Seriously??!!

WowieGarcia
WowieGarcia Posts: 68 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
100 grams of fat for 1 cup of macaroni and cheese! That makes me 98 grams over for the day! Yikes!!!

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  • Atlantique
    Atlantique Posts: 2,484 Member
    Neve good to get a surprise like that, but try not to let it derail you. What's done is done, so just move on.
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,159 Member
    Neve good to get a surprise like that, but try not to let it derail you. What's done is done, so just move on.

    Agreed. Think of it as a learning lesson. This is a journey, full of little lessons like these. :-)
  • Kristy144
    Kristy144 Posts: 166 Member
    What kind of mac n cheese was it?
  • Marig0ld
    Marig0ld Posts: 671 Member
    What kind of mac n cheese was it?

    Goodness gracious....that's what I want to know!
  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
    Yea...what kind of insane mac&cheese is this? That doesn't sound right at all!
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Switch to reduced fat cheese and use canned skim milk instead of cream and you can significantly drop the fat content.
  • Jackie_Snape80
    Jackie_Snape80 Posts: 152 Member
    Yeah, that doesn't seem right...a whole stick of butter is under 100g of fat :S
  • ACook42
    ACook42 Posts: 111 Member
    You would be much better off making pasta and using your own cheese to mix in if you have a craving for that kind of thing. Don't forget to mix in some brocoli or something to fill you up.

    Thats sounds like velveeta to me. Scary thought: when we are not dieting we would eat two or three cups without even blinking.
  • _gwen
    _gwen Posts: 501 Member
    Agreed. Think of it as a learning lesson. This is a journey, full of little lessons like these. :-)

    Interesting tuition fees at the School of Hard Knocks.
  • SenoraMacias
    SenoraMacias Posts: 305 Member
    It does suck to get those little surprises! Here's a tip- I try to always look up things before I eat them (learned this the hard way, like you). That way I know exactly what I'm getting. It also helps when going to a restaurant because I always seem to underestimate the calories in the dishes. No big deal- just keep going!
  • maygans
    maygans Posts: 196 Member
    I don't even think there's 100 grams of fat in 1 cup of cheese, let alone mixed with mac.... was it homemade? Are you sure you calculated right?
  • superhippiechik
    superhippiechik Posts: 1,044 Member
    No way babe. 100 fat calories yes.
  • wanttogetskinny
    wanttogetskinny Posts: 194 Member
    Even the gross Velveeta crud is like 12-13g for a cup. What brand is 100g???
  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
    I don't even think there's 100 grams of fat in 1 cup of cheese, let alone mixed with mac.... was it homemade? Are you sure you calculated right?

    1 cup of cheese barely weighs 100g!
  • ChantalGG
    ChantalGG Posts: 2,404 Member
    Are you sure you didnt just eat a cup of lard by accident?
  • maygans
    maygans Posts: 196 Member
    No way babe. 100 fat calories yes.

    This is probably where the confusion is
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    That doesn't sound right at all. Even a full serving of Cracker Barrel's mac and cheese has 26 grams of fat and I'm better that's some of the greasiest mac and cheese around and more than a 1 cup serving, too.

    I used an entry yesterday, for something completely different, that had the fat grams set to the total calories. Freaked me out for a minute there. The entries are only as good as the people who enter them and people make mistakes.
  • staceyGO
    staceyGO Posts: 376 Member
    I fricken love kraft dinner... just sayin:happy:
  • joejccva71
    joejccva71 Posts: 2,985 Member
    1 cup of mac n cheese only has 11g of fat.

    Remember: 1g of fat = 9 calories


    Relax....breathe....try the decaf. :)
  • WowieGarcia
    WowieGarcia Posts: 68 Member
    I went and got it from the grocery store hot deli. It did not have a nutritional info label. So after lunch, I looked up the MFP database, looked for homemade (from scratch) macaroni and cheese (I assume they make those things from scratch) and came up with that. It was 460 cals I think, which would make sense if all the ingredients used were not the low fat kind. It was member submitted with no confirmation. I used that one because I think it's pretty close in calorie content.
  • maygans
    maygans Posts: 196 Member
    Did anyone else look through the database trying to find this mysterious macaroni and cheese? I did see fried mac and cheese balls from the cheesecake factory, those only had 65 grams of fat (and 1500 calories) for the entire order though.
  • Atlantique
    Atlantique Posts: 2,484 Member
    I went and got it from the grocery store hot deli. It did not have a nutritional info label. So after lunch, I looked up the MFP database, looked for homemade (from scratch) macaroni and cheese (I assume they make those things from scratch) and came up with that. It was 460 cals I think, which would make sense if all the ingredients used were not the low fat kind. It was member submitted with no confirmation. I used that one because I think it's pretty close in calorie content.

    But if it had 100 grams of fat, it would be over 900 calories (1g of fat =9 calories). So you misread something.
  • melsinct
    melsinct Posts: 3,512 Member
    I don't think it is possible to cram 100 grams of fat into one cup on mac and cheese. That can't be anywhere near accurate.
  • wanttogetskinny
    wanttogetskinny Posts: 194 Member
    I went and got it from the grocery store hot deli. It did not have a nutritional info label. So after lunch, I looked up the MFP database, looked for homemade (from scratch) macaroni and cheese (I assume they make those things from scratch) and came up with that. It was 460 cals I think, which would make sense if all the ingredients used were not the low fat kind. It was member submitted with no confirmation. I used that one because I think it's pretty close in calorie content.

    If it was 460 calories, then you know right off the fat content wasn't listed right. 1 gram of fat is 9 calories. If your mac and cheese really had 100 grams of fat, then it would be 900 calories......at a minimum. That's without any protein or carbs.

    Sorry, what you found listed just wasn't correct at all.
  • joejccva71
    joejccva71 Posts: 2,985 Member
    If it was 460 calories, then you know right off the fat content wasn't listed right. 1 gram of fat is 9 calories. If your mac and cheese really had 100 grams of fat, then it would be 900 calories......at a minimum. That's without any protein or carbs.

    Sorry, what you found listed just wasn't correct at all.

    ^^ This. Op, listen to this person please. Ty.
  • WowieGarcia
    WowieGarcia Posts: 68 Member
    The consesus then is that the listing is wrong. How do I correct this on my log so it doesn't show such a big number?
  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
    The consesus then is that the listing is wrong. How do I correct this on my log so it doesn't show such a big number?

    Delete it and find a better listing.
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