What food's calories have you been shocked by?

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  • BHFF
    BHFF Posts: 421 Member
    I encourage you all to look at the macros in the very popular Gatorade protein bars. You will be shocked to see what is exactly in them. I actually have a video up on my YouTube channel comparing it to a snickers bar. The results will alarm you
  • gamerbabe14
    gamerbabe14 Posts: 876 Member
    How little calories are in potatoes!
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,497 Member
    gamerbabe14 wrote: »
    How little calories are in potatoes!

    Right? They get bandied about like they're a calorie bomb.
  • yellingkimber
    yellingkimber Posts: 229 Member
    I was surprised the other night that cookie dough is so reasonable. I bought a package for $2.20 the other night because I was craving the cookie dough Halo Top and didn't want to pay $6. 1 square of cookie dough is only 80 calories and makes the craving go away.

    I was also surprised at how reasonable artichokes are. For some reason, I thought they would be high calorie and super decadent (probably because the hearts taste really decadent?).
  • ritzvin
    ritzvin Posts: 2,860 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    AngryViking1970 wrote: »
    SiegfriedXXL wrote: »
    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.

    Huh. I never would have thought to check something like that. And 93 calories is quite a bit, considering.

    Guessing it's the liquid form - then yeah, the stuff that makes it drinkable and not disgusting has calories. Same for cough syrup or cough drops (and they don't always come in sugar free versions either unfortunately).

    ~17 of the calories would be from alcohol.

    At 10% alcohol (assuming by volume) and a 30 mL dose: (30 mL) x (10%) x (0.789 g/mL) x (~7 calories/g) = 16.6 cal
  • maybebeccadough
    maybebeccadough Posts: 49 Member
    The thing that started me moving toward vegetarian and vegan options was straight up the cost both monetarily and calorically of meats. Figuring out that it was cheaper to replace with beans/ tofu/etc was a revelation to me, and it's made me more adventurous with food. I also found out I LOVE chickpeas because of this, and I might never had known if I didn't start tracking calories.
  • Hypsibius
    Hypsibius Posts: 207 Member
    cld111 wrote: »
    Was there a food that you looked up and were shocked at the amount of calories it contained?

    For me, it happened last night. I have those little 3 ounce bottles of Bailey's. They are 327 calories for that tiny little bottle. I knew they were bad, but I didn't know how bad... Ouch! But I'm glad I know now!

    Craft beer, for sure! I absolutely love (love) Dogfish Head 90 minute IPA... which comes to a whopping 294 calories per bottle.


    That's like drinking a snickers bar and then some.
  • Catsinsocks
    Catsinsocks Posts: 28 Member
    Chipotle :'(
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