Calorie Destroyers
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born_of_fire74 wrote: »Halo Top. So much enthusiasm here on MFP, so not worth even its meager calories. IMO only, of course: Feel free to eat my share.
Most grocery store/packaged baked goods. Really not good enough to be worth even Halo Top calories.
I dunno. Using my shelled pistachio nut example: 8 pistachio nuts (30g) or 1 cup of Halo Top (250g)?
I agree that Halo Top is pretty sad as far as ice cream goes but it makes up for that sadness with the fact that I can eat an appreciable volume of it. Just sayin'
If those were my only two choices, I'd take the nuts. Halo Top, to me, is not "bad" . . . just curiously unsatisfying, at any volume. I eat it, and feel like I ate . . . nothing. Not worth the calories (and I'm a volume eater, in general). I like the nuts.
YMMV, and that's totally fine.
ETA: BTW, I think your calorie counts are off. USDA says shelled, salted pistachios are 200 calories per quarter cup (35g), using the Kroger Private Selections entry. Halo Top says Vanilla Bean is 70 calories per half cup, so your cup is 140 calories (more or less, depending on flavor, but about that). I get 24.5g of shelled pistachios for 140 calories, which is a bit under 3T . . . more than 8 kernals. (8 nuts sounded wrong to me, so I looked).
To each his own of course.
My pistachios were marked as 170cal/30g and I weighed them. Perhaps they were particularly dense? I'm also prone to exaggeration so I will extend you 12 kernels as a compromise LOL
By shelled, I mean the ones where it's all kernel, no shell in the bag. Could that be the difference? Shouldn't be since no one eats the shells but you never know. What I do is that they are even worse than the ones I have to shell myself because I don't have to slow down to get them out of the shell, I can just shovel them into my maw.1 -
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born_of_fire74 wrote: »born_of_fire74 wrote: »Halo Top. So much enthusiasm here on MFP, so not worth even its meager calories. IMO only, of course: Feel free to eat my share.
Most grocery store/packaged baked goods. Really not good enough to be worth even Halo Top calories.
I dunno. Using my shelled pistachio nut example: 8 pistachio nuts (30g) or 1 cup of Halo Top (250g)?
I agree that Halo Top is pretty sad as far as ice cream goes but it makes up for that sadness with the fact that I can eat an appreciable volume of it. Just sayin'
If those were my only two choices, I'd take the nuts. Halo Top, to me, is not "bad" . . . just curiously unsatisfying, at any volume. I eat it, and feel like I ate . . . nothing. Not worth the calories (and I'm a volume eater, in general). I like the nuts.
YMMV, and that's totally fine.
ETA: BTW, I think your calorie counts are off. USDA says shelled, salted pistachios are 200 calories per quarter cup (35g), using the Kroger Private Selections entry. Halo Top says Vanilla Bean is 70 calories per half cup, so your cup is 140 calories (more or less, depending on flavor, but about that). I get 24.5g of shelled pistachios for 140 calories, which is a bit under 3T . . . more than 8 kernals. (8 nuts sounded wrong to me, so I looked).
To each his own of course.
My pistachios were marked as 170cal/30g and I weighed them. Perhaps they were particularly dense? I'm also prone to exaggeration so I will extend you 12 kernels as a compromise LOL
By shelled, I mean the ones where it's all kernel, no shell in the bag. Could that be the difference? Shouldn't be since no one eats the shells but you never know. What I do is that they are even worse than the ones I have to shell myself because I don't have to slow down to get them out of the shell, I can just shovel them into my maw.
170 calories for 30g sounds right. But 30g of shelled pistachios is just under a quarter cup, not 8 kernals, unless you have incredible giant-sized ones, rather than normal ones. 12 is getting closer. I have some shelled ones in the fridge, but they've been there for a while (arguably too long) so wouldn't be a fair check for weight: Too dried out.
Shelled = no shell.
In shell, unshelled = still has shell.
There was one brand I bought where the serving size turned out to be post-shelling (i.e., edible part), even though they were sold in the shell, and it didn't say that. It became obvious when I looked them up.
I usually buy them in the shell for the reason you mention: It's a speed-bump, metaphorically. So I treat them like peel & eat fruit (e.g., oranges) when at home: Weigh unshelled, shell and eat, weigh shells, subtract.
I'd still rather have pretty much any number of them than Halo Top. I know, I'm weird, but Halo Top is just not worth the calories . . . pretty much no matter how few. I tried multiple flavors, eventually finished most (still meh), and finally threw out the last half-full container because it got mega old.6 -
I'm going with the Taco Salad from Wendy's. I ate one for the first time today. Although it was only 440 calories, it was boring, horribly mediocre and was lowish in protein.3
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Sheet cake. Smoothies and protein shakes. Stadium foods. I shared some super greasy crinkle cut fries slathered in ketchup yesterday. My friends and I were like totally not worth it.3
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Alcohol.and the munchies it leads to3
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New_Heavens_Earth wrote: »Sheet cake. Smoothies and protein shakes. Stadium foods. I shared some super greasy crinkle cut fries slathered in ketchup yesterday. My friends and I were like totally not worth it.
Where are you people getting these bad fries? I am sad.
I only eat fries twice a year, because unfortunately, it's hard to find fries that are reliably gluten free. When we go on vacation, the fries on the boardwalk have dedicated fryers, so I know they're safe.
They use fresh cut potatoes. They fry them fresh for each order.
They are spectacular and worth every single calorie.
Foods not worth calories? Any gluten-free "replacement" foods like gluten free bread, pizza, etc. I do have to say that Trader Joe's gluten free bagels are half-way decent, though.4 -
Wafer cookies. These things. While I think they are delicious, I also think they are shockingly high in calories considering how little they weigh. (For some reason I think that things that weigh little should be low in calories.)
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Wafer cookies. These things. While I think they are delicious, I also think they are shockingly high in calories considering how little they weigh. (For some reason I think that things that weigh little should be low in calories.)
Okay, yes! I grabbed a few off a potluck table a while ago, thinking "how many calories could they be?"
Not worth it!
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Wafer cookies. These things. While I think they are delicious, I also think they are shockingly high in calories considering how little they weigh. (For some reason I think that things that weigh little should be low in calories.)
Weighing little = low calories? Boy have I got a cake for you! The whole thing is only 600cals according to that guy's mom.
(disclaimer: the whole cake is not 600cals. That guy shouldn't have believed his mom and neither should you)
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born_of_fire74 wrote: »Wafer cookies. These things. While I think they are delicious, I also think they are shockingly high in calories considering how little they weigh. (For some reason I think that things that weigh little should be low in calories.)
Weighing little = low calories? Boy have I got a cake for you! The whole thing is only 600cals according to that guy's mom.
(disclaimer: the whole cake is not 600cals. That guy shouldn't have believed his mom and neither should you)
OMG i remember this thread!2 -
Potato chips for me. I love them, but have no portion control around them as they just aren't filling. I save these for long race recovery.4
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born_of_fire74 wrote: »Wafer cookies. These things. While I think they are delicious, I also think they are shockingly high in calories considering how little they weigh. (For some reason I think that things that weigh little should be low in calories.)
Weighing little = low calories? Boy have I got a cake for you! The whole thing is only 600cals according to that guy's mom.
(disclaimer: the whole cake is not 600cals. That guy shouldn't have believed his mom and neither should you)
Oh I know it doesn't work that way. It's just how I think it should work. Just like whenever I see a very pricey house my first thought is "for that price it better have its own bowling alley." Light foods should be low cal. Expensive homes should have bowling alleys. These are the central tenets of my life.8 -
this is where we could have the muffin vs. donut discussion....a muffin is 500+ cal and a donut 350ish...i mean seriously!1
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GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »New_Heavens_Earth wrote: »Sheet cake. Smoothies and protein shakes. Stadium foods. I shared some super greasy crinkle cut fries slathered in ketchup yesterday. My friends and I were like totally not worth it.
Where are you people getting these bad fries? I am sad.
I only eat fries twice a year, because unfortunately, it's hard to find fries that are reliably gluten free. When we go on vacation, the fries on the boardwalk have dedicated fryers, so I know they're safe.
They use fresh cut potatoes. They fry them fresh for each order.
They are spectacular and worth every single calorie.
Foods not worth calories? Any gluten-free "replacement" foods like gluten free bread, pizza, etc. I do have to say that Trader Joe's gluten free bagels are half-way decent, though.
Have you tried tj's gf bread? I really like it!0 -
deannalfisher wrote: »this is where we could have the muffin vs. donut discussion....a muffin is 500+ cal and a donut 350ish...i mean seriously!
But good muffins are actually worth the 500 calories
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deannalfisher wrote: »this is where we could have the muffin vs. donut discussion....a muffin is 500+ cal and a donut 350ish...i mean seriously!
But good muffins are actually worth the 500 calories
but not the puney ones i ever get - if i make them from scratch sure (or maybe the wegman's pumpkin ones with strawberry cream cheese) - but mostly i can think of better things to spend my calories on (and i felt that way even at 3000cal a day)1 -
deannalfisher wrote: »this is where we could have the muffin vs. donut discussion....a muffin is 500+ cal and a donut 350ish...i mean seriously!
But good muffins are actually worth the 500 calories
The muffins I find "good" are more like 800 calories. They are also more like cake. Thanks a lot, Costco.1 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »deannalfisher wrote: »this is where we could have the muffin vs. donut discussion....a muffin is 500+ cal and a donut 350ish...i mean seriously!
But good muffins are actually worth the 500 calories
The muffins I find "good" are more like 800 calories. They are also more like cake. Thanks a lot, Costco.
Homemade is the only way to go.2 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »deannalfisher wrote: »this is where we could have the muffin vs. donut discussion....a muffin is 500+ cal and a donut 350ish...i mean seriously!
But good muffins are actually worth the 500 calories
The muffins I find "good" are more like 800 calories. They are also more like cake. Thanks a lot, Costco.
Homemade is the only way to go.
See, this is why I don't bake. To save myself from myself.4 -
Cheap pastry.2
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quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »deannalfisher wrote: »this is where we could have the muffin vs. donut discussion....a muffin is 500+ cal and a donut 350ish...i mean seriously!
But good muffins are actually worth the 500 calories
The muffins I find "good" are more like 800 calories. They are also more like cake. Thanks a lot, Costco.
Homemade is the only way to go.
See, this is why I don't bake. To save myself from myself.
Me too. That, and lazy
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Christmas cookies are hard to resist. So I pick and eat one. It is my bucket challenge.2
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deannalfisher wrote: »this is where we could have the muffin vs. donut discussion....a muffin is 500+ cal and a donut 350ish...i mean seriously!
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No, those giant travesty-of-a-muffin things that are huge, over-sweet, filled/topped with sugar-stuffs/nuts, and literally greasy on the outside from overuse of oil . . . those are 500+ calories.
A traditional sort of muffin - regular size muffin tin, reasonably sweet, raisins and nuts, enough oil for good texture . . . those run in the 300 region. I ran mine through the recipe builder, and got 297 calories per. Other people (who are not cutting calories) universally like them - one friend demands that I bring a batch on road trips. Plus 6g protein, 6g fiber, 11% RDA calcium & iron, 253mg potassium.
The modern commercial muffin is a monstrosity, a tall soft cookie, or a kind of cake. It's not a muffin.
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deannalfisher wrote: »this is where we could have the muffin vs. donut discussion....a muffin is 500+ cal and a donut 350ish...i mean seriously!
<rant>
No, those giant travesty-of-a-muffin things that are huge, over-sweet, filled/topped with sugar-stuffs/nuts, and literally greasy on the outside from overuse of oil . . . those are 500+ calories.
A traditional sort of muffin - regular size muffin tin, reasonably sweet, raisins and nuts, enough oil for good texture . . . those run in the 300 region. I ran mine through the recipe builder, and got 297 calories per. Other people (who are not cutting calories) universally like them - one friend demands that I bring a batch on road trips. Plus 6g protein, 6g fiber, 11% RDA calcium & iron, 253mg potassium.
The modern commercial muffin is a monstrosity, a tall soft cookie, or a kind of cake. It's not a muffin.
</rant>
Totally agree!
Mine come out to 187kcal (but I make them in a smaller than average muffin tin). On a good day I can get away with eating 2 of those
(and freeze the extras so I'm not tempted. Pop in the oven for 5 minutes after dethawed and they taste almost like fresh from the oven the first time 'round)4 -
Cream horns. Now I will clarify if bought from a real bakery there is a divine real Italian bakery in town they are beyond good. And I bet close to 600 calories because they are huge. So they are not on my food list. But the ones that are worthless and I just never even consider anymore are the ones that come 4 or 5 pre-packaged for about $4 and when done eating one you have that left over greasy taste in your mouth. They state they are 260 calories each.0
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Cheap chocolate. I LOVE chocolate, but if I'm going to splurge it has to be fine quality. The other day I was dreaming about chocolate...had a couple of Hershey Kisses...meh...what a waste of calories.2
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0somuchbetter0 wrote: »Cheap chocolate. I LOVE chocolate, but if I'm going to splurge it has to be fine quality. The other day I was dreaming about chocolate...had a couple of Hershey Kisses...meh...what a waste of calories.
Doesn't even taste like chocolate, huh?
The candy cane white chocolate ones are good, though. 1 -
0somuchbetter0 wrote: »Cheap chocolate. I LOVE chocolate, but if I'm going to splurge it has to be fine quality. The other day I was dreaming about chocolate...had a couple of Hershey Kisses...meh...what a waste of calories.
Doesn't even taste like chocolate, huh?The candy cane white chocolate ones are good, though.
I love those things! I cannot moderate them. I've gone through one of the really big bags already this year. I also noticed that last year a serving was 9 kisses for 220 calories, and this year a serving is 6 kisses for 140 calories. Trying to make them look less dangerous... :grumble:2 -
All-you-can eat sushi! I don't even feel tempted by the fried rolls or ones stuffed with cream cheese, and still I can put away many thousands of calories without batting an eye
The dessert (tempura banana with ice cream) doesn't help either!!1
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