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    400 calories in a bagel???

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    • Posts: 8,356 Member
      TonyB0588 wrote: »
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      Looks like all bagels aren't created equal. Are you talking ready-to-eat with something already stuffed between it, or just the bagels in a package to take home and prepare.

      The ones I'm familiar with are by Toufayan and only have 240 calories in regular bagels, and 100 calories in their "Smart Bagels".

      Try weighing those Bagels and calculating the calories based on the grams rather than per bagel. You might be surprised. My experience, especially with Bagels as they are quite dense, is that the expected weight per Bagel is way off meaning those 240 calories are likely more per Bagel.
    • Posts: 3,588 Member
      Try Lender's Whole Wheat Bagels. 78 to 87 g's (be sure to weigh, they vary, even in the same bag.) and are around 200 cal's at 81g's per the nutrition data on the bag.
    • Posts: 211 Member
      I would love a fresh doughy lightly toasted bagel with cream cheese right now.
      If only there was bagel delivery. Like pizzas being delivered but bagels instead.
    • Posts: 422 Member
      TonyB0588 wrote: »
      The ones I'm familiar with are by Toufayan and only have 240 calories in regular bagels, and 100 calories in their "Smart Bagels".

      I eat a Toufayan bagel everyday and have lost almost 40lbs lol. I am obsessed with the everything bagels! And I use whipped cream cheese at 50 cals per 2 tbsp. The calories aren't horrible (and yes, I weigh everything!)
    • Posts: 6,208 Member
      ejbronte wrote: »
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      For your further pleasure:
      seriouseats.com/recipes/2015/09/pan-con-tomate-tomato-bread-spanish-recipe.html

      So listen, I went to the store this morning for some nice ciabatta bread and I'm totally making this :lol::love: and having it with beer. Many thanks.
    • Posts: 41,865 Member
      That's why bagels are the crappiest meal of all time...they're delicious but not really worth it...I'm always hungry about an hour later. I have one every once in awhile because I adore bagels and locks with cream cheese...but yeah, for the calories I could have something far more satisfying.
    • Posts: 18,343 Member
      cwolfman13 wrote: »
      That's why bagels are the crappiest meal of all time...they're delicious but not really worth it...I'm always hungry about an hour later. I have one every once in awhile because I adore bagels and locks with cream cheese...but yeah, for the calories I could have something far more satisfying.

      I'll gladly take the calorie hit for an occasional jalapeño cheese bagel!
    • Posts: 41,865 Member
      AnvilHead wrote: »
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      I'll gladly take the calorie hit for an occasional jalapeño cheese bagel!

      I pretty much only eat them when I'm camping...I also like bagels before a road race. I'm kind of boring, I like them plain jane with cream cheese. Though I do like the green chile ones they make here locally in New Mexico.
    • Posts: 867 Member
      Alluminati wrote: »
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      So listen, I went to the store this morning for some nice ciabatta bread and I'm totally making this :lol::love: and having it with beer. Many thanks.

      My pleasure! Last year, in Spain, our cousin quickly whipped this together at the breakfast table. My sister says she's never looking at toast the same way again.
    • Posts: 30,886 Member
      ejbronte wrote: »
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      For your further pleasure:
      seriouseats.com/recipes/2015/09/pan-con-tomate-tomato-bread-spanish-recipe.html

      I've got way more tomatoes than I know what to do with at the moment (I will make gazpacho, but I have lots and lots and lots), so this is quite helpful! Also, looks delicious -- can't wait.
    • Posts: 572 Member
      147g is equivalent to about 3 big doorsteps of bread.

      Of course it's not surprising!
    • Posts: 26,368 Member
      ouryve wrote: »
      147g is equivalent to about 3 big doorsteps of bread.

      Of course it's not surprising!

      But it's much smaller!
    • Posts: 572 Member
      And denser! Much, much denser!
    • Posts: 6 Member
      Whoever posted the picture of the artisan bread....that is just cruel! Thank goodness I'm not near a bakery right now...
    • Posts: 838 Member
      Always loved bagels. Always will. As my size grew smaller, I realized that I didn't have to give them up - instead I call a half of one a portion now. I buy them at Noahs - still warm on Saturday morns. - but I get the 1/2 dozen order instead of the full dozen. Lasts me and the DW through the week without having to toss out any that are too old. Days that I get a distance run in - usually weekends - I get a double portion - i.e., the whole bagel.
    • Posts: 34,415 Member
      Great. Now I want a bagel.
    • Posts: 34,415 Member
      AnvilHead wrote: »
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      I'll gladly take the calorie hit for an occasional jalapeño cheese bagel!

      Asiago bagel with cream cheese, lox, onions, and capers for me please.
    • Posts: 9,487 Member
      I love bagels but definitely not the calories.
    • Posts: 122 Member
      I like the New York bagels, they are 223 cals, it's a lot but keeps me full for a while. I sometimes get the bagel thins for 100cals though.
    • Posts: 26,368 Member
      sweetilemon wrote: »
      I like the New York bagels, they are 223 cals, it's a lot but keeps me full for a while. I sometimes get the bagel thins for 100cals though.

      That's the thing though... the pre-packaged ones in stores are often 260 calories. But when you buy one from a shop and weigh it, it's like 150 extra calories for something that isn't even that much bigger.
    • Posts: 2,831 Member
      You weighed it, right? And the calculator told you the calories? Yes, a bagel can be 400+ calories (without the cream cheese), which is why I don't eat them very often anymore. If I'm eating something that isn't going to help me hit my protein or fats macros, or much in the way of micros, then it's going to be a donut.
    • Posts: 9,520 Member
      rileysowner wrote: »
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      Try weighing those Bagels and calculating the calories based on the grams rather than per bagel. You might be surprised. My experience, especially with Bagels as they are quite dense, is that the expected weight per Bagel is way off meaning those 240 calories are likely more per Bagel.

      @rileysowner Will try when next I get an opportunity, but do you think that will really make the difference between 240 and 400? I would imagine a 10% to 20% variance in a bad case, but more realistically 5% if I hadn't seen this debate on here.
    • Posts: 8,356 Member
      TonyB0588 wrote: »
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      @rileysowner Will try when next I get an opportunity, but do you think that will really make the difference between 240 and 400? I would imagine a 10% to 20% variance in a bad case, but more realistically 5% if I hadn't seen this debate on here.

      I have found anything from as small as 10% to as much as 50%. The first one I ever weighed was close to a 50% increase over the expected weight. After that, I started weighing every one. For the small amount of time it takes, it gives me much more accurate numbers for calories in.
    • Posts: 200 Member
      cwolfman13 wrote: »
      That's why bagels are the crappiest meal of all time...they're delicious but not really worth it...I'm always hungry about an hour later. I have one every once in awhile because I adore bagels and locks with cream cheese...but yeah, for the calories I could have something far more satisfying.

      Ain't that the truth.
    • Posts: 8,356 Member
      BodyzLanguage wrote: »
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      Ain't that the truth.

      I actually find bagels quite filling, and they keep me full. I just tend not to eat a lot of them because I am the only one in the house who likes the type I eat so they often go bad before I finish the package as usually one every couple of days is more than enough for me.
    • Posts: 26,368 Member
      cwolfman13 wrote: »
      That's why bagels are the crappiest meal of all time...they're delicious but not really worth it...I'm always hungry about an hour later. I have one every once in awhile because I adore bagels and locks with cream cheese...but yeah, for the calories I could have something far more satisfying.

      Actually, I had that bagel with 50g of lox cream cheese at 7am then went on that 8.5 miles hike and I didn't even need a snack until half through (a clif bar)... and even then I was fine until 2.30pm. But I guess that how filling a food is always depends on the time of the month for me anyway...
    • Posts: 200 Member
      edited August 2016
      rileysowner wrote: »
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      I actually find bagels quite filling, and they keep me full. I just tend not to eat a lot of them because I am the only one in the house who likes the type I eat so they often go bad before I finish the package as usually one every couple of days is more than enough for me.

      Yeah we're all different. It's actually a decent snack if the filling is correct. I know as a grown *kitten* man 1 bagel isn't going to do anything for me unless I have at least 2 which then equates to 100g of carbs and for me I'd rather have 100g of carbs from potatoes or rice than bread. Much more satisfying.
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