What foods are just not worth the # of calories?
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most chinese food buffet items5 -
Probably it's just me, but when think of "foods not worth the calories", I think of foods I actually do like, but eat less frequently or in smaller portions (maybe even nearly never) just because of the calorie cost.
I think of it as something I like okay or even pretty well, but when watching calories, it doesn't make the cut, even though back in the day I'd eat it without thinking.
A perfect example for me is (usually) fruit juice. I like fruit juice quite a bit, but only drink it rarely (usually when traveling and at a hotel or before a race, it's a thing of mine). The cals (and lack of filling-ness) isn't worth it for me, even though it's tasty -- and I can have the fruit, which I like just as much, for fewer cals and more satiety.
Another example is the bread on the table at a restaurant. Even with really good bread (not talking about the mediocre stuff), I don't eat it, since although it's tasty enough, I'm about to eat a delicious meal I get to choose that meets my preferences and the cals from the bread in that context just aren't worth it.
I often think of this as trade off stuff -- I like enough foods that some I like just fine just never seem to be ones I choose.
Pre covid, a lot of the sweets that would be on offer at the office would be in this category -- I might have thoughtlessly eaten something at one point, but when thinking about it, was it worth the cals (and not having the dessert I otherwise would have had later that specifically fit my own preferences or some other higher cal item I chose for myself)?--no. Or I used to get occasional Potbelly's (sandwich place) plus chips, and I don't get the chips now since they are okay, but not worth the cals given they don't add anything nutritionally that I need and I will be satisfied without them. If I feel a need for a salt fix in addition to the sandwich, a pickle is a better cal to salt ratio, and I find it at least as enjoyable.
All of this.
When I started looking at calories of all kinds of things I ate and *liked* well enough, but not *that* (insert calorie count) much. I don't 'forbid' myself any food, I'll have whatever it is I really like, but where I used to sort of mindlessly grab a pastry at the gas station convenience store on my way to wherever, I now just nope out. I like it okay but I don't like it 400 calories worth! I'll grab an apple for my grab and go 'I just need a thing to eat' snack on the way out the door instead and save the other 300 calories and eat something I either like a lot more or is a lot more filling!2 -
* anything dairy - too much GI issue
* soda of any kind - too many empty calories, plus tea takes better
* sugary candy, like Halloween candy - way too sweet and also has dairy1 -
said before, but nutella...2
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Gas station pies. Mcdonalds apple pies are worth it in my opinion, but not these ones. My friends always rave about them.
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Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »Gas station pies. Mcdonalds apple pies are worth it in my opinion, but not these ones. My friends always rave about them.
Right? These suckers are like 500 calories0 -
Pecans. Way too many calories for a small amount.1
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pancakerunner wrote: »
makes me want to cry...I remember back in the day when I first purchased a scale and weighed out some walnuts. I really thought the scale wasn't working right...then I educated myself and cried...funny😆-not funny😥3 -
This all looks about the same to me, and I still enjoy eating 1-2 servings of nuts/seeds/day. They are worth the cals to me.4
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I had an Oreo the other day. Not as good as I remembered3
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fitpal4242 wrote: »I had an Oreo the other day. Not as good as I remembered
Maybe you didn't eat it the way you're supposed to? Twist it apart and lick the frosting first? Dunk it in milk?
I haven't had an Oreo in years because if I bought a package nobody else would even know it's here.
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fitpal4242 wrote: »I had an Oreo the other day. Not as good as I remembered
Maybe you didn't eat it the way you're supposed to? Twist it apart and lick the frosting first? Dunk it in milk?
I haven't had an Oreo in years because if I bought a package nobody else would even know it's here.
on this note... golden oreos > regular2 -
I'm not a big sweets person so I'd have to say for me cakes, cookies, candies, etc just aren't worth the calories. I'd much rather have something salty and crunchy.0
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I pretty much don't count anything out... But I was shocked at how many calories a chocolate bar has. Like... My fruit and nut bar from Cadbury... That's a whole meal worth of calories.
I tend to not eat the whole thing now and have gotten better at breaking of a few squares and then putting it out of sight.
I sees it. I eats it. 🤪3 -
Those big cocoa bombs that are so popular this year......
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Sweets.
I have various well-meaning gifts of gummies and hard candy that I'm refusing to eat. It's just pure sugar.
I'll rejig my diary to fit in anything chocolatey, but I don't see the point of candy.0 -
thelastnightingale wrote: »Sweets.
I have various well-meaning gifts of gummies and hard candy that I'm refusing to eat. It's just pure sugar.
I'll rejig my diary to fit in anything chocolatey, but I don't see the point of candy.
For me, sweets are pure nostalgia. Peach rings for example... I NEVER have them, but if I do it's when I want to taste my childhood haha2
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