The "HOLY MOLY IT HAS THAT MANY CALORIES" Thread

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  • msh0530
    msh0530 Posts: 1,675 Member
    From Eat This Not That:
    Worst Salad in America 2009
    On the Border Grande Taco Salad with Taco Beef and Chipotle Honey Mustard
    1,700 calories
    124 g fat (37.5 g saturated)
    2,620 mg sodium

    The dismal dawn of the 1,700-calorie salad is upon us. With as much saturated fat as 37 strips of bacon and more calories than 11 Taco Bell Fresco beef Tacos, this abdomen expander earns a well-deserved spot on our list of the Worst Foods in America.

    Eat This Instead!
    House Salad with Fat-Free Mango Citrus Vinaigrette
    255 calories
    12 g fat (3.5 g saturated)
    280 mg sodium

    I have never been to Jason's Deli, but just looked up their potatoes. The Spud with Broccoli is 1467 calories, and the LIGHT version is still 789 calories!
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,329 Member
    Tim Horton's "Multigrain" Raspberry muffin.....sounds innocent, right? 400 CALORIES! :(

    That is pretty typical, low even, for a muffin. Most a 500-700 calories. They are not a snack, they are a meal and should be considered one.
  • Darlis
    Darlis Posts: 191 Member
    Salads are the worst thing to have calories heaped on them disguised as "toppings". Applebees Oriental Chicken Salad...1340 calories!!!!
  • michedarnd
    michedarnd Posts: 207 Member
    I just had to whine about that 7 calories per roasted, unsalted almond! I thought that I was being a GOOD girl with my afternoon snack!
  • iamahealthychick
    iamahealthychick Posts: 207 Member
    Almost anything while eating out makes my head spin but 1 triple chocolate cookie from Tim Hortons is 250-ish calories. Sad thing is, the cookies I iused tomake at home are the same! That shocked me too! Oh, and red robins whiskey river burger, without the fries is over 1100 cal. Yikes!!
  • H2Ologist
    H2Ologist Posts: 122 Member
    Dairy Queen MINI cookie dough blizzard= 420 calories...it is the size of a freaking shot glass!!!!!!!
    a large is 1300!!!!!

    I went hiking with my hubby and we just got the minis bc we thought they couldn't be THAT bad....JEEZ!
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    Anything from Chili's. It's hard to find anything under 1000 calories on their menu. I used to love that restaurant, too.

    Their Original Ribs are 2170 calories with all of the sides and the Shiner Bock BBQ Ribs are 2310 calories! Their burgers all bust the scales with anywhere from 1300 calories to 2300 calories. Cajun Pasta with Grilled Chicken is 1500 calories with 4130 mg of sodium! That's right, more than four thousand milligrams of sodium in one meal. Yikes!
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    Cold Stone PB&C milkshake, medium size.


    Over 1,500 calories.


    It was good. But not that good!!
  • silvergurl518
    silvergurl518 Posts: 4,123 Member
    potbelly's oatmeal chocochip cookie has like 550 and their SMALL shakes have 650!! :(:(
  • Iamfit4life
    Iamfit4life Posts: 3,095 Member
    and this is why I look anything up before I eat it
    there might be a day I say "eff it, I'm getting that potato and working my *kitten* off at the gym"

    but most days....no way, jose. Not worth it.
  • heathersmilez
    heathersmilez Posts: 2,579 Member
    A DQ Blizzard is finally now in mini but still >400 cals! Plus it's still overpriced when you compare it to a McDonalds McFlurry. You are better off spending $1.25 for a skinny cow individual cup then there are no remaining tempting leftovers, it's 1/3 the price of DQ and 1/3 the cals!

    EDIT: Dam, H2Ologist beat me to it on the DQ bashing! ;)
  • theba2il
    theba2il Posts: 548 Member
    Chili's Grilled Bbq Chicken Salad Nutrition

    CALORIES FAT CARBS PROTEIN SODIUM
    1060 63g 50g 76g 2190mg


    One of my fav's. I get the half-size at lunch now.
  • CJK1959
    CJK1959 Posts: 279 Member
    After reading some of these posts, my only question is.....how can anyone ask how we can be overweight?????? It is unbelieveable how many calories are in "our favorite foods". One meal out equals three meals cooked at home calorie wise.
    HOW UNFAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • lisafred24
    lisafred24 Posts: 306 Member
    Quesdilla Explosion salad from Chilis....1400 calories. It is supposed to be a salad people!!
  • Scarlettdawn764
    Scarlettdawn764 Posts: 856 Member
    Large McDonald's Caramel Frappe
    680 calories.....*cries*
  • cdc33
    cdc33 Posts: 495 Member
    Wow total eye opener Ive been eating at home alot as I cant afford to spend all my calories on one meal. CRAZINESS
  • maab_connor
    maab_connor Posts: 3,927 Member
    yeah...i freaked out at the calories at Olive Garden....my FAV!!!

    THIS!! i used to LOVE eating there... mom wanted to go for her b-day and i looked it up online so that i would know ahead of time what i was ordering... OMG! i was shocked. i wasn't expecting EVERY dish to be over 1,000 cals. before bread and salad.

    yeah, we went to a local crab shack instead.
  • melbaby925
    melbaby925 Posts: 613
    Before I started MFP, and before I started tracking my consumption - I used to be in LOVE with the Starbucks White Chocolate Peppermint Mocha.

    THEN I looked up the calories: for my Venti, no whipped cream (because I was being 'good') - 590 calories, 15g of fat, and ...wait for it...94..94g of SUGAR.

    I thought it was the caffeine that was making me jittery - apparently, I was trying to give myself diabetes before breakfast.

    And I was puzzled because I couldn't lose weight...BAH! I was an idiot. Now I look up everything before I put it in my mouth and measure everything.
  • mikeyml
    mikeyml Posts: 568 Member
    Bertuccis individual sized cheese pizza. (no toppings - 4 slices, it fits on a dinner plate).

    880 calories
    34 grams of Fat, 10 saturated
    1,360 mg of sodium

    Oh, you want to have a slice of cheese cake for dessert?

    940 calories
    68 grams of fat, 39 saturated
    660 mg of sodium
  • mikeyml
    mikeyml Posts: 568 Member
    This one actually broke my heart. Miso salmon from Cheesecake Factory:

    1673 calories
    2416 mg of sodium

    I will miss you, plate of deliciousness...

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  • H2Ologist
    H2Ologist Posts: 122 Member
    A DQ Blizzard is finally now in mini but still >400 cals! Plus it's still overpriced when you compare it to a McDonalds McFlurry. You are better off spending $1.25 for a skinny cow individual cup then there are no remaining tempting leftovers, it's 1/3 the price of DQ and 1/3 the cals!

    EDIT: Dam, H2Ologist beat me to it on the DQ bashing! ;)

    Sorry, I almost DIED when I entered it into my dairy. No supper for me :(
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    This one actually broke my heart. Miso salmon from Cheesecake Factory:

    1673 calories
    2416 mg of sodium
    How the hell do you take a piece of salmon and turn it into 1673 calories?!? That sauce must just be liquified lard.
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    The restaurant salad thing makes me mad all day long if I think about it.

    I've been one who looks restaurant nutritional info up before I go there for years now, but so many people are duped into thinking they're making healthy choices and "being good" when they order a salad instead of a cheeseburger. Well, the joke is on them since most of the time, the cheeseburger is lower calories!

    No wonder America is fat, right?
  • Baesaman
    Baesaman Posts: 37
    I was shopping at sam's club and was at the bread section and I saw some muffins. I peeped at the nutrional values and it was something like 500+ calories with 80+g carbs. my face O_O lol
  • 8rules
    8rules Posts: 169
    I always get sticker shock at the calories in the "low fat" or "lite" versions with reduced fat but really no calorie difference as they replaced fat with sugar.

    Or you give up virtually no calories for a lot of flavor

    Example:

    1% milk vs 2% milk. Save 10 calories, get a product with much more processing as a result (1% milk is fortified with powdered milk which contains a tonne of oxidized cholesterol). Ill take the 10 calories, thanks.

    Lower fat peanut butter often ends up pretty much the same, only you get more sugar.

    Pointless substitution of fat with sugar in so many processed foods and baking.
  • BrianTheNegotiator
    BrianTheNegotiator Posts: 25 Member
    The Banzai Burger from Red Robin = 1048 calories. This does not include fries or a drink. I ate one of these, but I planned for it, so I still got under my calorie count that day. And damn, was it good.

    I got the Fat Free French Vanilla Cappuccino from Speedway. Looked it up = still the same calories (I think 280 for a 16oz.). So next time I got the Sugar Free French Vanilla Cappuccino. Looked it up = 200 calories for a 16oz. Damn! Had to emergency work that one off.

    And finally, the Banana Creme Cheesecake from Cheesecake Factory = 760 calories. I planned for that one. Delish.
  • crazyeaCHANGED
    crazyeaCHANGED Posts: 84
    slice of cheesecake at red robins = 1200cal!! yummy, but wow!!
  • MisterDubs303
    MisterDubs303 Posts: 1,216 Member
    The Banzai Burger from Red Robin = 1048 calories. This does not include fries or a drink. I ate one of these, but I planned for it, so I still got under my calorie count that day. And damn, was it good.
    The Banzai Burger from Red Robin is worth every - single - one of those calories. Mmm. Mmm. Good!
    I'd gladly plan for that baby.
  • Sul3i
    Sul3i Posts: 553 Member
    After reading some of these posts, my only question is.....how can anyone ask how we can be overweight?????? It is unbelieveable how many calories are in "our favorite foods". One meal out equals three meals cooked at home calorie wise.
    HOW UNFAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I was thinking the same thing!! & they wonder why America is soo fat! A lot of people eat out several times a week due to time restraints & have no idea how many Cal's per week they r packing away! I know I didn't!! When I started mfp & started realizing how many Cal's u should have in a day & how many were in certain foods I thought "man just counting my cals is gonna make me lose weight! Being that I'm only intaking about 1/3 as I used to!"
  • skinnny1day
    skinnny1day Posts: 50
    Mexican food!

    On The Border Fish Tacos w/ Rice & Beans = 2,100 calories!!!
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