What food's calories have you been shocked by?
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Hershey's Sugar Free Chocolate (fun-sizes). 160ca/5. And these things are little.0
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What shocked me was the calorie content of prepared meals in almost any restaurant, fast or slow. I'm too frugal to eat out much but if I did I'd be at least super obese, if not morbidly, if I ate the same things I prepare at home. Of course at home my servings aren't as large. But like a couple of posters said above - who would have thought!?0
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Not that it is a big surprise but I used to love them - Shamrock Shake - McDonalds
820 calories
200 calories from fat
22 grams of fat
14 grams of saturated fat
1 gram of trans fat
103 grams of total carbohydrates
90 milligrams of cholesterol
115 grams of sugar
280 milligrams of sodium
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Nuts and carrots. I was shocked that one adult carrot was over 100 calories, this is why I weigh everything and buy baby carrots (I'm a quantity eater)1
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peckish_pomegranate wrote: »Kroger's crunchy shrimp roll sushi- 500 calories per role, making a total of 6,000 in a package of 12.
I don't think that's right - a typical sushi roll is 8-10 pieces of sushi...so a package of 12 is probably 6-700 cals3 -
I was entering rice into my nutrition diary and I was shocked that 1 cup of cooked rice is about 400+ calories!
Wow0 -
Oatmeal. 150 1 serving and By the time I put what I'd want in it, it's not worth it (nuts, dried cranberries, half banana, milk, chia seeds, etc)
When I do eat it, I use almond milk (low cal) 1 serving of walnuts, truvia and cinnamon. Even then it adds up. So I hardly eat it.0 -
I tend to over-estimate calories so I'm usually only pleasantly surprised by how *few* calories are in something. Sour cream, for example? I dump that stuff on my baked potatoes, now (though I'm not super concerned about fat content). And sugar! I mean, large amounts for baking are one thing but a teaspoon on some cereal is negligible, I used to avoid it but now I don't care.
I don't eat gluten-free (don't even get me started) but work at a restaurant where we sometimes serve gluten-free deserts and breads. They are all very tasty but all extremely high in calories. Like a piece of cake which would sit around 350 calls with regular flour, is more like like 600-700 calories when gluten free. Paleo recipes as well. I made a batch of paleo brownies for a friend and they were HUGELY high in calories. Like 600 calories for a tiny slice that would have been maybe 150-200 normally.0 -
deannalfisher wrote: »peckish_pomegranate wrote: »Kroger's crunchy shrimp roll sushi- 500 calories per role, making a total of 6,000 in a package of 12.
I don't think that's right - a typical sushi roll is 8-10 pieces of sushi...so a package of 12 is probably 6-700 cals
It's probably all the oil and whatever else that is in the "crunchy" topping portion of the crunchy roll. And those specialty ones sometimes have a mayo-like & sugary sauce in them.1 -
Chick-fil-A sauce at 140 calories per tiny little packet2
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I love Cookie Times, had a quick squizz over the nutritional info today and there's over 400 cals in one! Definitely going to be a once in a blue moon treat now haha
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450 calories in bagels. I always assumed 250ish was the norm (as it's what packaged bagels often are). Then I weighed one from the local bagel shop once and used a USDA entry. Yikes.0
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This tamarindo mexican candy... it's on a spoon (not a huge spoon but small one - 0.35g); it's 120 cal!!!0
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The salmon with miso sauce entree at Cheesecake Factory. I didn't eat the whole thing, thank goodness, but as I recall, it was over 2,600 calories.1
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My favorite Broccoli and Cheese rice is only 200 calories for half of the box. The box makes a ton of rice, and it's only two servings in the box. I weighed it out, got my calculations correct, and was looking like that meme of that lady with all the math symbols around her head. I still lose weight-it must be right.
Also, fruit roll ups and rice cakes were my "treat" of choice for my lunches when I was younger. They're both only 50 calories or less depending on the brand, for each treat. I crave a sweet treat once a week out of the month, and usually buy a pack of gummy worms and waste 400-500 calories for them. But no, not anymore. I will be fruit rolling it up. I may or may not have went to the store and got 2 boxes of fruit by the foot and 2 boxes of those tattoo fruit rollups. Also, I have 4 bags of rice cakes at home. No shame.3 -
Strawberries! I just entered 1 c fresh strawberries and it is 200 calories!
That is because there are nowhere near that many calories in strawberries. It is closer to 50 calories (or 200ish kilojoules which is where the confusion may lay).
https://www.verywell.com/strawberries-carb-counts-and-health-benefits-10875721 -
CranstonJ2016 wrote: »Nuts and carrots. I was shocked that one adult carrot was over 100 calories, this is why I weigh everything and buy baby carrots (I'm a quantity eater)
A large carrot is only about 31 calories. It is over 100 kilojoules though which sounds like confusion between the two units of energy.
http://www.calorieking.com/foods/calories-in-fresh-or-dried-vegetables-carrots-raw_f-ZmlkPTYzMzI0.html2 -
Lillymoo01 wrote: »CranstonJ2016 wrote: »Nuts and carrots. I was shocked that one adult carrot was over 100 calories, this is why I weigh everything and buy baby carrots (I'm a quantity eater)
A large carrot is only about 31 calories. It is over 100 kilojoules though which sounds like confusion between the two units of energy.
http://www.calorieking.com/foods/calories-in-fresh-or-dried-vegetables-carrots-raw_f-ZmlkPTYzMzI0.html
I feel like by the end of the day, alot of people are going to deem you their heroine on this thread 2 -
toddslaten1 wrote: »Definitely peanut butter!
It's odd you say that I got a 100% peanut, organic peanut butter which is not that bad in cals... unless the barcode is not right when I scan it. I have an open diary I think it was Thursday night I 'accidentally' ate four tablespoons of... if it's wrong this could be why I'm not loosing anything0 -
^^Have you weighed a serving of peanut butter?...it is depressingly and deceivingly small0
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CranstonJ2016 wrote: »Nuts and carrots. I was shocked that one adult carrot was over 100 calories, this is why I weigh everything and buy baby carrots (I'm a quantity eater)
Good news! A large carrot is NOT 100 calories. More like 35.0 -
ShareeEmma wrote: »toddslaten1 wrote: »Definitely peanut butter!
It's odd you say that I got a 100% peanut, organic peanut butter which is not that bad in cals... unless the barcode is not right when I scan it. I have an open diary I think it was Thursday night I 'accidentally' ate four tablespoons of... if it's wrong this could be why I'm not loosing anything
No matter the peanut butter, calories will nearly all be exactly the same: 200 per 32g, roughly. Ground up peanuts are all peanuts, no matter whether they were grown in a pig sty or in a unicorn forest. 4 -
Fast food. People talk up how "fattening" fast food is, but there are plenty of low calorie options available.
Restaurant food. For whatever reason, I used to think sit down restaurants generally had lower calorie meals than fast food places, but anything and everything tends to be 1000+ calories. In the rare times I eat out, I can never eat more than half a meal.0 -
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Susieq_1994 wrote: »ShareeEmma wrote: »toddslaten1 wrote: »Definitely peanut butter!
It's odd you say that I got a 100% peanut, organic peanut butter which is not that bad in cals... unless the barcode is not right when I scan it. I have an open diary I think it was Thursday night I 'accidentally' ate four tablespoons of... if it's wrong this could be why I'm not loosing anything
No matter the peanut butter, calories will nearly all be exactly the same: 200 per 32g, roughly. Ground up peanuts are all peanuts, no matter whether they were grown in a pig sty or in a unicorn forest.
Damn that label is wrong then. I wondered why when I ate the same brand from a different store the outcome on logging was different. Glad I Seen this!!
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Mayonnaise *cries* Light just isn't the same! Miracle whip is a little better...
Also, I re-iterate nuts of all kinds are way higher in calories than I expected! Same for guacamole...and oil!1 -
A salad with 1/4 c cheese and lite dressing still amount to about as many calories as if I had 4 oz of chicken with a side of black beans and corn, which imo is way more satisfying.0
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.LadyBirdGo wrote: »olive oil, caramel.....
also I'm amazed by the comparisons between the same foods by different brands...like if you compare the exact same type of soup made by progresso and campbell's the difference in calories and sodium can be shocking.
oh yeah, and before I forget...SPICES! I know this might sound stupid, but I actually used to think that all spices had 0 calories. ha!
and I am also shocked with certain fruits that have calories....(fyi, with weight watchers they tell you that fruits are 0 points....which i think gives you a false sense of reality)[b/].
And therein lies the problem with weight watchers/slimming world and those other slimming plans. They don't teach portion control or calorie counting. I've always maintained that if those business models really worked, the companies would go bust.
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