If you think counting calories is not a big deal read on
cyndiwilliams1965
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Last night, my daughter brought over a "take and bake" pizza...Knowing I should count the calories, I looked at the label and decided it was okay to have one slice. I have to say the one slice of ham and pineapple was delicious. My daughter also brought over a "take and bake" S'mores pizza. Knowing I should read the label, I just could not get myself to do it - - I guess deep down I knew the calorie count would be high. When I woke up this morning, I decided to look at the label for the S'mores pizza and almost fell over as I looked at the calorie count - - over 2000 calories for one tiny slice. My allowed calorie intake is 1390 I have to tell you that today was the worst I have felt in a long time. I felt so sluggish, could not focus, and my muscles hurt. I decided that no matter what I will now and forever look at the calories I put into my body and decide if it is worth it....just thought I would share.....
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Hope you feel better tomorrow.
I went out to lunch about a week ago and I ordered dessert to go....it was Mile High Ice Cream Pie. I looked up the nutritional info online....over 1900 calories. So every day, I ate a small portion of it....took me about 5 days to finish it. That's how I try to get around delicious things that have ridiculously high calorie content but are irresistible.
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There are a lot of foods off my eat list now that I see the calorie counts! It sickens me to know i was putting that in my body!0
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look at the calories before you eat! if If you don't want to look at the calories, face it: you know it won't be good. If I go ahead and decide to eat w/o looking, i learned the hard way (like you) that it is 10x worse to look later when there is nothing you can do about it! So I either decide to look and probably forgo the treat (or limit to a very small amount) or not look and indulge.
we all eat things from time to time that don't agree with our body's newer standards, and we usually pay for it for a day or two. sometimes it's worth it, sometimes it isn't.0 -
heres the deal , think about this ,
your grandmas best meal.
whatever it is ...
or yours or your favorite, etc ...
lets take snickers bar, i look at it , and i KNOW its bad .... i KNOW it ...
but do i look up the calories first , before i set my portion ... yes ...then i set my food goal for that .
BTW my Cannot resist item... thankfully when I get it , I have to make it ....Dobos torte.. the cookie kind, not the cake... but, i have to make it myself, so thats a safe solution to it .. that being said , .. this weekend is Easter... and guess what is ALWAYS on the menu... yes i will be careful.0 -
Last night, my daughter brought over a "take and bake" pizza...Knowing I should count the calories, I looked at the label and decided it was okay to have one slice. I have to say the one slice of ham and pineapple was delicious. My daughter also brought over a "take and bake" S'mores pizza. Knowing I should read the label, I just could not get myself to do it - - I guess deep down I knew the calorie count would be high. When I woke up this morning, I decided to look at the label for the S'mores pizza and almost fell over as I looked at the calorie count - - over 2000 calories for one tiny slice. My allowed calorie intake is 1390 I have to tell you that today was the worst I have felt in a long time. I felt so sluggish, could not focus, and my muscles hurt. I decided that no matter what I will now and forever look at the calories I put into my body and decide if it is worth it....just thought I would share.....
theres no way one slice is 2000 cals.. did you mean 200?0 -
Last night, my daughter brought over a "take and bake" pizza...Knowing I should count the calories, I looked at the label and decided it was okay to have one slice. I have to say the one slice of ham and pineapple was delicious. My daughter also brought over a "take and bake" S'mores pizza. Knowing I should read the label, I just could not get myself to do it - - I guess deep down I knew the calorie count would be high. When I woke up this morning, I decided to look at the label for the S'mores pizza and almost fell over as I looked at the calorie count - - over 2000 calories for one tiny slice. My allowed calorie intake is 1390 I have to tell you that today was the worst I have felt in a long time. I felt so sluggish, could not focus, and my muscles hurt. I decided that no matter what I will now and forever look at the calories I put into my body and decide if it is worth it....just thought I would share.....
One serving of Papa Murphy's S'mores pizza (1/8 of the pizza) is 258 calories. The entire pizza is 2064 calories.
http://www.papamurphys.com/pdf/Nutrition_Info.pdf0 -
Last night, my daughter brought over a "take and bake" pizza...Knowing I should count the calories, I looked at the label and decided it was okay to have one slice. I have to say the one slice of ham and pineapple was delicious. My daughter also brought over a "take and bake" S'mores pizza. Knowing I should read the label, I just could not get myself to do it - - I guess deep down I knew the calorie count would be high. When I woke up this morning, I decided to look at the label for the S'mores pizza and almost fell over as I looked at the calorie count - - over 2000 calories for one tiny slice. My allowed calorie intake is 1390 I have to tell you that today was the worst I have felt in a long time. I felt so sluggish, could not focus, and my muscles hurt. I decided that no matter what I will now and forever look at the calories I put into my body and decide if it is worth it....just thought I would share.....
Are you sure this is right? Doesn't sound right to me. A google search got me to this. Is this the smores pizza you mean? If so, it's 258 calories in one slice and 2064 calories for the entire pizza.
http://www.papamurphys.com/pdf/Nutrition_Info.pdf0 -
Last night, my daughter brought over a "take and bake" pizza...Knowing I should count the calories, I looked at the label and decided it was okay to have one slice. I have to say the one slice of ham and pineapple was delicious. My daughter also brought over a "take and bake" S'mores pizza. Knowing I should read the label, I just could not get myself to do it - - I guess deep down I knew the calorie count would be high. When I woke up this morning, I decided to look at the label for the S'mores pizza and almost fell over as I looked at the calorie count - - over 2000 calories for one tiny slice. My allowed calorie intake is 1390 I have to tell you that today was the worst I have felt in a long time. I felt so sluggish, could not focus, and my muscles hurt. I decided that no matter what I will now and forever look at the calories I put into my body and decide if it is worth it....just thought I would share.....
You sound like you had a food hangover! They are the worst. Every once in awhile, I end up giving myself one. And every time, I am reminded why I quit eating those foods in the first place. Sometimes I'm even a little glad when that happens-I have a much easier time breaking up with a food after it has stabbed me in the back by making me feel craptastic.0 -
I had that exact experience yesterday! Got sweet potato wedges, looked at the calories, only 130 per serving, happy days! checked the SIZE of each serving, 3 wedges. Damn. Oh well, I only had 3 (and they were delicious) but I certainly learned that "serving size" on the pack is not necessarily MY serving size0
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Last night, my daughter brought over a "take and bake" pizza...Knowing I should count the calories, I looked at the label and decided it was okay to have one slice. I have to say the one slice of ham and pineapple was delicious. My daughter also brought over a "take and bake" S'mores pizza. Knowing I should read the label, I just could not get myself to do it - - I guess deep down I knew the calorie count would be high. When I woke up this morning, I decided to look at the label for the S'mores pizza and almost fell over as I looked at the calorie count - - over 2000 calories for one tiny slice. My allowed calorie intake is 1390 I have to tell you that today was the worst I have felt in a long time. I felt so sluggish, could not focus, and my muscles hurt. I decided that no matter what I will now and forever look at the calories I put into my body and decide if it is worth it....just thought I would share.....
One serving of Papa Murphy's S'mores pizza (1/8 of the pizza) is 258 calories. The entire pizza is 2064 calories.
http://www.papamurphys.com/pdf/Nutrition_Info.pdf
awwww, ninjad. I didn't see this before I made my post cause I was busy googling it.0 -
"If you don't recognize an ingredient your body won't either"0
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Your post inspired me to log a typical day before I started dieting. Turns out it was 4,775 calories. My TDEE then was 2,668. No wonder I was considered obese. Yikes.0
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Love it..going to use that the next time...Thanks....^_^0
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I double checked and could not believe what I was looking at....crazy isn't it? I learned a valuable lesson.....0
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Yeahhhh been there. Reading nutrition facts is sooo important.0
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Checked the site...Whew...I freaked when I saw that....still I felt like crap the whole day... The whole time I have been on "my fitness pal" I have limited my sugar intake....so it probably figure why the S'mores pizza made me feel like crap...it is so full of sugar...thanks for setting me straight...^_^0
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Yikes! Yup, all that processed food is super high in calories. I can believe how high the counts are. My husband and I play a game when we are grocery shopping. When we pass be processed food sections we'll "spot-check" the calorie counts and are always shocked at what we see. I think the winner so far was a frozen bean and cheese burrito @ 1,800 calories! Crazy!0
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Last night, my daughter brought over a "take and bake" pizza...Knowing I should count the calories, I looked at the label and decided it was okay to have one slice. I have to say the one slice of ham and pineapple was delicious. My daughter also brought over a "take and bake" S'mores pizza. Knowing I should read the label, I just could not get myself to do it - - I guess deep down I knew the calorie count would be high. When I woke up this morning, I decided to look at the label for the S'mores pizza and almost fell over as I looked at the calorie count - - over 2000 calories for one tiny slice. My allowed calorie intake is 1390 I have to tell you that today was the worst I have felt in a long time. I felt so sluggish, could not focus, and my muscles hurt. I decided that no matter what I will now and forever look at the calories I put into my body and decide if it is worth it....just thought I would share.....
theres no way one slice is 2000 cals.. did you mean 200?
I checked out a site suggested from another member..I looked at the label wrong....the cal intake is 258....but I learned a valuable lesson...^_^0 -
I was just telling my husband that is exactly what it felt like....as you guessed S'mores and I are no longer an Item...lolLast night, my daughter brought over a "take and bake" pizza...Knowing I should count the calories, I looked at the label and decided it was okay to have one slice. I have to say the one slice of ham and pineapple was delicious. My daughter also brought over a "take and bake" S'mores pizza. Knowing I should read the label, I just could not get myself to do it - - I guess deep down I knew the calorie count would be high. When I woke up this morning, I decided to look at the label for the S'mores pizza and almost fell over as I looked at the calorie count - - over 2000 calories for one tiny slice. My allowed calorie intake is 1390 I have to tell you that today was the worst I have felt in a long time. I felt so sluggish, could not focus, and my muscles hurt. I decided that no matter what I will now and forever look at the calories I put into my body and decide if it is worth it....just thought I would share.....
You sound like you had a food hangover! They are the worst. Every once in awhile, I end up giving myself one. And every time, I am reminded why I quit eating those foods in the first place. Sometimes I'm even a little glad when that happens-I have a much easier time breaking up with a food after it has stabbed me in the back by making me feel craptastic.0 -
thanks for sharing You are sooo right it is amazing how one piece of some desserts can be chock full of calories. i made peanut butter cup bars last week and input the whole recipe to figure out the nutrition content. I was shocked that the little bar I allowed myself was over 500 calories and to think before I started tracking calories I'd have eaten atleast 4times as much for a whopping 2000 calories. They are a real treat and my kids love it when I make them but I certainly won't make them often. I just started trying something new to help me say no to the sweets that tempt me each day. Yesterday I baked cupcakes and they smelled heavenly but I passed......Day two they were calling my name. At that point any thing sweet was sounding good but my favorite sweet is ghirardelli milk and caramel chocolate squares. I told myself if I pass on the cupcakes and what ever other sweets tempt me this week I would treat myself to my favorite the next time I went out grocery shopping. I just thoroughly enjoyed my treat with a cup of hot tea and although it kicked me a little above my calorie goal for today it saved me alot of calories for the week. 0
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Stay focused. The gentle truth after a binge is that it won't show visibly. It takes multiple mistakes over a long time to gain weight.
If you eat well and exercise the next day, it will be like it never happened.
For me, I enjoy 1/12 of the Costco Take and Bake cheese pizza because it's around 400 calories a slice.
Or I can make my own with whole wheat sandwich thins, tomato sauce and reduced fat mozzarella for about 130 calories a round.0 -
I just got into paying attention to calories and was SHOCKED to discover that one of the dishes I loved having for dinner (fettucine alfredo) at one of the restaurants I go to with a friend is more than my ENTIRE DAYS allowance of calories!!! Just for one meal! And it's not even that much food
Terrifying to think how many calories I was putting into my body on a regular basis if that simple dish was so high... 0 -
I never once read calories before starting MFP because I never thought it was important, since finding MFP I have learned otherwise. My daughter turned 12 earlier this month and I told her I would take her out to her favorite restaurant, Longhorn Steakhouse. Before leaving that night I looked their menu up online and I was shocked by the calorie count of what I used to get! I decided on a lean cut of steak with steamed asparagus on the side, a skinny 90 calorie sangria to drink, and we split a dessert. So what could have been a calorie bomb wound up being just over 500 calories...even after I snuck a slice of their warm wheat bread lol.
Sometimes I look at the labels (or look it up here on the database) and I am just shocked at how many calories some items are! I mean how do they manage to cram 1,430 calories into a Applebee's - Quesadilla Burger?? I used to eat a whole one in one sitting! To know I ate almost an entire day's calories in one meal makes me sick to my stomach now not to mention it has 106 grams of fat and 3,390 grams of sodium on top of the calorie count. I am so gad I learned the value of looking at labels!0 -
I never once read calories before starting MFP because I never thought it was important, since finding MFP I have learned otherwise. My daughter turned 12 earlier this month and I told her I would take her out to her favorite restaurant, Longhorn Steakhouse. Before leaving that night I looked their menu up online and I was shocked by the calorie count of what I used to get! I decided on a lean cut of steak with steamed asparagus on the side, a skinny 90 calorie sangria to drink, and we split a dessert. So what could have been a calorie bomb wound up being just over 500 calories...even after I snuck a slice of their warm wheat bread lol.
Sometimes I look at the labels (or look it up here on the database) and I am just shocked at how many calories some items are! I mean how do they manage to cram 1,430 calories into a Applebee's - Quesadilla Burger?? I used to eat a whole one in one sitting! To know I ate almost an entire day's calories in one meal makes me sick to my stomach now not to mention it has 106 grams of fat and 3,390 grams of sodium on top of the calorie count. I am so gad I learned the value of looking at labels!
I agree with you..I never took the time to read labels and I too am shocked at how much I used to eat...I am feeling much better today and hope I never make the mistake I made the other night...Food hangovers suck...^_^0 -
I used to get a breakfast burrito from a local fast food joint by my house before work and soon after starting up with MFP I looked up the calories. 650!! I get 1300 a day so I was eating half for breakfast. I decided I would get one again but split it in half and eat it for breakfast and lunch. I was not too surprised that it did Not stick with me at all! Sooooo not even worth it- by lunchtime it was soggy and just plain disgusting. But that's what I love about MFP- it's really teaching me to make better choices and decide what is or is not worth the calorie content. That S'mores pizza sounds Delicious by the way
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But that's what I love about MFP- it's really teaching me to make better choices and decide what is or is not worth the calorie content.
Sometimes I look something up that I am thinking about eating, like a mini snickers bar, so I look it up on MFP database. Half the time anymore when I see the insane amount of calories I will go "Umm no I think I'll save my calories for something else!" lol!
One time I ate something, I forget what it was, then added it to my food diary so when I saw how bad it was I wished I could have hit rewind so I didn't waste over 100 calories on it lmao!0 -
"If you don't recognize an ingredient your body won't either"
This.... is not true at all.0 -
There are a lot of foods off my eat list now that I see the calorie counts! It sickens me to know i was putting that in my body!
This!!!0 -
It's just one slice of pizza. Relax. Next time you can have a few slices now you know it was only 250ish calories!0
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Thank you, I will learn from your mistake. Shrug, then give yourself a hug and be as kind to yourself as I am sure you would be to one of us. Onward! :-D0
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