what have you eaten that surprised you as too calories

coullmom

Most times I will check the calories on something before eating it, but I don't always have the time. What is something that you have eaten and added into myfitnesspal after that shocked you as to how many calories it really was?
I had a Marble slab small ice cream yesterday and it was 450 cals.....I honestly thought it was maybe 250! Oh well, went for a huge walk this morning to burn it off.

_runnerbean_

I ate a 9bar yesterday that came free with a fitness magazine. It was made of nuts and seeds and half costed with carob. I checked the pack after and it was around 225 calories - and a tiny bar at that ! I think a Mars bar of the same size would have been less cals. Never again;)

hgycta

Ice cream cake from Dairy Queen (but really anywhere for that matter). I love the stuff, but got a little depressed to discover a small slice can easily be 600 calories -.- I'll take a bowl of regular ice cream for that!

VintageFit

I actually had the opposite experience two days ago - there was a Ben&Jerry's event where they gave out ice cream, half a tub for everyone (so 250ml).
I expected it to be a giant treat and ate as little as possible to work around it and then when I logged it... turned out to only be around 300cals! Considering I felt stuffed form so much ice cream it was well worth the small amount of calories.

aalbert_82

Yesterday I made chocolate chip oat cookies. They were small, about 2 inches in diameter and clocked in at 225 calories each! I could have had a whole chocolate bar for 50 cals more. Not worth it! That said I could reduce the sugar and butter without seriously compromising on taste.

SomeNights246

I once had a cookie that was 400 calories.

It wasn't even that big.

It was good, though.

QueenBishOTUniverse

My butterfinger milkshake last night that was 830 calories. It's probably been over a year since I've had a milkshake because I'm not a big fan normally but it sounded good. I don't give two flips about it in the grand scheme of things, but I'm glad that's not something I want as a regular treat! :laugh:

SlickDaddyCool

Small frosty - circa 300 cals (get the junior, its only 150 or a small cone at McDonalds also circa 150)

dedflwrs

Seriously? Most any prepackaged food. Especially the stuff touted as "all natural" or "healthy". It's always shocking to grab a tiny bag of some sort of chip only to discover that there are 12.5 servings of "only" 240 calories each. How many people will really eat just the tiny serving?