Shocked by the calorie content

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  • CarmenSRT
    CarmenSRT Posts: 843 Member
    Oh , those bloody cookies at subway! I go into subway "to be good" then the next thing I know Ive bought 2 or 3 of those cookies, and at around 200cals each, its more calories then my measly salad sub!

    Yeah, you'd be better off getting a 12 inch veggie sub than a 6 inch and cookies. Darn cookies look SO good....

    A 6 inch and cookies? Sounds like a fun date. :laugh:

    <snerk> :laugh:
  • kendraleigh88
    kendraleigh88 Posts: 77
    Wine. (Oh gosh, sweet, sweet wiiiine..)
    Mayo. *sigh*
    Juice!
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    Thai food, specifically Pad Thai.

    I haven't touched the stuff since I started here - there' s just no way I can fit it even close to my calories. *sniff*
  • running_shoe
    running_shoe Posts: 180 Member
    Peanut butter!:sad:
  • kimberly3818
    kimberly3818 Posts: 16 Member
    kraft mac & cheese
  • RitaSantoss
    RitaSantoss Posts: 986 Member
    Cereal for sure! I didn't know how many calories 100 grams could contain :noway:
    And I haven't eaten any in quite a few months, it's so hard because they are like one of my favorite things to eat...
  • Loxinabox
    Loxinabox Posts: 3
    pork pie. but it isnt shocking really just really upsetting. :(
  • sarah1334
    sarah1334 Posts: 77 Member
    440 calories for an Asiago bagel with reduced fat veggie cream cheese from Panera. Womp, womp.

    I guess I shouldn't have been surprised by that... it IS basically bread and cheese, after all.
  • frenchy807
    frenchy807 Posts: 38 Member
    Popcorn!! I used to eat the natural kind from the bag, by the bag....OOPS! haha i thought it was healthy! Now I just do the air popped kind which is better anyways :)
  • Chipmaniac
    Chipmaniac Posts: 642 Member
    Hamburger/Hotdog buns. A lot of varieties are over 200 per bun. I've switched to sandwich thins which are only 100 and really aren't that much different except they aren't as poofy.
  • Hmmcglothl
    Hmmcglothl Posts: 51 Member
    Nacho Belle Grande from Taco Bell. Almost 800 calories!!! I LOVE these but I've obviously given them up. :)
  • jmpetros
    jmpetros Posts: 10
    I was also shocked at orange juice!!! I finally found trop50 orange juice...just 50 calories a glass.
  • TinGirl314
    TinGirl314 Posts: 430 Member
    The chocolate shake at White castle: 1.680 calories :noway:
    Dairy Queen Large cookie dough blizzard: 1,320 calories :cry:
    Dairy Queen Chicken Strip basket: 1,270 calories :noway:
    Mcdonalds big breakfast: 1,140 calories :ohwell:

    http://www.acaloriecounter.com/fast-food-calories.php

    Needless to say I don't eat out anymore, if I have to I go to taco bell and get a single fresco burrito or Subway and get a 6inch spinach and egg white flat bread.
  • blondemom1979
    blondemom1979 Posts: 64 Member
    I don't eat pre-made foods a lot but today I just didn't want to cook so we grabbed hungry man tv dinners.......over 700 cal.....holy crap! no more lazy not cooking days lol
  • Chipmaniac
    Chipmaniac Posts: 642 Member
    Popcorn!! I used to eat the natural kind from the bag, by the bag....OOPS! haha i thought it was healthy! Now I just do the air popped kind which is better anyways :)
    I don't understand why people say that popcorn shocked them. An entire bag of Orville Redenbacher's SmartPop microwave popcorn is something like 220 calories. It's my go to snack because it takes awhile to eat. It's certainly better than chips which can get out of hand in a big hurry.
  • CincinnatiDEIFan
    CincinnatiDEIFan Posts: 188 Member
    Olive Garden salad and breadsticks. You can do more hurt with those than you can with the meal.

    I agree with this...had this at Olive Garden (minus the bread sticks) and about fell over when I logged it! SOOO not worth it!!!!!!
  • holly3585
    holly3585 Posts: 282 Member
    McDonalds McCafe Frap- 600 calories. And I couldn't even get the pleasure of chewing it. Never again will I allow myself a little treat w/o checking its stats 1sst!
  • cobracars
    cobracars Posts: 949 Member
    I was also shocked at orange juice!!! I finally found trop50 orange juice...just 50 calories a glass.

    You can make your own 'trop50' by diluting your oj 50% with water
  • Hmmcglothl
    Hmmcglothl Posts: 51 Member
    Oh , those bloody cookies at subway! I go into subway "to be good" then the next thing I know Ive bought 2 or 3 of those cookies, and at around 200cals each, its more calories then my measly salad sub!

    Yeah, you'd be better off getting a 12 inch veggie sub than a 6 inch and cookies. Darn cookies look SO good....

    OMG!! I know!! They are to die for!! I didn't realize how many cals were in them.
  • Arperjen
    Arperjen Posts: 108 Member
    Tortillas. Soft-taco size is 110 a piece, but when I eat tacos I tend to inhale them. Not fun. I've tried making my own tortillas and they turn out icky, so I just take it easy on them overall.
  • Illusent
    Illusent Posts: 228 Member
    Bowl(s) of cereal... OMG
  • CanuckTracy
    CanuckTracy Posts: 245 Member
    Orange Juice. Like liquid candy. Haven't drank it in a year...
    ^^ this...CANNOT drink OJ
  • dillyweed
    dillyweed Posts: 9
    Tim Hortons (in Canada) Low fat muffins... Calorie, fat and even sugar wise it was better to eat the cherry cheese danish that one of the low fat muffins.
  • jayraycee
    jayraycee Posts: 33
    I work at a bakery, we always look at the calories in new stuff. We are still shocked by honey buns, which are 600 calories.


    OMG losing weight and working in a bakery? I wouldn't succeed, I am telling you!
  • deadliftfan
    deadliftfan Posts: 66
    Macadamia
  • SF2514
    SF2514 Posts: 794 Member
    Margaritas lol.
  • vtmoon
    vtmoon Posts: 3,436 Member
    I work at a bakery, we always look at the calories in new stuff. We are still shocked by honey buns, which are 600 calories.


    OMG losing weight and working in a bakery? I wouldn't succeed, I am telling you!

    I would like to think I have willpower but I would fold like a paper dam if I was you. I love pastry waaaaaaaaay to much , I would have to quit.
  • mamasmaltz3
    mamasmaltz3 Posts: 1,111 Member
    Arby's Market Fresh Turkey and Swiss sandwich. 720 calories!!!!!! I could of had the roast beef!
  • sparknotes
    sparknotes Posts: 16
    Pretty much anything on the 99 Restaurant menu!! We were on the road today and were out much longer than expected, so we stopped there for lunch! Thank God for my smart phone...I looked up calories before ordering and went with least damage...which cost 520 calories...most of the other choices I would have picked were over 1000 and 1300 calories!! An entire day's food in one sitting...no thanks! (even though preMFP I wouldn't have thought twice about it!)
  • nkklllll
    nkklllll Posts: 19
    Seeing a whole lot of people shocked about 1000 calorie meals and such, or that they are eating a slice of pie that has 800 calories and it is half of their daily intake. You should never be shocked at the calorie count of anything: chips are either tortilla or potato . . . both dense high calorie foods. Cake is cake, no matter how you slice it (haha slice), muffins are cake marketed as a breakfast food, all they are is oversized cupcakes. If you watn a low calorie dinner, here's a great one: Tyson's frozen chicken tenderloins (1 serving), 1 serving of Trader Joe's ready to cook brown rice, and some Del Monte fresh whole potatoes (they're in a can). Eat 1 serving of all those things i guarantee you'll be full and you will only have had about 3-400 calories. Also, the more protein you eat, the more full you'll feel, and longer.

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