Shockingly bad foods
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I was shocked at the calorie count of most everything at Applebees. Wow, I've been there once since I started actively tracking 9 months ago and was taken by surprise at how high in calories they were.
Have you tried their under 500 cal menu? Those items are tasty and filling. I get the steak & shrimp w/steamed veggies & taters. The amount is small compared to one of their regular menu items. But you dont need more.0 -
Pineapple. I grabbed about 6 rings in the chow hall at breakfast, figuring it would be healthy enough. When I entered it in my diary I found those six rings put me over my sugar max for the entire day - over 45 g of sugar in one shot.
Discovered strawberries are way better and actually have some fiber as well.
pineapple has fibre in....
Yeah, but pineapple's percentage of sugar that is fructose is more than double that of strawberries, and it has more total sugar as well. Berries in general are much better for you than pineapples.
Pineapple is much better for you if you like the taste of it better than berries.
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Try pistachoes instead.... 3-4 calories each...weird. I know, more work and not as yummy but still a nut!Cashews. 320 calories in 1/4 cup.
Cashews are awesome. They are very nutrient dense!
Ewww Ick!
Those are nasty. I like cashews, peanuts, hazelnuts, almonds, but pistachios are absolutely disgusting. (Talk about bad food. hahaha)
Stop the food shaming! Look how much fun pistachios are! So they have bad taste in music, but still. Yum!
That gif is reason enough to avoid them. :laugh:0 -
people that get salads at fast food restaurants with chicken or something on them.. just cause its a salad doesn't mean all the crap that is in it isn't the same as a burger.
Just grilled chicken, with lite dressing isn't bad, but you're right. A cobb salad at Mcdonald's is more calories than a big mac!!!
The new crispy chicken cobb salad at ChickFilA is 430 calories w/o dressing, the avocado lime ranch dressing they suggest to go with it is 310.. that's 740 cals for a salad!!!! Yikes!! Thankfully they will let you swap out the crispy chicken for grilled, then get the light italian dressing (25 cals), then your salad is 355. So I usually get the grilled chicken nuggets, a fruit cup & water, 250 all together and its filling.
im addicted to the chick fil a charbroiled sandwich on honey wheat bun... only 310 calories, AND ITS FREAKING HIGE, AND FREAKIN GOOD!!!0 -
I went to Disney this weekend and after a day of walking around the kids wanted pizza for dinner. Having 2 boys we eat Pizza once a week so I know a slice of pepperoni pizza is in the 300 calorie range depending on what large corporate delivery place we order from and I always work it into my calorie count. There was an UNO pizza close by and there is not one where I live so we headed off to dinner. Burning a ton of calories walking the park all day I calculated in my head that I could splurge and eat 3 slices and be fine. When I got home and fired up MFP to put in my calories I was shocked to find out that each slice was...
OVER 600 CALORIES!!!!
Well I blew my calorie count that day and learned to check foods that are close but unfamiliar to me calorie wise. Went on a nice long run the next day to try and get back on track.
What foods have surprised you with their calorie count?
600 isn't even a lot, those are big slices0 -
Pineapple. I grabbed about 6 rings in the chow hall at breakfast, figuring it would be healthy enough. When I entered it in my diary I found those six rings put me over my sugar max for the entire day - over 45 g of sugar in one shot.
Discovered strawberries are way better and actually have some fiber as well.
pineapple has fibre in....
Yeah, but pineapple's percentage of sugar that is fructose is more than double that of strawberries, and it has more total sugar as well. Berries in general are much better for you than pineapples.
Pineapple is much better for you if you like the taste of it better than berries.
So glad someone said it.0 -
people that get salads at fast food restaurants with chicken or something on them.. just cause its a salad doesn't mean all the crap that is in it isn't the same as a burger.
In many cases the salad is actually more ...
The salad is still going to be a healthier choice than the burger. At least you getting nutrition from the vegetables.0 -
Pineapple. I grabbed about 6 rings in the chow hall at breakfast, figuring it would be healthy enough. When I entered it in my diary I found those six rings put me over my sugar max for the entire day - over 45 g of sugar in one shot.
Discovered strawberries are way better and actually have some fiber as well.
pineapple has fibre in....
In addition it has potassium, vitamin a, calcium, iron, vitamin b-6 and magnesium0 -
people that get salads at fast food restaurants with chicken or something on them.. just cause its a salad doesn't mean all the crap that is in it isn't the same as a burger.
In many cases the salad is actually more ...
The salad is still going to be a healthier choice than the burger. At least you getting nutrition from the vegetables.
Um....you get plenty of nutrition from a hamburger. Add cheese and you have all 4 food groups.0 -
people that get salads at fast food restaurants with chicken or something on them.. just cause its a salad doesn't mean all the crap that is in it isn't the same as a burger.
Just grilled chicken, with lite dressing isn't bad, but you're right. A cobb salad at Mcdonald's is more calories than a big mac!!!
The new crispy chicken cobb salad at ChickFilA is 430 calories w/o dressing, the avocado lime ranch dressing they suggest to go with it is 310.. that's 740 cals for a salad!!!! Yikes!! Thankfully they will let you swap out the crispy chicken for grilled, then get the light italian dressing (25 cals), then your salad is 355. So I usually get the grilled chicken nuggets, a fruit cup & water, 250 all together and its filling.
Sounds like a meal to itself. I'll have to go try that one! Thanks!0 -
Fancy salads always shock me with their calorie content. If I'm going to eat that many calories, I'm not going to eat a damn salad. :grumble:0
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Cheeseburger from tgi friday's 1,100+ cals. I thought it would be around 900 cals.0
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Fancy salads always shock me with their calorie content. If I'm going to eat that many calories, I'm not going to eat a damn salad. :grumble:
This made me lol. My thoughts exactly.0 -
I was shocked at the calorie count of most everything at Applebees. Wow, I've been there once since I started actively tracking 9 months ago and was taken by surprise at how high in calories they were.
I feel the same was about Outback. Seriously, even grilled salmon is sky high in calories. They must just melt buckets of butter and pour it over everything they make.0 -
Virtually everything yummy at starbucks has a wack of sugar and hundreds and hundreds of liquid calories.
Yeah, but every single calorie is frickin' delicious and worth it. I have starbucks almost every day of the week. Tbh, if you're eating enough calories in the first place, there isn't any problem with fitting in "liquid calories".0 -
Costco pumpkin streusel muffin. One muffin has almost 700 calories and oodles of fat and sugar. They taste SO good. I was so disappointed. Might as well have chocolate whipped cream cake.0
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Ok, I guess we're just going to wade into this. There are no bad foods. There are carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Many foods have varying levels of these three macro nutrients, as well as any number of sundry micro nutrients. These are available in a wide range of calorie options.
I think it's ridiculous to demonize some food for not being whatever you consider to be an ideal combination of the above factors.
I said good day!
I think it's ridiculous to say there are no bad foods because all foods contain some portion of macronutrients. I also think it's ridiculous to suggest that saying there are bad foods = "demonizing" foods.
Everyone knows that there are foods that are better for us than others. There are foods that we are better off eating, and foods that we'd just as well off if we never ate them. You know it, I know it, we all know it.
Good day to you too! :flowerforyou:0 -
Definitely Starbucks drinks0
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The dark, heavy stout beers that I love. I knew there were more than a light beer, but some of those go over 200 calories for a 12 ounce beer!
Not that I'm going to give them up, but come on!0 -
*Juice smoothies from those mall food-court places. You could easily get 1200 calories in a large sized smoothie. :noway:
*Breakfast pastries. I used to think bagels or bran muffins were a good "healthy" choice. At 600-800 calories each, one of those suckers would take 40% or more of my daily calories.
*DQ Blizzard. Even a mini sized blizzard packs in 400 calories. The minis are about 1/2 cup serving. If I had just gotten 1/2 cup of regular ice cream, it would clock in at about 175 calories. The larges are 1100-1200 calories. I've had those as my dessert in the past.0 -
I'm shocked at the calorie count in everything I have entered into my food diary. I have never counted calories in my life but a mixture of being a mother of two and a sedentary job means I'm not happy with the weight that I can't seem to shift. MFP has me at 1400 calories a day and I'm struggling to get anywhere near that. I checked my normal diet for a few days and I have been consuming about 2300 a day. Feeling hungry and disheartened and I've been doing this less than a week.0
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Cashews. 320 calories in 1/4 cup.
What kind of cashews are you eating? Mine are around 160 for 28g (which ends up being a little less than 1/4 cup, but not half as much).0 -
Um....you get plenty of nutrition from a hamburger. Add cheese and you have all 4 food groups.
We've had 7 food groups since the 1970's. 0 -
Ok, I guess we're just going to wade into this. There are no bad foods. There are carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Many foods have varying levels of these three macro nutrients, as well as any number of sundry micro nutrients. These are available in a wide range of calorie options.
I think it's ridiculous to demonize some food for not being whatever you consider to be an ideal combination of the above factors.
I said good day!
I think it's ridiculous to say there are no bad foods because all foods contain some portion of macronutrients. I also think it's ridiculous to suggest that saying there are bad foods = "demonizing" foods.
Everyone knows that there are foods that are better for us than others. There are foods that we are better off eating, and foods that we'd just as well off if we never ate them. You know it, I know it, we all know it.
Good day to you too! :flowerforyou:
Oh, well... if everyone just *knows* then I guess that's sound reasoning. I didn't know it was like that.
What are you even saying? All food is just macro nutrients, micro nutrients, and calories. Am I correct in guessing that you think the axiomatic components of food are different from one variety of food to another? It sounds like you would argue that 6 grams of fat in Food A are worse than 6 grams of fat in Food B. Is this accurate? If so, on what basis?
Maybe you subscribe to a school of thought like that, but that's not my way.0 -
Yes, musli is quite calorific! I do love it though, so I make my own or weigh out a small portion of a low sugar brand.0
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Pineapple. I grabbed about 6 rings in the chow hall at breakfast, figuring it would be healthy enough. When I entered it in my diary I found those six rings put me over my sugar max for the entire day - over 45 g of sugar in one shot.
Discovered strawberries are way better and actually have some fiber as well.
oh honey! If you can get fresh pineapple, it's soooo much better... both taste and calories/sugar0 -
Ok, I guess we're just going to wade into this. There are no bad foods. There are carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Many foods have varying levels of these three macro nutrients, as well as any number of sundry micro nutrients. These are available in a wide range of calorie options.
I think it's ridiculous to demonize some food for not being whatever you consider to be an ideal combination of the above factors.
I said good day!
I think it's ridiculous to say there are no bad foods because all foods contain some portion of macronutrients. I also think it's ridiculous to suggest that saying there are bad foods = "demonizing" foods.
Everyone knows that there are foods that are better for us than others. There are foods that we are better off eating, and foods that we'd just as well off if we never ate them. You know it, I know it, we all know it.
Good day to you too! :flowerforyou:
Oh, well... if everyone just *knows* then I guess that's sound reasoning. I didn't know it was like that.
What are you even saying? All food is just macro nutrients, micro nutrients, and calories. Am I correct in guessing that you think the axiomatic components of food are different from one variety of food to another? It sounds like you would argue that 6 grams of fat in Food A are worse than 6 grams of fat in Food B. Is this accurate? If so, on what basis?
Maybe you subscribe to a school of thought like that, but that's not my way.
Yes, some fats are better than other fats. Fat in avocado is better than fat in partially hydrogenated oil, for example.0 -
*Juice smoothies from those mall food-court places. You could easily get 1200 calories in a large sized smoothie. :noway:
*Breakfast pastries. I used to think bagels or bran muffins were a good "healthy" choice. At 600-800 calories each, one of those suckers would take 40% or more of my daily calories.
*DQ Blizzard. Even a mini sized blizzard packs in 400 calories. The minis are about 1/2 cup serving. If I had just gotten 1/2 cup of regular ice cream, it would clock in at about 175 calories. The larges are 1100-1200 calories. I've had those as my dessert in the past.
What bagels have 600-800 calories? Wow. The ones I find have 300 calories typically...0 -
Ok, I guess we're just going to wade into this. There are no bad foods. There are carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Many foods have varying levels of these three macro nutrients, as well as any number of sundry micro nutrients. These are available in a wide range of calorie options.
I think it's ridiculous to demonize some food for not being whatever you consider to be an ideal combination of the above factors.
I said good day!
I think it's ridiculous to say there are no bad foods because all foods contain some portion of macronutrients. I also think it's ridiculous to suggest that saying there are bad foods = "demonizing" foods.
Everyone knows that there are foods that are better for us than others. There are foods that we are better off eating, and foods that we'd just as well off if we never ate them. You know it, I know it, we all know it.
Good day to you too! :flowerforyou:
Oh, well... if everyone just *knows* then I guess that's sound reasoning. I didn't know it was like that.
What are you even saying? All food is just macro nutrients, micro nutrients, and calories. Am I correct in guessing that you think the axiomatic components of food are different from one variety of food to another? It sounds like you would argue that 6 grams of fat in Food A are worse than 6 grams of fat in Food B. Is this accurate? If so, on what basis?
Maybe you subscribe to a school of thought like that, but that's not my way.
Yes, some fats are better than other fats. Fat in avocado is better than fat in partially hydrogenated oil, for example.
... Are you trolling me right now? I'm not talking about different types of fat (trans vs saturated vs etc.) I mean a direct comparison... Let's change the wording so that you can answer it properly.
It sounds like you would argue that 6 grams of protein in Food A are worse than 6 grams of protein in Food B.
It sounds like you would argue that 6 grams of carbohydrate in Food A are worse than 6 grams of carbohydrate in Food B.
- I feel like I should clarify the carbohydrate statement to say--a direct comparison of the same types of carbohydrates (simple to simple; complex to complex; etc.)
Is this even worth exploring with you, or are you you going to continue to (perhaps deliberately) misinterpret what I'm saying (so that you can say it fits your agenda)?0 -
people that get salads at fast food restaurants with chicken or something on them.. just cause its a salad doesn't mean all the crap that is in it isn't the same as a burger.
In many cases the salad is actually more ...
I am one example of it. Just because i thought "Salad" was healthy, i ate it in huge amounts and piled on 20 pounds in 4 months. I also got my thyroid checked because i was so stumped LOL. Later i joined MFP and realised that no food is good or bad in terms of weight loss, calories are what matter!0
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