Shocked by the calorie content
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oh Oreo cookies. 2 cookies is 140 calories. Doesn't sound like much right but who only eats 2 cookies?
I stare longingly at Oreos every time I enter the store but SERIOUSLY. Like you said.0 -
oh Oreo cookies. 2 cookies is 140 calories. Doesn't sound like much right but who only eats 2 cookies?
^^ This. I was shocked when I found out. I remember eating a whole sleeve of Oreo cookies in one sitting.0 -
... Pop-Tarts. Just ONE is 220 cals (and who doesn't eat both in the wrapper?)Muffins!
this was my surprise. don't eat them myself, but my kids love them.0 -
deff muffins! ahhh.0
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.... I don't know how you can FIT that many calories into such a tiny and insubstantial morsel of food. And why would anybody make it and sell it to the public? Whether it tastes "good" or not, it just seems like there MUST be slightly healthier and just as tasty alternatives that could be standardized... No?
The trick is remembering that food producers and restaurants are in business to sell FOOD not nutrition. I take crap every week for knowing what I eat and making decisions based on macros.0 -
Peanut butter. Picked up a food scale last week... Made a sammie this morning for work. Thought I would add a small amount of peanut butter as I was going to weigh it - over two hundred calories in peanut butter! 90 calories a tablespoon? 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...
Peanut butter can very good for you though. I eat it every day. gotta definitely watch how much you eat but if ya do it right, its very nutritious. and it tastes good...helps keep me from eating a lot worse junk, lol.
Totally agree!0 -
Restaurant meal-size salads in general. I used to think I was being healthy ordering a salad when I ate out, but then discovered I was eating more than 1200 calories in the salad, when I could get a steak & veggies for under 700
salads can be deceiving, but most of time, its due to dressing. cheese/croutons/dried fruit/fried chicken will obviously add to the high calorie count, but those are usually more obvious. i always ask if they have a light alternative to the dressing, and if not, either get it on the side, order something else, or leave off the high calorie toppings.0 -
A veggie sub from Quiznos has more calories than a Big Mac
Woah!!0 -
1. dried fruit
2. granola0 -
Peanut butter...it makes me sad, I love it so much0
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Just this morning...Plain black coffee at Dunkin Donuts (the seasonal Pumpkin flavored) no sugar, no cream no nothing...210 calories!!! Right from their website! I poured half of it down the drain once I looked up the calories. Black coffee...really 210 calories?!? In fact, here is my exact status update from this morning...
Can somebody talk me off of this ledge???? After my walk this morning, I stopped at Dunkin Donuts for a coffee...I ordered the Pumpin Spice...black. No sugar, no sweetener, no cream, no nothing. I get home and pull up their website for nutrition information and the only Pumpkin coffee on the website shows per serving (20 fl oz) Calories 210?!?!?!?!?! WHAT?!?!!?!? INGREDIENTS: Brewed 100% Arabica Coffee, Pumpkin Spice Syrup [Skim Milk, Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Water, Brown Sugar, Caramel Color, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Salt]. Is a 20 oz. black coffee REALLY over 200 calories and loaded with all of these extra ingredients?! I've got to be missing something somewhere?! I feel like I need to go purge this crap from my system!0 -
Kraft Mac and Cheese (400 cals./ serving)
Poptarts (200 for one)
McDonald's Shamrock Shake (500 cals. for a small!)
Panera Cookie (400 cals.)
Tandori Naan Bread (600 calories)
The whole thing with servings in packages! Companies should only be allowed to put one serving size in a container or at least make the package resealable. Like the Poptarts...one is a serving but they put two in the package and you can't reseal it so you eat both of them because if you don't the other goes stale! Or Otis Spunkmeyer muffins, 1/2 a muffin is a serving, who is only going to eat half of the muffin?!? That drives me nuts!0 -
Just this morning...Plain black coffee at Dunkin Donuts (the seasonal Pumpkin flavored) no sugar, no cream no nothing...210 calories!!! Right from their website! I poured half of it down the drain once I looked up the calories. Black coffee...really 210 calories?!? In fact, here is my exact status update from this morning...
O. M. G.
Wow.0 -
Just this morning...Plain black coffee at Dunkin Donuts (the seasonal Pumpkin flavored) no sugar, no cream no nothing...210 calories!!! Right from their website! I poured half of it down the drain once I looked up the calories. Black coffee...really 210 calories?!? In fact, here is my exact status update from this morning...
Can somebody talk me off of this ledge???? After my walk this morning, I stopped at Dunkin Donuts for a coffee...I ordered the Pumpin Spice...black. No sugar, no sweetener, no cream, no nothing. I get home and pull up their website for nutrition information and the only Pumpkin coffee on the website shows per serving (20 fl oz) Calories 210?!?!?!?!?! WHAT?!?!!?!? INGREDIENTS: Brewed 100% Arabica Coffee, Pumpkin Spice Syrup [Skim Milk, Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Water, Brown Sugar, Caramel Color, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Salt]. Is a 20 oz. black coffee REALLY over 200 calories and loaded with all of these extra ingredients?! I've got to be missing something somewhere?! I feel like I need to go purge this crap from my system!
what a rip!!!! usually its the BEANS they treat to get the flavor. they should include the fact that its syrup and not flavored beans.0 -
Just this morning...Plain black coffee at Dunkin Donuts (the seasonal Pumpkin flavored) no sugar, no cream no nothing...210 calories!!! Right from their website! I poured half of it down the drain once I looked up the calories. Black coffee...really 210 calories?!? In fact, here is my exact status update from this morning...
O. M. G.
Wow.
I'm told (a MFP friend worked for DD at one time...) they flavor their regular coffee with a flavored syrup that's full of all that extra crap that I gave up months ago!!0 -
Double Cheeseburger from McDonalds = 440 cal. Yuck.0
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Dogfish Head - Palo Sant Marron 12oz Beer - 360 calories0
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These ramen noodle bowls that my hubby buys for lunch at work. they got me at first cause it was 190 a serving but there are 2 servings per bowl!! who's going to eat half a bowl of ramen.
Also ceareal! i am shocked by the calorie content of almost ALL cold cereal! *sigh*0 -
A veggie sub from Quiznos has more calories than a Big Mac
Woah!!
unREAL :huh:0 -
Generally food in restaurants. Like one standard meal is around 1200 calories each!
I'm going on holiday on Saturday and I'm quite worried about all the restaurant food!0 -
Generally food in restaurants. Like one standard meal is around 1200 calories each!
Yes, every time I've gone to a restaurant that posts the nutritional information I've just about had a heart attach. I've seen fish dishes of 1800 calories (I think that was Macaroni Grill?). CRAZY.0 -
basically all the junk i was eating had terrible calorie content lol. i was a snack-a-holic, but things are changing! i'd rather have a banana anyways
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Almonds or any nut really WHOA! Watch out!
Packed some almonds for work... weighed the little critters... 240 calories for 40g.
And Nutella... 100 calories per tablespoon! Make sure you give the measuring spoon a really good lick when you're done scooping!!
Almonds are wonderful for you. NO, you can not eat an entire bag but they are very nutrient dense and have mostly " good fats " that lower cholesterol. Eat them! Just a small handful a day will be great for you.0 -
antipasto salad...its bc of the meat tho but i was like whaaaa???!! lol0
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Peanut M&Ms
220 calories for 1/4 cup. I easily ate 800-1000 cals in those last night....0 -
Subways Pizza!
I know it wasn't great, but 680 calories for such a small pizza was ridiculous!0 -
Orange Juice. Like liquid candy. Haven't drank it in a year...
This one made me so mad!!! Everyone is going off about oj for breakfast and come to find out it is really high in cals
I don't drink it anymore needless to say 0 -
Tonic water!
Gin & tonics used to be my signature "slim" drink, but then I looked at the label. It's just as bad as soda and juice! Bars usually don't carry diet tonic, so I just drink them at home now (Q Tonic at Whole Foods is also a good alternative to diet tonic water).0 -
Chopped Salad at Outback. 561 calories for a side salad! Never again.0
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Well, one calzone in my dining hall has over 1k cals and 2.5kmgs of sodium. jjdfjfjfjgjfjj THAT'S SODIUM FOR THE REST OF THE DAY! Thank god I checked up on that (haven't had one since the beginning to the semester, but just in case I was ever tempted). I'm all for splurging, but that's a bit too much of a splurge for me. It'd mean really having to watch with the sodium for the rest of the day. Guess I shouldn't be so shocked considering that ONE slice of plain cheese pizza is about 650 calories and one serving of their mac and cheese is 700 or so.
Thank goodness for the menu.0
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