We are pleased to announce that on March 4, 2025, an updated Rich Text Editor will be introduced in the MyFitnessPal Community. To learn more about the upcoming changes, please click here. We look forward to sharing this new feature with you!

What does 200 calories look like?

shadowfax_c11
shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
This page gives you some great visuals on what a 200 calorie portion of many different foods looks like.

wisegeek.com/what-does-200-calories-look-like.htm

Replies

  • Amberonamission
    Amberonamission Posts: 836 Member
    This is great! Thanks
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    That thing is useful. A bit surprised at the apple though, the entry I've been using says it's 100 calories for 130g or something... And I always thought that vinegar has no calories, lol. Mine says 0 calories a serving on the bottle. That's just odd.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Depends on the vinegar -- mine vary a lot. None have 0, one of my balsamics has the most.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    That's interesting, but it varies so much. They show just over one hot dog for 200 calories. I can have four of mine and come in under 200.

    This kind of stuff is always fun to check out, though. Thanks for sharing! :)
  • CooCooPuff
    CooCooPuff Posts: 4,374 Member
    My favorite part about this post is that there's not a single cup measurement in sight. :p
  • shadowfax_c11
    shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    That thing is useful. A bit surprised at the apple though, the entry I've been using says it's 100 calories for 130g or something... And I always thought that vinegar has no calories, lol. Mine says 0 calories a serving on the bottle. That's just odd.

    Last night I had two large honeycrisp apples @292 grams weight, which was only 152 calories.

  • catt952
    catt952 Posts: 190 Member
    One hundred grams of shredded chicken from the supermarket apparently :'(
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    edited September 2015
    shadowfax_c11 wrote: »
    Francl27 wrote: »
    That thing is useful. A bit surprised at the apple though, the entry I've been using says it's 100 calories for 130g or something... And I always thought that vinegar has no calories, lol. Mine says 0 calories a serving on the bottle. That's just odd.

    Last night I had two large honeycrisp apples @292 grams weight, which was only 152 calories.

    Well that's the thing, I used to use MFP's 'apple raw' entry until I started using the one specific to the apple I was eating and noticed a pretty big difference. I figured it was odd when I went to the store and the sign said that an apple was 100 calories in average... considering that when I logged it and used MFP's entry (the non starred one, at the time), it was maybe 65 calories for a pretty large one (and no I don't count the core weight).

    Figured it's one of those MFP entries that isn't accurate. So now I look for the name of the apple and 'usda' and log that. I had a bad surprise when I started logging my Fuji apples, let's say, lol (my usual, Pink Ladies, seem to have less calories).

    The avocado picture is odd to me too, a whole avocado typically seems closer to 250 calories for me.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    The page title seesm wrong. It doesn't do a good job of showing what 200 calories of anything looks like since there is nothing in the pics for size reference.
  • shadowfax_c11
    shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    The page title seesm wrong. It doesn't do a good job of showing what 200 calories of anything looks like since there is nothing in the pics for size reference.
    At the bottom of the page it tells you the dimensions of the plates and bowls used and the conditions the pictures were taken under.

  • shadowfax_c11
    shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    The avocado picture is odd to me too, a whole avocado typically seems closer to 250 calories for me.

    Wouldn't that depend on the size of the avocado? I use the USDA raw listing by grams and don't find a whole one to be all that high in calories. But I buy small avocados.

This discussion has been closed.

Categories