Wow... That had how many calories?!!?
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Bought an energy drink from the gym fridge the other...400 cals later for the 500ml (maltodextrin laden)...Way hey!0
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kerrimiller2018 wrote: »Vietnamese cold noodle salad. I had no idea vermicelli had so many calories and all of the ingredients in the salad seemed so healthy
Spring rolls too! Just veggies, nothing fried... like 450 calories for 2!
No way. Not gonna happen. Each rice wrap is only 30cal max. I make them all the time and pack a LOT of veggies in there with shrimp and never over 50cal each.
post recipe and tech please!
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Restaurant food in general amazes me.
Someone pointed me at the Chili's menu. I went to look (and admittedly did not eat.) It was full of doozies, like the Crispy Honey-Chipotle Chicken Crispers - 1700 calories, including more than 14 teaspoons of sugar.0 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »DefinitelyDoingThis wrote: »Mind blown by the 500 calories in a honey dew melon — now it’s a honey don’t melon!
You don't really need to eat nearly 3 pounds of melon in one sitting. Melons are actually quite reasonable in calories, they were one of my good surprises when I started counting calories.
Agree, melon is about 36 cals per hundred gram, I eat it by the big bowl, are you using the correct database entry?0 -
Cheeeeese - why you have so many calories!?? I’m a mozzarella fan - however - it’s severely limited mozzarella now.4
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@psychod787 - The soft rice wrappers run 30-45 calories each and are super easy to work with if you want to stuff them yourself. If you fill them with greens instead of vermicelli noodles, you may be happier with the nutritional breakdown. Banh Trang is the brand at my grocery store.
https://www.fitbit.com/foods/Spring+Roll+Wrapper/6920147261 -
Don’t laugh, but actually McDonald’s. I expected it to be bad for me, but not THAT bad! Just remembered why I don’t eat this crap! 1100 calories for a medium fry and chicken 😳😳0
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I so miss Honeydew melon and cantaloupe. Diabetic so they are off my menu but gawd they are wonderful tasting. And not high in calories either from what I remember. Shoot the BS numbers into the stratosphere. For me it was the Starbuck drinks, so the fraps and lattes are gone from my diet.0
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cwolfman13 wrote: »bemyyfriend0918 wrote: »I can't believe the calories in salads either! I used to think salads were always a healthy alternative, but that just isn't the case. Most of the time it seems lower calorie to just order the cheeseburger!
It's not the salad...it's drowning it in dressing. Also, "healthy" and calories are two different things. There are many amazing, healthful foods that are also calorie dense...there are also any number of foods that provide very little actual nutrition that aren't...
calories and healthy are two different things.
^^^^^ Yep! Nuts with dried fruit vs. Sugarfree products (jello & pudding specifically).0 -
Yep, salad dressings are evil in disguise. Make your own or use just enough to get the lettuce wet. No cheese, no croutons, but ok to add turkey or other proteins.
Cereal (carbs) can be treacherous. Be careful and watchful. I usually eat scrambled eggs for breakfast, toss in a bit of feta and a couple of handfuls of spinach.
Be careful eating out. If you are losing, order and get a to go box, put 1/2 of your meal in it and eat the rest.
Walk, walk, walk. I know, sounds trite, but it works.
Walden Farms make 0 calorie dressing.
Carbs aren't bad for you, it's all about calories - and that most people put all kinds of high calorie stuff on carbs (cheese, mayo, sour cream).0 -
I got a bottle of Clearly Canadian Blackberry water and after I drank it noticed it had 80 calories. When my husband and I went to meet with the Registered Dietician, she gave us a handbook of the calories for a lot of Fast and Semi-fast food restaurants. It was eye opening and even things that sounded like they might be healthy had sky high calories, fat and sodium. I've never been much of a FF eater, but at least once a week, I meet a friend for lunch at Ruby Tuesdays. I limit myself to the Garden Bar (and skip all the high calorie items) and plain grilled chicken breast (4oz) I realized before I did my lifestyle change, I was eating a day's worth of calories just at lunch.0
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Salad dressings are ridiculous, but have discovered some decent low-cal ones. OPA yogurt feta-dill is very good at 40 cals per 2 tbsp. I try to only use one, but sometimes you just need two if the salad is big.
Lower-fat potato chips. The Ruffles 65% less fat chips are still 120 cals for 11 chips. I might as well go for the real deal - Kettle Chips 140 cals for 13 chips.
@VUA21 - how can there be a zero calorie dressing? What's it made from - water mixed with water? All foods have calories.0 -
RaeBeeBaby wrote: »Salad dressings are ridiculous, but have discovered some decent low-cal ones. OPA yogurt feta-dill is very good at 40 cals per 2 tbsp. I try to only use one, but sometimes you just need two if the salad is big.
Lower-fat potato chips. The Ruffles 65% less fat chips are still 120 cals for 11 chips. I might as well go for the real deal - Kettle Chips 140 cals for 13 chips.
@VUA21 - how can there be a zero calorie dressing? What's it made from - water mixed with water? All foods have calories.
I have absolutely no idea what kind of voodoo is going on with Walden Farms, but yes, they make zero Calorie salad dressings! I still at 5 Cal to my diary in case one serving is simply rounded to 0, yet has .4 calories or something.0 -
I gotta say any resturant food. I especially hate it when places don't have nutritional information. And the fact that when they do, they don't show you options without bread is this much etc..1
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Anything with zero calories I would look at very suspiciously to determine the 0 Cal portion size.
If it is 0 or 1 Cal for the quantity I would use (I see you zero Cal diet pop), then all is good.
If it is 0 Cal per 0.25g when i would normally use 20g, then I would look very very carefully, because 5.4 Cal per 0.25g can be written out as 0 Cal on the label... (And frankly even if it is pure science fiction...when was the last class action about understated calories, and what is the potential financial gain as long as you could come close enough to claim manufacturing variance or at the very least mount some sort of defence?)4 -
RaeBeeBaby wrote: »Salad dressings are ridiculous, but have discovered some decent low-cal ones. OPA yogurt feta-dill is very good at 40 cals per 2 tbsp. I try to only use one, but sometimes you just need two if the salad is big.
Lower-fat potato chips. The Ruffles 65% less fat chips are still 120 cals for 11 chips. I might as well go for the real deal - Kettle Chips 140 cals for 13 chips.
@VUA21 - how can there be a zero calorie dressing? What's it made from - water mixed with water? All foods have calories.
I have absolutely no idea what kind of voodoo is going on with Walden Farms, but yes, they make zero Calorie salad dressings! I still at 5 Cal to my diary in case one serving is simply rounded to 0, yet has .4 calories or something.
Don't do it. They taste like sadness and death. Even being self-congratulatory on your restraint cannot surmount this.
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It was a surprise to me that the single glazed donut that I ate recently as a 'treat" was rated at about 300 calories.2
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Restaurant meals are a problem for me too. Lots of hidden fat, sugar, designed to make food taste better. Huge portion sizes are also problematic. I do much better in meeting my goals when I eat mostly home cooked meals. One issue is that my family members love buffets, burger joints, and BBQ--very difficult to control your calories there. I have started skipping meals out and let them go without me most of the time.
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snickerscharlie wrote: »RaeBeeBaby wrote: »Salad dressings are ridiculous, but have discovered some decent low-cal ones. OPA yogurt feta-dill is very good at 40 cals per 2 tbsp. I try to only use one, but sometimes you just need two if the salad is big.
Lower-fat potato chips. The Ruffles 65% less fat chips are still 120 cals for 11 chips. I might as well go for the real deal - Kettle Chips 140 cals for 13 chips.
@VUA21 - how can there be a zero calorie dressing? What's it made from - water mixed with water? All foods have calories.
I have absolutely no idea what kind of voodoo is going on with Walden Farms, but yes, they make zero Calorie salad dressings! I still at 5 Cal to my diary in case one serving is simply rounded to 0, yet has .4 calories or something.
Don't do it. They taste like sadness and death. Even being self-congratulatory on your restraint cannot surmount this.
I actually like the bacon ranch flavor as a marinade for my tomato and cucumber salad. They also have a cilantro vinaigrette that I enjoy.1 -
kristingjertsen wrote: »Restaurant meals are a problem for me too. Lots of hidden fat, sugar, designed to make food taste better. Huge portion sizes are also problematic. I do much better in meeting my goals when I eat mostly home cooked meals. One issue is that my family members love buffets, burger joints, and BBQ--very difficult to control your calories there. I have started skipping meals out and let them go without me most of the time.
My restaurant "tricks":
1. Kids/seniors meals. Much smaller portions sizes (what adults should actually be eating).
2. The Low calorie ootions: I know Chili's has a menu in the back for low calorie options, other restaurants have similar.
3. Ask for a to-go box with your meal. Cut your meal into half and place half in the box before you ever start eating.
4. Request "dry" with burgers: that means no sauces (mayo in particular!). You can always add a more reasonable amount to your burger afterwards.
5. No cheese: most restaurants put anywhere from 2-6oz of cheese on things that are topped with cheese, omit the cheese and save yourself a few hundred calories.
6. BBQ: get the stuff NOT covered in BBQ sauce. Grilled chicken, steaks, smoked brisket. Ask for no sauce, I've only been questioned a few times and my answer is always "I like the taste of (insert meat) a lot more than the sauce".
7. Don't eat the bread rolls. Not because of carbs or anything woo, but because they are usually already covered in butter.
8. Salsa: if you want a sauce, salsa is your best friend. A whole lot of flavor for very few calories.
9. Steaks: extremely accurate per menu size. If it's a lot smaller than listed, potential lawsuits suits (yes, that has happened) arrise. A lot bigger, they lose money. So steaks are very accurately listed (8oz steak are between 7.5 to 8.5 EVERY TIME)! Makes logging easier.5
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