What does 200 calories look like?

snugglesworthjr
snugglesworthjr Posts: 176 Member
edited November 9 in Food and Nutrition
I just found this cool photo guide to 200 calorie portions of various foods. Check it out!

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-200-calories-look-like.htm

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  • atleast20
    atleast20 Posts: 29 Member
    That was pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.
  • RandomDude50
    RandomDude50 Posts: 39
    That's really cool.

    Note: Do not eat 200 calories worth of Fiber One cereal under any circumstances. Just trust me on this one.
  • jfluchere
    jfluchere Posts: 346 Member
    Love it
  • firesoforion
    firesoforion Posts: 1,017 Member
    Brown sugar is less calorie dense than Splenda?
  • porcelain_doll
    porcelain_doll Posts: 1,005 Member
    It's cool but I wish everything wasn't listed in grams.
  • kathyc609
    kathyc609 Posts: 258 Member
    this is great! thank you for sharing it
  • frugalmomsrock
    frugalmomsrock Posts: 1,123
    I recently saw something similar. :)

    Note: Do not eat 200 calories worth of Fiber One cereal under any circumstances. Just trust me on this one.

    One would not want to do that right off the bat when they aren't used to eating much fiber... but I just had about 200 calories worth of fiber one two days in a row, and I'm fine. I generally take in 65+g of fiber daily, though.... someone who has never had their normal amount of fiber is definitely going to be feeling it if they did that! LOL
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    It's cool but I wish everything wasn't listed in grams.

    30g is roughly one oz.
    Does this help?
  • justbec86
    justbec86 Posts: 1 Member
    How stupid to list calories of such good foods like broccoli and spinach!

    Coke, fair enough, but it worrys me that people list so many good foods as "calorie counters"

    What burning 200 calories looks like:

    Skipping for 12-15 minutes
    Spinning for 12-15 minutes
    Tae Bo for 17-20 minutes
    Jumping Jacks for 20 minutes
    Swimming for 22-25 minutes
    Resistance Training for 25-30 minutes
    Jogging for 25-30 minutes
    Walking (5 mph) for 30-35 minutes

    Dancing for 30-40 minutes
    Pilates for 40 minutes
    Washing your car for 40 minutes
    Mowing with a push-mower for 1 hour
  • obsidianwings
    obsidianwings Posts: 1,237 Member
    How stupid to list calories of such good foods like broccoli and spinach!

    Coke, fair enough, but it worrys me that people list so many good foods as "calorie counters"

    What burning 200 calories looks like:

    Skipping for 12-15 minutes
    Spinning for 12-15 minutes
    Tae Bo for 17-20 minutes
    Jumping Jacks for 20 minutes
    Swimming for 22-25 minutes
    Resistance Training for 25-30 minutes
    Jogging for 25-30 minutes
    Walking (5 mph) for 30-35 minutes

    Dancing for 30-40 minutes
    Pilates for 40 minutes
    Washing your car for 40 minutes
    Mowing with a push-mower for 1 hour
    I think the point is how much more you can eat of these good foods than the "bad" ones. It makes sense for it to be listed, even healthy food has calories! Do you not count what you consider to be healthy food?
    Also how many calories you burn doing anything varies greatly from person to person. I can say it would take a lot more than any of those for me to burn 200 calories.
  • BrookeBQ
    BrookeBQ Posts: 163 Member
    Very cool to see how much broccoli and peppers you could eat versus a half a takeout sandwich!
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