Calorie shocker!

Well, I just joined today and entered what I was planning to eat/drink. I was shocked to learn I couldn't have even one coke or it would put me over my allotted sugars for the day. Super sad day in the life of a coke addict.

Soda is my hardest thing too

beer shocker: my favorite specialty holiday brew, 214 colories per bottle. so sad. so so sad.
juice: also a big shocker for me. i started eating instead of drinking my fruit, and it made a HUGE difference.
bread: i love bread, so i hated accepting the fact that my penchant for dinner rolls added hundreds of calories to a meal... bummer. i've just had to cut a lot of bread out of my diet.

Carl's Jr - Double Western Bacon Cheeseburger 1000 Calories for 1 burger! yeehaa! There are others even higher.

Wow! I always knew they were bad for me. One of those burgers would be most of my calorie goal for the day. I've set my goal to lose a pound a week, and I'm pretty short at 5'2". I just can't eat as much as I thought. :noway:

Not that I ever thought milk shakes were low calorie, but the most shocking thing I've discovered so far is that for a MINI (not even a small) peanut butter fudge shake, at Sonic, is 760 calories. I guess I knew they'd be high, but that really shocked me.

I was shocked to find that McDonald's small chocolate shake was 550 calories. I thought it was soft serve low fat ice milk with a little chocolate.

Yeah, milkshakes can be ridiculously high in calories! If you order one of the larger sizes with a burger, you could be eating well over a meal with the milkshake alone. Then when you add the burger...geez it adds up.

i'm surprised at what certain food serving size is. like my daughter loves to eat chocolate chips and one serving of that is 1 tbsp with 70 caloires per serving. my hardest thing is measuring out the food.

i'm surprised at what certain food serving size is. like my daughter loves to eat chocolate chips and one serving of that is 1 tbsp with 70 caloires per serving. my hardest thing is measuring out the food.

Sure that is a tablespoon's worth?

Calories is based on weight actually (1 gram fat is 9 cal, ect), a measuring translation is put there for your convenience, and is many times very off.

Weigh what you think is a tablespoon, that is much easier than trying to measure anyway. Just pile it on the scale until the weight for a serving is reached, usually given in grams anyway.

Liquids are measured.

I can't believe that carrots have carbs. I was shocked. Learning, that's what we're supposed to do, right?

Pie … especially from restaurants. 1 slice can start at 300 or 400 calories (for the fruit kinds) and get up near 1000 for the "fancy" ones. And that's usually after a not-so-great-for-you dinner, too.

There are some things that I see are "high" calories that I think are worth it:
Whole wheat bread (110 calories per slice for the kind I get, but fiber and complex carbs and vitamins, so 1 or 2 slices a day isn't bad)
Cheese (110 calories per ounce … have to be careful with the serving, but calcium and protein and oh so tasty)
Peanut butter (~100 calories per tablespoon, again protein and good fat, and again measure!!)
Fruit (yes, plenty of sugar, but also fiber and all sorts of vitamins, and the sugar allowance was meant for added sugar)
etc

I think the big thing is to be aware of serving sizes. I've seen people say "cheese is only 100 calories" and then cut themselves a big hunk that is 2-3 times that. And there is definitely a value in food that has nutrients with the calories, like many people have said. It's far better to eat a 500 calorie meal that has protein, vitamins, essential minerals, healthy fats, etc (well balanced, in other words) than to eat a 500 calorie milkshake or handful of cookies for your meal.

Calories are not the bad guys. Empty calories are even okay, with a lot of moderation. Not being aware of how much your taking in can certainly be a problem :laugh: But don't start avoiding foods that are healthy, or banning your favorite treats entirely, because you're afraid of the calories!!

Nutritional Yeast! I never thought to log it before, and just learned today that it has tons of calories. I like sprinkling it on top of things, but may have to reign it in from now on, haha.

Small Oreo McFlurry at MacD's, 400 calories! When I found that out here on MFP, those had to go.

We East Fish and Salmon at least 2 to 3 times a week.. Yes they are high calorie food but if you bake them with lemon juice and a lil olive oil in foil on the BBQ they are healthy and low in added calories.. Preparing them with topping and fatty breading add useless calories to a Great food

Gatorade sports drinks. I never realized how they were ruining all my efforts.

Almost everything is a shocker! I've been on Weight Watchers for 2 years and got tired of paying for it because I wasn't tracking like I should. Then I decided I should do SOMETHING so I didn't gain it all back and here I am! Since WW doesn't look at calories - only fat, fiber. carbs and protein, everything has been a big shock! For example, a pack of apple slices is 90 calories whereas that was ZERO WW points. Needless to say, my snacking on fruits and veggies is not as beneficial as it was before. I think those have been the biggest shocks - just how much things that used to be zero points can add up when you're just looking at calories. On the flip side, exercise earns me far more calories than it did WW activity points. I do miss the "floating" points for the week, I wish we had "floating" calories.

LOL - floating calories. THAT would be nice!

After my first day signing up, I'm embarrassed to say after I did a rally of what I ate in the day (-714 over), I still haven't added my dinner and snacks. This is a real eye opener. Tomorrow is a brand new day and I will have some motivation by meeting a friend at the gym. The last time I weighed this much, I had a baby inside me growing Got to be accountable for my actions.

An egg by itself is only 70 calories. It's what you cook it in and what you add to it that racks up the calories.

Not so bad if you make a meal of it...2 eggs and two slices of thin bacon with a half slice of rye bread is 225 calories and it's quite filling. I heat the bacon in a skillet - the fat calories are already counted with my bacon so I don't have to add PAM or additional oil to fry my eggs. There's not a morsel that tastes like a diet meal!