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Guess the calories in my dinner! :)

Microscopes
Microscopes Posts: 92 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Yes, yes, yes I know this is a very non-scientific bad way to calculate calories. Save me the judgement ;) But estimates for this dish vary WIDELY.

So I thought it would be fun to ask everyone for their GUESSTIMATE.

Chicken, onion, broccoli, sliced thin carrot, rice and peanut sauce. Only measurement I know is 1 full cooked cup of white rice. It's a Thai dish.

The first picture, there is chicken, broccoli etc under the rice. The rice is on top of it.

Ok, go! :)

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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    513
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    513
    I was actually going to say around 500!

  • Microscopes
    Microscopes Posts: 92 Member
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    513

    I should have posted my guess.

    I was at 750 :)
  • smokey1710
    smokey1710 Posts: 10 Member
    425
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    There seems to be a lot of brown gravy so I would go with 775
  • Microscopes
    Microscopes Posts: 92 Member
    thorsmom01 wrote: »
    There seems to be a lot of brown gravy so I would go with 775

    Peanut sauce!

    And I agree, that's why I was going for 700's.

    My thought was 200 for rice, 150 for chicken, 250 for peanut sauce, and 150 for the rest.
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    Microscopes wrote: »
    thorsmom01 wrote: »
    There seems to be a lot of brown gravy so I would go with 775

    Peanut sauce!

    And I agree, that's why I was going for 700's.

    My thought was 200 for rice, 150 for chicken, 250 for peanut sauce, and 150 for the rest.
    I agree .
    Peanut sauce is likely about 400 calories for a half of a cup. If she was able to coat all of that food in the sauce , then there was probably a lot in there. I would imagine this meal is within the 700 calorie range for sure.
  • SCoil123
    SCoil123 Posts: 2,111 Member
    I will guess 630
  • lizwooshy
    lizwooshy Posts: 110 Member
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    513

    Yup, ~500 was my original guess also
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    450
  • quatermore
    quatermore Posts: 94 Member
    375
  • Hungry_Shopgirl
    Hungry_Shopgirl Posts: 329 Member
    Do we get to know the "real" answer?
  • paulgads82
    paulgads82 Posts: 256 Member
    4
  • KateTii
    KateTii Posts: 886 Member
    edited May 2016
    This thread is turning into an interesting example of how humans are terrible as guessing calorie consumption.
  • BettyEtte
    BettyEtte Posts: 39 Member
    But I want to know the real answer!
  • Microscopes
    Microscopes Posts: 92 Member
    Villae81 wrote: »
    That rice is about a cup and a half to 2 cups so around 350- 400 the chicken is another 300+ so around 700+

    The rice is one cup.

    It comes as a side in a 1 cup container, and to verify I took it out of the container and put it into a cup measuring device.
  • Microscopes
    Microscopes Posts: 92 Member
    KateTii wrote: »
    This thread is turning into an interesting example of how humans are terrible as guessing calorie consumption.

    Case study! Haha.

    Do you have a guess?
  • Heartlight441
    Heartlight441 Posts: 278 Member
    I say 600.
  • cw106
    cw106 Posts: 952 Member
    Close to kow thai gai.
    800 cals for that large portion.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    There doesn't seem to be that much sauce though... I'd say 600 to be sure but it's probably around 500.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    600-700 just because I can't tell how much sauce is there.
  • AmandaIsherwood3
    AmandaIsherwood3 Posts: 47 Member
    Around 800-850 I would guess
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    Between 500 and 700 calories.
  • MultipleHigh5s
    MultipleHigh5s Posts: 49 Member
    700-800
  • AlphaCajun
    AlphaCajun Posts: 290 Member
    I'd guess about 600 or so
  • subakwa
    subakwa Posts: 347 Member
    I would settle at around 6-700. The sauce is the Unknown, so if I was logging I would probably play safe and log 800.
  • LisaKay91
    LisaKay91 Posts: 211 Member
    bpetrosky wrote: »
    1,000,000 calories

    Drevil_million_dollars.jpg



    I laughed entirely too hard at this.


    My guess is around 750.
  • dlkfox
    dlkfox Posts: 463 Member
    And this is the situation every one of is in when we eat out at any restaurant without published nutrition.

    My guess: 750. Then I would add 50-100 calories because I know it is just a guess. (It looks fantastic btw. Enjoy!)
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