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Calorie cout help?

Ang8178
Ang8178 Posts: 308
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
My husband, trying to be nice :wink:, bought me a pre-packed salad from Kroger. It was the Sante Fe chicken. I was not about to eat a salad with 220 calories and 16 grams of FAT :noway: So I mixed everything together added a few more carrot shreds and left the tomatos off (they looked like they were in some oily sauce.) I then used a light italian dressing. Just wondering if these numbers look right? Could the dressing they added really add THAT much more fat and calories? I just don't want my numbers to be off, thanks for any thoughts.

Calories Carbs Fat Protein Fiber Sugar
Kroger Fresh Selections - Leafy Romaine Lettuce, 3 Cups 23 5 0 2 2 3
Raw - Shreaded Carrots, 0.25 cup 9 2 0 0 1 1
Kroger - Mild Cheddar Shreded Cheese, 0.075 cup 33 0 3 2 0 0
Cabbage - Red, raw, 0.13 cup, chopped 3 1 0 0 0 0
Chicken - Breast, roasted, 0.25 cup, chopped or diced 58 0 1 11 0 0
Kraft - Salad Dressing Light Zesty Italian, 4 tablspoons 50 6 3 0 0 4
Add Food | Remember Meal 176 14 7 15 3 8

Replies

  • LindsaySarai
    LindsaySarai Posts: 27
    Salad dressing can have a ton of calories in it. It is the unhealthy portion of the salad. That's why when some people go on a diet and eat a lot of salads end up not losing weight because they use way too much salad dressing! Hope that helps!
  • angelwings2000
    angelwings2000 Posts: 357 Member
    It always amazes me when I start totalling up my calorie intake. Little things like cheese, dressing and the milk I put in my coffee make my calorie count soar. No wonder I packed on twenty pounds in a year. A little bit of salsa in place of your dressing would have tasted great and kept the calories down.
  • Ang8178
    Ang8178 Posts: 308
    I googled salad dressing, and I don't know which one came with the salad, but I know it was creamy. Most of the creamy styles I see are so high is cals and fat. I think it was from the dressing. Must go to the store to stock up on my light zesty dressing, I really like it and very low in calories :smile:

    This is only day 2 of me being back on my "eatting right again" goal, I'll admit I can already see how much the things I was eatting were effecting me. But, I also am not drinking any booze and changed what I eat almost over night :laugh: I've never smoked, but take away my wine AND eat light at the same time, I feel like the people who have described quiting smoking :laugh:
  • tanzmitpalmer
    tanzmitpalmer Posts: 124 Member
    Darned tootin' the salad dressing can inflate the fat and calories in a salad. The difference in the calorie counts doesn't surprise me at all :)
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