What food's calories have you been shocked by?

alexisu96

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!

Sorry for double post, finger slipped?

Wanted o add and who eats 2 tsps? Excately my point. I love muesli and granola. Even plain oatmeal has a heavy calorie load. Might as well be eating peanut butter by the spoonful!

UnderCoverShyGirl

oh like others have said, granola, avocado, flour, nuts....oh and of course back in the day when i first found out how many cals was in a Starbucks Mocha...ya.

calisunrise

who on earth eats a whole bowl of granola anyway? two tablespoons seem like enough for me.



mayo
anything fried
flour

Dauntlessness

Any type of nut and the chocolate cake at long horn steakhouse. It is 2180 calories...

UnderCoverShyGirl

Oh and chicken wings! I thought they were tiny, didn't think about the fact that they are all skin....sad!

macummins1959

The turkey and provolone sandwich at Costco. It tastes so good. I will not likely eat another as long as I live.

Sarah0866

Strawberries! I just entered 1 c fresh strawberries and it is 200 calories!

That's not accurate, actually...I'd enter it again and look for "strawberry" nutrition facts that are confirmed by other members

366to266

Peanut butter

Double cream

BeccaBollons

Marshmallows
Nuts

But also shocked by low cal content of mattesons turkey bacon- fabulous 25 cals tucked into a scrambled egg sandwich. Lunch for 225 calories- fab!

grrupp

Strawberries! I just entered 1 c fresh strawberries and it is 200 calories!

Hey just so you know there is NOT 200 calories in one cup of strawberries. There is only 53 calories per one cup of fresh sliced strawberries hope this helps!

wildchild06241

I'm with you. Seriously flour. It's just an ingrediant and it doesn't even taste good. Looking for more baking recepies that dont' require it. Have you tried the Oatmeal and Banana cookies! I love them. No flour.

AngelVale

Ham in general! I was so surprised by the calories.

concordancia

Any type of nut and the chocolate cake at long horn steakhouse. It is 2180 calories...

So, even if we split it, I can't have anything else?

VorJoshigan

This thread could really use a few dozen more people posting how many calories are in strawberries.

What are we averaging? about 1.5 strawberry corrections per page?

vlmay1955

Actually in a GOOD way I was surprised by the calories in popcorn. If you don't add butter to it but season it with the many avialable seasonings by (for example) Kernal Seasons (http://www.kernelseasons.com) it is really filling and low-calorie!

jordanalexis90

cranberry juice has the same calories pretty much as coca cola

What??? I love cranberry juice

gwhizeh

Another one to add to the I know it was bad but...
7-11 muffins. I used to stop for one of these almost every morning. I logged one once and that was my last one lol.
I think it comes in at 590 cal for the banana one.

I knew they weren't the best, but never paid much attention until I came here.

geebusuk

What??? I love cranberry juice

Most fruit juices are around that or more - orange juice is 7 calories more per 100ml than coke.

Justjamie0418

Blue cheese.. not so much calories but fat grams. OMG.

juleszephyr

Nuts, dried fruit and cheese, all of which I now religiously weigh as I love them all...

mixedlollies

Granola!

Gallowmere1984

Ghee. Dear god, what the hell is wrong with people? 112 calories per tablespoon? Just...why?

Carmella9

olive oil - 100 cal per tsp (didnt shock me though)
wasabi peas 200 for half a pack :O
burger and chips at my local pub (shouldve know better) 1,800 calories
and lindt eggs 30g 180 cal

SomeoneSomeplace

I am still shocked by Quizno's veggie sub. How is it possible that it has more calories than a big mac?!

I've also been surprised by fruits and veggies and how quickly those add calories other things like BBQ sauce or the portion sizes of things like peanut butter and cheese and how quickly it adds up.

maramarx

definitely my favourite nut - the Brazil nut

Amazon_Who

Waffle House: The chicken melt has way more calories than the patty melt.

krnlmustrd

Boston Market Sweet Potato Casserole Side Item - 460 Calories.

gdortiz

- red lentils
- holy crap ... COCONUT MILK!!! check it out.
- banana
- ciabatta roll

AmberSpamber

While working at Chili's they would prepare a meal each week, tell us about it and we could taste it, ask questions about it etc.
One day they brought out the Awesome Blossom ( their version of a onion rings). I asked how many calories it had.

2700.

I haven't been able to eat fried food since.

ExRelaySprinter

Banana's, Peanut Butter.