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  • Posts: 14 Member
    First day of my weight loss, I was still very green to this whole calorie counting thing. I wanted to start things off right, so I made 2 scrambled eggs, one piece of wheat bread toast, and washed it down with a big glass of orange juice. Color me surprised when my breakfast ended up at 600+ calories!

    Granted, it actually was pretty healthy and contained a lot of good nutrients, but it blew my mind that something I thought was super healthy took up almost half my daily calories in one meal.

    Also, I love the tips that have popped up now and again in this thread (like substituting sour cream with nonfat greek yogurt). Anyone else find substitutes for the things that had much higher calories than they expected? I would love to make a list.
  • Posts: 7,237 Member

    This is why I ended up with a food scale. As my weight has dropped so has the calories I need but it is getting to the point where I need to fight for them and you need to believe what is printed on a packet.

    Lalalala - I can't hear you! Yes, I'm in denial.
  • Posts: 3,259 Member
    Chicken wings and alcohol.

    However, my shocking discovery of the day, is that carrots and pork have roughly the same amount of sodium!! What the heck?
  • Posts: 331 Member
    The other day I ordered a Turkey Sandwich from Subway....800 calories. MYGAWD.

    Also. Chipotle. I may be lucky if I can manage leaving there under 1000 calories.
  • Olive garden salad dressing, the sodium amount stunned me!
  • Posts: 3,259 Member
    First day of my weight loss, I was still very green to this whole calorie counting thing. I wanted to start things off right, so I made 2 scrambled eggs, one piece of wheat bread toast, and washed it down with a big glass of orange juice. Color me surprised when my breakfast ended up at 600+ calories!

    Granted, it actually was pretty healthy and contained a lot of good nutrients, but it blew my mind that something I thought was super healthy took up almost half my daily calories in one meal.

    Also, I love the tips that have popped up now and again in this thread (like substituting sour cream with nonfat greek yogurt). Anyone else find substitutes for the things that had much higher calories than they expected? I would love to make a list.

    Thats the juice and toast talking! Last week I made a 3 egg scramble with tons of veggies, cheese, and pork sausage, and it clocked under 600!
  • Posts: 3,831 Member
    My last vegetarian burrito at Chipotle's was 900+ calories. HUH???
  • Posts: 325 Member
    Peanut butter
    Cereal
    Cheese
    Juice
  • Posts: 249 Member
    A chocolate chip cookie from Panera Bread. Okay it is big but 440 calories for a cookie? Almost the same calories as the chopped chicken avocado salad I had for lunch.
  • Posts: 83 Member
    Peanut butter. Picked up a food scale last week... Made a sammie this morning for work. Thought I would add a small amount of peanut butter as I was going to weigh it - over two hundred calories in peanut butter! 90 calories a tablespoon? Me and my new food scale are going to do a lot of falling out. We already have a nasty disagreement about what an ounce of cheese looks like...

    SERIOUSLY!!! I can't stop eating nuts & cheese. I must be a mouse, because I can't live without them.
  • Posts: 73 Member
    Wow... one of the most useful MFP threads yet - and all without nekkid pics, rating people or guessing what they do for a living!
  • Posts: 283 Member
    QUOTE:

    Me and my new food scale are going to do a lot of falling out. We already have a nasty disagreement about what an ounce of cheese looks like...



    That is too funny giggle every time I think about it.....
  • Posts: 651 Member
    I work at a bakery, we always look at the calories in new stuff. We are still shocked by honey buns, which are 600 calories.
  • Posts: 843 Member
    Oh , those bloody cookies at subway! I go into subway "to be good" then the next thing I know Ive bought 2 or 3 of those cookies, and at around 200cals each, its more calories then my measly salad sub!

    Yeah, you'd be better off getting a 12 inch veggie sub than a 6 inch and cookies. Darn cookies look SO good....
  • Posts: 73 Member
    <WINE>

    I'm pretty sure that I read that calories cannot survive in red wine due to the high alcohol content.

    :smile:
  • Posts: 283 Member
    Raisins.
    Thought process: "They're like elderly grapes, how many calories can they be?"
    Nearly 500 calories a cup.


    Yep that one shocked me. Was just going to add a them to my oatmeal read the box and decided there really NOT THAT GOOD...
  • Posts: 464 Member
    My OH likes ready made chicken pasta salads... Until I showed him the calorie content, they have around 1000 cals, for a lunch!

    I would NEVER give up crisps, I just have to cut down and I do try to eat the 'corn snacks' like wotsits, space invaders, quavers etc instead which are more like 100 cals a bag.

    What does "OH" mean?
  • Posts: 843 Member

    Also, I love the tips that have popped up now and again in this thread (like substituting sour cream with nonfat greek yogurt). Anyone else find substitutes for the things that had much higher calories than they expected? I would love to make a list.

    Kraft's Fat Free Mayo, at 10 calories per tablespoon, is a decent tasting substitute for full fat mayo. Back in the day their fat free mayo was NASTY, but they've stepped up their game considerably since then.

    Nature's Own Double Fiber bread, at 50 calories per slice, is not just a good "diet" bread, it's good bread. My family eats it as a matter of course.

    Hebrew National 97% fat free hotdogs are an amazing 40 calorie compromise when you really want a 'dog. Pair it with a Nature's Own 80 calorie wheat hotdog roll and you almost feel like you aren't dieting.

    Just a few off the top of my head.
  • Posts: 3,275 Member

    Yeah, you'd be better off getting a 12 inch veggie sub than a 6 inch and cookies. Darn cookies look SO good....

    A 6 inch and cookies? Sounds like a fun date. :laugh:
  • Posts: 381 Member
    years ago i bought a chicken and stuffing sandwich from Boots. Didn't occur to me to look at the nutritional content (this was about 15 years ago)
    anyway, i ate one half of the sandwich, which was well tasty but all of a sudden i felt really really full

    so i look at the calories......the whole sandwich was 990 calories! i didn't eat the other half and i never bought one ever again!
  • Posts: 184
    Orange Juice. Like liquid candy. Haven't drank it in a year...

    This one made me so mad!!! Everyone is going off about oj for breakfast and come to find out it is really high in cals :( I don't drink it anymore needless to say :(
  • Posts: 772 Member
    One time after climbing, i was cold and hungry, so picked up a cheese and onion slice from the hot counter.
    470 calories!
    It was just supposed to keep me going till i drove the hour home and made dinner.
    At least i learnt never to do that again.
  • Posts: 3,677 Member
    Marie Calendar's pot pies. I love them, but they're supposed to be 2 servings and high calories. Who only eats half the pot pie? I haven't had one in a year so I don't remember the calorie count, but it made me sick!

    Same here! There's over 1000 calories in just ONE!
  • WHAT THE F*NG HELL ARE THEY PUTTING IN THAT CAKE?!?!?!?!!?!! PURE CRISCO??!!?!?!?
  • Posts: 2,625 Member
    I find it much easier to keep track of calories by preparing my own simple foods. Lots of fruits and veggies, meat, fish, and a limited amount of tortillas, hot cereal, good bread, rice. I eat those foods not because they are necessary for weight loss, but because they make me feel good and it's much easier to control your calorie budget.

    I'm always amazed at the calories in packaged foods. I check every so often at the store out of curiosity then put them right back down.
  • Posts: 111 Member
    Peanut butter. Picked up a food scale last week... Made a sammie this morning for work. Thought I would add a small amount of peanut butter as I was going to weigh it - over two hundred calories in peanut butter! 90 calories a tablespoon? Me and my new food scale are going to do a lot of falling out. We already have a nasty disagreement about what an ounce of cheese looks like...

    ^^ LOL....this made me LOL.........
  • Posts: 381 Member
    Sushi! I had no idea! Over 300 per roll and I used to easily polish off 3 plus tempura and a beer then pat myself on the back for not eating fast food.

    what kind of sushi you eating?
    i get surprisingly nice sushi from my local supermarket and you get about9 pieces in the packet and the whole packet works out at around 350 cals
  • Posts: 292 Member
    Muffins are totally cake in disguise!! ;)
  • Posts: 383 Member
    Basically everything deliciously divine i.e. Chicken Curry, other asian food especially filipino ones (mabuhay!), everything I ever had loved!!! I still have them, just in moderation and smaller portions.
  • Posts: 280 Member
    Donuts. They get me every time. I don't eat them often, but when I do I always regret is simply because they take so many calories out of my day.

    My shock are muffins! And bagels!

    I could have a donut and get the same calories as a muffin. Its crazy!
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