How much calories in these pictures?

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Jdincredible
Jdincredible Posts: 3
in Food and Nutrition
How much calories do you think are in these 4 pictures?

http://postimg.org/image/dru4eipuf/
http://postimg.org/image/y6trzcnzf/
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http://postimg.org/image/xk67lgzzx/

This was in a buffet restaurant last week and I was very full after eating all of that but I actually got another 1 scoop of ice cream.
This is how much food I usually eat when going to buffets, and I am not sure if I would feel happy or not since we are going to a buffet restaurant again tomorrow to celebrate someone's birthday. (I just can't help not eating a lot of food especially desserts when on a buffet restaurant since I really like eating :laugh: and we don't do it often).

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  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
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    I would say somewhere in the 3000-4000 calorie range.
  • KatrineJensen
    KatrineJensen Posts: 75 Member
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    How on earth did you manage to finish 6 big plates of food + extra ice cream? I'm baffled, man. :noway:
    I mean, it looks delicious, but it's literally twice the amount of food I eat throughout an entire DAY.

    You can't possibly be genuinely hungry for all of that, why keep eating if you know it's way too much food? :huh:
  • annette_15
    annette_15 Posts: 1,657 Member
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    5000? Thats a looot of food...:laugh:
  • fluffyasacat
    fluffyasacat Posts: 242 Member
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    Sometimes logging is a pain in the *kitten*, but we do it because it helps us to know where our calories come from and track what we eat. I think it's pretty rich to take photos and get others to guess your tracking for the day. You can't estimate it yourself because why?
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
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    Oh NOM. I'd say 4000 or so.
  • Walter__
    Walter__ Posts: 518 Member
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    Don't even bother counting calories when you pig out at a buffet. It's a waste of time. Just get back on track the next day.
  • uconnwinsnc1
    uconnwinsnc1 Posts: 902 Member
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    Solid 5000. You could have eaten more! :happy:

    Seriously, when you're at a buffet just enjoy it and forget it. Counting calories there is like counting grains of sand on the beach. When I visit my friends at UConn and eat at a dining hall I'll easily eat 7000+ calories in a meal and I don't even care.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
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    First pic (950 calories)

    crepe -> 110 calories
    cookie -> 100 calories
    bread -> 40 calories
    blueberry -> 40 calories
    rice ball -> 100 calories
    carrot cake -> 120 calories
    sushi x8 -> 240 calories
    steamed fish -> 100 calories

    Second pic: (1810 calories)

    Rice x3 -> 600 calories
    Bread -> 50 calories
    Fried noodles -> 200 calories
    garlic bread -> 150 calories
    small pizza -> 100 calories
    Dumpling -> 60 calories
    Pork & chicken -> 500 calories
    Veggies -> 150 calories

    Third pic: (380 calories)

    waffle -> 80 calories
    candies -> 100 calories
    chocolate ball -> 200 calories

    Fourth pic: (925 calories)

    slider -> 350 calories
    pasta -> 250 calories
    pork rib -> 150 calories
    fries -> 75 calories

    Totals up to....4165 calories.
  • besaro
    besaro Posts: 1,858 Member
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    Don't even bother counting calories when you pig out at a buffet. It's a waste of time. Just get back on track the next day.

    +1
  • uconnwinsnc1
    uconnwinsnc1 Posts: 902 Member
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    First pic (950 calories)

    crepe -> 110 calories
    cookie -> 100 calories
    bread -> 40 calories
    blueberry -> 40 calories
    rice ball -> 100 calories
    carrot cake -> 120 calories
    sushi x8 -> 240 calories
    steamed fish -> 100 calories

    Second pic: (1810 calories)

    Rice x3 -> 600 calories
    Bread -> 50 calories
    Fried noodles -> 200 calories
    garlic bread -> 150 calories
    small pizza -> 100 calories
    Dumpling -> 60 calories
    Pork & chicken -> 500 calories
    Veggies -> 150 calories

    Third pic: (380 calories)

    waffle -> 80 calories
    candies -> 100 calories
    chocolate ball -> 200 calories

    Fourth pic: (925 calories)

    slider -> 350 calories
    pasta -> 250 calories
    pork rib -> 150 calories
    fries -> 75 calories

    Totals up to....4165 calories.

    Did you count all the empty glasses of beer?
  • blossomingbutterfly
    blossomingbutterfly Posts: 743 Member
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    Don't even bother counting calories when you pig out at a buffet. It's a waste of time. Just get back on track the next day.

    +1

    THIS
  • onefortyone
    onefortyone Posts: 531 Member
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    There's a (random) entry in the MFP database that estimates buffets at about 900 cals per plate - I use this, since some of my plates only have a few pieces of sushi, and some have piles of fried rice and honey chicken and all those deep-fried goodies. So it balances out. At that high number of calories, accuracy kind of goes out of the window - there's no way you'll ever fit it into your week or exercise all that off, especially if you keep going back. But it's good to keep logging so you know what you had that day, and so you know why the scale isn't budging.

    Good luck on your weight loss!
  • missh1967
    missh1967 Posts: 661 Member
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    To be honest, I'm actually quite impressed that you took very small portions of each food. I tend to take too large of portions of too many foods if I eat at a buffet.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
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    First pic (950 calories)

    crepe -> 110 calories
    cookie -> 100 calories
    bread -> 40 calories
    blueberry -> 40 calories
    rice ball -> 100 calories
    carrot cake -> 120 calories
    sushi x8 -> 240 calories
    steamed fish -> 100 calories

    Second pic: (1810 calories)

    Rice x3 -> 600 calories
    Bread -> 50 calories
    Fried noodles -> 200 calories
    garlic bread -> 150 calories
    small pizza -> 100 calories
    Dumpling -> 60 calories
    Pork & chicken -> 500 calories
    Veggies -> 150 calories

    Third pic: (380 calories)

    waffle -> 80 calories
    candies -> 100 calories
    chocolate ball -> 200 calories

    Fourth pic: (925 calories)

    slider -> 350 calories
    pasta -> 250 calories
    pork rib -> 150 calories
    fries -> 75 calories

    Totals up to....4165 calories.

    Did you count all the empty glasses of beer?

    (Passes the baton....)
  • Kanuenue
    Kanuenue Posts: 253 Member
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    Did you count all the empty glasses of beer?

    I don't see any beer. Pint glasses are not exclusively used for carbonated alcohol drinks. Second pic has water in it.
  • baxterroxy
    baxterroxy Posts: 43 Member
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    that looks gross, got to be around 5000 or so
  • debrag12
    debrag12 Posts: 1,071 Member
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    Wow that's why I don't go to buffets. I could never eat enough to make it worth while. The last one I went to was a chinese where you order dishes rather than just dig in, oh and I have been to a carvery.
  • uconnwinsnc1
    uconnwinsnc1 Posts: 902 Member
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    Did you count all the empty glasses of beer?

    I don't see any beer. Pint glasses are not exclusively used for carbonated alcohol drinks. Second pic has water in it.

    That water must have been really dirty to leave a film on the glass in the last picture...

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