Calorie shocker!

Agreed! I started making my son's milkshakes at home (ice cream still, but with skim milk) it at least cuts out some of the calories, and i make smaller amounts than he would want at sonic I haven't verified this, but I like to think I'm probably saving him from some extra preservatives/chemicals too.

I would suggest that you simply go buy some oranges, and fresh squeeze your orange juice one or two nights a week. You might find you enjoy that glass a little more, and you can better control your sugar intake I realize this will take more time than just stopping at a store and grabbing a quick bottle in the morning, but perhaps you can find other areas to save time in your schedule to compensate.

Milk! I used to drink about 10 glasses of it a day (no exaggeration). Didn't realize that was over 1000 calories just in liquids! I've switched entirely to water. I think that was huge in cutting my calorie intake and while it was hard at first, after a week I really didn't miss it. I have it in cereal occasionally and sometimes I just crave it so I have one tall glass every so often, but I don't drink it like I used to. If for nothing else, that makes me eternally grateful for MFP and that I started counting calories or I probably would have kept going like that.

there is a benefit to drinking so much milk though - my OH grew up drinking milk and now gets through a 4 pint bottle in a day.....he's never broken a bone in his body, has longer finger nails than i do, and i'm sure it has somthing to do with his build - 6'4" and built like a rugby player lol
he used to be adament that only semi-skimmed milk tasted right....then my mum started buying the new (well back then lol) 1% milk and he reluctantly agreed it was ok. i now mix his 1% half and half with my 0.1% skimmed milk and he hasn't noticed =p

I was shocked to find out that a regular size Whataburger(NOT the large one) was 620 calories!!! I love Whataburger...This, almost, made me cry...Now I know that I'm going to have to eat the small or JUnior size burgers...It is a change, but workable...AND I totally stay away from fries...


Reaan:bigsmile:

My surprise food was popcorn. So many people at Weight Watchers were telling me how one bag was one point. But that's only for one CUP of the POPPED kind. About eight cups per bag and you're looking at a hefty stab into your allotted food.

Sodas were a big surprise too. I knew they had calories, but I didn't know THAT many.

And carrots. I love carrots... but I'm supposed to limit myself on them. ;A; And potatoes and corn. So sad! My favorite foods and I can't have them (not for now, anyway. Maybe when I get closer to goal ).

My surprise food was popcorn. So many people at Weight Watchers were telling me how one bag was one point. But that's only for one CUP of the POPPED kind. About eight cups per bag and you're looking at a hefty stab into your allotted food.

Yup popcorn.. I always would get a "small" kettlecorn at the cinema and I knew it was quite a lot of calories, but not THAT much. Now I see packaged kettlecorn in the supermarket and a small tub is almost 1000 calories!!

I was surprised with how many calories in peanut butter.

Me too, and I just do not think peanut butter is worth 190 calories for 2 TBS. It is more of a special occasion treat for me now. I used to be able to put away a whole jar of peanut butter when I was really in the mood for it even in my thinner days.

Oatmeal. All good cals but 190 or so for only 45 grams / half cup?! It surprised me but didn't deter me from eating it.....just caused me to adjust my intake accordingly.

The eggs were the most shocking to me too. I raise chickens and didnt think that eggs were so much. My main problem in the Calorie Shocker...is not finding out how many calories in each thing....its actually eating 1200 of them a day! I thought I was doing good, but NOOOOO. I never make it to my calorie goal. Well, sometimes I do (not very often) but if I add any of the exercise that I do, forget it. I NEVER make it.
Anyone else have that problem?

If you just eat the egg whites, eggs are super low in calories at maybe 125 calories for a cup of raw egg whites.

The calorie servings on about half of the things I buy are incredibly misleading and so small it's a joke.

Like a jar of nuts. Has anyone ever gotten a jar of nuts and counted out X amount of pieces? Peanut butter listing at 2 tablespoon and ridiculous calories.

The way ONE soda screws up your sugar intake for the day.

Oh and because I live in California I get to see the calories when I go out to eat on the menu. Chain restaurants will blow your mind on the calories of one meal.

Actually, yes, I do count out nuts and record them accurately. And I read te labels on everything. And eat out much less often.

I can't even read the first page of this thread seriously.

Honestly, who, even for a second, thought that a Coke didn't have an asinine amount of sugar? IT'S A COKE. TASTE ONE.

Like, obviously things with ice cream, peanut butter, whole fat milk, and fudge all mixed together is a sh- load of calories.

"Juice" that's highly concentrated. HELLO? IT SAYS IT ON THE LABEL.

YES I measure/weigh/count food THAT'S HOW YOU GET AN ACCURATE COUNT.

I guess I just assume everybody is an adult and reads the labels and isn't stupid.

BOOOM!!! Agreed!

Actually, yes, I do count out nuts and record them accurately. And I read te labels on everything. And eat out much less often.

I count nuts too. And chips.

Most salad dressings. Now I only use balsamic vinegar or this avocado vinaigrette from Whole Foods that is really yummy and low in calories.

Totally agree with Chipotle. Holy cow (no pun intended) I had no idea what eve their salad was! Talk about reality check!

Fruit Yogurts and Greek yogurt.. I couldn't believe some of the sugar intake Dang...
also cheese and cereals..