What food's calories have you been shocked by?
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SO agree about the sushi rolls. I was SHOCKED when I went to log two puny california rolls for the first time. Sad, sad day in my book yet thankful for the eye opener.0
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cheese! and i moved to wisconsin 24 years ago, so limiting my cheese has been a real shock to my system. how can i be an adopted cheesehead if i no longer eat much of the stuff? received a lovely box of assorted cheeses as a holiday gift, and wound up re-gifting it to folks at work. ah well...1
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pasta, nuts, peanut butter..
I guess I just was very uneducated about [portion sizes and calories...
What a reality check!2 -
Cheesecake. It seems to be a 100% efficient calorie vehicle; can go as high as 1600 calories per (restaurant-sized) serving.
I can always make cheesecake fit into my goals.3 -
Sushi
Cheesecake (cheesecake factory 1200+calories!!!!)
Homemade chicken noodle/rice soup
Rice Bran Oil and Olive Oil
Butter (and I refuse to use plastic a.k.a margerine)
Veggie Burger
Shawarma
Tim Horton's Panini sandwich
My morning coffee (until I adjusted it to almond milk instead of 1/2 and 1/2 cream)
buttercream icing
Chicken alfredo pasta (with whole wheat noodles HOLY CRAP! 700+)
I'm sure there's more but, seriously... wtheck???1 -
Strawberries! I just entered 1 c fresh strawberries and it is 200 calories!
That might be chopped up, so you should really recheck by weight. I'll put in a cup of strawberries (whole) and they are not nearly that much - maybe 50 cals.1 -
Kraft - Macaroni N Cheese Original! 400 cals in 1C ????
The stuff isn't that good, IMHO.0 -
I used to drink Mike's Hard Lemonades in all the different flavors, those were 400 a piece and I was doing 2 to 3 a night. :sad:
Now, I don't drink at all. Except a little something from a Mason Jar when I am sick. Always knocks it out. :drinker:
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Definitely peanut butter!
This, and it makes me so sad, because peanut butter is delicious and healthy. But I can only allow myself a little each day or I'll ruin my calorie goals
Try PB2!0 -
Almonds, Peanut Butter, Strawberries & Apples0
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Some things surprise me because they are so low in calories. 90 calories for a whole bag of freeze dried apple? 140 for 55 goldfish crackers? I thought both would be way more. I love those freeze dried apples!2
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ANY KIND OF WINE OMG I NO IDEA THEY HAD SO MANY CALORIES!!! BUT THAT'S BECAUSE I LOVE WINE SO MUCH :-((2
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This is helpful to know, thank you! I do not have a food scale but I'm starting to think I need one because my estimates aren't so great...probably both high and low!!1
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sunflower seeds, 170 cals for 1/4 cup1
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A couple of things really shocked me.
The first was an oatmeal flapjack, the type you get in most supermarkets. 500+ calories!
The other one that really shocked me was a medium-sized pork pie (maybe 3" in diameter). Over 1000 calories! Ouch.1 -
ANY KIND OF WINE OMG I NO IDEA THEY HAD SO MANY CALORIES!!! BUT THAT'S BECAUSE I LOVE WINE SO MUCH :-((
I felt the same 135 to 155 (ish) calories per 4oz... I switched to the 'skinny girl" wine - it's good! I'm surprised!!! pleasantly surprised that is! 85 calories for 4oz... that's not bad... the whole bottle is about 425 calories which I can live with4 -
The Welch's Sparkling grape juice.
My family rarely kept alcohol in the house. Mum only kept what she might need for the occasional recipe and Dad would maybe have 1 beer during the game on Sunday's. For special occasions we'd get the sparkling grape juice for something fizzy and fancy.
So for Christmas this year I picked a bottle up for my husband and I because, well, in my head that was kind of expected. Then I happened to be looking at the nutritional facts and discovered it was 150cal for a single glass. Had half the calories as what was on our plates.0 -
I thought I was doing a lot better by ordering my iced tea 'half and half'. I was shocked to see that it was still approximately 380 calories! Eeek! Only unsweet tea for me from now on (which I'm fine with)0
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Sushi
Cheesecake (cheesecake factory 1200+calories!!!!)
Homemade chicken noodle/rice soup
Rice Bran Oil and Olive Oil
Butter (and I refuse to use plastic a.k.a margerine)
Veggie Burger
Shawarma
Tim Horton's Panini sandwich
My morning coffee (until I adjusted it to almond milk instead of 1/2 and 1/2 cream)
buttercream icing
Chicken alfredo pasta (with whole wheat noodles HOLY CRAP! 700+)
I'm sure there's more but, seriously... wtheck???
I just learned how to make buttercream frosting in a cake decorating class... Holy Cow. Will never look at it the same way again! There's a reason why it's so delicious....
I agree on sushi too - I had it this week and really tried to eat the healthier ones (as opposed to all tempura, all the sauces, the cream cheese ones...) and still...a lot of calories. But I love it. Might need to eat a few more edamame and fill up that way.0 -
Wow these examples are nothing.
I used to have a weekly gourmet burger & beer with my mates at the local Wetherspoons, thought it was bad as in like 800-1000.... by the time you include a pint of beer and the onion rings 2300+ and this was just one of 3 meals a day. Some days I must have topped 6000 without trying, not really surprising that even with running I wasn't getting good result. Doh.5
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