Health "Eat This, Not That" --both the books and the articles they do that shows the calories in restaurant food and a better alternative. Cheesecake Factory always comes in with dishes absolutely loaded in calories, fat and sodium.
And there's nothing wrong with fat or sodium.
In fact, some of us are supposed to eat higher sodium diets, like myself.
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TheWorstHorse wrote: »
how many people get a plate of fettucini with chicken at cheesecake factory (about 2400 calories), divide it into three portions and share it with two other people? i am willing to bet dollars to donuts that it isn't more than one in fifty.
I concur.
I had a moment at a brew pub when I ordered a dinner salad and they brought it on a plate as big as my mother's serving platter that she'd put enough fried chicken on to serve seven. It's a little out of control. I'm not anti-splurging on occasion (I believe in "treats," not "cheats"), but wow. Just wow, sometimes.
We don't eat out very often. The last time my husband and I were on a trip and eating out, we ended up ordering one entree plus an extra side and splitting. It was more than enough.0 -
I just try not to eat out that often at all. Then, when I do, I don't worry so much about what I order. It's a treat, not an every day thing for me. Because one day isn't what is going to make someone gain weight.0
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well, I love cheesecake factory. I don't go there often, and these days I try to stick to a healthy salad when I do. yesterday, my chopped salad at lunch (from them) - with blue cheese, bacon, apple, romaine, corn, and a vinegraitte dressing (logged in as 2 meals- because I couldn't eat it all at one sitting) and about 500 calories for the whole thing.
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I love Men's Health "Eat This, Not That" --both the books and the articles they do that shows the calories in restaurant food and a better alternative. Cheesecake Factory always comes in with dishes absolutely loaded in calories, fat and sodium.
And there's nothing wrong with fat or sodium.
In fact, some of us are supposed to eat higher sodium diets, like myself.
you are right: there's nothing inherently wrong with eating fat or sodium. or sugar. or protein. or carbohydrates. like, for example, there would be with eating drano. but for for the average joe, regularly eating 2000 calories of sugar and fat as a meal is not going to turn out well in the long run.
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Sure if you're eating the entire meal. Very rarely when I go out do I eat my entire meal because it's just too much food. I've gotten 2-3 meals out of just one plate of food.0
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TheWorstHorse wrote: »I love Men's Health "Eat This, Not That" --both the books and the articles they do that shows the calories in restaurant food and a better alternative. Cheesecake Factory always comes in with dishes absolutely loaded in calories, fat and sodium.
And there's nothing wrong with fat or sodium.
In fact, some of us are supposed to eat higher sodium diets, like myself.
you are right: there's nothing inherently wrong with eating fat or sodium. or sugar. or protein. or carbohydrates. like, for example, there would be with eating drano. but for for the average joe, regularly eating 2000 calories of sugar and fat as a meal is not going to turn out well in the long run.
The only thing I can think of that is only sugar and fat is olive oil mixed with sugar. And that was indeed a post of the forums yesterday. As a skin scrub.
No one is going to eat olive oil mixed with sugar. Unless they're dared to.
What restuarant meal is just fat and sugar?
Because even that Sonic shake has protein.
I couldn't find a PB Caramel shake on their site.
But here's the PB shake.
A large is 1640 cals and has 28g of protein.
http://www.sonicdrivein.com/MenuItem/frozen-zone/real-ice-cream-shakes/peanut-butter-shake
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TheWorstHorse wrote: »from the new york times today, photos and descriptions of what two thousand calories looks like...
my favorite is the 2090 calorie shake from sonic. you read that right... a whole day's worth of calories in a single cup.
comparing the chain restaurant stuff to homemade meals is pretty strong support for the idea that the more often you cook at home, the less likely you are to be seriously overweight.
Wow, that was incredibly stupid. Intentionally choosing the highest calorie menu items in a restaurant, then intentionally choosing the lowest calorie items for home. Completely disingenuous. I could very easily eat at Chipotle for less than 2000 calories, and I can very easily make a home cooked meal of 3000 calories or more.
Complete waste of time article, other than to show off some great restaurant food choices to indulge in. It doesn't come anywhere close to supporting "the more often you cook at home, the less likely you are to be seriously overweight." Heck, I could bake a loaf of bread with about 1900 calories in it right now, then sit down and eat the entire loaf with 500 or 600 calories worth of butter. That's "home cooked," yet way over their 2000 calorie limit. It's not about restaurant vs home, it's about making intelligent decisions, no matter where you eat.0 -
This was a great article to read. I'm curious what PF Changs does to spinach to make it 120 calories!? Calling Paula Deen and her butter wagon!!0
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If no one's claimed iHop...
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goddessofawesome wrote: »Sure if you're eating the entire meal. Very rarely when I go out do I eat my entire meal because it's just too much food. I've gotten 2-3 meals out of just one plate of food.
but you aren't like most people i am afraid...
this past saturday i sat in a sharis (like dennys) for a couple of hours, waiting for someone. i had two poached eggs, two slices of toast, a slice of ham and tea. a pretty reasonable meal. and i watched the people around me order the normal sharis breakfast which, i would bet, averaged 2000 calories or more, especially for the folks who had the giant mocha latte.
not a single person in my sight left with a takeout box and nine out of ten people got their clean plate club stickers. the reality is that most people (a) don't split their meals down to reasonable portion sizes and (b) have little idea just how many calories they are eating when they eat out.
i mean, that is how us average folk - of which i am surely one - get fat in the first place. we are eating too much food, too often. and i think the point of the article is to help people understand the importance of (a) and (b) when they eat out.
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This was a great article to read. I'm curious what PF Changs does to spinach to make it 120 calories!? Calling Paula Deen and her butter wagon!!
Saute in olive oil. or butter. maybe add cheese?
I've never been to a PF Changs but it's not hard to make spinach high cal.
ETA: I looked it up. A small side of spinach is 120cals, 8g of fat. It's sstir-fried with garlic.
So half a table spoon of olive oil with 1.5c of spinach0 -
Ha, I've had that exact McDonald's meal at the bottom many a depressed lonely nights in the military.0
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TheWorstHorse wrote: »goddessofawesome wrote: »Sure if you're eating the entire meal. Very rarely when I go out do I eat my entire meal because it's just too much food. I've gotten 2-3 meals out of just one plate of food.
but you aren't like most people i am afraid...
this past saturday i sat in a sharis (like dennys) for a couple of hours, waiting for someone. i had two poached eggs, two slices of toast, a slice of ham and tea. a pretty reasonable meal. and i watched the people around me order the normal sharis breakfast which, i would bet, averaged 2000 calories or more, especially for the folks who had the giant mocha latte.
not a single person in my sight left with a takeout box and nine out of ten people got their clean plate club stickers. the reality is that most people (a) don't split their meals down to reasonable portion sizes and (b) have little idea just how many calories they are eating when they eat out.
i mean, that is how us average folk - of which i am surely one - get fat in the first place. we are eating too much food, too often. and i think the point of the article is to help people understand the importance of (a) and (b) when they eat out.
Get off your high horse. Seriously.
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Yet meanwhile, I almost never go to a restaurant without seeing most people (at my table and others) taking to go boxes home with them. Funny how you can condition yourself to only see what you want to believe.TheWorstHorse wrote: »goddessofawesome wrote: »Sure if you're eating the entire meal. Very rarely when I go out do I eat my entire meal because it's just too much food. I've gotten 2-3 meals out of just one plate of food.
but you aren't like most people i am afraid...
this past saturday i sat in a sharis (like dennys) for a couple of hours, waiting for someone. i had two poached eggs, two slices of toast, a slice of ham and tea. a pretty reasonable meal. and i watched the people around me order the normal sharis breakfast which, i would bet, averaged 2000 calories or more, especially for the folks who had the giant mocha latte.
not a single person in my sight left with a takeout box and nine out of ten people got their clean plate club stickers. the reality is that most people (a) don't split their meals down to reasonable portion sizes and (b) have little idea just how many calories they are eating when they eat out.
i mean, that is how us average folk - of which i am surely one - get fat in the first place. we are eating too much food, too often. and i think the point of the article is to help people understand the importance of (a) and (b) when they eat out.-1 -
TheWorstHorse wrote: »goddessofawesome wrote: »Sure if you're eating the entire meal. Very rarely when I go out do I eat my entire meal because it's just too much food. I've gotten 2-3 meals out of just one plate of food.
but you aren't like most people i am afraid...
this past saturday i sat in a sharis (like dennys) for a couple of hours, waiting for someone. i had two poached eggs, two slices of toast, a slice of ham and tea. a pretty reasonable meal. and i watched the people around me order the normal sharis breakfast which, i would bet, averaged 2000 calories or more, especially for the folks who had the giant mocha latte.
not a single person in my sight left with a takeout box and nine out of ten people got their clean plate club stickers. the reality is that most people (a) don't split their meals down to reasonable portion sizes and (b) have little idea just how many calories they are eating when they eat out.
i mean, that is how us average folk - of which i am surely one - get fat in the first place. we are eating too much food, too often. and i think the point of the article is to help people understand the importance of (a) and (b) when they eat out.
"Not a single person in my sight". Ok, so how about the people that you didn't see? The people who left before you came in? Those who came in after you? To say that no one gets take away from their table is pretty ridiculous. I almost always see people leaving establishments with to-go boxes.
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