Post 'em here. All those disappointing meals you thought were healthy but are really high calorie
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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?
Unfortunately, yes
1/2 cup of oats: 344 calories, 200g frozen berries ~70 calories, 150 ml semi skimmed milk (that amount was just a guess) ~80 calories. I now just have the oat so simple sachets, which, when cooked, puff up to about the same volume as my sneaky overnight oats - it's all about quantity with me in the morning 
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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.
No dressing and no cheese so sad I get a footlong each time with two dressings+cheese 
but no drink or crisps. Admittedly it's a rare thing.
There was a back lash here in the UK a little while ago due to halal meat in some take outs. We like to suck up to the soon to be masses and hate on the current masses.
Do don't have the amount of fast food places like the US does.3 -
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?
Unfortunately, yes 1/2 cup of oats: 344 calories, 200g frozen berries ~70 calories, 150 ml semi skimmed milk (that amount was just a guess) ~80 calories. I now just have the oat so simple sachets, which, when cooked, puff up to about the same volume as my sneaky overnight oats - it's all about quantity with me in the morning
How are you getting 1/2 cup of oats at 344 calories? Oats are usually 150 calories per 1/2 cup (~40g) uncooked.2 -
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?
It wasn't rolled oats, but porridge oats, which I'm guessing are basically smushed up oats, and therefore have more surface area so you can get more of them (and more calories) in the half-cup measurement? I'm getting the calories directly from the MFP manual recipe thingy 0 -
By porridge oats, do you mean steel-cut oats? I eat those pretty frequently and you're right -- they're 150kcal for 1/4th cup, rather than 1/2 cup like rolled oats. Totally worth it, though.3
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seltzermint555 wrote: »sportynad9 wrote: »There is a breakfast smoothie from Crussh (UK) that sounds and tastes amazing. It has banana, almond butter and a bit of honey in it and the other day I thought it would be a nice shake up to the usual porridge. They didn't have any calorie information in the shop, so I decided that it probably wouldn't be much more than my usual breakfast and bought it. I almost fell off my chair when I saw online that even the small one has about 1000 calories. And I was hungry again about 1,5 hours later
Oh man! I can imagine. I used to sometimes get a peanut butter banana protein smoothie from a local coffee shop for dinner. It was great. Some of my friends get it now as their beverage choice when we go out for coffee and I never say anything of course but inwardly I cringe just because they just ate dinner beforehand. It's not that I necessarily think they need to eat fewer calories or anything like that, but these are women who generally eat healthier and smallish portions and so forth and I just do not think they realize that the shop's calorie estimate is 700 on that smoothie...I don't know if they just don't look, or what. It is right there on the menu now, and these ladies are the same ones who will say something about watching their intake. I think some people view it as "it's all healthy, fruit and natural nut butter with protein powder so it's okay" but calorically...wow!
he he. It's a favorite amongst those bulking for a reason.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.
No dressing and no cheese so sad I get a footlong each time with two dressings+cheese but no drink or crisps. Admittedly it's a rare thing.
There was a back lash here in the UK a little while ago due to halal meat in some take outs. We like to suck up to the soon to be masses and hate on the current masses.
Do don't have the amount of fast food places like the US does.
Halal meat is literally the exact same except they said a prayer before they killed the animal. I'm pretty sure most of the 'current masses' are okay with that because seriously, who cares about something so small? Not most people. And so few stores even are halal. None near me are.
As for foods I didn't realise were so high calorie... I'd have to say apples and bananas
of course they're still healthy but they're far more calories that I thought before I started to weigh and log them. 7 -
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?
It wasn't rolled oats, but porridge oats, which I'm guessing are basically smushed up oats, and therefore have more surface area so you can get more of them (and more calories) in the half-cup measurement? I'm getting the calories directly from the MFP manual recipe thingy
Well, that sucks. Did you confuse the two in your serving size, or did you know you were eating two servings of oats?
Note that although a serving of steel cut oats is 1/4 and a serving of rolled oats is 1/2 cup, both weigh about 40g.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
Easily done. I love Banoffee pie. Especially with cream or mascarpone.0 -
MarziPanda95 wrote: »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.
No dressing and no cheese so sad I get a footlong each time with two dressings+cheese but no drink or crisps. Admittedly it's a rare thing.
There was a back lash here in the UK a little while ago due to halal meat in some take outs. We like to suck up to the soon to be masses and hate on the current masses.
Do don't have the amount of fast food places like the US does.
Halal meat is literally the exact same except they said a prayer before they killed the animal. I'm pretty sure most of the 'current masses' are okay with that because seriously, who cares about something so small? Not most people. And so few stores even are halal. None near me are.
As for foods I didn't realise were so high calorie... I'd have to say apples and bananas of course they're still healthy but they're far more calories that I thought before I started to weigh and log them.
Halal requires that the animal be slaughtered by slitting the jugular while the animal is still conscious. It is not the quickest and most pain free of deaths. This is why people get upset about it.
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Banana chips... one day I decided to dip banana chips in crunchy peanut butter lol. That was stupid.4
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seltzermint555 wrote: »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!
Dump the eggs or half the eggs from the 2nd into the first tortilla?1 -
We went to Buffalo Wild Wings the other day. The side salad is MORE calories than a side of fries? 390 vs. 330. Now that takes a special kind of effort. I'm guessing it includes dressing in that count. Maybe even 2oz of it, which is ridiculous on a "side" sized salad.5
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This is an anti-disappointment, but when I forget to pack lunch I'll get a muffin at the coffee shop I go to, or if I'm feeling like a fat looser I'll get a cinnamon roll. They recently started posting their calories and their muffins (my "healthier" option) have over 700 calories! Their delicious, giant cinnamon rolls on the other hand have about 400 calories. So now I eat more cinnamon rolls27
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HardcoreP0rk wrote: »
Be careful. Some places make their baba "Creamy" with MAYONNAISE.
Whether they use mayo or olive oil/tahini, baba ganoush is going to have more of a calorie load than you think it should either way. It's still delicious though.1 -
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 IS
This ^^^^
I eat Fiber One in my yogurt because it has a good calorie profile, but if I'm going to eat cereal for the sake of cereal, you bet your *kitten* that's gonna be some cocoa puffs.7 -
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In my experience, they can, but most just don't care. I always order my veggies to be steamed with no added salt/oil/butter/seasoning and they always come out greasy and pre-seasoned. Doesn't matter where I go. I suppose that restaurant chefs just don't care.0
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