Read labels carefully - don't do what I did!

taraccarter729
taraccarter729 Posts: 11 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hubby made ravioli last night and when I read the package I thought it said that a serving size was 2.5 raviolis. I was like, that's it? It didn't seem wrong though because I've seen whackier portions on labels. I ate three ravioli with sauce. Naturally I was still hungry and I was complaining about said hunger to my hubby and how I can't believe you only get 2.5 raviolis per serving, at which point he corrected me and said that I read it wrong. The bag had 2.5 servings. I cheated myself out of food. I could have had FIVE raviolis! So I went back to the kitchen and pulled out one of the ravioli's with sauce from the lunch my husband packed for himself today and ate it, cold, standing up, at the kitchen sink.

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Ok
  • upoffthemat
    upoffthemat Posts: 679 Member
    good for you!
  • Michael190lbs
    Michael190lbs Posts: 1,510 Member
    I would go run for an hour before I would ever cheat myself of food I wanted to eat.
  • T0M_K
    T0M_K Posts: 7,526 Member
    labels are not good sources of calorie counting data. you need a food scale and whenever possible record everything solid in grams.
  • JeepHair77
    JeepHair77 Posts: 1,291 Member
    LOL at cold ravioli at the kitchen sink!

  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Tomk652015 wrote: »
    labels are not good sources of calorie counting data. you need a food scale and whenever possible record everything solid in grams.

    This - with a scale maybe you would have been able to even eat more ravioli! That's always exciting.
  • StrongGirlFitGirl
    StrongGirlFitGirl Posts: 183 Member
    Labels can be so confusing!
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
    Tomk652015 wrote: »
    labels are not good sources of calorie counting data. you need a food scale and whenever possible record everything solid in grams.

    This - with a scale maybe you would have been able to even eat more ravioli! That's always exciting.

    Neither of those would help with OP misreading the serving size listed on the label.

    OP, glad you went back for your ravioli.
  • IzzyBooNZ1
    IzzyBooNZ1 Posts: 1,289 Member
    juliebowman4 wrote: »
    This made me laugh so hard!

    hahaha SAME !!! Go OP !!!! good on ya
  • LUHAN27
    LUHAN27 Posts: 211 Member
    :D Lol!! The labeling can be very confusing!!
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
    God...hate to think what you would have done if you found out you had misread the package and accidentally over eaten.
  • cnbbnc
    cnbbnc Posts: 1,267 Member
    This happened to me tonight. I heated up a frozen enchilada dinner. There are two enchiladas, so I assumed the 160cals the box said was for both. No. It was PER enchilada. Duh. Can't just look at the calories.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,224 Member
    cnbbnc wrote: »
    This happened to me tonight. I heated up a frozen enchilada dinner. There are two enchiladas, so I assumed the 160cals the box said was for both. No. It was PER enchilada. Duh. Can't just look at the calories.

    That's like those tricksy PopTarts, pretending there are 2 serves in a box...

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