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JRitaK
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Oh my goodness gracious. I have had an unpleasant revelation.
I love the restaurant Baker's Square. They're in the midwestern part of the US so far as I know. My favorite meal there is a cup of cream of tomato basil soup with crackers, a sandwich called their honey mustard chicken ciabatta which is grilled chicken breast, grilled mushrooms and onions, swiss cheese, and honey mustard on ciabatta bread, with fries. Then I sometimes have a slice of brownie pie a la mode... This is like my ultimate cheat meal. So friggen good.
I was curious to find out just how many calories are in this wonderful meal I love so much... and the results aren't pretty.
For everything I listed combined it clocks in at a whopping 2,740 calories... makes me shake my head in utter disbelief that I would eat all that JUST for dinner on top of my lunch and breakfast...But when I really think about it, with all the crap on that sandwich plus the fries and the damn pie, am I really all that surprised? Lol.
It hurts to actually find out just how much I was overeating at one time and it was no small wonder why I was packing on the pounds.
Please share your unpleasant calorie revelations!
I love the restaurant Baker's Square. They're in the midwestern part of the US so far as I know. My favorite meal there is a cup of cream of tomato basil soup with crackers, a sandwich called their honey mustard chicken ciabatta which is grilled chicken breast, grilled mushrooms and onions, swiss cheese, and honey mustard on ciabatta bread, with fries. Then I sometimes have a slice of brownie pie a la mode... This is like my ultimate cheat meal. So friggen good.
I was curious to find out just how many calories are in this wonderful meal I love so much... and the results aren't pretty.
For everything I listed combined it clocks in at a whopping 2,740 calories... makes me shake my head in utter disbelief that I would eat all that JUST for dinner on top of my lunch and breakfast...But when I really think about it, with all the crap on that sandwich plus the fries and the damn pie, am I really all that surprised? Lol.
It hurts to actually find out just how much I was overeating at one time and it was no small wonder why I was packing on the pounds.
Please share your unpleasant calorie revelations!
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I've never eaten there, but I hear that Cheesecake Factory dinners are in the neighborhood of Whopping Calorie Counts. To me, it's not worth it. But, judging by how popular the restaurant is, a whole lot of people don't share my opinion.0
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vivmom2014 wrote: »I've never eaten there, but I hear that Cheesecake Factory dinners are in the neighborhood of Whopping Calorie Counts. To me, it's not worth it. But, judging by how popular the restaurant is, a whole lot of people don't share my opinion.
I have also hear Cheesecake Factory food is pretty high calorie. Which is a shame because everything I've ever had there was pretty darn good. I'm sure they do have some lighter options that are just as good. But yeah I bet they're popular because of their rich food.
Baker's Square actually has quite a few tasty options that aren't TOO bad, calorie wise.0 -
My favorite chick-fil-a meal: deluxe spicy chicken sandwich with pepper jack cheese (no mayo or sauce), large fry, 2 ketchups, and a Diet Coke logs in around 1100 or 1200 calories. Makes me sad.
The chipotle burrito I used to get... 900 calories.
Buffalo style Chicken wings approximately 100 cal per wing. Seeing how I can eat an obscene amount I never eat them anymore.
A bag of Doritos 1050 calories for the 7.5 ounce bag. I don't buy them anymore since I can easily eat the whole bag.
Sushi. I'm pretty sure my favorite specialty roll - jalapeño roll is at least 400-500 calories. I eat 4-5 specialty rolls when we go out for sushi. I won't give up my occasional sushi binges
I have no idea how many calories Chinese takeout is but I'm sure it's horrific.0 -
This reminds me of when I found out how many calories were in my daily chai tea lattes in college. Ahh! The stuff of nightmares, I tell you.0
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My favorite chick-fil-a meal: deluxe spicy chicken sandwich with pepper jack cheese (no mayo or sauce), large fry, 2 ketchups, and a Diet Coke logs in around 1100 or 1200 calories. Makes me sad.
The chipotle burrito I used to get... 900 calories.
Buffalo style Chicken wings approximately 100 cal per wing. Seeing how I can eat an obscene amount I never eat them anymore.
A bag of Doritos 1050 calories for the 7.5 ounce bag. I don't buy them anymore since I can easily eat the whole bag.
Sushi. I'm pretty sure my favorite specialty roll - jalapeño roll is at least 400-500 calories. I eat 4-5 specialty rolls when we go out for sushi. I won't give up my occasional sushi binges
I have no idea how many calories Chinese takeout is but I'm sure it's horrific.
Ouch, that sucks! I had chick-fil-a once and it was reeeally good.
With all the people getting sick lately I don't think I'll be eating Chipotle anytime soon. But they do make a damn good burrito. Lol.
And mmm chicken wings. I like the boneless. Which is basically mini chicken strips, in all their fattening glory Lol
Doritos?! Oh my goodness. I love them. I cannot buy them. Like you, I could most definitely eat the entire bag.0 -
YeaYeaPueblo wrote: »This reminds me of when I found out how many calories were in my daily chai tea lattes in college. Ahh! The stuff of nightmares, I tell you.
Oh wow, I bet. That's kinda like when I found out how bad Starbucks frappacinos are. And of course, I love them.0 -
vivmom2014 wrote: »I've never eaten there, but I hear that Cheesecake Factory dinners are in the neighborhood of Whopping Calorie Counts. To me, it's not worth it. But, judging by how popular the restaurant is, a whole lot of people don't share my opinion.
To be fair, their regular meals are big enough to feed four people. And there is a skinny menu that is perfectly reasonable calorie-wise and for the most part very tasty. The cheesecake is high, but hey. Cheesecake. It isn't much more than one I'd make myself if I made the real thing.
I was disappointed about bread. I love bread but avoid it most of the time because I love having decent sized meals more.0 -
Oh my goodness gracious. I have had an unpleasant revelation.
I love the restaurant Baker's Square. They're in the midwestern part of the US so far as I know. My favorite meal there is a cup of cream of tomato basil soup with crackers, a sandwich called their honey mustard chicken ciabatta which is grilled chicken breast, grilled mushrooms and onions, swiss cheese, and honey mustard on ciabatta bread, with fries. Then I sometimes have a slice of brownie pie a la mode... This is like my ultimate cheat meal. So friggen good.
I was curious to find out just how many calories are in this wonderful meal I love so much... and the results aren't pretty.
For everything I listed combined it clocks in at a whopping 2,740 calories... makes me shake my head in utter disbelief that I would eat all that JUST for dinner on top of my lunch and breakfast...But when I really think about it, with all the crap on that sandwich plus the fries and the damn pie, am I really all that surprised? Lol.
It hurts to actually find out just how much I was overeating at one time and it was no small wonder why I was packing on the pounds.
Please share your unpleasant calorie revelations!
My friend worked at Baker's Square and we used to eat there almost every night when I would pick him up from work+pie, of course! Then we would go drink a couple beers afterwards to add to the calorie surplus. No wonder I was gaining so much weight during that time.0 -
I wanna go there.... drooling!0
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Every time I calorie count it's always full of depressing realisations like that. Some of my (least) favourites:
My default homemade curry, with rice and garlic naan: around 1500 calories all up.
My usual from Maccas (2 double beef and bacon burgers, 3 small fries) 1600 calories, plus an extra 680 if I got a chocolate frappe.
Guzman y Gomez beef burrito, with extra beef: comparitively okay at 931.
My usual fried breakfast (2 pork sausage, 100g bacon, 2 eggs, potato gems or hash browns): 1120 after adding on MFP but given the option I'd usually have more bacon and gems, maybe some ranch dressing to dip the gems in if I was having breakfast for dinner. Add another 300, easy, if I had toast and butter.
It's remarkable I topped out at 72kg to be honest, seems that I'm lucky enough to have some remnants of satiety, or portion control after I have a huge meal.
The absolute worst for me has been biscuits and chocolate though. 1 Chocolate Scotch Finger? 113. Caramel Digestive? 81. 2 x Dare Maple cookies? 170. Snickers, Mars Bar, Twix or Cherry Ripe? All around 250. And who has one biscuit? More than likely 5 or 6, or if it's me.. most of the packet mindlessly eaten.
I can sometimes justify a burrito or giant breakfast for dinner, but it gets a lot harder justifying 200, 250 calories on a treat/snack after dinner when my dinners themselves come to around 400 calories at the minute.0 -
I'm kinda ashamed to say this haha but my favorite meal which comes from In & Out is:
(1) 4x4 Animal Style Burger 1050cal
Animal/Protein Style Burger 900 cal
Animal Style fries 750 cal
Neopolitan Shake 600 cal.
3300 calories
All in one sitting...maybe a small break between burgers.0 -
That's A LOT of in n out dude! I admire your fortitude!0
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I find it hard to enjoy pasta in a really good cream sauce, knowing what I know now... Kind of a buzzkill.0
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At Arbys their Chicken Bacon Swiss is 610 calories, which to me seems like a lot considering how small the sandwich is and with a side of medium fries - which Arbys seems to want to give you to help fill you up because they give alot and like I said the sandwich is small - the combo meal clocks in at over 1000 calories.
Woah0 -
I was sad when I saw the Papa Johns favourite, XXL was 4400 calories. I have only had a few slices here and there since then, but I'd have to be having a pretty serious cheat day to eat one of those again.0
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This is why I'll continue to log indefinitely. Since I still plan on eating those meals I have to plan ahead and have them on days that they fit-ish.0
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When I counted the calories in our standard homemade nachos and they came to 1800, my weight gain all made sense!0
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sunparakeet wrote: »Shakes at Sonic... A MINI (the tiniest size, 10 oz) Oreo caramel shake is 700 calories. The mediums clock in at 1100-1500 calories, the larges are 2000+ for some flavors. And to think some people will eat an entire meal there plus a shake for dessert to top it off.
Yeah.The shakes were kind of shocking. I knew they wouldn't be low calorie but wow!
I was most surprised by the sneaky calorie count of things like bread, plain saltine crackers, or bananas. I used to eat a lot of crackers.0 -
I find it hard to enjoy pasta in a really good cream sauce, knowing what I know now... Kind of a buzzkill.
Heh, I know. None of my higher cal meals have specific calorie counts attached -- my old blowout was a lamb vindaloo plus saag paneer (got both so I could have some of each and more leftovers) with (of course) rice and naan. I don't know how many calories it was, but I know it wasn't pretty.0
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