Foods with shocking high cals
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WayTooHonest wrote: »Burger buns. 300-400 calories on average. Also a super easy way to cut 3-400 calories from your day.
What buns are you getting? I just get whatever whole wheat buns at Sprouts Market (Nature's Own) and they're 130 calories.0 -
nuts and avocados
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MoreSteakLessSpice wrote: »
Well typically you're not just using one packet. When I get fries I'm using 3 or 4 packets. That's a lot of calories for something that's made out of tomatoes.1 -
Pretty much any sit down restaurant meal or dessert. I can't fathom how they can possibly be so calorific. I've tried to figure it out a few times and the only conclusion I can come to is that they just soak literally everything in concentrated sugar + lard. Even the "light" options on the menu will be like 650 calories for a piece of chicken and a side of veggies. Like how the hell? That should be 300 MAX.4
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Pretty much any sit down restaurant meal or dessert. I can't fathom how they can possibly be so calorific. I've tried to figure it out a few times and the only conclusion I can come to is that they just soak literally everything in concentrated sugar + lard. Even the "light" options on the menu will be like 650 calories for a piece of chicken and a side of veggies. Like how the hell? That should be 300 MAX.
Fats -- butter and oils. It's why restaurant food tastes so much different than homemade. Fat=flavor.1 -
Another I'll add.. CEREAL. Even the healthy ones, once you weigh an actual serving size on the scale and realize how meager it is compared to what you're used to pouring in the bowl. Shocking.8
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cherilee0831 wrote: »Chick-Fil-A sauces are very high in calories for such a little packet!
I used to have food fantasies of all of the things I could do with Chick-Fil-A sauce. It was hard letting it go. I've given up CFA altogether. 2 -
Olive oil. Kills me every time but it makes my salad worth living.1
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Wings.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but I get like 3 bites and it's around 100 calories. I take off the skin so I guess that helps, but I gotta have a big dip of blue cheese dressing to go with it. Hard to fit in and feel like it's worth it.
I've started making homemade buffalo chicken with a lightly breaded breast and yogurt blue cheese. It's good, but not quite the same as the original.1 -
Another I'll add.. CEREAL. Even the healthy ones, once you weigh an actual serving size on the scale and realize how meager it is compared to what you're used to pouring in the bowl. Shocking.
Soooo true. I still eat a huge bowl of Organic Kashi Berryful every morning (shredded wheat with real fruit middles) and then load it with blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries. It usually comes in around 385 to 425 calories (Because I eat nearly 2 servings). But it's my pre-gym meal and motivates me to HAVE to workout really hard if I want dinner at all (I can't eat more than 2 meals per day or I feel awful). But yeah... I eat the same thing everyday for breakfast and it still surprises me after 3 months of this.1 -
Milk shakes. Over 1000 calories for a drink?!?!
Similarly, Blizzards. Can't believe I used to have "large" ones when I was a teenager.1 -
Donuts. I am the conossieur of Dunkin Donuts limited edition donuts and croissant donuts, and they are 380 to 410 calories each. And I can't have one without a coffee drink, for just as many calories.
Muffins, brownies, burger meals, Chinese food combos. When the guys at work get Wendys and I smell the fries, I have to leave the room. Total trigger for me.2 -
Oil... I used to cook with 1-2 tbsp oil always, but that's extra 200-300 cals I was routinely adding to my dishes.1
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Tortillas, peanut butter, mayonnaise at burger King ... (whopper sandwich with cheese is 710cal, 560 w/o mayo
) ) I try not to eat there at all if I can. 2% milk, that really shocks me.
The peanut butter I still eat, most mornings on toast as it's filling and delish. A lot of foods shock me these days as I find myself looking at most nutrition labels. I eyed up a parfait thing at Walmart just 2 days ago, almost 700 cals, I about fell over, needless to say I walk... ran from that, it didn't look THAT good
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What's sad is this whole thread just makes me hungry
Also, the person who said wings - yes! I forgot about those. I love wings but the calorie count is like the bane of my existence.2 -
Nuts, granola, trail mix, all the yummy cereals, PB, almond butter..
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Not so much a surprise, because I knew they were high calorie, but muffins. I can't tell you how many times pre-MFP I grabbed a muffin over a donut thinking it was the healthier option.
They really are just ugly cupcakes.2 -
Indian curry, donar meat and takeaway chips0
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Heavy cream. Obviously I knew it was calorie dense, but I intentionally never thought about how many servings were in the pasta sauces I'd make. I have one recipe where I was probably consuming 3/4-1 cup (with pasta!!!!)0
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