Crap.... sweet potato..

shortntall1
shortntall1 Posts: 333 Member
in Food and Nutrition
should have looked at the calorie count of the one I baked before I ate it.

I had a large one for lunch (685g) and half a baked butternut squash for lunch.

617 calories alone for the baked sweet potato! Blah.

Not much room for anything else for the rest of the day.
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  • boricua3177
    boricua3177 Posts: 192 Member
    I have done that too. :-( Portions have always been a problem for me. Just walk an extra 30 minutes today, so at least you are burning a little extra. :-)
  • shortntall1
    shortntall1 Posts: 333 Member
    I have done that too. :-( Portions have always been a problem for me. Just walk an extra 30 minutes today, so at least you are burning a little extra. :-)
    Ill have to. I cant believe a veggie has that many calories
  • NCSteveVH
    NCSteveVH Posts: 85 Member
    Where did you get that calorie count for a sweet potato? I eat 2-3 large sweet potatoes a day (my main carb source) and my research shows 160 calories for a large one. All of those calories must have come from the butternut squash? Or I've been waaay off in my logging of sweet potatoes....
  • shortntall1
    shortntall1 Posts: 333 Member
    I got it here..100g at 685 grams.Baked, in skin, no salt
  • shortntall1
    shortntall1 Posts: 333 Member
    647g of squash for 259 calories
  • happysquidmuffin
    happysquidmuffin Posts: 651 Member
    Did you perhaps weigh it incorrectly? 685g sounds like way more than half a sweet potato. I also see around 160 cals per potato.
  • shortntall1
    shortntall1 Posts: 333 Member
    it was a whole one..I weighed it without skin..i took the weight of the plate off before I weighed it (tare?)
  • _benjammin
    _benjammin Posts: 1,224 Member
    opps, never mind. I see now you say you weighed it.
  • parkscs
    parkscs Posts: 1,639 Member
    Are you weighing it cooked or raw? Your numbers sound off to me.
  • shortntall1
    shortntall1 Posts: 333 Member
    Cooked.
  • shortntall1
    shortntall1 Posts: 333 Member
    I have a good scale with the glass platform (like 25.00 at walmart) so I cant blame the scale
  • AliceDark
    AliceDark Posts: 3,886 Member
    685g is 1.5 pounds. How is it even possible to eat 1.5 pounds of sweet potato without getting sick?
  • shortntall1
    shortntall1 Posts: 333 Member
    and it has 1088 confirmations
  • shortntall1
    shortntall1 Posts: 333 Member
    it was a big one LOL
  • NCSteveVH
    NCSteveVH Posts: 85 Member
    it was a whole one..I weighed it without skin..i took the weight of the plate off before I weighed it (tare?)

    That's a darn heavy sweet potato! A large one is considered 175 grams. Yours was over three times that size at 680 grams. That's a State Fair winning 'tater.....
  • shortntall1
    shortntall1 Posts: 333 Member
    Next time, I wont go for the big, honkin' one LOL
  • shortntall1
    shortntall1 Posts: 333 Member
    it was like 7 inches long..maybe 7 inches round?
  • rocketblaster
    rocketblaster Posts: 50 Member
    I think something might have been off. I love sweet potatoes and cook them quite a bit. I have almost lost 40 lbs in the last 7 months and haven't stopped myself from eating healthy foods like sweet potatoes. I'd do another try with a cooked one when you get a chance. Granted, some sweet potatoes get really big, but 645g is almost a pound and a half. A three pound sweet potato (after cooking) would be pretty huge
  • kimekakes28
    kimekakes28 Posts: 103 Member
    I LOVE sweet potatoes! I make it a point to buy the smallest ones I find. Usually bake them and cut them in half. A cup of cooked mashed sweet potato is usually around 115 calories.
  • shortntall1
    shortntall1 Posts: 333 Member
    it was like 7 inches long..maybe 7 inches round?
    maybe 6 in around..
  • sljohnson1207
    sljohnson1207 Posts: 818 Member
    I'm thinking the tare didn't "take" when you pressed it. A 685 gram sweet potato has got to be a really big sweet potato. I plucked one up from my garden the other day that weighed 110 grams and it was a pretty decent size.

    ETA: nevermind..you said it was 7 x 7. That is a very large sweet potato. And yeah, starchy root vegetables tend to be very good sources of calories.
  • shortntall1
    shortntall1 Posts: 333 Member
    wish I had my phone to take a pic. I baked 2
  • MomforNoah
    MomforNoah Posts: 76
    I always buy the petite sweet potatoes. They are 110 calories each.
  • shortntall1
    shortntall1 Posts: 333 Member
    I just used my webcam..one sec
  • shortntall1
    shortntall1 Posts: 333 Member
    Snapshot_20140813.jpg

    Thats a 9x13 pan
  • mariluny
    mariluny Posts: 428 Member
    It seems quite strange yes. I usually have half to a full sweet potato for about 100 calories... If you go on Google nutrition, an average sweet potato of 5" is 130g for 112 calorie.
    I would probably assume something went wrong with the weighting, which is not something I would usually say.
  • shortntall1
    shortntall1 Posts: 333 Member
    Next time, I will get a small one
  • shortntall1
    shortntall1 Posts: 333 Member
    OMG you guys are right! I weighed the other one and that one was 371g..the tare for the plate wasnt subtracted!!!

    Im a big dummy LOL
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    1) these look like butternut squash to me, lol. Must be the picture...

    2)
    I always buy the petite sweet potatoes. They are 110 calories each.

    No potato is exactly 110 calories each. Still got to weigh them.
  • maizerage66
    maizerage66 Posts: 367 Member
    OMG you guys are right! I weighed the other one and that one was 371g..the tare for the plate wasnt subtracted!!!

    Im a big dummy LOL

    Hey it happens to the best of us! At least you don't have to worry about calories for the rest of the day as much now :D

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