Have you ever been surprised at the amount of calories ?

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  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    cassababys wrote: »
    Smoked turkey leg from the fair- Almost 600 calories!

    Haha I thought it was closer to 1200 actually (counting the skin and all).

    For burgers it's usually a 1/2 lb patty so that's close to 600/700 calories right there.
  • CooCooPuff
    CooCooPuff Posts: 4,374 Member
    cassababys wrote: »
    Smoked turkey leg from the fair- Almost 600 calories!
    I love em but log em as twice that to be honest
  • Eleniala
    Eleniala Posts: 87 Member
    cassababys wrote: »
    Smoked turkey leg from the fair- Almost 600 calories!

    It might be around 600 calories if you prepare it at home in a health-conscious manner. A typical turkey leg at the fair is often much bigger (from a very large bird) and loaded with grease, and as others have stated around 1,200 calories. So you can DOUBLE your shock and amazement. ;-)

  • hollyrayburn
    hollyrayburn Posts: 905 Member
    Went to Fuddruckers for my birthday last month, got a 1/2 burger without the bun, because I was monitoring carbs at the time due to a few elevated blood glucose levels.....before adding the cheese, mayo, and etc...like close to 1k! Thank goodness I didn't get fries!
  • Gimsteinn
    Gimsteinn Posts: 7,678 Member
    My go to burger... 1510 calories and that's just the burger, not the fries.
  • katharmonic
    katharmonic Posts: 5,723 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    I really like these Orange and Poppyseed muffin from a bakery on the way to work. I'd get one a couple times a week to munch on, not as a meal, but just an addition. They finally got their nutritional info out, and there was almost 900 calories in that sucker!!

    Oh yeah, muffins are the thing that really get to me. So many calories in a good bakery muffin. They are one of the only things I've pretty much cut out because I just can't justify.

    Restaurant burgers don't surprise me really, but they are hard to fit in, which is too bad because I love them. I did about 5 hours worth of exercise on Saturday and the first thing I did was go out for a nice burger and fries because I finally had a huge calorie deficit to work with!
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    Katsu curry from Wagamamas is 1200cals and the portion is not vast.
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
    Karb_Kween wrote: »
    Subways Chicken Bacon Ranch sub is also 1200 calories... mind blown again

    Leave off the ranch and it'll be -210 for a footlong. Take it home and use a light or fat free ranch and you'll save around 150 calories. I love subway but we almost always do this ourselves, leave off the sauces, take it home and use our own light or fat free versions.

  • stealthq
    stealthq Posts: 4,298 Member
    edited November 2016
    Very few things surprise me anymore.

    Muffins are basically cupcakes - and usually 2-3 times the size of those made in a standard cupcake tin when from a store or restaurant, so yeah. 800-1000 cals easy.

    I knew enough that when I ordered a turkey club from a 'whole foods' restaurant I'd never been to before I told them to leave off the cheese and bacon since it also had aioli and avocado that I wanted. Still came out to 700+ cals even though it was on normal sandwich sized bread simply because they put what appeared to be 5-6 oz of turkey, half of an avocado and a couple of tbs of aioli on it.

    It was very tasty. Not 700+ cals tasty, though.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    I eat 1700 calories each time I see a movie. Small popcorn, 2 hotdogs, nachos and Milkduds..........oh with a diet Coke.

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    It's a good thing you had Diet Coke!! LOL
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