Accidental Calorie Bombs.
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Misnomer971 wrote: »Oh man, fries. I miss fries.
I did the cleverest thing ever, before losing weight, without realizing it.
We sometimes go to a bar/restaurant across the road from the rowing club after we row. They have *beer battered fries* that are possibly the best in the entire world. I used to order them often, and got several of my (thinner) rowing buddies hooked.
Nowadays, I never order them. But occasionally, my rowing buddies still do. And since they're smart enough not to eat a whole order on their own, they share them with the table . . . including me. It's still calorific if I eat only a few of them, but it's at least within the realm of manageable.
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Teriyaki chicken with white rice at Cheesecake Factory. I mean, I know it was the Cheesecake Factory and that their calories are WAY up there, but I thought that I could get by with Teriyaki Chicken. It wasn't all that much food in comparison to what others had.
1400 calories.
Pretty sure everything at the cheesecake factory is a calorie bomb no matter how innocent they appear.3 -
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Teriyaki chicken with white rice at Cheesecake Factory. I mean, I know it was the Cheesecake Factory and that their calories are WAY up there, but I thought that I could get by with Teriyaki Chicken. It wasn't all that much food in comparison to what others had.
1400 calories.
Pretty sure everything at the cheesecake factory is a calorie bomb no matter how innocent they appear.
Nah, the skinnylicious menu is fine. Although I have my doubts about some of the items..
The rest is typically huge portions though. Someone mentioned the lettuce wraps, but some are really low calories... but the differnce is really all in the sauce.0 -
Brandy and eggnog. 320 calories for 4 oz eggnog and 2 oz brandy. Who can drink just one????
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My mom makes this AMAZING chocolate cake that I ask for every year for my birthday. When I started counting calories I was shocked to know that a small slice has more than 800 calories. It has no flour to bring the calories down. It has 4 bars of dark chocolate melted into it (400 grams) and the rest is butter, cream, sugar, eggs (mostly yolks) and finely ground hazelnuts.4
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Misnomer971 wrote: »Oh man, fries. I miss fries.
I did the cleverest thing ever, before losing weight, without realizing it.
We sometimes go to a bar/restaurant across the road from the rowing club after we row. They have *beer battered fries* that are possibly the best in the entire world. I used to order them often, and got several of my (thinner) rowing buddies hooked.
Nowadays, I never order them. But occasionally, my rowing buddies still do. And since they're smart enough not to eat a whole order on their own, they share them with the table . . . including me. It's still calorific if I eat only a few of them, but it's at least within the realm of manageable.
My husband and I frequently share orders of fries
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For me it's not really the calories, I'll adjust something, and I'll generally do it on a day I worked out and have the extra calories. The worst part about eating out is the crap ton of sodium in everything. I love subway, hell my favorite is a foot long steak and cheese on wheat. It has more than your entire day's allotment of sodium in one sandwich. Unreal. If you're eating out sometime and have an Applebees nearby, try their Lighter Fare menu items, some are awesome. My favorite is the Thai Shrimp Salad. 390 calories and it's hard to eat it all. Tons of sodium as usual though.3
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amusedmonkey wrote: »My mom makes this AMAZING chocolate cake that I ask for every year for my birthday. When I started counting calories I was shocked to know that a small slice has more than 800 calories. It has no flour to bring the calories down. It has 4 bars of dark chocolate melted into it (400 grams) and the rest is butter, cream, sugar, eggs (mostly yolks) and finely ground hazelnuts.
I need a slice of this...!0 -
Medium Dairy Queen Cookie Dough blizzard nearly broke my heart at the beginning-over 1000 calories for nonsense 2
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I have this great love for cheesy gordita crunches at Taco Bell. When I first started logging I looked up the calorie content and was quite sad because they're around 500 calories, but not sad enough to never eat them again. I savor every moment when I get one.2
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I have this great love for cheesy gordita crunches at Taco Bell. When I first started logging I looked up the calorie content and was quite sad because they're around 500 calories, but not sad enough to never eat them again. I savor every moment when I get one.
Me and Mexican pizzas. God, I love those things!2 -
Pop tarts. Ridiculous.3
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amusedmonkey wrote: »My mom makes this AMAZING chocolate cake that I ask for every year for my birthday. When I started counting calories I was shocked to know that a small slice has more than 800 calories. It has no flour to bring the calories down. It has 4 bars of dark chocolate melted into it (400 grams) and the rest is butter, cream, sugar, eggs (mostly yolks) and finely ground hazelnuts.
I need a slice of this...!
It's one of the most amazing things! I just went back to take a look and it's more than 800 calories for a decently sized slice not a small one. Worth every single one of the 858 calories. It's basically a thick chocolate mousse cake between two thin "sponge cakes" made from toasted hazelnut flour, covered with chocolate glaze (which is basically just melted chocolate mixed with heavy cream).3 -
Java chiller at Sonic. I remember the mini size was like 580 calories. Sigh.
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amusedmonkey wrote: »My mom makes this AMAZING chocolate cake that I ask for every year for my birthday. When I started counting calories I was shocked to know that a small slice has more than 800 calories. It has no flour to bring the calories down. It has 4 bars of dark chocolate melted into it (400 grams) and the rest is butter, cream, sugar, eggs (mostly yolks) and finely ground hazelnuts.
I need a slice of this...!
I need the recipe!
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WinoGelato wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »My mom makes this AMAZING chocolate cake that I ask for every year for my birthday. When I started counting calories I was shocked to know that a small slice has more than 800 calories. It has no flour to bring the calories down. It has 4 bars of dark chocolate melted into it (400 grams) and the rest is butter, cream, sugar, eggs (mostly yolks) and finely ground hazelnuts.
I need a slice of this...!
I need the recipe!
I have the ingredients in MFP recipes, but I will have to ask mom for the steps. Preparation is a little bit involved.
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Who knew! She got it from the internet and conveniently there is a version of that website in English! No need for me to write the whole thing! The only changes she made was dry-roast the ground hazelnuts, use dark chocolate, increase the amount of chocolate in the mousse, and use chocolate shavings over the glaze.
http://videoculinary.com/recipe/daniella-torte/3 -
Bake shop muffins. Before I knew anything I used to stop by on my way to work at Coffee Time, get a large tripple tripple and a morning glory muffin pretty much everyday. That muffin is 900cal of yummmm lol
those pre-packaged muffins from like Publix or Sams? Those 400 something calories is per half a muffin. Who eats half a muffin? Heck, used to, for me, it'd be "who just eats one muffin!?" LOL5 -
Oh, and we already know this, but starbucks specialty drinks. I had a reward on my card this morning, so I'm not getting that cheap black coffee, I'm getting a $6 venti peppermint mocha. 540 calories. I knew it was going to be bad but eeeeesh! I try to keep my breakfast calories under 400, so needless to say, coffee was breakfast this morning, lol. Glad I'm going to the gym today. And I plan to get there earlier to get more time in, lol.0
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amusedmonkey wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »My mom makes this AMAZING chocolate cake that I ask for every year for my birthday. When I started counting calories I was shocked to know that a small slice has more than 800 calories. It has no flour to bring the calories down. It has 4 bars of dark chocolate melted into it (400 grams) and the rest is butter, cream, sugar, eggs (mostly yolks) and finely ground hazelnuts.
I need a slice of this...!
I need the recipe!
I have the ingredients in MFP recipes, but I will have to ask mom for the steps. Preparation is a little bit involved.
ETA:
Who knew! She got it from the internet and conveniently there is a version of that website in English! No need for me to write the whole thing! The only changes she made was dry-roast the ground hazelnuts, use dark chocolate, increase the amount of chocolate in the mousse, and use chocolate shavings over the glaze.
http://videoculinary.com/recipe/daniella-torte/
Don't click the link, don't click the link, don't click th................
Dammit. I clicked.9 -
Oh, yea, speaking of who eats half...Stouffer's Mac and Cheese, regular sized tray (12oz)...box says 320 calories, until you look closely and realize there are 2 servings per box...it's ONE small tray of mac and cheese...so, that means when I eat the whole thing it's really 640 calories! Argh...always look at the number of servings!! But it's so disheartening sometimes.
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Costco pizza bought by my gaming group. Plain cheese pizza, can't be that bad, right? 700+ calories and it wasn't even good!!! 3
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Just think, we used to eat these things every day, sometimes multiple servings. Eesh! Knowledge IS power!4
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Oh, I've seen a lot of things about Panera. While their pastries are horrible, if you want something delicious and low calorie....the turkey cranberry flatbread. ~310 calories, full of flavor and protein, and it is delicious and filling!3
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I had a strawberry superfood bowl at Juice Press yesterday and it was 660 calories! I was so bummed.0
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PF Chang's....I used to order their hot and sour soup all the time, until I discovered that one bowl has over 9,000 mg of sodium!! Why???? I mean, I know this type of food has a high sodium content anyway, but that's just ridiculous. Haven't touched it since.3
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islandnugget wrote: »PF Chang's....I used to order their hot and sour soup all the time, until I discovered that one bowl has over 9,000 mg of sodium!! Why???? I mean, I know this type of food has a high sodium content anyway, but that's just ridiculous. Haven't touched it since.
That's super high but I think the big bowls are also meant to be split amongst the table so depending on how many cups you have, it's not unlike any other Chinese dish.0 -
islandnugget wrote: »PF Chang's....I used to order their hot and sour soup all the time, until I discovered that one bowl has over 9,000 mg of sodium!! Why???? I mean, I know this type of food has a high sodium content anyway, but that's just ridiculous. Haven't touched it since.
I just had to go look.
Plenty of calorie bombs on their menu but that sodium is insane.2 -
BruinsGal_91 wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »I have the ingredients in MFP recipes, but I will have to ask mom for the steps. Preparation is a little bit involved.
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Who knew! She got it from the internet and conveniently there is a version of that website in English! No need for me to write the whole thing! The only changes she made was dry-roast the ground hazelnuts, use dark chocolate, increase the amount of chocolate in the mousse, and use chocolate shavings over the glaze.
http://videoculinary.com/recipe/daniella-torte/
Don't click the link, don't click the link, don't click th................
Dammit. I clicked.
Yep, I fell for it too.
That might just have to be my Christmas cake now...!
@amusedmonkey Is it possible to freeze this, do you know? I'm not sure if my husband would eat it (although my son probably will), and I'd rather not have to finish it in a couple of days!
P.S. I love that you say the 'only' changes your mum makes is to basically add a ton more chocolate...! 1 -
BruinsGal_91 wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »I have the ingredients in MFP recipes, but I will have to ask mom for the steps. Preparation is a little bit involved.
ETA:
Who knew! She got it from the internet and conveniently there is a version of that website in English! No need for me to write the whole thing! The only changes she made was dry-roast the ground hazelnuts, use dark chocolate, increase the amount of chocolate in the mousse, and use chocolate shavings over the glaze.
http://videoculinary.com/recipe/daniella-torte/
Don't click the link, don't click the link, don't click th................
Dammit. I clicked.
Yep, I fell for it too.
That might just have to be my Christmas cake now...!
@amusedmonkey Is it possible to freeze this, do you know? I'm not sure if my husband would eat it (although my son probably will), and I'd rather not have to finish it in a couple of days!
P.S. I love that you say the 'only' changes your mum makes is to basically add a ton more chocolate...!
I'm not sure. I have not tried. We usually have it in the fridge and finish it within a couple of days. It has gelatine, so I'm not sure how freezing would affect it. It may cause it to fall apart in chunks and have a weird texture once defrosted.0
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