What food's calories have you been shocked by?
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My homemade beef Enchiladas (with flour Tortillas cause I prefer the taste). 1 enchilada is over 700 calories so I have to save up all day for just 1 or take a hit later in the week to indulge in 20
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What surprises me is just some of the ridiculous search results on this site. I understand that things differ and that people need to be able to adjust the database a bit, but why would anyone NOT just look up the generic and go from there, instead of putting in some ridiculous number?
Now, I know Waygu beef is much more, but not that much. And 3 oz of NY strip at 140 makes 4 oz about 180, which is way off from 260. This is just an example. You folks know what I'm talking about. Even the ones that are checked by MFP can differ greatly.
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Granola, peanut butter, avocado, nuts, restaurant meals....0
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LadyLilion wrote: »What surprises me is just some of the ridiculous search results on this site. I understand that things differ and that people need to be able to adjust the database a bit, but why would anyone NOT just look up the generic and go from there, instead of putting in some ridiculous number?
Now, I know Waygu beef is much more, but not that much. And 3 oz of NY strip at 140 makes 4 oz about 180, which is way off from 260. This is just an example. You folks know what I'm talking about. Even the ones that are checked by MFP can differ greatly.
The problem with meat is that it just really depends on how much fat is on it. I don't know about you.. but I have no idea if my steak is 'trimmed to 1/8 fat' or not...1 -
Panda Express. A friend dragged me along there one day and I got some little rice bowl type thing, thinking it'd be lower calorie than a full meal, looked it up, was like 1,000cal. I don't even know how they squeeze all those calories in.0
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It has to be flour for me. Once upon, I breaded EVERYTHING. Those days are gone now that I figured out how much that added.0
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My homemade beef Enchiladas (with flour Tortillas cause I prefer the taste). 1 enchilada is over 700 calories so I have to save up all day for just 1 or take a hit later in the week to indulge in 2
Try making a black bean and quinoa enchilada. The ones I made figured out to 265 cal per. You could eat two of these compared to one of yours.0 -
110 ml sesame chocolate has 555,000 calories0
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Popcorn! the ones sell at the cinema, like 1000 calories in a medium-big bag and you don't feel the least full.1
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All the sugar in raisins.0
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I was pretty shocked at how LOW the calories of a Wendy's chilli was (250!) as well as shrimp.2
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pennyrlafleur wrote: »I was shocked by the calories/sugar in my coffee creamer & Milk. I switched to using Muscle Milk Lite Vanilla as my "creamer" and have cut a huge amount of calories/sugar from my diet. So thankful for a friend sharing her strategy!
How many calories and how much Muscle Milk Lite do you use in one cup of coffee? I, too, struggle with coffee creamer! Is it sweet?0 -
Pickles say they are 0 calories it's crazy to think you can eat pickles and only have to worry about salt intake.0
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Raw oysters. A dozen have around 100 calories total.
Edit: I was surprised by how low they are in calories.0 -
MeganG12345 wrote: »Raw oysters. A dozen have around 100 calories total.
Edit: I was surprised by how low they are in calories.
Same with cooked frozen shrimp...(the 71-90 count/pound). You can have around 30 of them for 100 calories and 24 grams of protein too:))0 -
fitoverfortymom wrote: »OMG. SLOPPY JOES. Even with 85% lean ground beef (not very lean) and a can of manwich it's a welcome surprise that it's NOT a calorie bomb.
I have a somewhat lower calorie sloppy Joe recipe that's delicious. From scratch0 -
MeganG12345 wrote: »Raw oysters. A dozen have around 100 calories total.
Edit: I was surprised by how low they are in calories.
Same with cooked frozen shrimp...(the 71-90 count/pound). You can have around 30 of them for 100 calories and 24 grams of protein too:))
Definitely not the big ones.0 -
Not a food, per se, but Nyquil has 93 calories per dose. I was shocked. I decided to look it up on a whim because I took some last night for a cold. I logged it. Good thing I had some wiggle room.2
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Funnel cake, pints of Ben & Jerrys or Hagen Daaz, Chinese food entrees, Little Debbie cakes. Yikes. No wonder I was so big.0
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