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    Here's What 2,000 Calories Look Like (Restaurant Chains): New York Times

    Posts: 19 Member
    edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    http://nyti.ms/1wWuhBd

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    • Posts: 9,003 Member
      Yummy! :D
    • Posts: 74
      wow no wonder some people think they don't eat enough to have put on weight. I mean a milkshake for 2000 calories?!
    • Posts: 2,942 Member
      I love this- thanks for posting!
    • Posts: 14 Member
      So interesting! I love the Java Chip. No more!
    • Posts: 1,657 Member
      randomtai wrote: »
      Yummy! :D

      Absolutely, I'm hungry now. Need more pics of yummy food.
    • Posts: 72 Member
      Crazy!
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    • Posts: 1,615 Member
      Man, this was educational.
    • Posts: 75 Member
      That is frightening.
    • Posts: 342 Member
      That was astonishing!
    • Posts: 19 Member
      It makes me realize, all of those times I thought, well, I only had a milkshake and breakfast today, I'd done myself in with just the shake!
    • Posts: 4,374 Member
      I never knew Pizza Hut cut their cookies like that. It's adorable!
    • Posts: 997 Member
      What's in a martini to make it 230 calories? I'm more of a wine and crown n coke girl myself so I have no idea ;)
    • Posts: 4,535 Member
      It's sort of obnoxious that the at home meals mostly had calorie free beverages, while the restaurants all had calorie packed XL choices. I would have liked to have seen a more realistic comparison (either no beverages at all, or more consistent beverages).
    • Posts: 12,545 Member
      Looks delish. Probably tastes delish too.
    • Posts: 694 Member
      TheVirgoddess wrote: »
      It's sort of obnoxious that the at home meals mostly had calorie free beverages, while the restaurants all had calorie packed XL choices. I would have liked to have seen a more realistic comparison (either no beverages at all, or more consistent beverages).

      Yeah, I noticed a lot of OJ and calorific drinks. Cheaters. :wink:
    • Posts: 186 Member
      I plugged in one of the meals that I used to eat on a regular basis at Jack in the Box...

      3,140 Calories.

    • Posts: 4,535 Member
      Aemely wrote: »
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      Yeah, I noticed a lot of OJ and calorific drinks. Cheaters. :wink:

      I think I'm just bitter because I don't drink all my calories anymore. :(
    • Posts: 25,022 Member
      That chocolate cake!!! 1700 calories? Is it really rich, or just gigantic?

      Either way, I'm in.
    • Posts: 4,374 Member
      TheVirgoddess wrote: »
      It's sort of obnoxious that the at home meals mostly had calorie free beverages, while the restaurants all had calorie packed XL choices. I would have liked to have seen a more realistic comparison (either no beverages at all, or more consistent beverages).
      I just wish they had picked a more realistic meal for Starbucks. Three sugary drinks around the same time is an overkill.

    • Posts: 836 Member
      love the post :)
    • Posts: 1,275 Member
      Yikes!


      Thank you for posting this OP.
    • Posts: 486 Member
      jayliospecky wrote: »
      That chocolate cake!!! 1700 calories? Is it really rich, or just gigantic?

      Either way, I'm in.

      I know, right?! But excuse me, where is the vanilla ice cream to top it? (I'll skip the cappuccino to "save" some calories. :wink:

    • Posts: 5,575 Member
      Boston Pizza Pad Thai has something like 2400 cals. It's good but I don't think I would eat it unless I was either sharing or looking to really hit some major calories after a long run.
    • Posts: 339 Member
      Anyone else think they cheated Subway a bit? Flatbread, salad, Sub, and soup? and called that breakfast and lunch! Thats 3 meals and a snack surely not even including the crisps(chips) and cookie.
    • Posts: 13,000 Member
      The home cooked food looks not that great. Lol. Loving the food porniness of the rest of it.
    • Posts: 10,311 Member
      MomOfOneGirl1995 wrote: »
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      I'd still eat every one of those meals...they look fabulous!

      Seriously? I think they look disgusting. Each one of them. I could never eat so much, and I don't see a reason to pile up such enormous amounts of food, and then put cheese over it. Yes, I know why I gained weight over the years, and it's not from eating something like this :wink:
    • Posts: 3,556 Member
      yirara wrote: »
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      Seriously? I think they look disgusting. Each one of them. I could never eat so much, and I don't see a reason to pile up such enormous amounts of food, and then put cheese over it. Yes, I know why I gained weight over the years, and it's not from eating something like this :wink:

      I think most of them look delicious, have and will continue to eat them. Because I gained weight from eating and drinking too much of everything all the time.

      Now I want the steak, cake and a peanut butter shake!
    • Posts: 10,311 Member
      I guess this is where we differ. Ok, here's hy I think it's not yummy

      Having been brought up with a slice of cheese or meat on a slice of bread with butter I think a huge piece of bread with a massive amount of meat is strange. Does a bread get better the more stuff you put on it? Plus crisps and a cookie! The drink is a nectar, which isn't even real juice and probably extremely sweet. My favourite 'sandwich' still is a slice of excellent ham and good butter on a simple fresh baguette in Paris. Nothing else. And it keeps me full for a long time.

      Shake shack burger: The bread looks soggy, the meat doesn't really look like nice and fresh meat and the cheese probably is just analogue cheese and has a strange colour.

      The steak does look nice, but it's far too big for me.

      Tour of Italy sampler looks nothing like Italian food.

      Etc... I guess I should be happy I don't live in Northern America. I'd probably have a problem...

    • Posts: 2,483 Member
      I think what's missed is that eating out is (usually) an occasional thing. I would pile on the weight eating 2000 calories a day at home every day. But the a 2000 calorie meal at a restaurant every few weeks or months isn't going to make much difference.

      It's also quite possible to drink wine and other high calorie drinks at home, or avoid them when eating out (I imagine just about everywhere offers water or another low calorie option). If I made a huge latte at home, it would have calories and milk sugar just the same as if I bought it at a chain restaurant, and if I bought a black coffee at at restaurant it would be low calorie just the same as if I made it at home.

      To be honest, I'd be quite miffed if I ordered food in a restaurant and was served the little diddy diet portions that I make myself at home. If I'm paying, I want a good-sized meal, even if I have to leave some!
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