Can someone help me estimate the calories in a local restaurant meal?

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jennyhart200
jennyhart200 Posts: 692 Member
edited May 2017 in Food and Nutrition
I went to a local upscale burger place for dinner tonight with friends and I'm having difficulty estimating the damage. I got an"all American" burger with tomatoes, pickles, lettuce, onions, hold the cheese. I got fries as well. The meal I got is similar to the picture below, but without cheese on the burger. Can anyone help me estimate the calories on this as the restaurant does not post nutrition info?

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  • Fataf99
    Fataf99 Posts: 112 Member
    edited May 2017
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    1300 maybe 1400

    800 ish burger, 500-600 chips plus sauces
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
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    Depends on the size of the patty but yeah, probably 1400 calories total. Heck for all those calories I would have got cheese too, lol.
  • ritzvin
    ritzvin Posts: 2,860 Member
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    I'd probably add it as 1/3-lb 80% beef + bun + 1-2 tbsp of any high calorie condiments + x cups of fries (eye it as best you can) + 100-200 calorie quick add as a buffer.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
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    filbo132 wrote: »
    When eating burger and fries, 1000-1500 should be a good estimation. To be safe, I would put it at 1500 calories.

    I'd go with about 1500, yeah.
  • ritzvin
    ritzvin Posts: 2,860 Member
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    yep.. 1500 is probably in the ballpark...
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  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
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    filbo132 wrote: »
    When eating burger and fries, 1000-1500 should be a good estimation. To be safe, I would put it at 1500 calories.

    This is exactly what I was going to say.
  • ashjongfit
    ashjongfit Posts: 147 Member
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    1500 sounds safe to me as well.
  • Rusty740
    Rusty740 Posts: 749 Member
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    Not less than 1500.
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,949 Member
    edited May 2017
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    I'd type "burger - restaurant" into the database and pick the highest one. I'd place the burger around... 1000 (maybe more if there was lots of mayo) and the fries at 400-700 depending on how many you had (compare it to McDonald's sizes to be safe).
  • EllaLeahB
    EllaLeahB Posts: 310 Member
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    Well, where's the shake?

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