I made a choice it was WRONG!

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  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member

    So OK I have some chicken strips and one (1) not overly big Blackberry Crepe, ok now it's real name ---which I over looked seeing only two things, “crepe (a thin pancake) and blackberries (a healthy fruit)”,--- it is a New Blackberry Sweet Cream Cheese Crepe 1440 calories for that baby (alone)


    You positive that isn't for the crepe combo?

    This is for the raspberry sweet cream crepe: http://www.ihop.com/menus/main-menu/featured-items/raspberry-sweet-cream-cheese-crepe-combo cause i couldn't kind the blackberry -- that is for THE WHOLE COMBO.

    It's not that I don't think a crepe could possibly have 1,400 or so calories, but unless it's stuffed with meat, it ain't gonna have 51 grams of protein -- but if you ate the bacon/sauage/eggs that come with -- you probably would.

    I see the blackberry and you're absolutely right! My guess is that the crepe is 500-ish tops. Yay! Happy birthday OP! :)

    Happiest of birthdays OP.
  • davidrip1
    davidrip1 Posts: 70 Member
    The iHop i frequent has the calories of evey meal listed on the menu. Makes it convenient to make a good decision.
  • RivenV
    RivenV Posts: 1,667 Member

    So OK I have some chicken strips and one (1) not overly big Blackberry Crepe, ok now it's real name ---which I over looked seeing only two things, “crepe (a thin pancake) and blackberries (a healthy fruit)”,--- it is a New Blackberry Sweet Cream Cheese Crepe 1440 calories for that baby (alone)


    You positive that isn't for the crepe combo?

    This is for the raspberry sweet cream crepe: http://www.ihop.com/menus/main-menu/featured-items/raspberry-sweet-cream-cheese-crepe-combo cause i couldn't kind the blackberry -- that is for THE WHOLE COMBO.

    It's not that I don't think a crepe could possibly have 1,400 or so calories, but unless it's stuffed with meat, it ain't gonna have 51 grams of protein -- but if you ate the bacon/sauage/eggs that come with -- you probably would.
    http://www.ihop.com/menus/main-menu/featured-items/-/media/ihop/PDFs/nutritionalinformation.ashx

    I agree. Chicken and waffles = 1040 calories. The waffle portion is 400 calories by itself, so that means all of the chicken strips are a total of 640 calories. I assume there are about 3 strips, so each one is ~213 calories.

    I also could not find the blackberry crepes in the nutrition info, but the blueberry crepes combo is listed at 1180. The blueberry combo is just like the blackberry one in that they both come with a side of bacon, links, hashbrowns, and eggs. Oof. No way that single crepe is over a grand in calories just by itself.
    http://www.ihop.com/menus/main-menu/crepes/blackberry-sweet-cream-cheese-crepe-combo
    Consider this: 2 eggs, hashbrowns, 2 bacon strips, and 2 links comes out to ~850 calories, per their website info. So of the ~1200 calorie crepe combo, about 850 of that is stuff you didn't have. I'd estimate the crepe to be about 350-400 calories...ish.

    So, if you only had one chicken strip (rounding up to 250 for margin of error) and one crepe (middle of the road 375), your brinner was only about 625 calories. That's nothing to feel badly about. Especially if you got to have a delicious blackberry crepe. :love:
  • craftywitch_63
    craftywitch_63 Posts: 829 Member
    Interesting tidbit: studies have shown that the mere PRESENCE of healthy options on a menu leads people to feel more confident in selecting the unhealthy items. It's why McDonalds heavily advertises their salads, which aren't a big seller - it leads to more sales of their other products. Resist the marketing!


    I never knew this^^^ but I appreciate the info. Knowledge is power. It does explain things like <500 menu or "healthy" options at places like Applebee's.

    Really, if you look at a nutrition chart, McDonalds salads, oatmeal, etc., isn't really that "healthy." It is McDonalds after all. I haven't gone to McDonalds in over a year, or any fast food restaurant in months, but I know that if I do, the food is unhealthy, so I just work it into my food plan. If I make the choice to eat c*** one meal, at least I'm doing it on purpose. Of course, life happens OP. I agree with the other posters that tell you to shrug it off and move on.
  • RivenV
    RivenV Posts: 1,667 Member
    Interesting tidbit: studies have shown that the mere PRESENCE of healthy options on a menu leads people to feel more confident in selecting the unhealthy items. It's why McDonalds heavily advertises their salads, which aren't a big seller - it leads to more sales of their other products. Resist the marketing!


    I never knew this^^^ but I appreciate the info. Knowledge is power. It does explain things like <500 menu or "healthy" options at places like Applebee's.

    Really, if you look at a nutrition chart, McDonalds salads, oatmeal, etc., isn't really that "healthy." It is McDonalds after all. I haven't gone to McDonalds in over a year, or any fast food restaurant in months, but I know that if I do, the food is unhealthy, so I just work it into my food plan. If I make the choice to eat c*** one meal, at least I'm doing it on purpose. Of course, life happens OP. I agree with the other posters that tell you to shrug it off and move on.
    There is no such thing as a healthy or unhealthy food--just unhealthy diets. Pretty much any food can be included in a reasonable diet that also accounts for calories, macros, and micros. I had 20 chicken McNuggets yesterday. It was excellent workout fuel due to the spread of carbs and proteins, and I hit all of my targets with ease. I even had ice cream later in the evening. And I don't regret any of it for a single second because I'm aware that context is important when considering dietary choices.
  • crystalflame
    crystalflame Posts: 1,049 Member

    So OK I have some chicken strips and one (1) not overly big Blackberry Crepe, ok now it's real name ---which I over looked seeing only two things, “crepe (a thin pancake) and blackberries (a healthy fruit)”,--- it is a New Blackberry Sweet Cream Cheese Crepe 1440 calories for that baby (alone)


    You positive that isn't for the crepe combo?

    This is for the raspberry sweet cream crepe: http://www.ihop.com/menus/main-menu/featured-items/raspberry-sweet-cream-cheese-crepe-combo cause i couldn't kind the blackberry -- that is for THE WHOLE COMBO.

    It's not that I don't think a crepe could possibly have 1,400 or so calories, but unless it's stuffed with meat, it ain't gonna have 51 grams of protein -- but if you ate the bacon/sauage/eggs that come with -- you probably would.
    http://www.ihop.com/menus/main-menu/featured-items/-/media/ihop/PDFs/nutritionalinformation.ashx

    I agree. Chicken and waffles = 1040 calories. The waffle portion is 400 calories by itself, so that means all of the chicken strips are a total of 640 calories. I assume there are about 3 strips, so each one is ~213 calories.

    I also could not find the blackberry crepes in the nutrition info, but the blueberry crepes combo is listed at 1180. The blueberry combo is just like the blackberry one in that they both come with a side of bacon, links, hashbrowns, and eggs. Oof. No way that single crepe is over a grand in calories just by itself.
    http://www.ihop.com/menus/main-menu/crepes/blackberry-sweet-cream-cheese-crepe-combo
    Consider this: 2 eggs, hashbrowns, 2 bacon strips, and 2 links comes out to ~850 calories, per their website info. So of the ~1200 calorie crepe combo, about 850 of that is stuff you didn't have. I'd estimate the crepe to be about 350-400 calories...ish.

    So, if you only had one chicken strip (rounding up to 250 for margin of error) and one crepe (middle of the road 375), your brinner was only about 625 calories. That's nothing to feel badly about. Especially if you got to have a delicious blackberry crepe. :love:

    If you scroll toward the bottom of the gigantic nutrition info listing they have, a single blueberry crepe is 520 calories and a strawberry crepe is 530 calories. The blackberry crepe will be about the same.

    I love how all of us were like WTF NOT POSSIBLE. And were right about it. We've been counting calories too long :wink:
  • cheripugh1
    cheripugh1 Posts: 357 Member
    I was hopeful it was the whole combo EXCEPT none of these sweet cream cheese filled are a set or even basic combo, YOU pick which other parts you want which are breakfast meals, like 2 eggs, hash-brown's sausage or ham or bacon or all 3... with the crepe on the side. Their plain crepes as in nothing, are 400 - 500 calories; all their fruit top crepes are over 1000 alone. I was so hopeful! But this puppy was filled full of this awesome sweet cream cheese filling, it was top with a blackberry topping more like syrup with berries and lots of whipped cream! (the size of a lg. tortilla rolled up)

    You know what was really sad and shocking? this little plate of a few chicken strips and a crepe was over 2000 calories, just that one dish! My sister was shocked... this seriously goes to show how easy it is to over eat and not even know you have been doing this and even wondering how the heck the pounds are piling on!

    It was delish... worth 1440? nope... but it was really good! and it is OK, I slipped and it happens, so today I am thinking ahead on how to have what I wanted to have today for my birthday without ANY guilt!

    Thank you all for the birthday wishes!

    here's the link http://www.ihop.com/-/media/ihop/PDFs/nutritionalinformation.ashx this shows all the items alone.
  • RivenV
    RivenV Posts: 1,667 Member

    So OK I have some chicken strips and one (1) not overly big Blackberry Crepe, ok now it's real name ---which I over looked seeing only two things, “crepe (a thin pancake) and blackberries (a healthy fruit)”,--- it is a New Blackberry Sweet Cream Cheese Crepe 1440 calories for that baby (alone)


    You positive that isn't for the crepe combo?

    This is for the raspberry sweet cream crepe: http://www.ihop.com/menus/main-menu/featured-items/raspberry-sweet-cream-cheese-crepe-combo cause i couldn't kind the blackberry -- that is for THE WHOLE COMBO.

    It's not that I don't think a crepe could possibly have 1,400 or so calories, but unless it's stuffed with meat, it ain't gonna have 51 grams of protein -- but if you ate the bacon/sauage/eggs that come with -- you probably would.
    http://www.ihop.com/menus/main-menu/featured-items/-/media/ihop/PDFs/nutritionalinformation.ashx

    I agree. Chicken and waffles = 1040 calories. The waffle portion is 400 calories by itself, so that means all of the chicken strips are a total of 640 calories. I assume there are about 3 strips, so each one is ~213 calories.

    I also could not find the blackberry crepes in the nutrition info, but the blueberry crepes combo is listed at 1180. The blueberry combo is just like the blackberry one in that they both come with a side of bacon, links, hashbrowns, and eggs. Oof. No way that single crepe is over a grand in calories just by itself.
    http://www.ihop.com/menus/main-menu/crepes/blackberry-sweet-cream-cheese-crepe-combo
    Consider this: 2 eggs, hashbrowns, 2 bacon strips, and 2 links comes out to ~850 calories, per their website info. So of the ~1200 calorie crepe combo, about 850 of that is stuff you didn't have. I'd estimate the crepe to be about 350-400 calories...ish.

    So, if you only had one chicken strip (rounding up to 250 for margin of error) and one crepe (middle of the road 375), your brinner was only about 625 calories. That's nothing to feel badly about. Especially if you got to have a delicious blackberry crepe. :love:

    If you scroll toward the bottom of the gigantic nutrition info listing they have, a single blueberry crepe is 520 calories and a strawberry crepe is 530 calories. The blackberry crepe will be about the same.

    I love how all of us were like WTF NOT POSSIBLE. And were right about it. We've been counting calories too long :wink:
    Lol! I can't believe I missed that. I usually ctrl+F to find stuff, but it would not find "blackberry" anywhere on the page. Looks like my math needs a little work, but I'm glad it was at least close.
  • crystalflame
    crystalflame Posts: 1,049 Member
    I was hopeful it was the whole combo EXCEPT none of these sweet cream cheese filled are a set or even basic combo, YOU pick which other parts you want which are breakfast meals, like 2 eggs, hash-brown's sausage or ham or bacon or all 3... with the crepe on the side. Their plain crepes as in nothing, are 400 - 500 calories; all their fruit top crepes are over 1000 alone. I was so hopeful! But this puppy was filled full of this awesome sweet cream cheese filling, it was top with a blackberry topping more like syrup with berries and lots of whipped cream! (the size of a lg. tortilla rolled up)

    You know what was really sad and shocking? this little plate of a few chicken strips and a crepe was over 2000 calories, just that one dish! My sister was shocked... this seriously goes to show how easy it is to over eat and not even know you have been doing this and even wondering how the heck the pounds are piling on!

    It was delish... worth 1440? nope... but it was really good! and it is OK, I slipped and it happens, so today I am thinking ahead on how to have what I wanted to have today for my birthday without ANY guilt!

    Thank you all for the birthday wishes!

    here's the link http://www.ihop.com/-/media/ihop/PDFs/nutritionalinformation.ashx this shows all the items alone.

    But but but I looked at that and if you look under "desserts" it lists individual fruit crepes as ~500 calories.

    I am ALL for overestimating your calories a little - you eat more than you think you do, restaurants are allowed to post minimum calories in foods rather than averages, etc. But overestimations still need to be somewhat accurate overestimations... Severely undereating is just as bad as overeating. If you get ridiculously high numbers like that, try to build the recipe yourself. Plain crepe: 400 calories. Cream cheese w/ sugar: 75-100 calories. Fruit topping: 50 calories. Whipped cream: 50 calories. 600 calories max.

    ETA: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
  • RivenV
    RivenV Posts: 1,667 Member
    I was hopeful it was the whole combo EXCEPT none of these sweet cream cheese filled are a set or even basic combo, YOU pick which other parts you want which are breakfast meals, like 2 eggs, hash-brown's sausage or ham or bacon or all 3... with the crepe on the side. Their plain crepes as in nothing, are 400 - 500 calories; all their fruit top crepes are over 1000 alone. I was so hopeful! But this puppy was filled full of this awesome sweet cream cheese filling, it was top with a blackberry topping more like syrup with berries and lots of whipped cream! (the size of a lg. tortilla rolled up)

    You know what was really sad and shocking? this little plate of a few chicken strips and a crepe was over 2000 calories, just that one dish! My sister was shocked... this seriously goes to show how easy it is to over eat and not even know you have been doing this and even wondering how the heck the pounds are piling on!

    It was delish... worth 1440? nope... but it was really good! and it is OK, I slipped and it happens, so today I am thinking ahead on how to have what I wanted to have today for my birthday without ANY guilt!

    Thank you all for the birthday wishes!

    here's the link http://www.ihop.com/-/media/ihop/PDFs/nutritionalinformation.ashx this shows all the items alone.

    But but but I looked at that and if you look under "desserts" it lists individual fruit crepes as ~500 calories.

    I am ALL for overestimating your calories a little - you eat more than you think you do, restaurants are allowed to post minimum calories in foods rather than averages, etc. But overestimations still need to be somewhat accurate overestimations... Severely undereating is just as bad as overeating. If you get ridiculously high numbers like that, try to build the recipe yourself. Plain crepe: 400 calories. Cream cheese w/ sugar: 75-100 calories. Fruit topping: 50 calories. Whipped cream: 50 calories. 600 calories max.
    Exactly. I'm glad OP thinks that the crepe was delicious/decadent enough to warrant around 1,000 calories, but that simply cannot be the case (unless they're hiding half a stick of butter in it somewhere). Building the recipe from the ground up while overestimating the ingredients' calories by about 10% is a solid way of determining an approximate caloric total for the dish. Thinking that you ate >1k calories when you only had (at most) a little more than half of that is not a healthy mind set. Facts are your friend. Why do you want to punish yourself for something you didn't do?
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    Let's break it down now...

    First this is the like to the nutrition to the COMBO: http://www.ihop.com/menus/main-menu/crepes/blackberry-sweet-cream-cheese-crepe-combo

    Yes, you have options --- but that 1,440 includes those shown, otherwise it wouldn't say combo.
    Their plain crepes as in nothing, are 400 - 500 calories

    For how many though? 3-4 plain crepes. Maybe.

    If you look at that link you provided (below for anyone interested) at "Cheese Blintzes" under the crepe section, you will see that is 1210. That is for at least 2, so there is really no way your one stuffed crepe was 1,440.

    ETA: I looked there are 3 blintze in a iHop portion!

    http://www.ihop.com/-/media/ihop/PDFs/nutritionalinformation.ashx this shows all the items alone.
  • mcrane4
    mcrane4 Posts: 18 Member
    I'm actually going to IHOP for breakfast this morning so I looked up the nutritional info. Slim and fit menu items are pretty good a few under 350 calories. and the rest under 600
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    Ok, last post here... but if you add up 2 eggs, 2 sausage, 2 bacon, and hashbrowns from the a la carte menu, it's 850 calories, 33 protein grams. If you divide the cheese blintzes by three, it's 403 calories and 10 protein per blintze. Add blueberry topping at 150 calories and you get 1403 calories and 43 grams of protein.
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    No worries, we have all been there. Happy Birthday!
  • qtgonewild
    qtgonewild Posts: 1,930 Member
    1440 for a frickin crepe. Say it ain't so. I love crepes.
  • 4mricandy
    4mricandy Posts: 159 Member
    Happens to all of us! Tomorrow is another day!
  • lisawinning4losing
    lisawinning4losing Posts: 726 Member
    It happens to the best of us. That's why since I joined MFP I don't go out to eat unless I look it up first. But sometimes those surprises do happen, and when you're craving something it's easy to under-estimate and rationalize!
  • verptwerp
    verptwerp Posts: 3,659 Member
    Happy Birthday to you :drinker:
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    Personally, I eat what I fancy if I eat out, as I do not eat out that often.
    I would find it not very healthy, to be fretting about the occasional meal out, if the rest of the time, the diet is healthy and well balanced.
    Also, I would find it a waste of money to be choosing things based on the calories, rather than on what I really fancied. But then, that is me. I eat well the rest of the time and keep active. Life is too short to be worrying about going over calories for 7-14 days out of 365, imo.
    I hope you enjoyed your meal, Op, it is just a day and will have no bearing whatsoever on your weight loss success.
  • RivenV
    RivenV Posts: 1,667 Member
    Ok, last post here... but if you add up 2 eggs, 2 sausage, 2 bacon, and hashbrowns from the a la carte menu, it's 850 calories, 33 protein grams. If you divide the cheese blintzes by three, it's 403 calories and 10 protein per blintze. Add blueberry topping at 150 calories and you get 1403 calories and 43 grams of protein.
    Just loving the math-based proofs. :smile: By the way, I went to ihop yesterday with the specific intent of trying the blackberry crepe... It was glorious. I had a side of ham and eggs. Looking back, I wish I'd skipped the sides and just gotten a couple blackberry crepes.

    Er. Mah. Gerd. It was glorious.
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    I wanted to lick the plate when I was done.
  • Fatbuster205
    Fatbuster205 Posts: 333 Member
    Happy Birthday!:flowerforyou:
  • Lesa_Sass
    Lesa_Sass Posts: 2,213 Member
    Lesson learned.

    The most important thing is you recognize that you made a mistake and you are taking the steps to do the right thing next time, that is pretty darn awesome. I can not tell you how many people that would have said "screw it, I ruined my weekend so I will start over again on Monday".

    You are starting over again with your next right choice, GOOD FOR YOU! :flowerforyou:
  • MyPureSteez
    MyPureSteez Posts: 265 Member
    Just one day, take note and move on.
  • Sjenny5891
    Sjenny5891 Posts: 717 Member
    Your birthday only comes once a year. You have learned from your mistake which is a huge step in the right direction.
    I'm willing to bet you will be fine since you have already been planning on a few extra calories for the week.


    When I go out some place unexpectedly I will check MFP on my phone to see what things are Calorie wise.
  • minizebu
    minizebu Posts: 2,716 Member
    I haven't the time now to read the other responses, but I just wanted to say "Kudos" to you, O.P., for analyzing what happened and for coming to your realizations. I loved the line you wrote about choice in the absence of facts.

    Good for you for taking an analytical approach to what happened and then setting a course of action (exercising a bit more in the short term and making more informed choices in the future).

    Unfortunately, restaurant food can be such a minefield because restaurants tend to use a lot more fat and salt than most home cooks and so the calories and sodium of even a seemingly innocent crepe can really be outrageous.

    Good luck with negotiating restaurant menus in the future!
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    Ok, last post here... but if you add up 2 eggs, 2 sausage, 2 bacon, and hashbrowns from the a la carte menu, it's 850 calories, 33 protein grams. If you divide the cheese blintzes by three, it's 403 calories and 10 protein per blintze. Add blueberry topping at 150 calories and you get 1403 calories and 43 grams of protein.
    Just loving the math-based proofs. :smile: By the way, I went to ihop yesterday with the specific intent of trying the blackberry crepe... It was glorious. I had a side of ham and eggs. Looking back, I wish I'd skipped the sides and just gotten a couple blackberry crepes.

    Er. Mah. Gerd. It was glorious.
    sweet-jesus.gif
    I wanted to lick the plate when I was done.

    Right? I have wanted to go get the cheese stuffed crepes but my best friend was all "I want Mexican food" and since it was his birthday...

    Still waiting on my crepes.

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