Question on calories.

jessack21 · June 26

I was in a pinch for time so instead of fast food I ran into my local grocery store (Market Basket) and grabbed a turkey and cheese sandwich from their cafe. It had lettuce tomato and onion. I did not use the mayo or mustard packets. I basically finished the whole sandwich when I flipped the container over and saw 680 calories. I wanted to throw up. My question is… how in the world is that right? It’s just a damn sandwich. Help

Retroguy2000 · June 26

Did the 680 include mayo/mustard packets or were they separate. But yeah, you could easily have 200 calories of bread, 200 of cheese, and 100-200 from turkey + tomato etc.

AnnPT77 · June 26

It's just ONE sandwich. It's not worth panic or wanting to throw up. Chalk it up as a learning experience. Let it go.

Some breads are calorie dense . . . maybe especially "healthy" breads with seeds and stuff, but any can be relatively high calorie. Well over 100 calories per slice is possible. Maybe there was butter. Maybe the turkey was basted with something rich during cooking. Some cheeses are remarkably calorie dense, and there can be a surprising amount of cheese on one sandwich. Yeah, 680 is a lot of calories for just a sandwich. It'll be OK. Just make a different pick next time, if you don't want a repeat.

Possibly a good plan to look at the calorie label before purchase, if it's right there on the package, eh?

Don't worry. It's a drop in the ocean.

Even if the whole sandwich turned into body fat (which it won't), 680 calories is roughly at most 0.19 of a pound of body fat, a whopping 3.1 ounces. Or, if you're in one of the countries that uses a sane system of weights, it's 88.3 grams of body fat. That's really not worth ruining one's day over.

Hang in there, keep learning. :flowerforyou:

jessack21 · June 26

@Retroguy2000 I’m assuming it includes the packets but it wasn’t very clear. I’m super bummed I didn’t read that first. Ugh!

Retroguy2000 · June 26

Ehhh, it's just noise, and a learning experience re ordering out. It's not many more calories than a lower calorie lunch, and you got some good macros from it.

jessack21 · June 26

@Retroguy2000 Thank you! Lesson learned 😊

jessack21 · June 26

@AnnPT77 Thank you! I feel better knowing one sandwich isn’t a big deal. Lesson learned to read the label!!

Hobartlemagne · June 26

I cant see why it would include packets. Those are separate additions chosen by the customer.

springlering62 · June 26

It’s simply a learning experience. Move on.

One of our neighbors who owns a Hooters franchise hosted a pool party for the neighborhood. I had three measly wings. Got home to log them and the blankety blank things were (can’t remember for sure) a couple of hundred calories apiece.

I was so mad because I could have spent those calories on something a darn sight better than three flipping Hooter’s wings.

Ya live, ya learn, and in my case, you totally lose your taste for hot wings. 🥲

jessack21 · June 26

@springlering62 oh my gosh!! That’s awful but glad to know it happens to everyone at some point!

halligirl503 · June 26

When in doubt take off one piece of bread and half the cheese. No mayo and love on the mustard! The sticker shock is an eye opener, isn't it? Just take it as a learning lesson. Consistency is what matters in the long run!

Corina1143 · June 26

Join the crowd! Obviously you're not the first. Lol

yirara · June 26

Hey, this happens. You know what? Before you started losing weight you likely would not have looked at the calories at all. So well done for doing so! It's a good learning moment.

If the packets were included in the sandwich packaging then the calories of those are likely part of the total. Thus if you didn't have them then the total was likely lower.

Hobartlemagne · June 26

I tried my own Subway sandwich diet a few years back. It worked because Id cut a footlong sandwich into 4 pieces. The size I ate was closer to the kids size.

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