I couldn't believe my breakfast entry!
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Saturday at lunch. I went to Chili's with my boyfriend and his parents and I was hemming and hawing over what I was going to eat...I wound up with my old standby. Turns out the Original Chicken crispers are about 1200 calories WITHOUT the fries. All I can say is that it's a good thing I burned over 1000 calories running just a few hours prior otherwise Saturday would have been all kinds of bad.
But my breakfast, if I have more than just a glass of milk, normally hits between 500-750 calories. It's all good.
Are you surprised those chicken tenders are that bad for you?? I think they are yummy, but they are the biggest tenders I have ever seen...So tasty. And yet SO bad for you. *sigh*0 -
I can't believe the orange juice I had this morning was so high is cals. I can't really think of anything else right now, although I know there's more. But, orange juice, really?!0
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So, now you look up what you SHOULD have ordered... and you'll know next time. Live and learn. This whole process is a learning experience. Just say oops, they got me... this probably means I can have something even tastier next time and less calories. For example: a Jr breakfast burrito (280 cals) and a whole banana (they'll sell you the fruit just by itself).
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I ate at Zaxby's and their grilled chicken sandwich was nearly 700 calories. My husband got a banana pudding milkshake and that was 800 calories. We are never eating at Zaxby's again.
It is weird because the same grilled chicken sandwich at Chick fil A is 310 calories, which is where we go instead.0 -
My recent surprise came at Zupas. I figure how bad can a 1/2 sandwich and bowl of soup be? Can't remember the exact numbers, but was considerably higher than expected.
Zupas is evil. Everything on their menus is high calorie mostly processed carbs and fat, fat, fat and we're not talking the good kind of fat either.0 -
Muffins got me...
Certain veggies as well... just make sure to live with your iPAD0 -
i went out to dinner after the movies a few months ago and i ordered a salad and sat there all smug until i got home and logged it at 600 lol. wasn't that pissed, and even though it was 600 calories, it was 600 nutritious calories.0
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Sometimes its really eye opening. I was busy at work one day so I couldn't grab lunch until after the salad bar was closed. I was starving so I grabbed a wrap from Jugo Juice- almost 700 cals! I was so disappointed, it wasn't even very filling.0
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pretty much anything from Subway... then I realized the motto was FRESH... not HEALTHY!
Not necessarily. If I got a 6" black forest ham grinder on 9 grain bread with american cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, onions and olive oil and vinegar it's a whopping 330 calories. I don't consider that to be bad considering the salads I make can be 600+ calories and I have made sandwiches at home that are probably more than that. Heck my lunch today was 446 calories and it was two hard boiled eggs and a toasted english muffin with cheese, ham and tomato on it.0 -
If you do this every morning then you could be angry with yourself but once in a while or once a week that is okay you have to treat yourself or you will get bored with your diet (or life style change) and then you will have failed. If you keep your calories down the rest of the week then you are fine. Do try to drink more water to get rid of the salt but just try to get a workout into try and help with the guilt.:happy:0
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I'm actually fairly angry with myself for it. .......
580. 580!?! I almost cried.
This is not a healthy reaction to overeating by 200 Calories.
Why not? Being angry and frustrated when you find you've overeaten through misjudgement is not necessarily unhealthy.
200 calories isn't really the end of the world. A surprise? Yeah, but 200 calories is pretty easy to make up. Just go for a walk. Even a leisurely one can burn off more than that. Having a breakdown over 200 calories suggests to me that you might want to take a break from tracking for a while (I've been down that road, not fun).
I went to O'Charley's once and got their honey glazed chicken. I knew it'd be on the high end, due to the breading and cooking method, but it turns out that the chicken alone is something like 1200 calories, and that's not even including the sides! Given that a chicken breast is all of about 300 calories for the amount provided, that means they managed to cram 900 calories in on top of that! Talk about a shocker!
Of course 200 calories isn't the end of the world. Being angry at yourself is not the end of the world either.
But 200 calories isn't even really worth getting angry about, though, especially at breakfast, when you have the rest of the day to adjust the rest of your meals or go for a walk. Hell, if your goal is to lose a pound a week, you could eat over your calorie limit by 200 calories every single day and still lose a little over half a pound.
So? I don't see how any of that makes feeling angry about the extra 200 "unhealthy". People on MFP throw "unhealthy" around much too easily.
Maybe the OP didn't want to go for another walk. Maybe she didn't have time. Maybe she just gets angry at herself when she guesses incorrectly. Whatever her reason(s), just because she was angry with herself doesn't make her reaction unhealthy.0 -
Who'd a thunk, cheese, eggs and fried potatoes would be kinda calorie dense
"Let the big flavor of the obviously low calSuperSONIC® Breakfast Burrito get you out of bed. A medley of savory sausage, fluffy scrambled eggs, melty cheddar cheese, golden tots, diced onions, ripe tomatoes and spicy jalapeños all wrapped up in a warm flour tortilla"
I fixed it for you..or for them.
That reminds me of how I used to start my day with two of these...back when the SuperSONIC version (with tots) wasn't even on the menu.
And may I never get angry at myself for being 200 calories over at breakfast. C'mon, OP, you have the entire rest of the day to make a few tweaks and end up right on plan. I suggest you work on building some more flexibility into your approach to this.0 -
I eat at least two of those a week, at the minimum. Excellent hangover food.0
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I have realized that Sonic has nothing healthy. I only eat there when I know its a splurge, otherwise I stick with an unsweetened tea.
One thing I was surprised by, was Applebee's burgers. I knew they would be bad, I knew it was a splurge, I knew I would go over, however I did not realize that a burger was 1700 cals. Yikes! How do they even do that? Anyhow, lesson learned; stick with the healthy menu at Applebees
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Having worked in restaurants I'm not surprised by anything being high in calories.
I worked at a Texas Roadhouse & I'll tell you this:
Want to eat healthy by choosing the corn as a side? It's 10lbs of corn mixed with 5lbs of butter.
Green beans are cooked with bacon fat.
Rice is cooked with almost as much butter as the corn.
Nearly everything has butter or some form of fat in it's recipe.
Most restaurants are going 100% for flavor & taste & have no interest in the nutritional value of the food. That means the food is going to be packed with fat & sodium.0 -
This is a pretty defeating feeling, but try not to let it get to you. Like everybody said, bring something with the app or look ahead of time. My trick is to search the restaurant and start scrolling until I find something low-cal and edible.
And while 200 calories might be within the random error margin, if you're on a 1,200-1300 calorie plan, its a substantial portion of your calories. Its easy to say go for a walk, but if you work a pretty serious job (50-60 hours a week+ commute), and have kids time gets thin fast. Don't get me wrong, I make time, but for me it typically just cuts into my sleep.
Wraps always stun me. Wraps/tortillas are amazingly high in calories. Taco Bell Crunchy supreme is equal to soft taco WITHOUT sour cream! So if they took a crunchy taco and infused all the calories from sour cream, then you would have the same calories as the soft shell. I went to Champps and got the Chicken Ranch Wrap (minus the ranch). That thing was tiny and only had grilled chicken, lettuce and tomato and still was 600 calories! My only guess was that it was the wrap.
On the flip side, my favorite thing is finding things that at least relative to how filing/tasty they are to me are low-cal. My favorites are skinny cow ice cream sandwiches. Enough to make me feel like I had a real dessert, and only 140-150 calories. Strawberry shortcake is the best and I don't even care about strawberry. Reeses Cup mini blizzards are pretty good too for 360, but I typically have to save up for those.0 -
at least it happened at breakfast and you have the rest of the day to make the necessary adjustments. There is a Sonic across the street from my work. I opt for the junior breakfast burrito. The fat and sodium are bummers, but it is very filling and the lesser evil of their breakfast options.0
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I'm actually fairly angry with myself for it. .......
580. 580!?! I almost cried.
This is not a healthy reaction to overeating by 200 Calories.
Why not? Being angry and frustrated when you find you've overeaten through misjudgement is not necessarily unhealthy.
200 calories isn't really the end of the world. A surprise? Yeah, but 200 calories is pretty easy to make up. Just go for a walk. Even a leisurely one can burn off more than that. Having a breakdown over 200 calories suggests to me that you might want to take a break from tracking for a while (I've been down that road, not fun).
I went to O'Charley's once and got their honey glazed chicken. I knew it'd be on the high end, due to the breading and cooking method, but it turns out that the chicken alone is something like 1200 calories, and that's not even including the sides! Given that a chicken breast is all of about 300 calories for the amount provided, that means they managed to cram 900 calories in on top of that! Talk about a shocker!
Of course 200 calories isn't the end of the world. Being angry at yourself is not the end of the world either.
But 200 calories isn't even really worth getting angry about, though, especially at breakfast, when you have the rest of the day to adjust the rest of your meals or go for a walk. Hell, if your goal is to lose a pound a week, you could eat over your calorie limit by 200 calories every single day and still lose a little over half a pound.
So? I don't see how any of that makes feeling angry about the extra 200 "unhealthy". People on MFP throw "unhealthy" around much too easily.
Maybe the OP didn't want to go for another walk. Maybe she didn't have time. Maybe she just gets angry at herself when she guesses incorrectly. Whatever her reason(s), just because she was angry with herself doesn't make her reaction unhealthy.
I'm with you. The OP says she *almost* cried, which is hardly an emotional breakdown. She was disappointed. I would be too, and mostly in myself for not checking out the information beforehand. The good news about places like Sonic is that the calorie information for their food is very easy to find. A smartphone or a little planning is the lesson of the day.0 -
One time I assembled what I thought was about a 350-calorie dinner (because that's all the calories I had left for the day), but when I actually looked it up later, it was about twice that. Those stinking calories add up fast!0
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Having worked in restaurants I'm not surprised by anything being high in calories.
I worked at a Texas Roadhouse & I'll tell you this:
Want to eat healthy by choosing the corn as a side? It's 10lbs of corn mixed with 5lbs of butter.
Green beans are cooked with bacon fat.
Rice is cooked with almost as much butter as the corn.
Nearly everything has butter or some form of fat in it's recipe.
Most restaurants are going 100% for flavor & taste & have no interest in the nutritional value of the food. That means the food is going to be packed with fat & sodium.
Strong first post.
I am now very VERY *VERY* hungry.
(And I like eating fat and don't mind eating sodium.)0 -
But, OMG, wasn't it good. I LOVE that burrito. The jalapenos, yum!0
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I miss bagels, croissants, scones, and muffins for this very reason. I love them all but the calorie count is WAY crazy. I also miss english muffins, even at only 150-200, that's pushing it...0
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Earl of Sandwich. My office catered in lunch, I figured it couldn't be horrible as it was no wider/longer than my phone and not all that tall. 700 calories. *sigh* Let's not even talk about what happened at Cheddar's...
Over eating by 200-300 calories... not horrible. Disillusionment to calories at a restaurant... horrible.0 -
I'm actually fairly angry with myself for it. .......
580. 580!?! I almost cried.
This is not a healthy reaction to overeating by 200 Calories.
Why not? Being angry and frustrated when you find you've overeaten through misjudgement is not necessarily unhealthy.
200 calories isn't really the end of the world. A surprise? Yeah, but 200 calories is pretty easy to make up. Just go for a walk. Even a leisurely one can burn off more than that. Having a breakdown over 200 calories suggests to me that you might want to take a break from tracking for a while (I've been down that road, not fun).
I went to O'Charley's once and got their honey glazed chicken. I knew it'd be on the high end, due to the breading and cooking method, but it turns out that the chicken alone is something like 1200 calories, and that's not even including the sides! Given that a chicken breast is all of about 300 calories for the amount provided, that means they managed to cram 900 calories in on top of that! Talk about a shocker!
Of course 200 calories isn't the end of the world. Being angry at yourself is not the end of the world either.
But 200 calories isn't even really worth getting angry about, though, especially at breakfast, when you have the rest of the day to adjust the rest of your meals or go for a walk. Hell, if your goal is to lose a pound a week, you could eat over your calorie limit by 200 calories every single day and still lose a little over half a pound.
I agree, people sometimes make way to big of a deal over something like this, and it is a little unhealthy to have such a bad reaction to overeating by only 200 calories. Sometimes you just need a damn breakfast burrito hahaha. It's food learn to enjoy it sometimes, just learn how to not overdue it all fo the time!0 -
I'm guessing the "almost cried" in the OP was hyperbole. LOL
In any event, now you know, and you can make a better choice (or not) the next time.
I have totally had those moments where something I thought was a good choice turned out to be not so much. Like the iced green tea at Panera. 130 calories for a drink. Now, I'm not freaking out over 130 calories, but I prefer to drink water or plain iced tea with 0 calories so I'm eating rather than drinking my calories. I assumed, stupidly, that the green iced tea would be the same as the regular black iced tea. Instead it was sweetened. Annoying, but now I know not to order that.0 -
The bread. They usually put butter on the insides, and if it's texas toast, it's just saturated in butter. Also sad as I like their food, but definitely not the calories.I ate at Zaxby's and their grilled chicken sandwich was nearly 700 calories. My husband got a banana pudding milkshake and that was 800 calories. We are never eating at Zaxby's again.
It is weird because the same grilled chicken sandwich at Chick fil A is 310 calories, which is where we go instead.0 -
So? I don't see how any of that makes feeling angry about the extra 200 "unhealthy". People on MFP throw "unhealthy" around much too easily.
Maybe the OP didn't want to go for another walk. Maybe she didn't have time. Maybe she just gets angry at herself when she guesses incorrectly. Whatever her reason(s), just because she was angry with herself doesn't make her reaction unhealthy.
Getting angry or upset with yourself to the point that you nearly push yourself to tears over 200 calories is starting to get into unhealthy territory. When looked at as an isolated thing, sure, it's not that bad (hey, who doesn't get upset at themselves over something once in a while?), but such mindsets are rarely isolated, especially when food is involved. They're often indicative of an emotional relationship to food (even one just forming) and can spiral very quickly if not recognized and changes (even mental ones) made to account for it.
And time (or lack thereof) is a horrible excuse, especially when we're talking a 200 calorie difference - http://www.fitsugar.com/Short-Exercises-Burn-200-Calories-25455818 (even if you legitimately have no time today, there's always tomorrow) - but even if we ignore the time excuse, it's still just 200 calories. Skip the midmorning snack, or forego the bun on your burger at lunch and you've made up for it. However, as I originally stated, even if you don't bother doing anything to make up for it, it's not going to make or break you, especially if you've otherwise been on target for the week.
Yes, even on a 1,200 calorie diet, it won't make or break your weight loss for the week. Even at 1,200 calories, you're very likely still looking to lose weight, and as such, have MFP set to lose at least half a pound a week (the smallest increment), which builds in a 250+ calorie per day deficit. Even at 250 calories per day deficit, that's still a 1750 calorie deficit over the course of the week. So even if you never make up that 200 calories, if you're on target the rest of the week, that's still a 1550 calorie deficit you've maintained. Oh no, you've lost .4 pounds instead of .5, or you've lost .9 pounds instead of a full pound.
No matter how you slice it, 200 calories isn't worth getting worked up at all, let alone to the point of tears, or even almost to tears, over. Again, is it a surprise to find out the item you ate is worth twice the calories? Yeah, definitely. But getting worked up over it is more likely to derail you than the food itself will. Log it, learn from it, and move on and do better next time.0 -
I don't think you have learned a lesson if you almost cry over your meals being 580 calories. If my meals could only equal 350 cals I'd have to eat over 6 meals every day which would take away from my daily activities and I'm almost underweight. Even being overweight shouldn't restrict you that far (it certainly didn't for me). As for one item containing salt, salt is easy to expel. Just drink some H2O. Not to mention your body needs some of that. If you are freaked about eating one item of food then chances are you're not getting enough salt. I know a few people who are constantly low on it and have to take supplements. Becoming dependent on an ipad and this site is not the solution.I did a stupid. I'm actually fairly angry with myself for it.
We went to Sonic this morning and I didn't have my iPad with me. Normally I look up and track everything before I eat it, but this time I thought I would get the "healthiest" looking thing that I saw. I got the Super Sonic burrito because it also had veggies, instead of just meat and cheese. I KNEW it would be a little higher, because of the added veggies. I had estimated it being about 350-400 calories.
580. 580!?! I almost cried. There was NOT enough burrito for it to be 580 calories. Thinking of the amount of fruit I could have had for 580 calories?!? Not to mention the sodium that is now swimming around in my body... I've learned my lesson! No more leaving the house without my iPad.
I guess the end of it is this:
Anything like this happen to anyone else? Are there foods out there that you've thought were going to be lower calories and it ends up being over the top?0 -
A MEDIUM timber joey shake from burgerville (mint and oreo) was 980 calories! A SMALL was 735!!! Wow!!!!!!!!!
Boneless wings surprised me (I would think bbq chicken breast with a piece of bread would be similar but NO)
Store bought Cheesecake. A tiny little piece that would have been 3 regular sized bites (2.3oz or 67g) was 225 calories! Wasn't nearly as good as homemade either.
There have been many, many things that have surprised me with how low they are though, so it's all good.0 -
I had two pop tarts and a Snickers bar for breakfast. I'll go running later today and have plenty of room for dinner and evening snacks.
No regrets.
^^^this^^^ totally!0
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