Your calorie sob story

Mangopickle

What is the highest calorie food you consumed as a newbie unaware of the horrific calorie count before you logged it? Mine was Thai Angel wings (stuffed fried chicken wings). 1 wing =700 calories!!!

spoiledpuppies

Haven't had one--I log before eat. But I was surprised by the calories in hummus.

treesha450

Jack in the Box Egg Nog Shake of 24 oz contains 1210 calories.

19TaraLynn84

Half of a sandwich at Longhorn Steakhouse was over 700 calories. Half of it!!! ????

ETA: And it tasted good, too.

Mangopickle

Jack in the Box Egg Nog Shake of 24 oz contains 1210 calories.

Wow! One whole day up in smoke!

BlueBombers

Filipino spring rolls (lumpia)....so good but deadly....

The ones I had were just under 200 calories a piece....I ate 10 of them :blushing:

Mangopickle

Filipino spring rolls (lumpia)....so good but deadly....

The ones I had were just under 200 calories a piece....I ate 10 of them :blushing:

Don't be embarrassed. Everyone knows that a serving size of Lumpia is 10!! I know for a fact I have consumed 30 in a 24 hour period.

QueenBishOTUniverse

Freddy's mini concrete 600 something calories, it was the MINI DAMMIT! I had prelogged everything else and had a little room to spare so I was SURE it wouldn't be too bad, it was my cheat day, I could got 100-200 over......:grumble:

Will be sticking to a DQ dipped cone from now on.....

_db_

Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia.



Nah, I'm full of sh*bleep*. I totally read the label on both pints the whole while I was emptying them.


edit: In all seriousness, I was appalled to see the caloric values of some stuff at Chilis shortly after I started paying attention to what I was putting in my face.

Factory_Reset

When I was new, I logged before I ate. And still ate it

IDGAF

smantha32

Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia.



Nah, I'm full of sh*bleep*. I totally read the label on both pints the whole while I was emptying them.


edit: In all seriousness, I was appalled to see the caloric values of some stuff at Chilis shortly after I started paying attention to what I was putting in my face.

Yes, some of the things i ate on a regular basis at Chili's horrified me once I started logging.

F00LofaT00K

My boyfriend surprised me with a frappe from Burger King. . . he was so sweet. He started out with "I know you're losing weight and watching your calories, but I also know you had a stressful day at work and we have to be up late tonight.... so I got you a frappe but I got you a small! It should fit into your day, right?" I tell him, "I don't know.... let's see what MFP says."

410 calories for a SMALL mocha frappe. He looked so sad and apologetic. Then he offered to drink it for me haha. I drank it though.... and it was ALMOST worth the calories....... but I won't be buying them for myself once a week like I used to. That's more calories than most of my meals!!

xDawnsgrace

i looked it up before i had it, but portillo's chocolate cake shake. 1200 calories for a 12 ounce(a SMALL).. and it's almost impossible to get JUST 12 ounces of that.

pseudomuffin

Starbucks venti soy peppermint mocha no whip = 420 calories, 8g fat, 81g carbohydrates!!... And I had been drinking 2x/day for maybe a year? Yikes. That stopped immediately.

ali4579

I had a 745 calorie cupcake a few days ago. I knew it was pretty big but I never would have guessed quite that much.

michellekicks

I had the new Tim hortons Italian sandwich and it was 700 calories. I knew it would be high but was surprised.

jlar09

Garlic mashed potatoes are what comes to mind, but honestly SO much. I eat at restaurants 2-3x a week for my job (no avoiding it, unfortunately) and when I first started MFP 75 days ago, I guesstimated by the menu and then would go add later. (SO many places don't have nutritional information!). I was absolutely floored by how many calories were in my normal choices. Now I stick to a normal salad with dressing on the side or some sort of grilled meat with vegetables. It's a lot easier to guesstimate if there aren't very many ingredients in your meal!

Fullsterkur_woman

Whataburger Chop House Cheddar Burger - 1170 calories. And it wasn't a newb mistake either, this was only 8 months ago or so. I just figured it'd be comparable to other fast food bacon double cheeseburgers. I resisted the fries they kept pushing on me. Good thing too. And I haven't ordered it since then!

vwbug86

Sonic's Double Bacon Cheese Burger. I thought it was going to be 600-800 like a quarter pounder with bacon.

It was OVER 1200 calories. I'm glad I had decided to skip the ice cream. Tasted pretty good though.

gossipkween

peets eggnog latte. even nonfat didnt help.

Rosplosion

To OP - One mother****ing hotwing? JESUS.

I think I ate an entire movie size box of peanut M&Ms today. That really screwed my macros.

Rachelc1992

Today I had a shock when I logged my nuts!!!! They contain good fat and all that so I was like aw ill take them out with me so I'm not tempted by the cake! The cake was less calories!! What the hell!!!!!!!!

meshashesha2012

i had a hurricane earlier this week in new orleans and it was 1100 calories. i also had 1 more after that :laugh:

and i wan to try this 700 calorie hotwing. one day. when i'm on a refeed

Stripeness

Cheesecake Factory's Pecan Crusted Catfish dinner. That was ~2500 calories, IIRC. And the wasabi crusted ahi ~2000.
*sigh* Alas.
bridge. water.

CoffeeNBooze

ramen noodles. I forgot to note "per serving" and thought they were just 190 calories a pack lol

Fullsterkur_woman

Sonic's Double Bacon Cheese Burger. I thought it was going to be 600-800 like a quarter pounder with bacon.

It was OVER 1200 calories. I'm glad I had decided to skip the ice cream. Tasted pretty good though.

Note to self. Bacon double cheeseburgers = 1200 calories. Lesson learned.

Fullsterkur_woman

Today I had a shock when I logged my nuts!!!! They contain good fat and all that so I was like aw ill take them out with me so I'm not tempted by the cake! The cake was less calories!! What the hell!!!!!!!!

OK, but fat still has 9 calories per gram, whereas cake is mostly flour and sugar, and carbs have less than half the calories of fat per gram. You have to be very, very careful to weigh out your portions of nuts; it's very easy to have a calorie disaster as a result of them. (and really, which one is more nutritious-- nuts or cake? but still, a big calorie hit...)

whitebalance

A fricking SALAD at Outback. It's the Cobb with crispy chicken and ranch dressing, but still - I was shocked when I first looked it up and found out it was over 1,000 calories!

twhaley1990

Wawa 10 oz nonfat pumpkin white hot chocolate. It was about 400 calories. That's my typical lunch intake on a hungry day!

twhaley1990

A fricking SALAD at Outback. It's the Cobb with crispy chicken and ranch dressing, but still - I was shocked when I first looked it up and found out it was over 1,000 calories!

Oooooo, I've been there before with Applebees. It's appalling what restaurants do to salad.

Phrick

A fricking SALAD at Outback. It's the Cobb with crispy chicken and ranch dressing, but still - I was shocked when I first looked it up and found out it was over 1,000 calories!

Oooooo, I've been there before with Applebees. It's appalling what restaurants do to salad.

That was mine - crispy chicken oriental salad @ Applebees, it's 1290 cal for the whole thing with 1 ramekin of dressing (which really is not enough lol)