I seriously ate that many calories?!

laurenellenmarie

Before I began My Fitness Pal a Fazoli's normal meal for me consisted of....

Regular Fettuccine Alfredo with broccoli
A side salad topped with house italian dressing
And around three breadsticks

all of that totals up to.....1465 calories!?!
Of all that is holy..... :noway:

LindsayHein

Know how you feel. I definately can't eat like I used to. There is no way that much food would fit in my stomache anymore. Weird how things change.

goldair23

Ahh that's scary to think about! Hello celery sticks.. D; x

lizblizz2012

You're tellin' me. My favorite Panda Express meal has 1900 calories. I also used to eat a lot of Applebee's wings. 1300 caloreis for one order of wings. Then you throw in fries and a few refills of soda and you're at about 2000.

drmerc

You're tellin' me. My favorite Panda Express meal has 1900 calories. I also used to eat a lot of Applebee's wings. 1300 caloreis for one order of wings. Then you throw in fries and a few refills of soda and you're at about 2000.

Applebees calories don't count because you just end up throwing them up anyway

lisavirani

I went on vacation last month. All inclusive drinks and food. When I came back, I tallied up an average day, including all my food and drinks, not even kidding you, it was around 5,000 calories. Granted, I was eating and drinking more than the average person, but I wasn't gorging myself... it's nuts how many calories some things have. Needless to say, when I came back from my 8 day vacation, I had gained 10 pounds. I was upset, but thought to myself, I cant REALLY have gained that much weight. So I went back to my regular 12000 cal a day diet and lost the 10 pounds in 6 days, and even an extra pound on top of it.

fit4lifeUcan2

I went on vacation last month. All inclusive drinks and food. When I came back, I tallied up an average day, including all my food and drinks, not even kidding you, it was around 5,000 calories. Granted, I was eating and drinking more than the average person, but I wasn't gorging myself... it's nuts how many calories some things have. Needless to say, when I came back from my 8 day vacation, I had gained 10 pounds. I was upset, but thought to myself, I cant REALLY have gained that much weight. So I went back to my regular 12000 cal a day diet and lost the 10 pounds in 6 days, and even an extra pound on top of it.

Yup went on a cruise and did this. Lost it all quickly too because it was mostly water weight. But man was I bloated and feeling like a slug for several days after that vacation. Yuck!

Cupcakehippiemommy

I used to eat a whole medium peperoni pizza 1,664 for dinner o.0 that didn't include the Mcdonald's Big mac meal and pancakes,eggs and bacon in the morning >.< Oh how things have changed

Ruthe8

Before I began My Fitness Pal a Fazoli's normal meal for me consisted of....

Regular Fettuccine Alfredo with broccoli
A side salad topped with house italian dressing
And around three breadsticks

all of that totals up to.....1465 calories!?!
Of all that is holy..... :noway:

What did you drink with it? Alcohol, or even soda, brings it up a few hundred more calories! This is pretty typical for a restaurant meal, unfortunately.

However, that doesn't mean you can't ever go out again. You could still get the same entree - eat half of it. Skip the breadsticks, or just eat one - I don't do bread with pasta anyway, because pasta IS bread. You'll probably get just as much enjoyment out of it with half the calories.

McLifterPants

I was recently in the mid-west for a business trip, and I decided to check out restaurant menus online before I did... the salads at Hard Rock Cafe, which I thought would be the "healthier" options, were all upwards of 800 calories. One was over 1100!! And here I'd thought that I was being generous saving myself 700 calories for dinner... EESH!

MinMin97

I now have a totally different concept of how much I need to eat.
I used to eat WAY too much...and thus, the weight gain!

DontStopB_Leakin

Before I began My Fitness Pal a Fazoli's normal meal for me consisted of....

Regular Fettuccine Alfredo with broccoli
A side salad topped with house italian dressing
And around three breadsticks

all of that totals up to.....1465 calories!?!
Of all that is holy..... :noway:

I still eat 1500 calorie meals...


Ohai.

laurenellenmarie

Oh yeah! An order of Shrooms at 54th street is 1300 calories! I ate that and at least two tall 32 oz Boulevard Wheats every Sunday. Sometimes four Boulevard's....Makes my eyes roll back in my head just thinking about it!

SoDamnHungry

Mmm. Sounds awesome.

auroranflash

I drank several glasses of white zinfandel last night, total calories unknown, but probably way over 500. Had to celebrate Dallas missing that field goal. :drinker:

laurenellenmarie

Haha it was Irish Fest here last weekend...I'd log all that I drank if I could remember.

chinasaurus86

i totally feel you- i used to eat the chicken crispers at chili's and JUST the chicken had like 1300 calories. it completely blew my mind when i found out. needless to say, i avoid that at all costs lol.

KristysLosing

Before I began My Fitness Pal a Fazoli's normal meal for me consisted of....

Regular Fettuccine Alfredo with broccoli
A side salad topped with house italian dressing
And around three breadsticks

all of that totals up to.....1465 calories!?!
Of all that is holy..... :noway:

What did you drink with it? Alcohol, or even soda, brings it up a few hundred more calories! This is pretty typical for a restaurant meal, unfortunately.

However, that doesn't mean you can't ever go out again. You could still get the same entree - eat half of it. Skip the breadsticks, or just eat one - I don't do bread with pasta anyway, because pasta IS bread. You'll probably get just as much enjoyment out of it with half the calories.

:noway: Skip the breadsticks??? Forget the salad! lol (to all concerned...I'm kinda joking)

bonemuse12

I'm pretty sure buffalo wings are the end/all be all. Hooters, Buffalo Wild Wing, Rings and Wings; it doesn't matter, because they are all something close to 100 cal/ wing. I used to be able to put down 16-20 wings, plus dipping sauce, plus fries, plus BEvERages. 3000 cals, no problemo.

Don't even get me started on Reese's Peanut butter cups.


And now I want wings. Good thing I can just dunk some chicken tenders in buffalo sauce and be happy!


~TK~

hiker359

Sounds like a fabulous 'cheat' meal.


^^^ MMMM Peanut butter cups!

emmalecras

Logging makes you realise just how bad some things were. I would not think twice at polishing off half a large pizza and think about having another slice but now I actually feel guilty having one piece!!!

mrs_schultz2012

i went to a wedding saturday night - they had 3 kegs and an open bar....YIKES....lost track of how many drinks I had!

mom2handh1975

It's crazy how much we were eating before. No wonder I got fat!

laurenellenmarie

I'm pretty sure buffalo wings are the end/all be all. Hooters, Buffalo Wild Wing, Rings and Wings; it doesn't matter, because they are all something close to 100 cal/ wing. I used to be able to put down 16-20 wings, plus dipping sauce, plus fries, plus BEvERages. 3000 cals, no problemo.

Don't even get me started on Reese's Peanut butter cups.


And now I want wings. Good thing I can just dunk some chicken tenders in buffalo sauce and be happy!


~TK~

Absolutely! Buffalo Wild Wings 45 cent wing night....I would seriously order 15-20 and have onion rings plus beer!

laurenellenmarie

i went to a wedding saturday night - they had 3 kegs and an open bar....YIKES....lost track of how many drinks I had!

I think we just became best friends.
My Boyfriend's brother works at a Brewery. Every family party has 3 kegs or more.... hahaha

vtmoon

2 Super bowls ago I killed a 45 wing order, 2 potato wedges orders, and a slider order, throughout the game, not sure how much beer I had, probably around 6-8. Bw3s was a nice go to hang out spot for me.

KristysLosing

And eggnog...:sad:...220 calories for 1/2 cup of the stuff we had! I had far more than 1/2 cup because it was yummy! :drinker:

TeachTheGirl

I recall one day when I ate out twice in one day...my calories that day had to total over 3500, easily. Now everything I once looked at and thought 'mm, that looks delicious' doesn't appeal anymore. And thank Goodness for that!

RainxPain

Sounds about right.

purpleipod

I can easily eat 4,000 calories in a day and not even feel stuffed. Scary to think of.

Hellguy76137

Is that it!? I could eat two of those in a sitting.