Such an eye opener

Islander4Life
Islander4Life Posts: 22 Member
edited November 17 in Health and Weight Loss
I just wanted to say that I can't believe what an eye opener it is to count calories. I used to over-eat a lot on fruit (always thought because it was healthy it didn't really count).

And yesterday I had a lemon loaf from Starbucks thinking it was not such a big deal. Afterwards, I realized it was 500 calories (not including my latte).

Glad I started MFP. :)

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  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    I know, right? Mind blown!
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    The good news is that compared to having a lemon loaf, you could have a donut for fewer calories. Because the hole has no calories.
  • Islander4Life
    Islander4Life Posts: 22 Member
    yes and a few handfuls of Deluxe Mixed Nuts! I need to start reading the calories BEFORE I eat it, not afterwards.
  • spiriteagle99
    spiriteagle99 Posts: 3,743 Member
    For me it is realizing how many calories are in restaurant meals. We go out about once a week and the totals of a meal that I consider fairly healthy (i.e. salmon, sweet potato and salad) end up really high when you add the bread, tartar sauce and a beer or two. Go someplace Mexican or Italian and it really gets crazy.
  • kaizaku
    kaizaku Posts: 1,039 Member
    Welcome to the world of counting calories. Warning it can be addictive. You will look at calories on almost every food package you comr across :smiley:
  • BeauNash
    BeauNash Posts: 103 Member
    On the other hand, one of the joys of going hell for leather in the gym is that even after entering 50% of my calories (which I do by halving my times), I think that I have some spoonlicking, chilli-tasting, pasta-testing ballast on the calorie front.
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