What food's calories have you been shocked by?

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  • MMMMMMMary
    MMMMMMMary Posts: 6
    The chocolate mousse I had for breakfast the day after I started Fitness Pal. I logged it in as best I could and it was 700 calories. So what, no dinner? no lunch? Arghhhh. It was a Sunday and I made time for a 2-hour hike and believe it or not, that was the last and ONLY day so far I've ended within my calorie limit!
  • Hrl1993
    Hrl1993 Posts: 106 Member
    The calories in what I *thought* was a serving of pasta...bread, skin (like on meat), granola, nuts, jelly, some non-light yogurts, bananas, corn, beans, smoothies, and most recently - OLIVES. They're crazy!
  • onyxgirl17
    onyxgirl17 Posts: 1,722 Member
    The Grands biscuits.... 170 calories per biscuit and 1180 mg of sodium for two biscuits... WTF!
  • michaelachallis
    michaelachallis Posts: 137 Member
    pasta and rice. insanity.
  • bmqbonnie
    bmqbonnie Posts: 836 Member
    Boneless wings. I knew they weren't healthy, but holy cow. I work at a chain restaurant and sometimes there's a basket in the back that we share. I looked it up and EACH wing is 70+ calories, a basket is around 800. Yikes. But they are so delicious...

    Or basically anything at that restaurant. Had another dish, looked it up, 1160 calories. Whoops. I really need to start looking things up BEFORE I eat them D:
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    A Krispy Kreme donut only has 190 calories?! Thank goodness I am not around them more often!
  • MrsBobaFett
    MrsBobaFett Posts: 802 Member
    A girl I know from school thought that fruit, vegetables and nuts were calorie free. I told her otherwise after she had eaten a whole bag of pistachios worth 700cals!
  • Hbazzell
    Hbazzell Posts: 899 Member
    Nuts and Avocados.
  • SamanthaClarexo
    SamanthaClarexo Posts: 353 Member
    Definitely nuts. I could easily sit and graze through a full bag of Brazil nuts.
  • missmeg1213
    missmeg1213 Posts: 1
    peanut butter :( nuts and cheese!
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    ribs
    chicken wings
    chicken divan
    donuts
  • staplebug
    staplebug Posts: 189
    CHEESE! Just like when I moved out and started doing my own grocery shopping, I was so surprised how much cheese costs...now I'm shocked that one little slice is 110 calories. If it wasn't for cheese, this weight would come off so fast. But then I'd be miserable because cheese is so great, you know? :P
  • mariagood1
    mariagood1 Posts: 1
    Chips and salsa at a Mexican restaurant!!
  • never124get
    never124get Posts: 163
    Olive oil! I guess I shouldn't have been sooo shocked but I was....
  • alphabetsoup2013
    alphabetsoup2013 Posts: 208 Member
    Low-fat granola. I was eating truckloads worth of that stuff. Probably 1000 calories worth of low-fat granola to start my day. And, of course, I had yogourt and fresh fruit with it. I figure a 1400 calorie breakfast was the norm for me. (Yikes.)
  • shovav91
    shovav91 Posts: 2,335 Member
    I used to work at Baskin Robbins in high school, and I would go next door to Chipotle to pick up lunch. Burrito, chips and guac and a double scoop of ice cream for dessert was over 2500 calories (and that was one a three meals a day). I had this several times a week. How I have been underweight my whole life is beyond me.
  • Princess4Run
    Princess4Run Posts: 135 Member
    Starbucks Double Chocolate brownie. That is an ultimate brownie for me, taste, texture...everything. I knew it wasn't healthy but didn't realize it was that bad. I had it about twice per month until I checked the calories- 410 cals, 24 g fat, 30 g sugar. Now, I pass by it everyday and just drool but don't buy.
  • ThinWhiteDuchess
    ThinWhiteDuchess Posts: 28 Member
    Definitely figs. One sly fruit has 47 calories. And don't get my started on the dried ones.
  • derekj222
    derekj222 Posts: 370 Member
    Strawberries! I just entered 1 c fresh strawberries and it is 200 calories!

    its 50! where do you get your info?
  • starrisonmclennon
    starrisonmclennon Posts: 64 Member
    pizza, i should've known, but like when you go to restaurants and you're served a whole pizza it made me think that a pizza wasn't too high calorie, fatty but not too high calorie, boy was i shocked and upset when i ate that and saw the calories
  • starrisonmclennon
    starrisonmclennon Posts: 64 Member
    Low-fat granola. I was eating truckloads worth of that stuff. Probably 1000 calories worth of low-fat granola to start my day. And, of course, I had yogourt and fresh fruit with it. I figure a 1400 calorie breakfast was the norm for me. (Yikes.)

    same! i was eating probably 800 calories of it and believing i was being healthy
  • Mcctin65
    Mcctin65 Posts: 507 Member
    The oriental salad at Applebee's!!! woo eeee!
  • bootsiejayne
    bootsiejayne Posts: 151 Member
    Salads....freaking salads are ridiculous at restaurants. I personally dont eat salad, but my husband does. We were looking at Nutritional info for some of our fav restaurants and the salads were at least 750 calories or MORE. Poor people go in thinking they're watching their calories and end up eating more with salad than they would have if they'd gotten what they really wanted. Shameful.
  • Trilby16
    Trilby16 Posts: 707 Member
    Nutella! Bummer.....
  • 3laine75
    3laine75 Posts: 3,069 Member
    My own carbonara - it's around 1600 cals for a tiny portion!! Tried replacing the cream with creme fraiche - just disgusting :(
  • netski19
    netski19 Posts: 12
    One of those large vanilla flavored CRUMBS cupcakes with rainbow sprinkles have 880 CALORIES! They are soooo delicious, and I knew they had a lot of calories, but I didn't know that one of them would be more than 2/3 of my calorie limit for the whole day.:ohwell:
  • alexisu96
    alexisu96 Posts: 103 Member
    Low-fat granola. I was eating truckloads worth of that stuff. Probably 1000 calories worth of low-fat granola to start my day. And, of course, I had yogourt and fresh fruit with it. I figure a 1400 calorie breakfast was the norm for me. (Yikes.)

    ^^^this^^^ is honestly part of the reason why I am overweight. I work out, eat 90% good stuff and endulge rarely like everyone should. BUT, when I look at what i would eat at breakfast, it's insane. I knew granola, muesli wasn't on the light side of calories. The thing is when I actually got to weighing portion size I was shocked!! As she said, I was eating about 600-800 calories of muesli/granola. Either milk, yogurt and then apples. If the granola didnt have nuts already in it, I'd toss more nuts and/or dried cranberries!!! I was eating a 1000 calorie breakfast!!!!! Healthy, but making me fat!!!

    Same thing with pasta- double,triple portions.

    For me weight loss can be simple: change the breakfast and eat only one cup pasta. Bam. Over 1000 calories saved!!!!
  • ksuh999
    ksuh999 Posts: 543 Member
    Low-fat granola. I was eating truckloads worth of that stuff. Probably 1000 calories worth of low-fat granola to start my day. And, of course, I had yogourt and fresh fruit with it. I figure a 1400 calorie breakfast was the norm for me. (Yikes.)

    ^^^this^^^ is honestly part of the reason why I am overweight. I work out, eat 90% good stuff and endulge rarely like everyone should. BUT, when I look at what i would eat at breakfast, it's insane. I knew granola, muesli wasn't on the light side of calories. The thing is when I actually got to weighing portion size I was shocked!! As she said, I was eating about 600-800 calories of muesli/granola. Either milk, yogurt and then apples. If the granola didnt have nuts already in it, I'd toss more nuts and/or dried cranberries!!! I was eating a 1000 calorie breakfast!!!!! Healthy, but making me fat!!!

    Same thing with pasta- double,triple portions.

    For me weight loss can be simple: change the breakfast and eat only one cup pasta. Bam. Over 1000 calories saved!!!!
    Heh, I was at the grocery store and there was one of those natural cereals called "skinny" something. Looked at the calorie count - 2 teaspoons was 140 calories!
  • alexisu96
    alexisu96 Posts: 103 Member
    Low-fat granola. I was eating truckloads worth of that stuff. Probably 1000 calories worth of low-fat granola to start my day. And, of course, I had yogourt and fresh fruit with it. I figure a 1400 calorie breakfast was the norm for me. (Yikes.)

    ^^^this^^^ is honestly part of the reason why I am overweight. I work out, eat 90% good stuff and endulge rarely like everyone should. BUT, when I look at what i would eat at breakfast, it's insane. I knew granola, muesli wasn't on the light side of calories. The thing is when I actually got to weighing portion size I was shocked!! As she said, I was eating about 600-800 calories of muesli/granola. Either milk, yogurt and then apples. If the granola didnt have nuts already in it, I'd toss more nuts and/or dried cranberries!!! I was eating a 1000 calorie breakfast!!!!! Healthy, but making me fat!!!

    Same thing with pasta- double,triple portions.

    For me weight loss can be simple: change the breakfast and eat only one cup pasta. Bam. Over 1000 calories saved!!!!
    Heh, I was at the grocery store and there was one of those natural cereals called "skinny" something. Looked at the calorie count - 2 teaspoons was 140 calories!

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