Have certain foods ever surprised you with their calorie content? Good or bad?
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WRT "holy hell why so high?!" pile. Turkish delight. Like, I know why it's so high. I get it. But when I make my own and cut it into 40 little squares and THOSE are still 40+ cal each it makes me sad (ditto fudge)
Oh my, I love Turkish delight. Especially with Bosnian (or turkish) coffee. It's a good thing it isn't readily available here
I'll send you some when I next make a batch because if I'm going down I'm taking someone with me
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lexbubbles wrote: »WRT "holy hell why so high?!" pile. Turkish delight. Like, I know why it's so high. I get it. But when I make my own and cut it into 40 little squares and THOSE are still 40+ cal each it makes me sad (ditto fudge)
Oh my, I love Turkish delight. Especially with Bosnian (or turkish) coffee. It's a good thing it isn't readily available here
I'll send you some when I next make a batch because if I'm going down I'm taking someone with me
I'll await @MamaRiss's sabotage thread :laugh:0 -
one packet of Walkers - Ranch Raccoon Crisps, 40 g for 210 cals! no wonder people get fat. and couple that with a mars bar for another 200 and a can of coke lol0
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Yes. This may be silly, but I never expected a slice of pecan pie to have so many calories. The brand I ate had way more calories than a slice of cheesecake. And, I had two slices at that.
I was given this at work where phones are prohibited, so I couldn't look it up, but I thought I had enough calories to fit it into my day. Boy was I wrong.0 -
ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »lexbubbles wrote: »WRT "holy hell why so high?!" pile. Turkish delight. Like, I know why it's so high. I get it. But when I make my own and cut it into 40 little squares and THOSE are still 40+ cal each it makes me sad (ditto fudge)
Oh my, I love Turkish delight. Especially with Bosnian (or turkish) coffee. It's a good thing it isn't readily available here
I'll send you some when I next make a batch because if I'm going down I'm taking someone with me
I'll await @MamaRiss's sabotage thread :laugh:
I already made one of those, can't over do the sabotage threads. Don't want to get eaten alive on here
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Coconut! 159 calories for a two inch by two inch square?!?!? That's not a piece. That's a sliver. A postage stamp. A square tiddly-wink.
So what would a bag of trail mix with coconut in it be? 15,000 calories? I think coconut may be the new solution to world hunger. The heck with peanut butter and sacks of USAID rice. Pass out little gift bags of coconut slivers. One baggie would apparently feed a whole village.
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ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »Breakfast cereal. Not so much the calorie count itself, but the calories to serving size ratio.
Right? 2/3 c of cereal does not make a breakfast, whoever came up with that as a serving size is nuts.0 -
I made vegetable Thai curry with tilapia last night and was surprised that even with the light coconut milk and rice/potatoes it only came out to 370 calories per portion And it was soooo tasty!
Costco pizza at the food court window was the biggest heartbreak of my life. How can a slice of cheese pizza have 660calories?? I haven't eaten it since and probably never will. There are better pizzas out there for that many dang calories.0 -
amykhughes wrote: »Twizzlers. I thought they were a decent choice as far as candy calories are concerned but the package from the checkout lane was over 500 calories (it was king size, but seriously not a huge package). Um, no! If I'm going to blow 500 calories on candy, it will be chocolate!
Yesss! Every time I'm at the checkout and want an innocent "little" chocolate treat, I am so saddened by how even M&Ms plain are about 220 calories in that little bag. So not worth it. Only on occasion do I get the pretzel M&M bag. 160 calories is still quite a lot for a little taste of chocolate. I try to only buy them when I am with my husband or someone else so I can share the guilt. On the other hand, 7-11 sells a 3-pack cookie (choc chip, peanut butter, snickerdoodles, etc) at the register. Each cookie is a good size and about 140 calories. Much more worth it, IMO. And they are only $1.29 for the 3.
Here's what I do though, I open the package before I walk out of the store, take 1 cookie out with one hand and toss the other 3 in the big trash next to the front door. May seem like a waste of money, but I'd rather waste the 80cents than have it add to the cellulite on my butt! If I were to bring all 3 cookies into the car with me, you know I would eat them immediately.
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I was shocked when I discovered that banana's are virtually fat-free. I always assumed they were high fat because they have a lot of body and add so much body to desserts and smoothies, similar to an avocado.
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get_it_grrl wrote: »I was shocked to find how many calories are in my delicious coffee creamer. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LIVE WITHOUT IT???
I know! Try looking for sugar free and do half creamer and half milk.
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I made vegetable Thai curry with tilapia last night and was surprised that even with the light coconut milk and rice/potatoes it only came out to 370 calories per portion And it was soooo tasty!
Costco pizza at the food court window was the biggest heartbreak of my life. How can a slice of cheese pizza have 660calories?? I haven't eaten it since and probably never will. There are better pizzas out there for that many dang calories.
A slice of Costco pizza is like 3x the size of a slice of most other pizzas. Try buying a whole pizza, it won't even fit in the shopping cart.0 -
The first time i was shocked about how many calories were in things was when i first started my fitness journey and learned what a calorie WAS and how many i was actually consuming in a day (fast food, candy bars, energy drinks almost every day, sodas, pasta, basically whatever tasted good) so when i started reading labels i was SHOCKED that i didnt weigh 500 pounds. Lol. Some things that surprise me calorie weise... olive oil, and subway sandwiches! I had a sandwich once, (a footlong because im a piggy) and the total calorie count was like 900 calories. also mcdonald's snack wraps shocked me too, because i used to be a CNA for 8 hours a night when i got out of a long day at school, so after school i would hit up mcdonalds before work and eat like 3 snack wraps and a large frappe, then get a candy bar and soda at work. i would NEVER eat like that now!0
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nicolemviolette wrote: »The first time i was shocked about how many calories were in things was when i first started my fitness journey and learned what a calorie WAS and how many i was actually consuming in a day (fast food, candy bars, energy drinks almost every day, sodas, pasta, basically whatever tasted good) so when i started reading labels i was SHOCKED that i didnt weigh 500 pounds. Lol. Some things that surprise me calorie weise... olive oil, and subway sandwiches! I had a sandwich once, (a footlong because im a piggy) and the total calorie count was like 900 calories. also mcdonald's snack wraps shocked me too, because i used to be a CNA for 8 hours a night when i got out of a long day at school, so after school i would hit up mcdonalds before work and eat like 3 snack wraps and a large frappe, then get a candy bar and soda at work. i would NEVER eat like that now!
Yes, when I started looking and knew how many calories I should be eating I was surprised by a lot of things: fast food burgers, olive oil, Starbucks drinks. I knew they were high calorie it just didn't hit me what that meant.0 -
Popcorn:
Homemade Microwave air popped:
Pretty low cal!
MOVIE THEATER POPCORN on the other hand:
I split a large with my boyfriend one day thinking popcorn is relatively healthy. We didn't add butter or anything. Well I found out that I still ate over 500 cal for my portion and around 50 grams of fat! The reason: coconut oil, theaters use tons of oil so that you smell the popcorn from a mile away. Even if some places don't already add butter in their popcorn the oil will still get you! Now, imagine adding extra butter...Isn't that scary!? Sneak in your own popcorn guys!0 -
Well, tonight actually. I knew choc milk would be at least 300 odd cal. But this one is 440 for 500ml. And I shouldn't even be drinking cows milk, makes me feel ill, I drink almond milk. As it was bought for me though (did not ask for it) I have to be polite and drink it and not waste money. Feel sick.0
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A small 70g bag of roasted and salted pistachio nuts. The packet stated that per 100g 'serving' would be 564 calories. Worked out that the contents of the 70g bag would be 395 calories. Much as I love pistachio nuts I haven't opened the bag since I bought it. That is a lot of calories for such a small amount of nuts.0
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BigSpoonSA wrote: »Almonds were a big surprise. One small tin I'd eat in a sitting was almost a thousand calories.
really? There's only 80 calories in 12 which is a handfull. x0 -
I was also surprised by popcorn! Way lower in calories than I thought, although last time I went to see a movie my friend and I took a packet of raisins each. (Also low low low!) I just had sushi for dinner because it's so filling for the calories. Veggies are awesome too - they bulk out any meal! Or fruit.
I was shocked by the calories in hot drinks - latte, hot chocolate etc - and I'm now trying to stick to water. The number of calories in bread and baked goods is also higher than I'd thought... (Which explains a lot!)
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Substitute it for quinoa or bulgur wheat instead, it tastes very similar but is lower in caloriesWhen I first started logging (on my old account) I nearly died when I found out the calorie count of Couscous
I love it, and was making big roast vege or fresh vege salads with it and having them for lunch everyday.....until I started logging!! x
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Skin-on dark meat chicken, and fattier cuts of pork! I still eat both all the time, because a) those cuts are much cheaper and I am broke mother-f***er, and b) a life without pork and dark meat is a life not worth living IMO, but I've compensated with more reasonable portion sizes.0
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The salmon tostada salad at Bahama Breeze is over 1,200 calories and so is the salmon salad at Cafe Rio.0
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My ribeye from longhorns 630 cals for a piece of meat no sauce.0
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When I think of it now, i shouldn't have been surprised but wonder winders sweets 350/370 calories each! I'd sit and eat two without thinking twice before.0
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extremelygrumpycat wrote: »Subway sandwiches.
To be honest, it makes sense that the bread has a lot of calories but... 650+ depending on what you choose for a 12 inch?
At least I did my research first so I could make the best decision there but still! I'd want a sandwich for less!
Bread, in general, I find crazy that it has so many calories. Because it's such a normal thing to eat! It's not something we are 'taught' to only have in moderation, most the time we hear it's what we should settle our hunger in.
And most shocking is, imo, that it's so rarely worth it. Except if it like gourmet bread, it's basically just a vehicle for the actual delicious things. Soooo not worth it.0 -
extremelygrumpycat wrote: »Subway sandwiches.
To be honest, it makes sense that the bread has a lot of calories but... 650+ depending on what you choose for a 12 inch?
At least I did my research first so I could make the best decision there but still! I'd want a sandwich for less!
Bread, in general, I find crazy that it has so many calories. Because it's such a normal thing to eat! It's not something we are 'taught' to only have in moderation, most the time we hear it's what we should settle our hunger in.
And most shocking is, imo, that it's so rarely worth it. Except if it like gourmet bread, it's basically just a vehicle for the actual delicious things. Soooo not worth it.
Because most breads here have sugar in them. Totally unnecessary too. If you buy fresh French baguette, for example, 200 calories worth is way more satisfying and filling than prepackaged/chain bread. Honestly what stops me from eating at Subway is that the bread just isn't worth the calories.0 -
EGG NOG HAS CRAZY AMOUNTS OF CALORIES IN IT!!!! WOW0
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I was surprised at how lower in calories grilled bacon is than I thought it would be.. Popcorn that isn't from the movie theatre is pretty low in calories so yay!0
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Original joes turkey club wrap ... 1200 freaking calories!! Luckily it was so tasteless and soggy I didn't even eat half of it...made me feel better when I got home and checked the nutrition info...and never again will I order in a restaurant without checking first!0
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