What food as surprised you with the number of calories, fat,

emandbri
emandbri Posts: 45
edited October 2 in Health and Weight Loss
I was surprised how many calories are in cornbread, even without butter it is crazy high in calories!
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  • whisperingdragon
    whisperingdragon Posts: 334
    There's another social networking site that I visit besides this and FB. A lady there said "has anyone tried the new California whopper?" I was like "Oh holy hell, are you crazy?.. I stay clear of fast food joints these days.." she then went on to say "well, everyone deserves a treat."

    I checked the calories on that monster and it's close to 900.. I just about died! LOL!! Just a treat my butt!
  • xxrouguexx
    xxrouguexx Posts: 12 Member
    muffins too - even so called bran muffins are very high in calories.
  • Erin_26
    Erin_26 Posts: 97 Member
    Carbs and Dairy, even fat-free dairy. YIKES!
  • xAdrianax
    xAdrianax Posts: 269 Member
    to be honest i was surprised with pasta! My whole family is Italian so im used to being served mountains of pasta! probably what got me here!
  • FifiLea
    FifiLea Posts: 80 Member
    Costa coffee's lemon cupcake. Tiny, delicious and an eye-watering 512 calories!!
  • Jelleebean
    Jelleebean Posts: 212
    tim hortons timbits... yes, i know they're mini donuts in a sense... but, still, 50-70 cals a pop.. and before i started this, it was nothing for me to get a 20 pack, and eat them throughout the day... that's 1000-1400 cals in one shot... not to mention everything else i'd eat in a day...
  • EMc4452
    EMc4452 Posts: 187 Member
    to be honest i was surprised with pasta! My whole family is Italian so im used to being served mountains of pasta! probably what got me here!
    I agree with this!
  • piezoeyjune
    piezoeyjune Posts: 186 Member
    Granola bars.

    I thought those things were supposed to be healthy!

    And yogurt to be honest.

    I dont like it enough to waste 100 calories on it...
  • Melaniemarie86
    Melaniemarie86 Posts: 57 Member
    muffins too - even so called bran muffins are very high in calories.

    I was shocked when I found out how much muffins were too. Yikes!
  • Missylydia
    Missylydia Posts: 304 Member
    I know this is stupid, but olive oil really shocked me!!
  • cNhobbes
    cNhobbes Posts: 235 Member
    mine is for the opposite. i'm totally surprized at how FEW calories are in my fav roasted red pepper hummus. i can have two TABLESPOONS and it's only 70 cals?! i could eat a gallon of the stuff. it's like heaven on veggies.
  • MrsSWW
    MrsSWW Posts: 1,585 Member
    Costa coffee's lemon cupcake. Tiny, delicious and an eye-watering 512 calories!!

    Costa Coffe's respberry and almond bake, not quite as many but factor in the massimo skinny vanilla latte and you're there! I just have the latte these days :(
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,993 Member
    Large bowl of beef Pho. I have it every Friday at dinner with my wife and daughter for family date night out.
  • DaveyGravy
    DaveyGravy Posts: 283 Member
    When I first started, it was Peanuts...I couldn't believe how many calories were in such a small serving, of course they aren't really bad calories but I was in shock lol. All nuts in general, actually.
  • UrbanRunner81
    UrbanRunner81 Posts: 1,207 Member
    mine is for the opposite. i'm totally surprized at how FEW calories are in my fav roasted red pepper hummus. i can have two TABLESPOONS and it's only 70 cals?! i could eat a gallon of the stuff. it's like heaven on veggies.

    agreed! :)
  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
    Pop tarts. they are horrible for what you get, even without frosting.
  • emsibun
    emsibun Posts: 208
    Costa coffee's lemon cupcake. Tiny, delicious and an eye-watering 512 calories!!

    Costa Coffe's respberry and almond bake, not quite as many but factor in the massimo skinny vanilla latte and you're there! I just have the latte these days :(

    OMG the Raspberry and Almond bake... I've had a couple: The first time I eat it then looked it up on here and, well I was an unhappy bunny. The second time I saved up because damn, they are nice! No latte for me - americano and skimmed all the way now.
  • kimtpa1417
    kimtpa1417 Posts: 461 Member
    not so much as a shock but a disappointment Mac and cheese especially the Kraft kind.
  • LisaKyle11
    LisaKyle11 Posts: 662 Member
    watermelon... seems more water than anything to me...yet the cals add up quick!
  • suzieduh
    suzieduh Posts: 196 Member
    ready meal of macaroni and cheese, was devastated!
  • jenbusick
    jenbusick Posts: 528 Member
    Pick a food :frown: They all had more calories than I would have figured before I started logging.

    What was devastating to me was the amount of calories I'll be able to eat on maintenance -- you know that 2000 calorie a day diet all the health agencies recommend? Yeah, right. My maintenance calories once I get to my goal weight will be less than 1500 net calories. It's depressing to contemplate: I get to my goal weight, yay, and then I get to eat like I'm on a very strict calorie-restricted diet for the rest of my life if I want to stay there.

    I try not to think about it too much. But every time I'm reminded that a guy who's 6 feet tall gets 2000 calories for maintenance just automatically, before exercise, I want to cry.:sad:
  • wickedcricket
    wickedcricket Posts: 1,246 Member
    a crispy chicken salad at perkins - 1200 cals !!! that's my entire allowance for the day LOL
    and I was eating that for lunch
  • cowboydan43
    cowboydan43 Posts: 306 Member
    This might sound stupid because most people would think it is a given, but nuts. I knew they were high in calories- just didn't know HOW high. :grumble: I can't believe how many cashews I used to eat as a "snack" seriously, like half a day's calories with no second thoughts! No wonder...haha

    On the flip side- guacamole pleasantly surprised me! I thought it had waaaay more calories in it.
  • mrmarius
    mrmarius Posts: 1,802 Member
    anything from cheesecake factory. that stuff averages at the low end 1200 most has alot more than that
  • 2Bgoddess
    2Bgoddess Posts: 1,096 Member
    Margarine! I stopped the whole family from eating butter 10 years ago, and switched to margarine. Cuz it's much healthier. right? WRONG!
    1 tbsp butter = v 12g of fat
    1 tbsp margarine = 11g of fat!
    Are you kidding?
    so now i buy a low cal margarine, 4g of fat....
  • meeperoon
    meeperoon Posts: 270 Member
    Wagamamas Chicken Katsu Curry, 800 cals, Its made fresh so you think oh itll be ok, but that really shocked me, my trip to wags in total is 1200 cals which is my daily allowance!! :O !!!
  • kimtpa1417
    kimtpa1417 Posts: 461 Member
    Granola bars.

    I thought those things were supposed to be healthy!

    And yogurt to be honest.

    I dont like it enough to waste 100 calories on it...


    they have 90 calorie Granola bars and they taste pretty good. Quaker makes them
  • RJSuperMan
    RJSuperMan Posts: 52 Member
    Similar to the Italian/pasta girls, I grew up in the Republic of Texas. 1,000 calorie steaks and burgers...huh...who woulda thunk it.
  • theresamommyof4
    theresamommyof4 Posts: 206 Member
    I had a blueberry scone from Starbucks... I ate it before looking to see the calories. I think it was close to 400... I ate my whole dinner's worth of calories in one scone!
  • marialynnporter
    marialynnporter Posts: 95 Member
    There is a pasta out there called smart taste and it's less calories then any of the others. You should try that if your like me and you like pasta but don't want all the calories. :) for a cup it's like a hundred and somethig. Other pastas are two hundred up to three hundred calories for a cup or a half cup!
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