Shocked by the calorie content

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  • Silver_Star
    Silver_Star Posts: 1,351 Member
    i got these frozen Malaysian Parathas from the Indian store...and i thought..how cool now i dont have to roll my own Tortilla/parathas..being the lazy bum that i am...


    then i saw that they had 280 cals for ONE piece! eeeek!!

    i gave those away..
  • wavdawg4
    wavdawg4 Posts: 139 Member
    Sushi! I had no idea! Over 300 per roll and I used to easily polish off 3 plus tempura and a beer then pat myself on the back for not eating fast food.

    I still eat sushi whenever I can. It's healthier foods than fast food and than most food. There's lots of good stuff in it for your body. Look at people who just Live on a sushi diet, they aren't fat..or obese.. They're pretty healthy individuals.

    Cereal scared me. I had gotten cereal and milk (i'm broke most of the time) but to measure out the cereal and the milk and then see how many calories that one little portion is was just Wow. And that was for the Kellogg's special K. no Thank you. There's actually several things that I used to eat or snack on that I don't anymore just because of the calories.. I'm still finding things that are shockers :/
  • KaydeForce
    KaydeForce Posts: 96 Member
    Whole Foods 'Sinful Smoked Mozzarella Pasta Salad'

    100g are over 300 calories.
    I EASILY ate 1,500 calories in a single meal when I had this more regularly and before caring about nutritional value of food...
  • gaylynn35
    gaylynn35 Posts: 854 Member
    Pop tarts!! I used to eat them quite a bit, then one day after I stopped buying them my son had one, and I was like oh let me have half. That half had a whopping 220 calories.
  • TNTwedell
    TNTwedell Posts: 277 Member
    Me and my new food scale are going to do a lot of falling out. We already have a nasty disagreement about what an ounce of cheese looks like...

    Hahaha..... sorry but that made me laugh out loud for real.

    agreed~ that made my laugh out loud ... BEEN THERE!
  • CarleyLovesPets
    CarleyLovesPets Posts: 410 Member
    Orange Juice. Like liquid candy. Haven't drank it in a year...

    THIS.
  • kvossandrews
    kvossandrews Posts: 210 Member
    Banana bread!!!!:noway:
  • mayasgroove
    mayasgroove Posts: 18
    Culver's buffalo chicken tenders..550 calories for four pieces no dip yet. And their fresh fried chicken to go (4 pcs deep fried chicken, mashed potato, green beans, one bread) 2000+ calories. Just looking at the calorie count makes my heart feel like clogged with cholesterol.
  • lanorrr
    lanorrr Posts: 13 Member
    Almonds! I love them and they're healthy but I used to power down like a cup of them... 800 cals!
  • imwithgizmo
    imwithgizmo Posts: 146 Member
    Spaghetti :( the brand i had was like 2,000 calories for two cups- which i ate. I was shocked since i thought it was lower. Never ate spaghetti again since then, made me too angry lol

    I have a yummy turkey spaghetti recipe that is 181 calories per serving (1 cup size) and is healthy and very filling. If you'd like the recipe, send me a message!
  • BrienJD
    BrienJD Posts: 541 Member
    Olive Garden - Salad with italian Dressing...I can have another whole serving of seafood Alfredo if I skip the Salad!!!
  • cncrafton
    cncrafton Posts: 82 Member
    Peanut butter M&Ms. Obviously I knew they weren't good. They're candy, after all! But after learning that 1/2 a cup is 440 calories, I'm pretty bummed. They are my absolute favorite candy in the whole world. Oh well...I guess those are just going to have to be a treat at the end of a really, really low cal week.
  • cncrafton
    cncrafton Posts: 82 Member
    Peanut butter M&Ms. Obviously I knew they weren't good. They're candy, after all! But after learning that 1/2 a cup is 440 calories, I'm pretty bummed. They are my absolute favorite candy in the whole world. Oh well...I guess those are just going to have to be a treat at the end of a really, really low cal week.
  • Roxiesmother
    Roxiesmother Posts: 49
    in New South Wales, the state in Australia where I live, new laws have been brought in to require all fast food outlets to list the calorie content of their foods on their menus. So it makes it easy to see what you are eating when you are ordering it. That's been a bit of an eye opener in some cases!
  • originalcookiemonster
    originalcookiemonster Posts: 278
    I realized that I was having my full calorie intake of food per day in Coke.

    HAHA I feel you!!! I was doing that often and STILL hungry. Go figure! Coke is my weakness.
  • Silver_Star
    Silver_Star Posts: 1,351 Member
    i love Bread so much....all kinds...but the calories just dont make me feel happy!!
  • kj007
    kj007 Posts: 1
    Honey! Ive always heard to use it instead of sugar especially for teas and baking. I didnt realize that my brand had 70 calories per tablespoon! I completely understand the health benefits over sugar, just didnt expect it to have nearly twice the calories. (sigh)
  • pwittek10
    pwittek10 Posts: 723 Member
    those little ,what I though was single serve, cookies 560 calories per bag!
    I will never eat them again!
  • tarapickett
    tarapickett Posts: 34 Member
    Buffalo Wild Wings - All of it.
  • Zylahe
    Zylahe Posts: 772 Member
    Onion rings.

    I wanted to cry when I realized how much other food I could have instead.
    They are the worst, and i could eat a whole bag
  • wavdawg4
    wavdawg4 Posts: 139 Member
    ill go the opposite direction on this one...

    i was thrilled when i saw how LOW the cals are in taco bell tacos.
    i can eat a 6pack and still be around 900cals. FANTASTIC!

    so a nice dinner AND a sweet dump after?

    sign.me.UP.

    hahahaha... Honestly, for fast food Taco Bell does have a lot lower cals compared to other fast food.
  • nhgrumpy
    nhgrumpy Posts: 10
    buffalo wings and trail mix. I love them both! I could polish off 20 wings for dinner and eat a bag of trail mix while reading.
  • Nicolette_Karls
    Nicolette_Karls Posts: 88
    Foods from Subway. The flatbread has more calories than the Italian, all of the meats are soaked in sodium, and even when you avoid the bacon/mayo/sauces, you walk away with a 6" sub that has 500+ calories in it.
  • iuew
    iuew Posts: 624 Member
    the one that shocked me the most was finding out how many calories Arbys can stuff into a market fresh turkey sandwich : 700 calories.

    it's a turkey sandwich. turkey and 700 calories should not occupy the same sentence outside of Thanksgiving.
  • Mrsbrandnewmeslimandtrim
    Mrsbrandnewmeslimandtrim Posts: 267 Member
    bump
  • amberlykay1014
    amberlykay1014 Posts: 608 Member
    A small bag of Sun Chips with a Subway sandwich... Who knew that little handful of "healthy" chips was almost as many calories as the whole 6" sandwich!?

    Uhgh.. I never get chips with a sandwich anymore. :(
  • almalaurathomas
    almalaurathomas Posts: 64
    OREOS! 140 calories for two cookies. I don't know how many times I have sat down and polished off 10+ cookies with a big glass of milk! :cry:
  • NaturallyOlivia
    NaturallyOlivia Posts: 496 Member
    My favorite personal pizza from newk's, the five cheese pizza, is 1,030 calories! One time I had a rough day at work so I ate that pizza, a slice of their red velvet cake (700 cal) and a large drink cup filled with mellow yellow (almost 200 cal per 8 oz). Talk about eating my feelings... O:
  • martintanz
    martintanz Posts: 280
    The one that really shocked me was the Dairy Queen Chicken Flamethrower. I used to think I was doing myself a favor by going with the chicken rather than the burger. Turns out this gutbuster had 860 calories, 55 gms of fat, and 1850 mg of sodium! No wonder I got so fat.
  • ChristineS_51
    ChristineS_51 Posts: 872 Member
    Great thread, made me laugh :laugh:

    I thought I was quite calorie savvy, but when I started using MFP I logged my (then) usual breakfast of Sultana Bran & Coffee+2 sugars - OMG I didn't realise how much SUGAR is in Sultana Bran! :noway:

    I now have black coffee no sugar no milk, and eat Vogels Soy & Linseed Cereal with skim milk (made from powder), or have a fry-up - potato, tomato, two eggs (done in non-stick pan with sometimes a tiny 0.04 grams of butter)

    Also Chai tea - when I first started I went out for coffee with my boss, had Chai tea, proudly didn't add sugar, then when I got home and logged it - sob sob. Now make my own at home with skim milk, 1 sugar (I hate artificial sweetners).

    Digital food scales has been a great help, along with digital person scales.

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