Appalling!

kinkyslinky16

I'm really glad I posted.. Everyone has given great ideas!! We hardly ever eat out anymore...and if we do its usually to a place where I can prepare ahead of time, calorie-wise. I never realized just how many calories were in fast food... Primarily because we try to avoid it so I haven't really had to look it up since being on MFP... I mean, we all know it's a lot.. but this has really been eye opening.. it's really no wonder I was so overweight.. I can't even imagine how many calories I was consuming prior to MFP.. As far as sodium, I am only up 1 lb today.. Which is really amazing in my opinion lol.. I thought I was going to be trying to get rid of the excess water weight for weeks! lol..

Thanks for all of your replies!! I appreciate it!

TONYAGOOCH

When I go to taco bueno I get the chicken taco salad without the shell and tortilla soup. Yum

mistyrn83

I had this same exact eye opener with a 2000 cal meal about a week ago!!!! Im with you NEVER would of thought just how bad it was in the past. CRAZY

tldust

It's amazing how many calories something turns out to be after you look it up or plug in a recipe. We made a Ganache Berry Tart a few weeks back. I knew it wouldn't be good. It was 900 calories per slice. That was half my day in calories. I brought it to work to share the horrific calories. But you're right. I would never have imagined before MFP. How many 1000's of calories was I eating before?

kaetra

All restaurants are full of pitfalls. I keep a My Food entry for the most acceptable item at as many restaurants as possible so I have something I can work in somehow. That way when friends say "You want to eat lunch at *so-and-so*?", 90% of the time I can say "Sure!".

It's rare that I have to pass on a place entirely and ask if it's OK with them to go somewhere else. Thank goodness when I do my friends are very understanding and happy to accomdotate the crazy calorie counter. hehe

It's the Boy Scout in me - "Be Prepared"

NewLIFEstyle4ME

My husband and I grabbed lunch at Taco Bueno today just because we were helping my in-laws paint one of their rent houses. It was quick and nearby.. Can't even tell you the last time I had fast food.. I try to avoid fast food as much as possible usually.. Typically I look at restaurants nutrition information before I go somewhere so I can pick out the most calorie-efficient dish... I didn't get a chance to do that today.. My cell phone was dead at the time.

So I did what any calorie-counter would do.. I picked what I thought might be 800 or so calories.. Sure, it's a high calorie meal but nothing I couldn't work off later if I went over my calories (I was thinking 300 or so calories over maybe?).. I logged my calories on my phone after lunch and it was nearly 2000 calories.. I thought that couldn't be right, so I decided to double check it when I got home.. It was an appalling 2000 calorie lunch after all.. I am horrified!!! I got a bean burrito, muchaco, and taco (#5)... I also helped my husband with his beef enchilada =(

I am so disappointed... How can a bean burrito be over 600 calories!?!??!?! What the hell is it made with?! Lard?!?!

I tried to make up for it by having grilled salmon and veggies for dinner... But even still, I am a whopping 1440 calories over.. I'm about to go jump on the elliptical to try to recoup as many calories as I can lol..

Anyway, my whole point is that I would have had a meal like this prior to MFP and never once would calorie content come to mind... It's no wonder I gained all of my pregnancy weight back and then some!! After being here for a few months, I can see why I am so overweight... It's a real eye opener... Even still, it's disappointing when you thought you were choosing something that was work-out-able lol.. but in reality, you couldn't have been more wrong!

Anyone else have a similar experience?

It is so SHOCKING! I'm really surprised I didn't gain FAR more than I did! I've have been eating like this (and NOT exercising) for all of my adult life...but I started packing on the pounds and inches and other "woes" about 15+ years ago (when I started having children) and when I discovered how many empty calories I've been "dogging" for all these years-- wow...:sad:

This is just a mere one of the horror discoveries I've been made aware of about the typical S.A.D. diet (Standard American Diet), which was and is a big motivating factor for an entire lifestyle change for me and also for what I now (and forever more) will and absolutely will not/no longer be eating and drinking starting last month!

DFWTT

I've been losing since mid-December but recently started obsessing which is why I joined this site. We all have different caloric requirements and 800 cals really doesn't put someone like me in the OMFG stage. It may be contrary to what others think but I feel like I need one good cheat day a week. I don't care what the calorie content is or if I have have 5 glasses of Cab instead of 1 or 2. All week I think about what my cheat will be and by the time Sat comes, it's most satisfying. This week was a big bowl of homemade chili on a bed of jalapeno cornbread and a six pack of Bud Light. Yea, I had seconds Don't feel bad, all work and no play stinks. I've lost 22lbs since Dec 19th BTW and no, I didn't log it.

christibam

That is NUTS... who would have thought it could even be close to that!!! I have only gone out to eat once since I started really using this site correctly. I went to a restaurant that has weight watcher meals under 500 calories so I didn't have to think to hard.

I miss eating out.... and I LOVE Mexican

I got an email once titled, "Bob Harper Eats Out Mexican". After I was done laughing (because I have a pervy mind), I checked it out and it had a lot of great info.

http://www.nbc.com/the-biggest-loser/exclusives/nutrition/healthy-eating/dining-out-tips/