Post 'em here. All those disappointing meals you thought were healthy but are really high calorie
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We have this here in the UK - i think Tesco stock it.1 -
JaydedMiss wrote: »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
? @Tacklewasher
They had a stupid "got steak" one years ago, cartoon monkey that makes no sense and just one annoying one after another. I get this way when I see too many dumb commercials. Just grumpy in my old age is all.3 -
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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).
Most people dont have Schlotzskys or Jason's Deli. They are both delicious, but relatively small local chains2 -
HardcoreP0rk wrote: »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).
Most people dont have Schlotzskys or Jason's Deli. They are both delicious, but relatively small local chains
True, but I'm sure there are equally better quality sandwich shops where others are. That was my point.quiksylver296 wrote: »
I will agree with you all day on that. Subway>McD's any day for me.4 -
HardcoreP0rk wrote: »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).
Most people dont have Schlotzskys or Jason's Deli. They are both delicious, but relatively small local chains
I'm in a small Midwestern city and we have both of those. I travel a lot for work and see Jason's Deli and Schlotzskys all over the Midwest and South. Maybe they're not prevalent in rural/suburban (like Subway is) or on one or both coasts (?) but to me it seems they both have a huge presence.2 -
seltzermint555 wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »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).
Most people dont have Schlotzskys or Jason's Deli. They are both delicious, but relatively small local chains
I'm in a small Midwestern city and we have both of those. I travel a lot for work and see Jason's Deli and Schlotzskys all over the Midwest and South. Maybe they're not prevalent in rural/suburban (like Subway is) or on one or both coasts (?) but to me it seems they both have a huge presence.
I've seen them in several different states, including Tennessee, Arkansas, Minnesota, and Arizona.1 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »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.
Is this P/F/C?
(My macros show as C/F/P which made me think you found chips that had 24g of protein per bag...?!
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HardcoreP0rk wrote: »
Why? I like it way better, but the calories mostly come from oil, vs chick peas, which are healthier for you (and way more filling).
Or maybe it's the brand I bought, but the first ingredient was mayo...1 -
MegaMooseEsq wrote: »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.
Yes! This annoys me. Tortillas are NOT less calories than bread. A flour tortilla is 140+ calories, and that's just an 8". Now lettuce wraps... that's something I can get behind. If I'm looking to cut calories with a meal that involves a sandwich, burger, etc. I'm down for switching out the bread with lettuce. Leaves me room for something that fills me up more.
Growing up in California, I was baffled when I moved to the Midwest and learned that people thought eating stuff on a tortilla made it "healthier". I love me a good quesadilla, but there's really no difference between that and a grilled cheese sandwich.
And my personal favorite is the spinach or sun-dried tomato wrap. As if that magically makes them healthier.
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I only started using MFP last week. I'm not overweight (5'4 and around 140 lb), but would like to be nearer 130lb and couldn't understand why given how much exercise I get. I had been eating overnight oats every work day breakfast for the last year and a half (1/2 cup porridge oats, 3/4 cup frozen berries, and enough milk to cover). Well, being a good MFP convert I weighed and logged everything in my breakfast the next time I made it. 500 sodding calories! It's not like it even kept me full until lunch! The world is a cruel, cruel place. I've swapped that for quaker instant oat packages made up with almond milk and 1 tsp agave, and have saved over 300 calories per breakfast
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seltzermint555 wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »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).
Most people dont have Schlotzskys or Jason's Deli. They are both delicious, but relatively small local chains
I'm in a small Midwestern city and we have both of those. I travel a lot for work and see Jason's Deli and Schlotzskys all over the Midwest and South. Maybe they're not prevalent in rural/suburban (like Subway is) or on one or both coasts (?) but to me it seems they both have a huge presence.
I live in a rural area and we have a Schlotzkys about 40 min drive, which isn't bad since it's about 30 min to anything other a little country store. Never heard of Jason's though. I prefer Subway to Schlotzskys for sandwichs, though Schlotzskys for salads. And I like Schlotzskys bbq chicken pizza. But Quiznos makes better sandwiches than either IMO.0 -
HardcoreP0rk wrote: »
Why? I like it way better, but the calories mostly come from oil, vs chick peas, which are healthier for you (and way more filling).
Or maybe it's the brand I bought, but the first ingredient was mayo...
Weird...I never make mine with mayo. It is like hummus but made from vegetables instead of legumes. Comparing the health of chickpeas versus eggplant is kind of silly. When I make it, it's virtually the same recipe, except eggplant instead of chickpeas. There's no additional oil...there's just less calories from the main ingredient. Personally, I find that it is lower cal and just as satisfying.4 -
seltzermint555 wrote: »HardcoreP0rk wrote: »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).
Most people dont have Schlotzskys or Jason's Deli. They are both delicious, but relatively small local chains
I'm in a small Midwestern city and we have both of those. I travel a lot for work and see Jason's Deli and Schlotzskys all over the Midwest and South. Maybe they're not prevalent in rural/suburban (like Subway is) or on one or both coasts (?) but to me it seems they both have a huge presence.
I never see them in any of my travels...but I'm mostly bicoastal.
ETA: there are about 350 Schlotskys. There are even less Jason's Deli. There are over 25000 Subways.1 -
I only started using MFP last week. I'm not overweight (5'4 and around 140 lb), but would like to be nearer 130lb and couldn't understand why given how much exercise I get. I had been eating overnight oats every work day breakfast for the last year and a half (1/2 cup porridge oats, 3/4 cup frozen berries, and enough milk to cover). Well, being a good MFP convert I weighed and logged everything in my breakfast the next time I made it. 500 sodding calories! It's not like it even kept me full until lunch! The world is a cruel, cruel place. I've swapped that for quaker instant oat packages made up with almond milk and 1 tsp agave, and have saved over 300 calories per breakfast
I have oats for breakfast. I weigh out 30g + berries and milk. It is more like 150cal. Are you sure it was that high?1 -
Mkneedtogetfit wrote: »I only started using MFP last week. I'm not overweight (5'4 and around 140 lb), but would like to be nearer 130lb and couldn't understand why given how much exercise I get. I had been eating overnight oats every work day breakfast for the last year and a half (1/2 cup porridge oats, 3/4 cup frozen berries, and enough milk to cover). Well, being a good MFP convert I weighed and logged everything in my breakfast the next time I made it. 500 sodding calories! It's not like it even kept me full until lunch! The world is a cruel, cruel place. I've swapped that for quaker instant oat packages made up with almond milk and 1 tsp agave, and have saved over 300 calories per breakfast
I have oats for breakfast. I weigh out 30g + berries and milk. It is more like 150cal. Are you sure it was that high?
Half a cup of oats is probably more like 78 grams. That would be 300 calories from the oats alone.4 -
I only started using MFP last week. I'm not overweight (5'4 and around 140 lb), but would like to be nearer 130lb and couldn't understand why given how much exercise I get. I had been eating overnight oats every work day breakfast for the last year and a half (1/2 cup porridge oats, 3/4 cup frozen berries, and enough milk to cover). Well, being a good MFP convert I weighed and logged everything in my breakfast the next time I made it. 500 sodding calories! It's not like it even kept me full until lunch! The world is a cruel, cruel place. I've swapped that for quaker instant oat packages made up with almond milk and 1 tsp agave, and have saved over 300 calories per breakfast
500 calories sounds really high for the oatmeal. 1/2 cup (41g) of dry rolled oats is 150 calories. Even if you use a full cup of whole milk (150) calories, you'd still need 200 calories to come from the berries. That's really high. Are you adding sugar or using berries in sugar?
What's making you think that the oatmeal is 500 calories?6 -
Eggs benedict with hash browns. 800+ calories. FML1
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Ah yes, Granola - or in general, all cereals that are "healthy" meaning not the sugar-bombs for children.
My mum saw me the other day getting the scales out for my daily cereal, and she quipped "haven't you figured it out by now how much you need in a bowl?". THAT IS NOT THE POINT. 10g is visually NOTHING, yet so much </3
This is why I buy the cereal I want now and not whats labeled as 'healthy'. I compared honey nut cheerios and cookie crisp side by side and HOLLA they were almost the same, cookie crisp just had a few less vitamins and a teeny bit less fiber but those don't matter to by nutritional goals since I get enough.
COOKIE CRISP IT IS10 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »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.
I take the opposite view - a whole bottle of wine for 600 calories? Yes please!
Me too! 600 calories and antioxidants and probiotics plus other micronutrients. win, win, win, win, wine.
Me three, and if you buy a bottle of limetree wine from co-op it's only 500 calories per bottle. It's also 13.5% and good for you heart, LOL.0 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »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.
Is this P/F/C?
(My macros show as C/F/P which made me think you found chips that had 24g of protein per bag...?! )
Yes.2 -
I feel like cereal in general is always really high. I can eat like 3 or 4 servings in a typical bowl lol0
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Most restaurant steak meals... even if I choose to swap the fries for baked potato and have veggies, the steak comes with garlic butter and the veggies always seem to have butter or cream etc. For example, I am on one of my visits to my mother in London ... she always takes me out for dinners. I chose minute steak with gratin potatoes, creamed spinach and glazed carrots. I estimated that meal to be around 1100 calories.
I don't eat out that often so when I do, I have the meal as it comes, but still disappointing that something that should be fairly reasonable in calories adds up to 1000 +.0 -
Graelwyn75 wrote: »Most restaurant steak meals... even if I choose to swap the fries for baked potato and have veggies, the steak comes with garlic butter and the veggies always seem to have butter or cream etc. For example, I am on one of my visits to my mother in London ... she always takes me out for dinners. I chose minute steak with gratin potatoes, creamed spinach and glazed carrots. I estimated that meal to be around 1100 calories.
I don't eat out that often so when I do, I have the meal as it comes, but still disappointing that something that should be fairly reasonable in calories adds up to 1000 +.
Good point. Uno's has grilled chicken breast that has more calories (570) than the chicken stuffed with veggies and cheese (340). Boggles my mind a little bit, as they don't even mention oil or butter in the description.1 -
Graelwyn75 wrote: »Most restaurant steak meals... even if I choose to swap the fries for baked potato and have veggies, the steak comes with garlic butter and the veggies always seem to have butter or cream etc. For example, I am on one of my visits to my mother in London ... she always takes me out for dinners. I chose minute steak with gratin potatoes, creamed spinach and glazed carrots. I estimated that meal to be around 1100 calories.
I don't eat out that often so when I do, I have the meal as it comes, but still disappointing that something that should be fairly reasonable in calories adds up to 1000 +.
Good point. Uno's has grilled chicken breast that has more calories (570) than the chicken stuffed with veggies and cheese (340). Boggles my mind a little bit, as they don't even mention oil or butter in the description.
Wow, that makes no sense at all given the calories in cheese. I tend to avoid chicken when I eat out as I have it 6 nights a week at home, lol.0 -
Chipotle. I get a chicken burrito with rice, beans, lettuce, cheese, pico, and corn salsa no sour cream or guacamole and it's over 900 calories!0
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Muffins make me sad, always so high calorie. Not much surprises me after 4 years of MFP though, but...
I had a co-worker who decided to go "low calorie" and "eat healthy." She decided the best way to do this was to look for better lunch options while at work... I watched her do this pretty much every lunch for months. She would buy the "healthy" option burger with a GF bun from a local chain, eat half of a large fries, add a small coke and then top it off with a large frozen yoghurt with toppings "but it's low fat!"
Just for fun, I worked out her calories for lunch one day, with information readily available from where she purchased. I wouldn't have, except she kept telling me (after losing almost half my body weight) that I should go "lower calorie and eat healthy like her." Over 2500 calories in the total meal and 75 grams of sugar just in the Fro-Yo. And she ate this every day. She also wouldn't budge from her stance that I should eat like her, not that I ever asked for her opinion. She refused to believe the figures. One day, she's going to get a big shock. Fro-yo in particular isn't necessarily healthy or low calorie, despite being low fat, and you can't just eat as much of it as you like without consequence.5 -
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.
Yes! This annoys me. Tortillas are NOT less calories than bread. A flour tortilla is 140+ calories, and that's just an 8". Now lettuce wraps... that's something I can get behind. If I'm looking to cut calories with a meal that involves a sandwich, burger, etc. I'm down for switching out the bread with lettuce. Leaves me room for something that fills me up more.
Depends on the tortilla. Depends on the bread. I picked up a pack of Olé whole wheat tortillas this past weekend, and one is 70-80 cal. Similarly high in fiber compared to the whole wheat bread I usually get, and higher (for the calories) in protein.0 -
My mum made homemade bannoffee pie the other day and obviously not thinking twice I ate half of it. She then proceeded to tell me that I'd just eaten my daily calorie allowance in one portion. 1900 calories in that delicious dessert!!! Still ate supper afterwards though
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