What food's calories have you been shocked by?

cld111 · January 2013

Was there a food that you looked up and were shocked at the amount of calories it contained?

For me, it happened last night. I have those little 3 ounce bottles of Bailey's. They are 327 calories for that tiny little bottle. I knew they were bad, but I didn't know how bad... Ouch! But I'm glad I know now!

toddslaten1 · January 2013

Definitely peanut butter!

langsyne · January 2013

OK now I know why I gained so much weight over the holidays. Bailey's was a staple, LOL
I had never in the past counted calories until I joined here. I was surprized how many calories are in meat,
even lean meat. Not giving that up though.

LeonnieH · January 2013

Nuts and cheese, love them both but now am careful about how much I have

PicNdazy · January 2013

Air! Because everything I enjoy eating, I inhale like I am just gulping in air..before I know it, I have inhaled a couple hundred calories!

DaveHuby · January 2013

Chorizo sausage.

I haven't eaten it since November when the last of my sausage casserole was removed from the freezer!

Using a lot of smoked paprika in other foods though.j

rosy003 · January 2013

Strawberries! I just entered 1 c fresh strawberries and it is 200 calories!

koshkasmum · January 2013

8 calories in one tiny hazelnut? (and who eats just one?) Really?

carly_am · January 2013

Weirdly flour! I used to think my homemade pizzas were really good cause they were, well, homemade! Then I logged it on mfp and found the base alone to be nearly 400 cals. Then add topping. I used to have two!!

sofielein · January 2013

Avocado

bluefox9er · January 2013

cranberry juice has the same calories pretty much as coca cola

jerseyjenus · January 2013

I have to say nuts and trail mixes.

newmangrrl · January 2013

Mine is a little opposite, I can't believe the how low cal Candian Bacon is!!!!

SquidgySquidge · January 2013

Nuts

LaurenAOK · January 2013

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

jw17695 · January 2013

Beans. That is a staple in my diet but I definitely take a big hit every meal I eat them.

Stringy1121 · January 2013

Sushi. and not fried either! I was just curious the other day about how many calories were in one Crunchy Shrimp roll, come to find out it was almost 1/2 of my daily intake of cal's I freaked out! How can 1 small roll of Sushi have 500+ Calories??! So upsetting I could eat sushi everyday..

trud72 · January 2013

Weirdly flour! I used to think my homemade pizzas were really good cause they were, well, homemade! Then I logged it on mfp and found the base alone to be nearly 400 cals. Then add topping. I used to have two!!

same here for the homemade pizzas! grrr tip use small tortillas instead! works just as well and 1/8 of the cals! :bigsmile:

and bloody nuts of allsorts i love nuts :huh: yes yes in all ways!

120weeks · January 2013

Kids' sized Wendy's frosty is 200 calories. It is so small and completely not worth. I will always choose decadent Ice Cream over that!

amyoliver85 · January 2013

Strawberries! I just entered 1 c fresh strawberries and it is 200 calories!

Rosy...you need to weigh your food, not put it in by the "cup". And when you use the MFP logs for fresh food, always look up the food with USDA after it. People on here make up the WEIRDEST stuff. But 90% of the time, the ones that say USDA after are more accurate. A cup of strawberries should cost you roughly 100-120 calories, not 200. But it will be based on the density of the strawberries you're eating. I always recommend hulling strawberries because the hull it's dense and doesn't provide many nutrients, so you may think you're eating a ton of calories of strawberries, but you're actually not.

karllundy · January 2013

Agree with peanut butter and nuts. Also, certain fruit. I used to eat a lot of grapes, but they add up fast.

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