Too Much Fat

KaleidoscopeEyes1056
KaleidoscopeEyes1056 Posts: 2,996 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Ok, so I was kinda worried about this today: I logged all my food, and I'm 202 points into the red on the fat. I know that it's just that high because I ate chili, but I wanted to know if that would set me back at all? This is the first time it's happened to me, but I want no hindrances...

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  • mandasimba
    mandasimba Posts: 782 Member
    I wouldn't worry because I think the nutrition information is extremly off on that one! Check out the website, it looks like the highest one only has 28g of fat

    http://www.wolfbrandchili.com/our-products.jsp

    Even a cup of butter has less fat than the 202 listed :P
  • Missjulesdid
    Missjulesdid Posts: 1,444 Member
    Chili does not have that much fat!
    Also the numbers don't add up. A gram of fat has 9 calories so if it really had 250 grams of fat then your chili would have had way more than 400 calories.

    It's not you, it's something wrong with the data!
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,979 Member
    There is no way the fat content on "Conagra Foods - Wolf Brand Chili, 1 cup" is correct. It says 250g of fat for 400 calories. That's impossible. 250g of fat would come to 2250 calories (9 calories per gram).
  • AlexJourneyHall
    AlexJourneyHall Posts: 137 Member
    It won't necessarily hinder you. It's just this once and sometimes its okay to let your body be fooled, just as long as you don't do it often.
  • ajbeans
    ajbeans Posts: 2,857 Member
    It's the database entry that's wrong. That happens a lot of times on here, when someone sees the entry for "fat" and puts in the value for "calories from fat" instead of fat grams. I've run into that several times.

    Even if it WERE correct though, it won't kill you to be over in any one thing for a day or two here and there. It's when you're consistently over on calories and/or not eating a proper balance of nutrients that causes the trouble.
  • KaleidoscopeEyes1056
    KaleidoscopeEyes1056 Posts: 2,996 Member
    haha, not sure why I didn't think "look at the can, why don't we?" yeah, just a bit of a brain fart there... XD
  • ajbeans
    ajbeans Posts: 2,857 Member
    haha, not sure why I didn't think "look at the can, why don't we?" yeah, just a bit of a brain fart there... XD

    Meh, it happens. :)

    If you can, correct the database entry, since you have the correct info available. It'll be super helpful to other users. :)
  • psych101
    psych101 Posts: 1,842 Member
    haha, not sure why I didn't think "look at the can, why don't we?" yeah, just a bit of a brain fart there... XD

    haha I was gonna say!!! Woooo what is IN that chilli?!!?!? :P
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