Post 'em here. All those disappointing meals you thought were healthy but are really high calorie
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SuzySunshine99 wrote: »Since we are on alcohol now...wine. I never really thought much about having a couple two three glasses until I had to log them.
I take the opposite view - a whole bottle of wine for 600 calories? Yes please!29 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »Since we are on alcohol now...wine. I never really thought much about having a couple two three glasses until I had to log them.
I take the opposite view - a whole bottle of wine for 600 calories? Yes please!
Me too! 600 calories and antioxidants and probiotics plus other micronutrients. win, win, win, win, wine.20 -
Since someone mentioned Subway... I was blown away by how many calories were in a subway sandwich. Since I was eating "healthy" food I'd let myself get a footlong on the flatbread - because it's healthier than regular bread, right? Little did I know that after adding the cheese and Ranch dressing plus all the other extras... that healthy sandwich was almost 1000 calories. Ouch.7
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cheryldumais wrote: »deannalfisher wrote: »
Ran into this on a package of naan. I thought the calorie count was for one not half of one. So consuming 380 calories instead of 190! I was not a happy camper when I realized my "healthy" homemade pizza was way more calories than I thought.
I'm hoping the new US nutrition labels fix stuff like that. No reasonable person would expect the serving to be half of what's in the package. Ridiculous.
Some fruits used to astonish me with how many calories they have for the serving size - particularly bananas. I can easily eat a banana that's over 100 calories. I used to eat 2 or 3 of them, especially if they're nice and brown and sweetly delicious. On the other hand, I was pleasantly surprised at how few calories per serving berries are.
Bread was another one for me. I was never caught up in the "bread is bad" craze; it always seemed like a healthy thing to eat, especially if it was multi or wholegrain. Imagine my shock when I discovered that so many breads that I though were "healthy" are also 100+ calories per slice. Not saying they're not healthy, but that can easily be half of the calories I eat in a meal. I was very happy when I discovered Sara Lee Delightful. Now I can still eat a sandwich, but I can also pair that sandwich with fruit/veggies/chips for a decently sized meal.1 -
It's VERY easy to find... mostly because I'm in Texas and even grocery stores sell wine and beer. Not the case in all states, though.2 -
BusyRaeNOTBusty wrote: »Applebee's Fiesta Lime Chicken. It was essentially rice and grilled chicken. I knew it was restaurant food, and the chicken had cheese on it but surely it couldn't be that bad. 1140 calories.
There's definitely a few hundred calories of cheese and mayo topping that otherwise sad grilled chicken breast. + the rice (and the shiny glistening oil that the rice was fried in). If you want something lower calorie and with a predictable calorie count, go with steak! It doesn't suck on its own, so restaurant chefs don't need to drench it with added fat to make it palatable.6 -
Yeah juice is definitely one, with the whole thing about people having a glass of orange juice with breakfast in about every single tv show or movie out there, lol. Juice is actually the only thing I basically cut out from my diet (I've had one glass in 4 years). Really annoys me that they suggest taking my iron pill with orange juice... NOT worth the calories at all.
And subway being 'the healthy choice'. lol.
Oh, wraps too. Just as many calories as a sandwich yet they always show as a healthier choice.2 -
seltzermint555 wrote: »Sometimes when I meet up for coffee with friends I'll get black coffee and a pastry (like a cake pop, small cookie or mini scone) and some of them get a large frappuccino or mocha and then drool over my "decadent treat" even saying things like "oh my god I haven't had a cookie in forever that looks amazing" etc. It's not my place to say anything of course, but woof, for the calories in that mocha a person could easily have a large cookie.
I probably would have pulled up the MFP entry for their drink (assuming not posted on the menu board) and quietly slid my phone over to them after that comment.8 -
Rice and pasta.
A serving is so much smaller than I would want.
I cut both out for a couple of months and replaced with salads. Slowly integrating back into my diet, but BOY -- 1/4 of dry rice doesn't look satisfying AT ALL. I could eat a TUB of salad for the calories. But maybe I'm just a volume eater.6 -
seltzermint555 wrote: »Sometimes when I meet up for coffee with friends I'll get black coffee and a pastry (like a cake pop, small cookie or mini scone) and some of them get a large frappuccino or mocha and then drool over my "decadent treat" even saying things like "oh my god I haven't had a cookie in forever that looks amazing" etc. It's not my place to say anything of course, but woof, for the calories in that mocha a person could easily have a large cookie.
I probably would have pulled up the MFP entry for their drink (assuming not posted on the menu board) and quietly slid my phone over to them after that comment.
I remember the recent outrage over the starbucks unicorn drink....their mocha frappe had the SAME amount of sugar in it...7 -
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Yeah juice is definitely one, with the whole thing about people having a glass of orange juice with breakfast in about every single tv show or movie out there, lol. Juice is actually the only thing I basically cut out from my diet (I've had one glass in 4 years). Really annoys me that they suggest taking my iron pill with orange juice... NOT worth the calories at all.
And subway being 'the healthy choice'. lol.
Oh, wraps too. Just as many calories as a sandwich yet they always show as a healthier choice.
Yes! This annoys me. Tortillas are NOT less calories than bread. A flour tortilla is 140+ calories, and that's just an 8". Now lettuce wraps... that's something I can get behind. If I'm looking to cut calories with a meal that involves a sandwich, burger, etc. I'm down for switching out the bread with lettuce. Leaves me room for something that fills me up more.13 -
cheryldumais wrote: »deannalfisher wrote: »
Ran into this on a package of naan. I thought the calorie count was for one not half of one. So consuming 380 calories instead of 190! I was not a happy camper when I realized my "healthy" homemade pizza was way more calories than I thought.
I'm hoping the new US nutrition labels fix stuff like that. No reasonable person would expect the serving to be half of what's in the package. Ridiculous.
Some fruits used to astonish me with how many calories they have for the serving size - particularly bananas. I can easily eat a banana that's over 100 calories. I used to eat 2 or 3 of them, especially if they're nice and brown and sweetly delicious. On the other hand, I was pleasantly surprised at how few calories per serving berries are.
Bread was another one for me. I was never caught up in the "bread is bad" craze; it always seemed like a healthy thing to eat, especially if it was multi or wholegrain. Imagine my shock when I discovered that so many breads that I though were "healthy" are also 100+ calories per slice. Not saying they're not healthy, but that can easily be half of the calories I eat in a meal. I was very happy when I discovered Sara Lee Delightful. Now I can still eat a sandwich, but I can also pair that sandwich with fruit/veggies/chips for a decently sized meal.
I comprehend the naan more-so than the muffin. (The naan is typically served communally at a table with multiple people, and a lot of people really do just tear off a portion of a sheet of naan instead of eating a whole one.).4 -
Yeah juice is definitely one, with the whole thing about people having a glass of orange juice with breakfast in about every single tv show or movie out there, lol. Juice is actually the only thing I basically cut out from my diet (I've had one glass in 4 years). Really annoys me that they suggest taking my iron pill with orange juice... NOT worth the calories at all.
And subway being 'the healthy choice'. lol.
Oh, wraps too. Just as many calories as a sandwich yet they always show as a healthier choice.
Yes! This annoys me. Tortillas are NOT less calories than bread. A flour tortilla is 140+ calories, and that's just an 8". Now lettuce wraps... that's something I can get behind. If I'm looking to cut calories with a meal that involves a sandwich, burger, etc. I'm down for switching out the bread with lettuce. Leaves me room for something that fills me up more.
Growing up in California, I was baffled when I moved to the Midwest and learned that people thought eating stuff on a tortilla made it "healthier". I love me a good quesadilla, but there's really no difference between that and a grilled cheese sandwich.14 -
cheryldumais wrote: »deannalfisher wrote: »
Ran into this on a package of naan. I thought the calorie count was for one not half of one. So consuming 380 calories instead of 190! I was not a happy camper when I realized my "healthy" homemade pizza was way more calories than I thought.
I'm hoping the new US nutrition labels fix stuff like that. No reasonable person would expect the serving to be half of what's in the package. Ridiculous.
Some fruits used to astonish me with how many calories they have for the serving size - particularly bananas. I can easily eat a banana that's over 100 calories. I used to eat 2 or 3 of them, especially if they're nice and brown and sweetly delicious. On the other hand, I was pleasantly surprised at how few calories per serving berries are.
Bread was another one for me. I was never caught up in the "bread is bad" craze; it always seemed like a healthy thing to eat, especially if it was multi or wholegrain. Imagine my shock when I discovered that so many breads that I though were "healthy" are also 100+ calories per slice. Not saying they're not healthy, but that can easily be half of the calories I eat in a meal. I was very happy when I discovered Sara Lee Delightful. Now I can still eat a sandwich, but I can also pair that sandwich with fruit/veggies/chips for a decently sized meal.
I comprehend the naan more-so than the muffin. (The naan is typically served communally at a table with multiple people, and a lot of people really do just tear off a portion of a sheet of naan instead of eating a whole one.).
I guess it depends on the size of the naan. If it's a large size that can feed more than one person, sure. If it's more a "personal" size, I'd expect the serving size to reflect that. Reasonable interpretation by the consumer should be kept in mind when creating serving sizes, not what looks best for the company's nutrition label.1 -
kristen8000 wrote: »All salads at any restaurant - don't even look at them anymore.
What suprised me the most recently was Buffalo Wild Wings WHOLE menu. Recently they were required to put the calorie count on everything, which made it easier know what to avoid, but I had a hard time getting out of there under 500 calories.
My BF and I made a pact that we split meals at restaurants now - so we can have what we want and still not over eat. It's really surprising just HOW much food you get in 1 meal. Sometimes now, we don't even finish one.
I agree. They have so many good menu items, but they're way up there in calories. I won't let it be more than a once a month thing for me.0 -
MegaMooseEsq wrote: »Yeah juice is definitely one, with the whole thing about people having a glass of orange juice with breakfast in about every single tv show or movie out there, lol. Juice is actually the only thing I basically cut out from my diet (I've had one glass in 4 years). Really annoys me that they suggest taking my iron pill with orange juice... NOT worth the calories at all.
And subway being 'the healthy choice'. lol.
Oh, wraps too. Just as many calories as a sandwich yet they always show as a healthier choice.
Yes! This annoys me. Tortillas are NOT less calories than bread. A flour tortilla is 140+ calories, and that's just an 8". Now lettuce wraps... that's something I can get behind. If I'm looking to cut calories with a meal that involves a sandwich, burger, etc. I'm down for switching out the bread with lettuce. Leaves me room for something that fills me up more.
Growing up in California, I was baffled when I moved to the Midwest and learned that people thought eating stuff on a tortilla made it "healthier". I love me a good quesadilla, but there's really no difference between that and a grilled cheese sandwich.
ditto. I have no idea where people got the idea they were lower calorie. The tiny corn ones are pretty low calorie though - maybe the confusion came from there (as in once upon a time, they were healthier, and then more people started eating them, and then companies decided to make them softer & bigger - and now we have these giant dense flour monstrosities encasing "healthy" wraps?).4
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