Post 'em here. All those disappointing meals you thought were healthy but are really high calorie
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Brunch. Anything brunch at all.5
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Every dinner salad I ever ordered at a restaurant4
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Breakfast burritos from McDonalds. I thought two was 308 calories, nope that's just one. They come in groups of two and now I have to throw one out the car window for the wildlife to enjoy. Don't worry, I unwrap it first. I'm not about littering. I just hope the local raccoon population enjoy it.9
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LiveLoveFitFab wrote: »Breakfast burritos from McDonalds. I thought two was 308 calories, nope that's just one. They come in groups of two and now I have to throw one out the car window for the wildlife to enjoy. Don't worry, I unwrap it first. I'm not about littering. I just hope the local raccoon population enjoy it.
I've always felt like 2 of those was just too much at breakfast and one wasn't enough. Whether I was eating whatever the heck I wanted, or counting calories. It's frustrating!2 -
Most depressing MFP thread, ever. I'd rather see "delicious foods that are surprisingly low cal".10
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I was going to try something healthy and go for an Asian Chicken Salad. Based on the description, I never would have guessed it had almost 1200 calories in it!! (Asian noodles, mixed field greens, snap peas, carrots, bean sprouts, red peppers, and mango salsa tossed in a light Asian sesame vinaigrette, topped with sweet chili-glazed battered chicken, crispy wontons, cashews and blackened sesame seeds).2
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Nandos chicken, 600cals really? It's a piece of chicken man.3
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I was going to try something healthy and go for an Asian Chicken Salad. Based on the description, I never would have guessed it had almost 1200 calories in it!! (Asian noodles, mixed field greens, snap peas, carrots, bean sprouts, red peppers, and mango salsa tossed in a light Asian sesame vinaigrette, topped with sweet chili-glazed battered chicken, crispy wontons, cashews and blackened sesame seeds).
IKR? Half the time the salads are the worst thing on menus!
(Bold for the words that ring calorie-bells in my head!)3 -
suzannesimmons3 wrote: »Muesli.....25g is sadness in a bowl2
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I was going to try something healthy and go for an Asian Chicken Salad. Based on the description, I never would have guessed it had almost 1200 calories in it!! (Asian noodles, mixed field greens, snap peas, carrots, bean sprouts, red peppers, and mango salsa tossed in a light Asian sesame vinaigrette, topped with sweet chili-glazed battered chicken, crispy wontons, cashews and blackened sesame seeds).
IKR? Half the time the salads are the worst thing on menus!
(Bold for the words that ring calorie-bells in my head!)
And the noodles, lol. Don't forget the noodles.
You do have to think about it though... dressings have calories, anything battered/fried will have a bunch of calories, anything bready will have calories, nuts and cheese will have calories...
I very rarely order salads because they always add calorie bombs I don't care for (but without them you end up overpaying for just grilled meat and lettuce).2 -
I was going to try something healthy and go for an Asian Chicken Salad. Based on the description, I never would have guessed it had almost 1200 calories in it!! (Asian noodles, mixed field greens, snap peas, carrots, bean sprouts, red peppers, and mango salsa tossed in a light Asian sesame vinaigrette, topped with sweet chili-glazed battered chicken, crispy wontons, cashews and blackened sesame seeds).
IKR? Half the time the salads are the worst thing on menus!
(Bold for the words that ring calorie-bells in my head!)
And the noodles, lol. Don't forget the noodles.
You do have to think about it though... dressings have calories, anything battered/fried will have a bunch of calories, anything bready will have calories, nuts and cheese will have calories...
I very rarely order salads because they always add calorie bombs I don't care for (but without them you end up overpaying for just grilled meat and lettuce).
Anytime anything fried or sweet enters the picture in a restaurant salad, it's safe to take any notion of 'low cal' off the table. The only really safe salad bet without knowing the specific ingredients first hand is a plain green salad with dressing on the side!1 -
The hot chocolate from Starbucks 165 in the small size ... without the cream2
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Yeah juice is definitely one, with the whole thing about people having a glass of orange juice with breakfast in about every single tv show or movie out there, lol. Juice is actually the only thing I basically cut out from my diet (I've had one glass in 4 years). Really annoys me that they suggest taking my iron pill with orange juice... NOT worth the calories at all.
And subway being 'the healthy choice'. lol.
Oh, wraps too. Just as many calories as a sandwich yet they always show as a healthier choice.
I don't get all the Subway hate.
I haven't been there in awhile, but, for weeks, a Subway sandwich was a regular evening meal (12-inch oven roasted chicken on wheat w/mustard). I easily lost weight, and was quite satiated.
OTOH, while bulking, I would have the chicken bacon ranch, along with a few cookies and a refreshing sugary beverage.
You can't rightly blame the establishment for being "surprised" (how does this happen in today's world, anyway?) at the calories in your food, when you're watching them squirt the ranch dressing onto your "healthy" sandwich. They give you the rope; it's up to you not to hang yourself with it.
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LiminalAscendance wrote: »I don't get all the Subway hate.
Speaking only for myself, their commercials are stupid and an insult to peoples intelligence. So I don't eat at Subway as a result.8 -
LiveLoveFitFab wrote: »Breakfast burritos from McDonalds. I thought two was 308 calories, nope that's just one. They come in groups of two and now I have to throw one out the car window for the wildlife to enjoy. Don't worry, I unwrap it first. I'm not about littering. I just hope the local raccoon population enjoy it.
As it turns out, I've only ever ordered those on my way to early morning rafting trips, so I welcomed the 600 calories (the goal was a LOT of calories I could quickly grab and consume in the car without deviating from my driving route).2 -
Tacklewasher wrote: »LiminalAscendance wrote: »I don't get all the Subway hate.
Speaking only for myself, their commercials are stupid and an insult to peoples intelligence. So I don't eat at Subway as a result.
I dont have TV whats the commercials like ? @Tacklewasher3 -
Tacklewasher wrote: »LiminalAscendance wrote: »I don't get all the Subway hate.
Speaking only for myself, their commercials are stupid and an insult to peoples intelligence. So I don't eat at Subway as a result.
I don't watch much TV. Haven't seen any commercials. What I can say is that a six inch, double meat roasted chicken on 9 grain honey oat bread with all the veggies, mustard, and vinegar, baked BBQ Lays, and a diet coke or iced tea looks like this. Yummy, low cal, good macros.
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Hummus.6
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SuzySunshine99 wrote: »Since we are on alcohol now...wine. I never really thought much about having a couple two three glasses until I had to log them.
and how little five ounces fills the glass.
My MIL uses those huge red wine glasses - the ones you are supposed to put like an inch in - and fills them up. Says “its only one glass of wine - it can't be that much“. Never mind a whole bottle only does two glasses. Lol
Makes me laugh thinking of Stephen Colbert's midnight confessions: my doctor said I could only have one glass of wine... we'll the bottle is made of glass, right? (taking the bottle to his mouth)4 -
My only problem with Subway is the general lack of quality. I feel like there are other places I could get a sandwich that tastes so much better (Panera, Schlotzsky's, Jason's Deli all come to mind).8
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