Food you thought weren't too bad until you logged them?

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  • dawnemjh
    dawnemjh Posts: 1,465 Member
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    pumpkin seeds!!

    140 cals for 1/4 cup!

    And i dont even really like them, but when you roast them after pumpkin carving you end up trying a few and next thing ya know.....
  • coliema
    coliema Posts: 7,646 Member
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    Almost everything I used to eat.
  • jgmom2
    jgmom2 Posts: 14 Member
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    watermelon, trail mix
  • MMKE4ever
    MMKE4ever Posts: 115 Member
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    A burger from Applebee's that was wrapped in tortilla instead of a bun. It had more calories than a regular burger! :noway: :sad:
  • mrsjennifermaffei
    mrsjennifermaffei Posts: 469
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    I think orange juice, cheese, and avocado hit me the hardest as I loved those items and they were all super high in calories which I didn't think would happen.
  • lilmzzgreeneyez
    lilmzzgreeneyez Posts: 133 Member
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    One tablespoon of Peanut Butter on a PB&J sandwich is not realistic!!

    you can buy healthier peanut butter. still high in fat content but its healthier fat. (with flax seeds in it and other healthy sounding ingredients lmao) i buy naturally more but i know there are peanut butters out there that are healthier than that. just costly.

    Try almond butter... yes, high in fat, but overall better for you than peanut butter.

    i didnt like the almond butter i tried. i drink almond milk but the almond butter wasnt as tasty as peanut butter is. lol!
  • LeellenMack
    LeellenMack Posts: 141 Member
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    That turkey burgers aren't better if you use 93/7 hamburger meat

    Any turkey burger at a restaurant!! Horrid!

    The green bean appetizer at TGI Fridays :'(
  • Kaddyshack21
    Kaddyshack21 Posts: 225 Member
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    bubble tea. I realized there would be the sugar aspect to it but I didn't realize that those little tapioca pearls were so high in calories. (400 for a cup of pearls alone) SO I was blindly having these for treats thinking it was better then my other "dessert drinks" I like to have and it rung up at like 450 calories for a small. YIKES.
  • amanda3588
    amanda3588 Posts: 422 Member
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    Lunch meat - I never realized how much sodium was in it.
  • Leigh2778
    Leigh2778 Posts: 57 Member
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    I don't think there was any particular food that shocked me, but once I started logging, it was the serving sizes and how much I grossly under-estimated what I'd been eating. I mean, a bowl of cereal with skim milk should be somewhere between 150-200 calories, UNTIL you realize that 1/2 cup or 3/4 cup doesn't actually fill a bowl...so it ends up being closer to 400 or 500 for a stinking bowl of cereal.
    And then you have some sort of get-together and you "limit" yourself to a couple crackers with meat and cheese. But you think about it and it was more like 12 crackers with meat and cheese and you could have eaten half a pizza instead.
    So I guess what I'm saying is: the biggest shocker is how MUCH I was actually eating, not how many calories the foods have.
  • Leigh2778
    Leigh2778 Posts: 57 Member
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    Any turkey burger at a restaurant!! Horrid!

    OMG, I got a turkey burger from a fast food restaurant once, thinking I was making a "healthy" choice. Turns out, it was worse for me than a burger and tasted like crap! I think it's criminal when they advertise turkey burgers as a healthy alternative to beef. Most of the time, it's a big fat NOT.
  • raerae514
    raerae514 Posts: 171 Member
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    Potatoes!! I can hardly ever eat them now, like if I have bbq the potato has more calories than my steak!

    Also pasta. And bananas! 100 calories still isn't much but come on, it's a fruit, give me a break.
  • eimajb18
    eimajb18 Posts: 20 Member
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    I was in utter disbelief when I logged my lentil soup yesterday! (Though healthy, a 12 oz bowl had over 400 cals!)

    Also, tortillas and bananas.
  • 3laine75
    3laine75 Posts: 3,070 Member
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    i already knew my carbonara was bad but didn't realise it was around 1600 per portion till i logged it :(
  • LANIECE1
    LANIECE1 Posts: 78 Member
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    OK JUST LESS THAN 30 MINUTES AGO, I WAS CRAVING PANCAKE AND SAUSAGE FROM MCDONALD! WHY I REALLY DON'T KNOW PROBABLY RUSHING OUT OF THE HOUSE TO TAKE THE KIDS TO SCHOOL, NO BREAKFAST, NO PROTEIN SHAKE. SO I FIGURE I CAN'T BE SO BAD!!

    IT WAS 520 CALS, 52 CARBS I THINK, AND THE FAT WAS THE KICKER 210 GRAMS, AND SODIUM 930- NEVER AGAIN, NOT EVEN TO MY KID!!!


    I GUESS I'M REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THAT 6PM ZUMBA CLASS TONITE AFTER ALL!!! BAD FRIDAY FOOD WISE SO FAR
  • tomomatic
    tomomatic Posts: 1,794 Member
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    Subway sandwiches. How does a Turkey sub have that much sodium!?!?!?

    Hint: It's the bread.
  • itsafrappe
    itsafrappe Posts: 162 Member
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    avocado,,,,,god,,i almost fell off my chair,,haha loggon like a coffee, a bagel and an avocado,,well,,, that shocked me big time,,lol
    am i logging wrong then because a decent sized one is only like 200 calories when i put it in, but that is great considering how good they really are for you and how good it tastes. minimal sodium, carbs, sugars, high in fat but good fat
  • danielled731
    danielled731 Posts: 26 Member
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    Great thread - I had a real eye opener to a lot of things:

    - Orange Juice - wow loaded with calories and sugar
    - Cheese - had no idea how many calories were in just one ounce of Cheese
    - Peanut Butter and Nutella - nut based and fairly healthy, but again - I had no idea how many calories were in just one TBSP of these - I used to habitually eat one or two TBSP of these just walking by the kitchen...


    I had the same shock to these things!!
  • JulieKetchup
    JulieKetchup Posts: 13 Member
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    One tablespoon of Peanut Butter on a PB&J sandwich is not realistic!!

    This is why I only have half sized PB & J's, because then 1 tbsp works. I can enjoy the sandwich (on whole wheat) and not break the bank on calories. My husband teases me that it's like a child's sandwich but I don't care!
  • Krushchev
    Krushchev Posts: 180 Member
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    MIcrowave popcorn.

    It doesn't help that the nutrition label includes 'unpopped' and 'popped' nutrition info. Who the hell is going to eat that stuff unpopped??

    LOL!!!! So true :) I've often wondered why that is on there...although, bottled water has calories and servings listed too!

    Have you ever looked at 20oz bottle of diet Mountain Dew? Per serving it has 0 calories, but then there is a little spot where it says there is 10 calories in the whole bottle.

    I don't drink it, though, just saw it


    I seriously drank at least a two litre of diet pepsi a day & never noticed that.
    I might have to buy a bottle just to see if they do it too, lol.

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