Caloric cakes?!
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It’s picnic and party season, so today I had a sliver of Costco vanilla buttercream sheet cake. Logging it shocked me. I mean, a teeny couple bites is 350 calories. I wish they made a light version. What foods have you decided are just not worth it since joining MFP and hearing the truth about its calories?
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The first time I actually weighed my beloved peanut butter, I cried.
I still have it occasionally but gone are the days of just spooning it out of the jar!12 -
Though I was shocked by most of the calorie counts of my foods, I haven't given up a single food. If I want the higher calorie item, I fit into my daily calorie allotment.12
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the first time actually weighing ANY food on my scale! I would say how little ONE SERVING of Ice Cream really is! haha Always triple check your figures though. Some of the items listed in database are wrong.6
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Granola. have you ever weighed 35g of granola? It's like ONE MOUTHFUL. I used to eat like 1/4 of the box in one serving.
SIGH.12 -
My coffee. My morning double double. Its like 280 calories.
That's literally two cans of coke. Why did I even quit soda its the coffee that's killing me.7 -
Rice. I don’t particularly like it, so when I saw the calories, it’s gone.2
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My coffee. My morning double double. Its like 280 calories.
That's literally two cans of coke. Why did I even quit soda its the coffee that's killing me.
I hear ya...I used to get a Large Caramel Latte almost every day and that thing was around 600 calories! Now I just make my own coffee and add just a little creamer to it and it stays around 60 calories a cup6 -
Oh and pasta. Pasta is another one of those things where I need like 300-400g cooked to make a decent-sized portion, but the actual "portion" they suggest is one mouthful of sadness.7
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Cahgetsfit wrote: »Oh and pasta. Pasta is another one of those things where I need like 300-400g cooked to make a decent-sized portion, but the actual "portion" they suggest is one mouthful of sadness.
I don't actually think a serving of portion is that small. Sure, 1 serving is usually not enough, but around 1.5 of a spruced up pasta will do the trick.10 -
My rye bread is really high in calories and it breaks my heart. I have it once a week2
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Cahgetsfit wrote: »Oh and pasta. Pasta is another one of those things where I need like 300-400g cooked to make a decent-sized portion, but the actual "portion" they suggest is one mouthful of sadness.
I don't actually think a serving of portion is that small. Sure, 1 serving is usually not enough, but around 1.5 of a spruced up pasta will do the trick.
Pasta is not something I can moderate so it was one of the things I gave up for the longest time.
I saw that Pasta Roni made individual portions when I was looking for foods to eat on one of my many soft foods diet and it kinda surprised me how much was in there.
I mean, it was no a whole box sized portion like I was used to but it didn't make me sad.7 -
When I'm cutting, nuts. Not worth it to me.6
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Like someone already mentioned... Ice cream.4
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Cahgetsfit wrote: »Granola. have you ever weighed 35g of granola? It's like ONE MOUTHFUL. I used to eat like 1/4 of the box in one serving.
SIGH.
It's the saddest. I had going on 500 cals after dinner tonight and decided to have some. 500 feels like caloric wealth when it's going free at the end of the night. I healthy poured my coconut cashew granola into a bowl on the scale. 300 cals worth sure didn't look much like the bowls I used to eat without thinking about it beyond "granola is healthy eh?"8 -
MelanieCN77 wrote: »Cahgetsfit wrote: »Granola. have you ever weighed 35g of granola? It's like ONE MOUTHFUL. I used to eat like 1/4 of the box in one serving.
SIGH.
It's the saddest. I had going on 500 cals after dinner tonight and decided to have some. 500 feels like caloric wealth when it's going free at the end of the night. I healthy poured my coconut cashew granola into a bowl on the scale. 300 cals worth sure didn't look much like the bowls I used to eat without thinking about it beyond "granola is healthy eh?"
YES! THIS!!! Granola with Greek yoghurt and some fresh fruit - how much more "healthy" can you get than that? It's a beautiful "healthy" 500+ calorie bowl that's what it is
SIGH.7 -
Cahgetsfit wrote: »Oh and pasta. Pasta is another one of those things where I need like 300-400g cooked to make a decent-sized portion, but the actual "portion" they suggest is one mouthful of sadness.
I don't actually think a serving of portion is that small. Sure, 1 serving is usually not enough, but around 1.5 of a spruced up pasta will do the trick.
Eh... I can smash half a box of dry pasta with no problems whatsoever. With sauce. Proper sauce. Bolognaise or whatever. So yeah... it's not a "serving". Half a box of pasta is definitely not a serving.
So I just hardly ever have it now because 100g cooked pasta just makes me sad. Even with a bunch of sauce on it.7 -
French fries! I mean I'm not an idiot, I knew they weren't like eating a salad. But one time I had some extra calories available and so decided to grab some Arby's. I was not expecting a small curly fry to be as many calories as a whole sandwich. Stupid delicious fried potatoes!13
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snickerscharlie wrote: »The first time I actually weighed my beloved peanut butter, I cried.
I still have it occasionally but gone are the days of just spooning it out of the jar!
I use PB2 powdered peanut butter. Mix with a bit of water or add to foods and it quells my PB cravings3 -
Peanut butter. Pasta. Bread. Ice cream. Chocolate. Gin. Everything that brings me joy makes me fat6
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snickerscharlie wrote: »The first time I actually weighed my beloved peanut butter, I cried.
I still have it occasionally but gone are the days of just spooning it out of the jar!
I use PB2 powdered peanut butter. Mix with a bit of water or add to foods and it quells my PB cravings
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