oh my god.... HOW MANY CALORIES?! eyeopener!

Oodlesonoodles
Oodlesonoodles Posts: 2
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RAINBOW DROPS have 260 fricking calories in one tiny eeny packet!! RAINBOW DROPS!!! little sweet coloured puffs of air!!! ARGHHH!!

Moral of the story: LOG the food BEFORE you eat it.

:'(
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  • allaboutthecake
    allaboutthecake Posts: 1,535 Member
    Strong first post. And yes, prelogging is good. And now I want to try some of these colorful sounding deliciousness...sigh...but I live in the States.
  • wantypants
    wantypants Posts: 6 Member
    I was looking for the cals of these on the packet, there was none!

    Is that for one of the big bags though?

    Please tell me it's the big bag....
  • mshopey
    mshopey Posts: 125 Member
    I love rainbow drops. A classic British piece of yum.
    I know there's a lot of sugar and colouring on them, but I didn't think they'd be that bad either.
    I'll be continuing to avoid them.
    x
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    80g of the stuff is over 200 calories.

    That's some calorie dense ****.
  • eustaciavye
    eustaciavye Posts: 27 Member
    Great idea to log in before -- I must try it.
  • eslcity
    eslcity Posts: 323 Member
    203B07174BCC5FB5413F21

    yubu chobab... these little bite size korean treats got me.... they may look all harmless... but each has 100calories... I ate 10 before logging them in...
  • HMonsterX
    HMonsterX Posts: 3,000 Member
    Biscuits are the worst for that....chocolate digestive? about 80 cals EACH! And to think i used to have 4 with a cup of tea....
  • eslcity
    eslcity Posts: 323 Member
    Biscuits are the worst for that....chocolate digestive? about 80 cals EACH! And to think i used to have 4 with a cup of tea....

    love chocolate digestives........ dang... thanks for the warning...^^
  • SteampunkSongbird
    SteampunkSongbird Posts: 826 Member
    I've never liked rainbow drops, but holy Hell, I never would've thought those tasteless puffs of air contained so many calories!
  • Catlady87
    Catlady87 Posts: 302 Member
    I love little nibbbly finger foods but they always seem to have loads of calories and you always eat loads of them!
  • KarenJanine
    KarenJanine Posts: 3,497 Member
    RAINBOW DROPS have 260 fricking calories in one tiny eeny packet!! RAINBOW DROPS!!! little sweet coloured puffs of air!!! ARGHHH!!

    Moral of the story: LOG the food BEFORE you eat it.

    :'(

    Check the weight of your packet - they are around 260 cal for 100g, but the regular sized bags are only 33 g, which would make them only around 90 cal per bag.
  • Tracey_B_72
    Tracey_B_72 Posts: 1,021 Member
    Biscuits are the worst for that....chocolate digestive? about 80 cals EACH! And to think i used to have 4 with a cup of tea....

    I used to eat 1/2 a packet or more in one go so 4 would be ok for me, ginger nuts were my downfall but now I have 5. A packet lasted me almost 2 weeks last time I had some, I used to eat a packet in 2 days!
  • Savemyshannon
    Savemyshannon Posts: 334 Member
    Fig Newtons got me with this a few weeks ago. :( 100 calories in two cookies. And here I thought I was being smart by choosing a 'better' cookie.
  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,059 Member
    So many British foods!

    What is a digestive biscuit? It gives me a really bad mental image for some reason.
  • sino19
    sino19 Posts: 50 Member
    Biscuits are the worst for that....chocolate digestive? about 80 cals EACH! And to think i used to have 4 with a cup of tea....

    I used to eat 1/2 a packet or more in one go so 4 would be ok for me, ginger nuts were my downfall but now I have 5. A packet lasted me almost 2 weeks last time I had some, I used to eat a packet in 2 days!
    there is hope for me :happy:
  • JaneLane33
    JaneLane33 Posts: 80 Member
    *googles rainbow drops*
    It looks like Trix cereal.

    Snacks foods are always the downfall particularly when they pack 2 or more serving in a little package. Because everyone knows that you are going to share that package with 2.3 people.
  • vlmay1955
    vlmay1955 Posts: 100 Member
    This is what is great (albeit very very painfully great) about MFP - really opens your eyes to mindless calories. Just remember all calories are not created "equal". 500 calories worth of nuts, olive oil, fruit, lean protein etc. is a lot different than 500 calories of sugar.
  • THICKandFIT
    THICKandFIT Posts: 63 Member
    Can you believe that each boneless wing at Buffalo Wild Wings is about 100 calories. So, the smallest serving is about 800 calories. WHATT?!?!

    It is 1/2 off night for college students at my local BWW and I'll definitely pass on the wings tonight.
  • Forty6and2
    Forty6and2 Posts: 2,492 Member
    I was surprised when I found out how many calories were in bubble tea with tapioca. Holy hell.
  • Savemyshannon
    Savemyshannon Posts: 334 Member
    Can you believe that each boneless wing at Buffalo Wild Wings is about 100 calories. So, the smallest serving is about 800 calories. WHATT?!?!

    It is 1/2 off night for college students at my local BWW and I'll definitely pass on the wings tonight.

    Honestly, I could've lived without this knowledge! I LOVE BWW! I usually inhale 10 wings easy when I go there, and that's on top of all the drinks and fried pickles. :(
  • sarahsweightlossjourney
    sarahsweightlossjourney Posts: 123 Member
    I know! When I first started I couldn't believe how many calories were in certain things. Takes awhile to get used to!
  • turtlebeth
    turtlebeth Posts: 57 Member
    Bye-bye Domino's Pizza. Thanks to this thread I looked up my fave to find that it is 390 PER SLICE!!! Shamefully, I could actually eat an entire medium pizza by myself. So, with pop and such I was having a 3500 calorie dinner. Just.......wow.

    Thank you MFP peeps. It is a learning curve and I am making progress every day. Pre-log is my ongoing mantra :o)
  • chunt87
    chunt87 Posts: 161 Member
    I know! I looked those little things up and what the heck are they made of to do that. My go to calorie dense snack is still peanut butter and some bananas its like 480 calories 4tbs pb and 2 small bananas but its all real food
  • marycatherine000
    marycatherine000 Posts: 28
    I feel like an idiot saying it but... beer. It's like, I know they have over 100 calories each, but my mind won't focus on that. Then I check to see how many calories total is in that six pack I just drank and I'm shocked. Holy hell.

    Also, finger sandwiches.
  • PrincessTinyheart
    PrincessTinyheart Posts: 679 Member
    Fig Newtons got me with this a few weeks ago. :( 100 calories in two cookies. And here I thought I was being smart by choosing a 'better' cookie.

    I'm finding that a lot of " better" foods are actually quite calorie dense. It's depressing :noway:
  • PrincessTinyheart
    PrincessTinyheart Posts: 679 Member
    I was surprised when I found out how many calories were in bubble tea with tapioca. Holy hell.

    Oh no... Really? I love that stuff!!!
  • goshnames
    goshnames Posts: 359 Member
    yubu chobab... these little bite size korean treats got me.... they may look all harmless... but each has 100calories... I ate 10 before logging them in...

    NO WAY. Are these the sweet little tofu hats from every sushi place ever that just has rice inside of it? I love these and don't eat fish, so when I go out to sushi places, I eat like 20 of these at a time...along with other food. Hahaha. Oh gosh. 100 calories each?! How can this be?!
  • OmegaAlpha007
    OmegaAlpha007 Posts: 70 Member
    Definitely log before eating.. not always but like many people say..
    Failing to Plan = Planning To Fail
  • ChalkChalkx
    ChalkChalkx Posts: 13 Member
    My favorite bread, of all time... seriously... might die without these (not really). But just found out they have 120 calories per slice... I love them so much.
  • jeastin123
    jeastin123 Posts: 4 Member
    Ugh. I feel your pain. We were traveling last week and stopped at a Qdoba restaurant. I ordered lunch, logged it in afterwards and nearly died when it was about 1,100 calories!!! For lunch! Lesson learned.

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