Chipotle is Giving Us Too Much Food

when i go to chipotle (and btw, i LOVE chipotle!), i eat about a third of my bowl if i eat there. i bring the rest home and break it into 2 more servings OR i bring the entire thing home, weigh it and break it into 3 even servings. it works great as this way i still get my veggie bowl with my beloved guacamole, and by eating less it fits my calorie requirements. btw, i usually eat every 2 1/2 hours, but after chipotle i get hungry 3 1/2 to 4 hours later. it hasn't slowed my weight loss at all, so it does seem to work out well for me.

Really?????????

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I find it incredibly funny that when someone logs on here and says they are having problems losing weight, the very first response (and the 80 pile-on posts behind that) is "You're eating too much" and "you're not being accurate" and "you are underestimating.".

Yet when somebody comes on and tries to give info about how a popular chain can be calorically inaccurate, they're told to man up and stop whining.

I also love how respondents on this site will talk about calories as if they were some precise measurement ..." adjust by 100 calories"..." you need to up your calories by 250..." etc.

It's all very entertaining.

I'm sorry, did you say something. I thought you did but with no face it just sounds like mumbling. Sorry there faceless warrior.

:laugh: +1

You could say this about pretty much any restaurant in the entire world...really...do you think it's just Chipotle employees who "overestimate" their servings? They're a bunch of kids working for minimum wage at a restaurant...not sure what it to be expected here. I would think that one would understand that even if amounts are posted on a website, when it comes to eating out, it's really a crap shoot as to what you're getting...I pretty much chalk any meal out to around 1000 calories or so.

This is not common sense for a lot of people. Many people, particularly if new to counting, will take nutritional info on an official website or in-store chart as fact.

Too often people run up in these threads, guns blazing, and forget that this isn't MFP-Advanced. This place is swarming with people who don't consider things that us experienced dieters (sorry, lifestylers for all the extra sensitive) take for granted.

Several people have already posted in this thread alone saying "thanks for the heads up".

You could say this about pretty much any restaurant in the entire world...really...do you think it's just Chipotle employees who "overestimate" their servings? They're a bunch of kids working for minimum wage at a restaurant...not sure what it to be expected here. I would think that one would understand that even if amounts are posted on a website, when it comes to eating out, it's really a crap shoot as to what you're getting...I pretty much chalk any meal out to around 1000 calories or so.

This is not common sense for a lot of people. Many people, particularly if new to counting, will take nutritional info on an official website or in-store chart as fact.

Too often people run up in these threads, guns blazing, and forget that this isn't MFP-Advanced. This place is swarming with people who don't consider things that us experienced dieters (sorry, lifestylers for all the extra sensitive) take for granted.

Several people have already posted in this thread alone saying "thanks for the heads up".

Since we're blowing everyone's minds, and everyone says they're going to avoid restaurants:

The USDA allows for 20% error on packaged foods nutrition labels. So the error you see in restaurants exists in your cupboards too. Some things will be lower than you think, some will be higher, and hopefully they will cancel out. EVERYTHING in nutrition seems to be an estimate from TDEE to calorie burns to calorie intake. Do what you think will work. Try it for 4-6 weeks. If it doesn't work readjust. No reason to fear packaged foods or restaurants or avoid them for the rest of your life.

I had to stop reading a few pages in...there's no chipotle where I live and it makes me very sad. All I can think about are burritos now...it's been too long since I had that sweet sweet chipotle.

You could say this about pretty much any restaurant in the entire world...really...do you think it's just Chipotle employees who "overestimate" their servings? They're a bunch of kids working for minimum wage at a restaurant...not sure what it to be expected here. I would think that one would understand that even if amounts are posted on a website, when it comes to eating out, it's really a crap shoot as to what you're getting...I pretty much chalk any meal out to around 1000 calories or so.

This is not common sense for a lot of people. Many people, particularly if new to counting, will take nutritional info on an official website or in-store chart as fact.

Too often people run up in these threads, guns blazing, and forget that this isn't MFP-Advanced. This place is swarming with people who don't consider things that us experienced dieters (sorry, lifestylers for all the extra sensitive) take for granted.

Several people have already posted in this thread alone saying "thanks for the heads up".

Since we're blowing everyone's minds, and everyone says they're going to avoid restaurants:

The USDA allows for 20% error on packaged foods nutrition labels. So the error you see in restaurants exists in your cupboards too. Some things will be lower than you think, some will be higher, and hopefully they will cancel out. EVERYTHING in nutrition seems to be an estimate from TDEE to calorie burns to calorie intake. Do what you think will work. Try it for 4-6 weeks. If it doesn't work readjust. No reason to fear packaged foods or restaurants or avoid them for the rest of your life.

Careful - I said the same thing and the resident white knights charged at me

This thread was largely messy and disappointing. (Much like a Chipotle's burrito bowl haha (I've never even had Chipotle ;_; ))

Thanks OP for the sentiment. I don't think you were being whiny or you need to man up, just that you realized something that you didn't realize before and wanted to share your info with others.

To others reading this far down (because you obviously can't turn away from train wrecks), don't let stuff like this turn you off from eating out. Just realize that calorie counts are basically estimates, even those on pre-packaged foods, and especially those at restaurants. If it means that much to you to measure all your food EXACTLY then hole up all alone in your small kitchen with your scale and weigh all your bread slices and strawberries, and chicken bones after you eat the meat. Don't have friends or family over ever, because they'll think you have an eating disorder and you don't need those haters trying to sabotage your weight loss!!

If that sounds terrible then realize you're not going to get things perfect, weigh at home and try to eyeball where necessary. Slow and steady wins the race.

ETA Also this is not a race, this is your life so don't view it as a competition because once you do you LOSE!!!

You could say this about pretty much any restaurant in the entire world...really...do you think it's just Chipotle employees who "overestimate" their servings? They're a bunch of kids working for minimum wage at a restaurant...not sure what it to be expected here. I would think that one would understand that even if amounts are posted on a website, when it comes to eating out, it's really a crap shoot as to what you're getting...I pretty much chalk any meal out to around 1000 calories or so.

This is not common sense for a lot of people. Many people, particularly if new to counting, will take nutritional info on an official website or in-store chart as fact.

Too often people run up in these threads, guns blazing, and forget that this isn't MFP-Advanced. This place is swarming with people who don't consider things that us experienced dieters (sorry, lifestylers for all the extra sensitive) take for granted.

Several people have already posted in this thread alone saying "thanks for the heads up".

Since we're blowing everyone's minds, and everyone says they're going to avoid restaurants:

The USDA allows for 20% error on packaged foods nutrition labels. So the error you see in restaurants exists in your cupboards too. Some things will be lower than you think, some will be higher, and hopefully they will cancel out. EVERYTHING in nutrition seems to be an estimate from TDEE to calorie burns to calorie intake. Do what you think will work. Try it for 4-6 weeks. If it doesn't work readjust. No reason to fear packaged foods or restaurants or avoid them for the rest of your life.

Crazy talk

The reason the OP is getting so much slack I suspect is because of the confirmations of the Chipotle worker later in the thread. As the employee points out, a SERVING per Chipotle (read as "the numbers we use to calculate our website-posted nutritional info") is calculated in oz. and translated to spoonfuls/spoon sizes.

Read what the OP said:

I just contacted Chipotle to verify how many servings of each item are supposed to go into a burrito bowl

So the OP isn't giving made up information since this is the info he was given by the company. The fact that a supposed employee challenges this later on is irrelevent to why everyone is being so rude to the OP. This is the General DIET and Weight LOSS Help forum. The OP gave the information in an attempt to help others. The people being ****s about it are just showing what horrible and nasty creatures they are and there is no excuse for it.

Did you really just call people out for forum behavior you believe is inappropriate...

...by calling them "horrible and nasty creatures"?

:huh:



Surely you see the hypocrisy in this, right?

Hi Jof.

I know, my god! He wishes someone luck and gets ripped a new one. Looks like Johnny is being a little sensitive!