Shockers when you started paying attention to calories?
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Pasta! A tiny 85g handful of dry spaghetti is barely the diameter of a quarter, but it packs around 300 calories. Cooked and on a plate it barely make a hump and lays mostly flat. Now imagine how many calories those heaping mounds of restaurant pasta dishes with rich sauces, cheese, and meat must contain.0
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Everything from the Cheesecake Factory. I mean everything. Appalling.
Their skinnylicious menu is delicious and under 600 calories. Just saying.
Awwww...Cheesecake Factory gets a bad rap. Realistically, for the size of their meals, the calories aren't bad. I get crispy chicken Costaletta. I get THREE meals out of it. Less than 450 calories each (I think...can't remember exactly). Then I split the cheesecake in half. With the cheesecake it's a huge calorie meal (900 plus calories), but so totally worth it!0 -
Well, here's one which I have in common with all you guys over the pond... Cinnabon. We have that here too (UK) and the calorie and fat information is eye watering. We've stopped buying those as treats at work and the whole team looks thinner already.0
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the mini blizzard at DQ, its like 5 bites and 350 calories...I wasn't happy about it lol now I save up and once a month get a big blizzard and say screw it :P...0
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Peanut Butter, Mayo, Strawberry Slushy from Sonic... GOD I miss that slushy.0
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Remember that for a 'normal' person not on a calorie deficit, who's a bit active they may be looking to eat around 3000 calories a day.
If you have, say, cereal for breakfast and a lunch of a sandwich and crisps/fruit say' something like 2000 calories for an evening meal while eating out is quite reasonable.
Of course, for a sedentary person on a deficit who's already had (relative to their intake) larger meals earlier to try and stave off hunger, it's going to be a different matter.0 -
Easter candy.. I mean if a mini egg has 50 calories and 5 is the MINIMUM I would consider eating, that's 250 calories right there when strictly watching myself.0
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there is so much ....
omg soo much , but honestly i have been a somewhat diligent calorie watcher for a long time ...so i have been aware , just not paying as much attention as i should have...
the things that are high in calories that still anger/amaze/shock me ...
peanut butter - i love you , why must i choose..
grapenuts - seriously i know its 8 grams protein and all, but 210 cals ?
Eclairs... i mean seriously , WTF - ive made homeade eclairs they are mostly AIR!!
same with Cream puffs, i know its the filling...( has anyone ever been to the wisconsin state fair???** you know what i am talking about**
of course anything from any fast food place ... i managed a Taco Bell for 5 years, needless to say most of my meals were there ... no wonder i gained ( course was preggo during part of that too)... but still...
and we used to trade "break time meals" with the Fazolis across the intersection!!!
on the topic of easter candy, cadburys caramel easter egg...- egads i love caramel... why oh why...0 -
Three of my triathlon friends and I went out to ihop after swim practice the other day. We all had the "pick-a-pancake".. so two pancakes, eggs, hash browns and sausage.. 1100 calories!! yikes! we only burned about 300 in swim. The other one was the cinnamon crunch bagel from Panera.. 420cals! its so easy to eat over your cals.0
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Peanut Butter, Mayo, Strawberry Slushy from Sonic... GOD I miss that slushy.
I had a moment with this post.
At first I thought it was a Peanut Butter-Mayo-Strawberry Slushie.
Not peanut butter, mayo, and strawberry slushies as 3 separate items.
:sick:
Carry on.0 -
Definitely Cereal, whether its a healthier brand like Special K or Cheerios by the time I eat what is actually 4-5 servings and add it non-fat milk its a 3rd of my daily calorie intake.
I still go out to eat if I plan around it but often find that fry calories can vary from bad to "wtf srsly?" real quick. Wingstop fries used to be one of my favorites (especially with ranch) but comes out close to 800 calories! Also sodium levels are through the roof if you're not eating everything natural, IE any canned goods or frozen dinners are just packed with the stuff.0 -
The Blizzards at Dairy Queen and the Milk Shakes at Sonic were a huge punch in the feels for me. Last summer when they were doing 1/2 priced shakes after 8 I would get the biggest friggen peanut butter fudge shake, or the oreo cheesecake shake. I looked those up this summer when they had them back...I didn't get any this summer. I would have had all my daily calories in one shake.
My body better be smoking hot pretty soon after giving those up. lol I loved them summabitches.0 -
bagels really annoy me. They are pretty high in calories and do nothing for my hunger wise. I don't know why I even bother with them...but they are so delicious...0
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KFC 2 piece feed I think that's really the only thing I miss. 2000+ calories if you get the large. I've been 'clean'eating for a while now and all the other things like chocolates and cake I don't crave.... But that damned chicken..... 0
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Now that I know how many calories are in my favorite foods, I'm actually extremely surprised that I never got chunky - particularly in college since that's when my activity level drastically decreased.0
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Craft beer. Usually very high alcohol, which means very high calorie. 1 pint can be 300-400 calories. I find myself ordering more European beer and less American craft beers.0
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Tim Horton's extra large double-double is 320 calories.0
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A cup of grapes - I was surprised that they basically consume 80% of my sugars macro.0
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Oh, and that there were 17 servings in a 750 mil of alchol! That's friggin 1870 cals in that bottle of rum. With a 12 back of bud light, another 1560, That's a one pound gain for that weekend day!!! Let alone all the food we ate!!" <-- omg, 2 be 20 again!!!
If you're drinking a fifth of rum and a 12 pack of beer in a day, you have way bigger problems than how many calories you're consuming...0 -
Honestly, I realized that I wasnt eating near the amount I needed to be and that it was part of the contribution of the drop in metabolism. I still struggle to get the appropriate amount of calories when I work because patients come before anything . I can fill in calories with a quick shake, but I am always over on my protein intake.
I think people forget and when you log in your diet here , it reminds you that too few calories will put a dent in your weight loss by putting your body in starvation mode.
Reading this post gives me an idea where I can add calories . No issue working out I just need to be able to fuel my body better.
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calories in fruit was a shocker to me, I love fruit, amazed at how much I consumed!!
Watermelon 6 slices 240 calories, cherries my absolute favorite fruit I would eat a whole bucket. was a shocker!!0 -
peter56765 wrote: »When the Big Mac came out, it was considered a very large sandwich, only suitable for really big people, not your average Joe. It's even in the name of thing. Now, this one time king sized sandwich is dwarfed by half the items on the menu.
So true!! i have thought about thsi often! When I first came to America I thought a Big mac was HUGE! Now it looks tiny. I have often wondered if it has been reduced in size, but I guess not!!!
My personal shocker: Boneless Buffalo Wings... OUCH!!!!!
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oh, and Bang Bang Chicken and Shrimp at The Cheesecake factory... 1400 cals!!! ouch0
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all the foods was a shocker to me ! like serving size are so small ! everyfood had way more cals then i expected0
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calories in fruit was a shocker to me, I love fruit, amazed at how much I consumed!!
Watermelon 6 slices 240 calories, cherries my absolute favorite fruit I would eat a whole bucket. was a shocker!!
I realize this is an old thread; not sure how it was revived, but anyway, I had the same experience with fruit. I thought I was doing a good thing by eating so much of it until I saw the numbers on the screen here after logging. Now I've transitioned to mainly vegetables instead.0 -
olive oil for my salad…back to lemon juice.
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to add a little more rain, there's an equivalent tendency to overstate the intensity and therefore burn of exercise, so lots of time when you hear those special snowflakes whining about "ooh. I kill myself in the gym and starve myself and gain weight..." or similar crap, this Caloric bomb (predominately) and over-rated exercise (secondarily) are the reasons... ::evil grumble:: 0
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Wings.. they are so little.. and have so many calories.0
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Pop Tarts! Why do you have to be 200 calories for ONE pastry? Also, why did you put two in a package, you a-holes!0
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i guess i wouldn't be shocked eating a creamy alfredo pasta dish is a ga-zillion calories.
what shocked me (and still shocks me) is what 1oz of tortilla chips looks like! ugh!!0
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