Here's What 2,000 Calories Look Like (Restaurant Chains): New York Times

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  • Gr8ChangesAhead
    Gr8ChangesAhead Posts: 836 Member
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    love the post :)
  • MrsMizart
    MrsMizart Posts: 1,275 Member
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    Yikes!


    Thank you for posting this OP.
  • mxmkenney
    mxmkenney Posts: 486 Member
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    jayliospecky wrote: »
    That chocolate cake!!! 1700 calories? Is it really rich, or just gigantic?

    Either way, I'm in.

    I know, right?! But excuse me, where is the vanilla ice cream to top it? (I'll skip the cappuccino to "save" some calories. :wink:

  • Wheelhouse15
    Wheelhouse15 Posts: 5,575 Member
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    Boston Pizza Pad Thai has something like 2400 cals. It's good but I don't think I would eat it unless I was either sharing or looking to really hit some major calories after a long run.
  • chunkytfg
    chunkytfg Posts: 339 Member
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    Anyone else think they cheated Subway a bit? Flatbread, salad, Sub, and soup? and called that breakfast and lunch! Thats 3 meals and a snack surely not even including the crisps(chips) and cookie.
  • myfelinepal
    myfelinepal Posts: 13,000 Member
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    The home cooked food looks not that great. Lol. Loving the food porniness of the rest of it.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,478 Member
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    MomOfOneGirl1995 wrote: »
    chitchatcatt wrote: »
    http://nyti.ms/1wWuhBd

    I'd still eat every one of those meals...they look fabulous!

    Seriously? I think they look disgusting. Each one of them. I could never eat so much, and I don't see a reason to pile up such enormous amounts of food, and then put cheese over it. Yes, I know why I gained weight over the years, and it's not from eating something like this :wink:
  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
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    yirara wrote: »
    MomOfOneGirl1995 wrote: »
    chitchatcatt wrote: »
    http://nyti.ms/1wWuhBd

    I'd still eat every one of those meals...they look fabulous!

    Seriously? I think they look disgusting. Each one of them. I could never eat so much, and I don't see a reason to pile up such enormous amounts of food, and then put cheese over it. Yes, I know why I gained weight over the years, and it's not from eating something like this :wink:

    I think most of them look delicious, have and will continue to eat them. Because I gained weight from eating and drinking too much of everything all the time.

    Now I want the steak, cake and a peanut butter shake!
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,478 Member
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    I guess this is where we differ. Ok, here's hy I think it's not yummy

    Having been brought up with a slice of cheese or meat on a slice of bread with butter I think a huge piece of bread with a massive amount of meat is strange. Does a bread get better the more stuff you put on it? Plus crisps and a cookie! The drink is a nectar, which isn't even real juice and probably extremely sweet. My favourite 'sandwich' still is a slice of excellent ham and good butter on a simple fresh baguette in Paris. Nothing else. And it keeps me full for a long time.

    Shake shack burger: The bread looks soggy, the meat doesn't really look like nice and fresh meat and the cheese probably is just analogue cheese and has a strange colour.

    The steak does look nice, but it's far too big for me.

    Tour of Italy sampler looks nothing like Italian food.

    Etc... I guess I should be happy I don't live in Northern America. I'd probably have a problem...

  • Vailara
    Vailara Posts: 2,454 Member
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    I think what's missed is that eating out is (usually) an occasional thing. I would pile on the weight eating 2000 calories a day at home every day. But the a 2000 calorie meal at a restaurant every few weeks or months isn't going to make much difference.

    It's also quite possible to drink wine and other high calorie drinks at home, or avoid them when eating out (I imagine just about everywhere offers water or another low calorie option). If I made a huge latte at home, it would have calories and milk sugar just the same as if I bought it at a chain restaurant, and if I bought a black coffee at at restaurant it would be low calorie just the same as if I made it at home.

    To be honest, I'd be quite miffed if I ordered food in a restaurant and was served the little diddy diet portions that I make myself at home. If I'm paying, I want a good-sized meal, even if I have to leave some!
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,478 Member
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    I guess that's where we differ. If I eat out I expect goood-quality ingredients and a dish someone thought about. If for some reason (potatoes are rotten, forgot to buy chicken....) I'm not cooking I just go for a bite, which might be at a chain restaurant, but within my calorie goal. A small coke, 1/4 chicken breast and half 3 bean salad at Nanos for example.
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
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    2000 calories in one meal? Seriously? No wonder I don't eat at fast food joints. Here's my Sunday morning breakfast out at my local diner:

    2 poached eggs
    3 bacon slices, crisp
    12 - 18 french fries, crisp
    1 slice of rye toast with half pat of butter
    4 oz. of fresh squeezed OJ
    2 mugs of coffee
  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
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    yirara wrote: »
    I guess that's where we differ. If I eat out I expect goood-quality ingredients and a dish someone thought about. If for some reason (potatoes are rotten, forgot to buy chicken....) I'm not cooking I just go for a bite, which might be at a chain restaurant, but within my calorie goal. A small coke, 1/4 chicken breast and half 3 bean salad at Nanos for example.

    a 1/4 chicken breast, what would even be the point?
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,685 Member
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    Thanks OP.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,426 Member
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    Interesting.
    Now they should show the choices at those restaurants that can fit into a normal person's day.
  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
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    Lounmoun wrote: »
    Interesting.
    Now they should show the choices at those restaurants that can fit into a normal person's day.

    I can fit all those choices into my day am I not normal?? (anyone from FL should not answer that)
  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
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    yirara wrote: »
    I guess that's where we differ. If I eat out I expect goood-quality ingredients and a dish someone thought about. If for some reason (potatoes are rotten, forgot to buy chicken....) I'm not cooking I just go for a bite, which might be at a chain restaurant, but within my calorie goal. A small coke, 1/4 chicken breast and half 3 bean salad at Nanos for example.

    Yes we differ lots because 1/4 chicken breast would not even count as an appetizer.
  • WalkingAlong
    WalkingAlong Posts: 4,926 Member
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    GiveMeCoffee wrote: »
    Lounmoun wrote: »
    Interesting.
    Now they should show the choices at those restaurants that can fit into a normal person's day.

    I can fit all those choices into my day am I not normal?? (anyone from FL should not answer that)
    I would say a 40+ female who can fit in 2000 calorie meals and lose weight is not normal. ;)

  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
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    WalkingAlong wrote: »
    GiveMeCoffee wrote: »
    Lounmoun wrote: »
    Interesting.
    Now they should show the choices at those restaurants that can fit into a normal person's day.

    I can fit all those choices into my day am I not normal?? (anyone from FL should not answer that)
    I would say a 40+ female who can fit in 2000 calorie meals and lose weight is not normal. ;)

    Why not? Because I don't eat 1200? Because I can plan my day and make it fit .. sounds pretty normal to me.

    Did I say I was eating them every day? No can I fit it in without a problem and lose weight yep. Not a problem
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
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    jayliospecky wrote: »
    That chocolate cake!!! 1700 calories? Is it really rich, or just gigantic?

    Either way, I'm in.

    It has to be both. That's about 1/2 a pound or more of cake right there because otherwise calories wouldn't make sense.

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