A ham sandwich has the same calories as battered cod!

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  • fasttrack27
    fasttrack27 Posts: 324
    But your body burns fat faster than calories... and plus theres no bloated feeling

    Huh? You might want to re-think that. Maybe 'burns fat calories faster than carb calories'? So are you saying its good to eat a high fat diet because you can burn it off easier? Sorry, but I find that troubling
  • jessicasloan91
    jessicasloan91 Posts: 184 Member
    I gave up sandwiches a long time ago.. firstly they dont even fill me up and secondly the bread has so many calories in!

    I now have tuna/ham or chicken salad for lunch (virtually no carbs!)

    OR

    Covent garden soup/Marks and spencer soup/ homemade vegetable soup (all 120-200 calories) & one piece of bread to dip in, I find it keeps me fuller for much longer!
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    fat content is irrelevent as you'd still weigh the same after eating 1000cals or fat or 1000cals or carbs

    *facepalm*
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    Unbelievable as it sounds, proper chip-shop cod in batter ranges from around 300 calories for a small portion (which could easily match a ham sandwich!) to 560 for large. The high temperatures it's cooked at prevent much fat from being absorbed.

    I know which I'd rather have, and on Friday I shall also be saving up calories for the accompanying half portion of chips, mushy peas and glass of wine!
  • mikeyrp
    mikeyrp Posts: 1,616 Member
    I suspect you used 'battered fish portion' for you diary - which would be oven baked, frozen options

    Take away battered fish is 344 Cals for 150g - and I suspect a typical portion is at least double that size.
  • mikeyrp
    mikeyrp Posts: 1,616 Member
    PS - wraps: Weight watchers wraps, 109Cal each -
    mission her wraps - 200 cals each

    BUT the weight watchers ones are MUCH smaller - One mission wrap fills me up. A WW one doesn't. Do what you want with that :)
  • MaximalLife
    MaximalLife Posts: 2,447 Member
    But your body burns fat faster than calories... and plus theres no bloated feeling

    Huh? You might want to re-think that. Maybe 'burns fat calories faster than carb calories'? So are you saying its good to eat a high fat diet because you can burn it off easier? Sorry, but I find that troubling
    Agree'd - totally ABSURD!
    We should all run down to McD for some great diet food.....:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • sweetsarahj
    sweetsarahj Posts: 701 Member
    When I was still eating bread, I would do an open-faced sandwich to cut down on calories. I was extremely doubtful about giving up starches--- until my trainer pushed me to go paleo. I decided I couldn't knock it if I didn't try it, so I did and no looking back! I'm so much slimmer now, it's actually amazing.

    But at the end of the day, it's about balance. Have the fish once in awhile :)
  • My1985Freckles
    My1985Freckles Posts: 1,039 Member
    Maybe the same number of calories, but all calories are NOT created equal.
  • jensensi
    jensensi Posts: 8
    Healthy and low cal are entirely different things. There's also been a lot of research that suggests that calories are not equal. Cals after all is based on how fast food "burns" as in actually lights on FIRE. Our bodies don't do that to food!

    I've been working on lowering my carbs (which are just sugar after all) and eating a fairly high fat diet - BUT only good fats. Avocado, olives, olive oil, almonds. Working for me so far.

    Fried chip shop fish is covered in trans fat - exactly the kind of thing you want to avoid so in that case the sandwich was still the "healthier" option.

    Balance is still the key, but to me healthy nutritious foods should be your main focus. If you're eating the right kind of foods the cals tend to work themselves out anyway.

    http://home.trainingpeaks.com/articles/nutrition/a-calorie-is-not-a-calorie.aspx
  • NakedLunchTime
    NakedLunchTime Posts: 559
    But your body burns fat faster than calories... and plus theres no bloated feeling

    Are you trying to get information or just "but" everybody??? haha
  • sweetsarahj
    sweetsarahj Posts: 701 Member
    But your body burns fat faster than calories... and plus theres no bloated feeling

    Are you trying to get information or just "but" everybody??? haha

    LOL good point.
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    Fried chip shop fish is covered in trans fat - exactly the kind of thing you want to avoid so in that case the sandwich was still the "healthier" option.
    Most chip shops use peanut oil, which has what is considered a healthy lipid profile combining saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, certainly no trans fats. Trans fats are those required to be solid at room temperature, such as those used in cakes and biscuits.
  • BelleEns
    BelleEns Posts: 36 Member
    Weight watchers wraps taste like paper. No, paper is nicer. They taste like paper from the Inland Revenue <vom>
    This thread makes me want chips.
  • mikeyrp
    mikeyrp Posts: 1,616 Member
    Weight watchers wraps taste like paper. No, paper is nicer. They taste like paper from the Inland Revenue <vom>
    This thread makes me want chips.

    LOL - I agree... The mission wraps are huge and tasty! and still less calories than two slices of thick sliced bread.
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