Shocked at the amount of calories

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  • HJMAYES
    HJMAYES Posts: 72 Member
    Outback Steakhouse: Salad, 1 glass of wine, a 10oz steak and broccoli (not even any bread with dinner!) = over 1,000 calories. Whaaat?:cry:
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    I was shocked when I learned years ago that a blooming onion from Outback Steakhouse has 2000 calories in it, 160 grams of fat and over 4000 milligrams of sodium. And that doesn't count the dipping sauces they bring with it. I know it's meant to be shared, but it's an onion!

    I used to work at Outback, and people would always ask me if I ate the Bloomin' Onion all of the time on account of my employee discount. Of course I always replied with, "Yes! I eat it constantly! It is the best!" It is the easiest thing to sell on the menu. But really, I would be thinking to myself, "Are you crazy? I hardly ever eat that thing. It has a zillion calories!" People think that because it's an onion, it must be healthy.
  • fificrazy
    fificrazy Posts: 234
    What did me in? The cheesecake! At 600 calories per tiny, delicious slice.

    Yup. That is what the people who say, "eat what you want, just in moderation" don't get.

    Even if you have the willpower to only eat a tiny slice of cheesecake at a sitting, it is still an enormous amount of of your daily allotment of calories and you will be hungry again in no time and need to eat again, easily going over your allotment for the day.

    Some foods there is just no practical way to eat in moderation. Unless you are one of those people who eats a spoonful of some treat and is satisfied.

    This x10000000. "I eat ice cream every day!!!" Cool story bro. 1/4 of a cup is a silly amount to brag about.

    I'll eat about a cup of ice cream in total for the day. But while I love my sweets, I guess I'm fine with smaller portions of real meal time foods haha. So, it's true, most people do find a balance- if you honor your true cravings instead of eating out of habit or to get a brain buzz. I guess being content with a small portion of anything is just hard for someone with binging or reactive eating problems to comprehend?
  • JoelleAnn78
    JoelleAnn78 Posts: 1,492 Member
    Wraps - as everyone else already mentioned - were a huge shocker for me!

    Raisins! I made a homemade trail mix once and was horrified when I added the recipe up and found it was hundreds of calories per 1/2 cup!
  • obrientp
    obrientp Posts: 546 Member
    I was shocked that some restaurants have salads that have more calories than their steaks. I also can't beleive that some muffins have to calories that they have. I used to love pumpkin muffins until I found out that they are 500 calories a piece. Just not worth it. Same with pasta and rice. A little, almost microscopic, bit is not worth it.
  • TLynn0568
    TLynn0568 Posts: 36
    With the exception of French Onion Soup, I would say everything on the TGI Friday's menu. I ended up with just soup for dinner because I couldn't justify the calories for how the food tastes. Just not worth it.
  • IrishGabriella
    IrishGabriella Posts: 48 Member
    But is one small whole meal wrap not better calorie wise then 2 slices of white bread?

    Bagels were a shock for me at how many cals were in them.
  • TLynn0568
    TLynn0568 Posts: 36
    Yeah, raisins got me too!
  • crepes_
    crepes_ Posts: 583 Member
    Pork shoulder shocks me every time. It's incredibly calorie dense, so I tend to stay away from it. When I do end up eating it, though, it's like a constant re-learning process. "Oh! So THAT'S why I don't eat pork shoulder anymore."
  • charlisobel
    charlisobel Posts: 31 Member
    I just hate some of the products we but which are "healthy" have sooo much sugar... Like Milk...

    Yes, milk was quite a surprise to me. Especially since unsweetened almond milk has only 30 cals and almost twice the calcium

    :love:

    Now I must immediately try almond milk...
  • craftywitch_63
    craftywitch_63 Posts: 829 Member
    Almost anything except the unsweetened tea from Starbucks!

    Tropical Smoothie bills itself as "healthy" but the sandwiches are full of fat and the smoothies are nothing but sugar! Even the smoothies made with Splenda have a ridiculous amount of calories and carbs!
  • tolber27
    tolber27 Posts: 7 Member
    curious as to your recipe. I've been making a lot of it with shots of amaretto and chambord. almond milk, cocoa powder


    and isn't it amazing.... once we start counting

    How did I never consider putting Chambord in hot chocolate before this??
  • craftywitch_63
    craftywitch_63 Posts: 829 Member
    I just hate some of the products we but which are "healthy" have sooo much sugar... Like Milk...

    Yes, milk was quite a surprise to me. Especially since unsweetened almond milk has only 30 cals and almost twice the calcium

    :love:

    Now I must immediately try almond milk...

    I never like cow's milk, even as a child, even with flavoring added but I looooooove :heart: unsweetened almond milk even without flavoring!
  • YorriaRaine
    YorriaRaine Posts: 370 Member
    I always feel like a terrible person on these forums, I absolutely love cow milk and use it everyday. :laugh:
  • maillemaker
    maillemaker Posts: 1,253 Member
    You'll find after you're here awhile and have lost weight that you're able to eat your treats without agonizing and fit them into your macros. I was so anxious at first and cut alot of stuff out. Now I'm relaxed, fit it in and enjoy--every once and a while.

    This is what that looked like for me:

    http://i.imgur.com/ijSkLog.jpg
  • Athena53
    Athena53 Posts: 717 Member
    Almost anything except the unsweetened tea from Starbucks!

    Yeah, I get coffee and add a little milk. Add coffee and tea to my list of things that the food industry has turned into candy. Once DS and I shared some new drink from Starbucks because I had a coupon to get it for free. It was white chocolate-flavored, very creamy, and I suppose there was a little coffee in there someplace. It was so sweet and heavy we couldn't finish it.
  • AllieCRiley
    AllieCRiley Posts: 1 Member
    One single, solitary, hot cross bun from Sainsbury's is over 200 calories (my husband buys them in - if it were up to me we'd be sticking to seasonality and only buying for Good Friday). They don't really fill you up much either (I'd been having one occasionally for a "quick grab" breakfast on school mornings when I'm in a rush to get the children ready to catch the bus). When I was last trying to lose weight on here I was surprised at how calorific chorizo was compared to other meats.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    curious as to your recipe. I've been making a lot of it with shots of amaretto and chambord. almond milk, cocoa powder


    and isn't it amazing.... once we start counting

    How did I never consider putting Chambord in hot chocolate before this??

    Try a little hit of the ol whisky too.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Lobster and caviar shocked me, both in a good way.... You can literally eat pounds of both forever.
    Time for a cool story bro moment.

    My 30th birthday my now wife and I took a friend of ours up to Portland, ME and had lobster on the docks.

    10 pounds of lobster, one of them weighed 6 pounds. $50 total. Lordy lordy.
  • Greytfish
    Greytfish Posts: 810
    Lobster and caviar shocked me, both in a good way.... You can literally eat pounds of both forever.
    Time for a cool story bro moment.

    My 30th birthday my now wife and I took a friend of ours up to Portland, ME and had lobster on the docks.

    10 pounds of lobster, one of them weighed 6 pounds. $50 total. Lordy lordy.

    Now there's a smart woman.
  • tegalicious
    tegalicious Posts: 629
    It isn't so much the calories of individual things that shocks me so much these days. It is the fact that I can still eat 10000+ calories in a matter or hours easily when given unlimited access to candy and cookies and brownies and such.
  • GracieGag
    GracieGag Posts: 24 Member
    One cup of watermelon is only 46 calories!
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    You'll find after you're here awhile and have lost weight that you're able to eat your treats without agonizing and fit them into your macros. I was so anxious at first and cut alot of stuff out. Now I'm relaxed, fit it in and enjoy--every once and a while.

    This is what that looked like for me:

    http://i.imgur.com/ijSkLog.jpg


    Sorry for you.
  • howeyd2211
    howeyd2211 Posts: 23
    Another big shocker for me, Rosemary. Such a fantastically robust spice: 3g (1 tsp) = 11 calories. Pardon? You can't even get Rosemary on a tsp! :laugh:
  • fificrazy
    fificrazy Posts: 234
    I just hate some of the products we but which are "healthy" have sooo much sugar... Like Milk...

    Yes, milk was quite a surprise to me. Especially since unsweetened almond milk has only 30 cals and almost twice the calcium

    :love:

    Now I must immediately try almond milk...

    I never like cow's milk, even as a child, even with flavoring added but I looooooove :heart: unsweetened almond milk even without flavoring!

    Used to be a big fan, but then I tried to use it in a latte one day and learned you do NOT want to froth almond milk... Ew. Haven't had it since.
  • carolina822
    carolina822 Posts: 155 Member
    I just hate some of the products we but which are "healthy" have sooo much sugar... Like Milk...

    Yes, milk was quite a surprise to me. Especially since unsweetened almond milk has only 30 cals and almost twice the calcium

    :love:

    Now I must immediately try almond milk...

    Silk makes a delicious dark chocolate almond milk. Now, that gets back to the sugar issue, but at least it's chocolate. It's only 100 cal per cup so it's not that bad.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Jack in the Box Munchie Meal - 1560 calories! Holy crap! I can't believe they market this as a late night "snack" for 1 person! CALORIES NOT INCLUDING THE DRINK!!

    Hahaha can't stand fast food places that try to market things as "snacks", like Arby's does it, too, but calorie wise you just KNOW everything will 600+, and to me that's a small meal!

    600 calories is a big meal for me, lol!
  • anushkadey
    anushkadey Posts: 7 Member
    Was shocked by the number of calories in a choco chip muffin..a good 400 calories..gosh..and thinking about it, I used to have it regularly before starting my weight loss journey :(
  • notyouraveragetalia
    notyouraveragetalia Posts: 223 Member
    Another big shocker for me, Rosemary. Such a fantastically robust spice: 3g (1 tsp) = 11 calories. Pardon? You can't even get Rosemary on a tsp! :laugh:

    Hmmm...not sure where this is coming from. A tsp of Fresh Rosemary has about 1 calorie.
  • Moogle_Powah
    Moogle_Powah Posts: 9 Member
    Wraps..... just the thin flat bread bit rather than the finished filled item. How can something so flat count for so much?!

    THIS.

    I've pretty much given up bread and needed another way to transport lovely sandwich fillings, but when I saw how 'expensive' the wholemeal ones are I was like NOPE. Salads forever it will seem :/

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