Whoa- I had no idea there were that many calories in X. Foods to avoid.

Francl27

I do 3oz typically too but that's still nowhere a restaurant portion, lol. And don't forget all the oil that is typically in sauces as well... But 2oz (that's around 120g cooked for me) is nowhere near enough unless I have a lot of other things on my plate.

But again, there are people who are apparently satisfied by kid meals at McDonald's...

mtaratoot

Back all the way to the original question, except with a twist.

What was my X? What foods was I at least somewhat ignorant of caloric density before I started logging? I used the USDA "Supertracker" site before it closed when I moved over to MFP. But I have two sets of answers.


Here's the first list that answers the original question:
Steel cut oats, or rolled oats.
Whole grain bread.
Brown rice.
Almonds
All more than I would have expected beore I begain tracking calories. I think there's more I could add to this list.


What else was X?
Donuts (sorry)
Whole milk yogurt
Blueberries and pears
Sirloin
Crab
Oysters
Beets
All have LESS than I would have assumed!

Someone posted a spreadsheet here once that listed a whole crapton of foods and their caloric value and their protien value. You could sort the spreadsheet any way you liked and find a food that helped fill your macros within your calorie limit or give you enough calories if you were short on those. Like I EVER have that problem. Ha.

IsETHome

mtaratoot wrote: »

Back all the way to the original question, except with a twist.

What was my X? What foods was I at least somewhat ignorant of caloric density before I started logging? I used the USDA "Supertracker" site before it closed when I moved over to MFP. But I have two sets of answers.


Here's the first list that answers the original question:
Steel cut oats, or rolled oats.
Whole grain bread.
Brown rice.
Almonds
All more than I would have expected beore I begain tracking calories. I think there's more I could add to this list.


What else was X?
Donuts (sorry)
Whole milk yogurt
Blueberries and pears
Sirloin
Crab
Oysters
Beets
All have LESS than I would have assumed!

Someone posted a spreadsheet here once that listed a whole crapton of foods and their caloric value and their protien value. You could sort the spreadsheet any way you liked and find a food that helped fill your macros within your calorie limit or give you enough calories if you were short on those. Like I EVER have that problem. Ha.

Awesome!! That's a great idea. My whole milk yogurt, I only use now as a topping since it was 160 cals for a small container 1/2 cup I think - that did surprise me. I cook fresh beats and cube them, so maybe don't eat so much of them that they add up much. Oysters and Crab wow....hmm I'll have to look that up.