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    Shocking Lunch moment

    Posts: 483 Member
    edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    So i have been away from home for 2 days, in meetings and hotels.

    i went to grab some lunch today and was amazed as i went to grab a ham sandwich at a well known "natural, handmade" deli.

    i saw the cal count on the wall poster as i was about to pay and stopped dead... 600 CALORIES!!!! i put it right back, checked the board again and found an italian meatball soup for 263 cals. The choice i would have preferred anyway!!

    unreal isnt it.

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    • Posts: 423 Member
      GOOD FOR YOU! Today I went with my girlfriend to McDonald's for lunch and as she sat next to me eating fries, 2 cheeseburgers & a large Coke I enjoyed my grilled chicken caesar salad with low fat balsamic vinaigrette dressing and an unsweet small tea. I honestly had no want or desire for the burgers. I can't believe myself that I was okay with the salad instead of the burgers. I love burgers haha!
    • Posts: 483 Member
      i LOVE burgers. Nom!

      i use some 100% beef ones here that i grill and use a tortilla wrap to make a burger with all the salad, mustard and pickles.

      :)
    • Posts: 74 Member
      Those mcdonalds grilled chicken Caesar salads are awesomeeee.
    • Posts: 47 Member
      Nicely done! I never drink coffee but needed some today. I like my coffee with lots of milk and we didn't have any in my office so I used hazelnut creamer tubs...5 of them...and right before my first sip I read that each one has THIRTY calories!noooooo thanks! I promptly dumped it out!
    • Posts: 338 Member
      That's happened to me once or twice... or a hundred times!

      But, I can usually get away with high calorie things because I usually only eat half.

      Take the cheese off, scrape the mayo off, get rid of the top piece of bread, and take half the meat off.

      I am really anal, though...
    • Posts: 292 Member
      A scare for me today too, went to log my hot chocolate from a vending machine thinking there'd be nothing much apart from chemicals only to find it was 90 calories! Only a really small cup too. No wonder I'm the size I am!
    • Posts: 1
      I think using myfitnesspal has been very educational for me because, like you, I have been utterly shocked at how many calories are in some of the things that I eat! I have a new level of consciousness now which is a great start to a new lifestyle. I feel better than when I was just trying to work out daily and eating whatever. Now I feel more control over my body and food choices!
    • Posts: 483 Member
      i only wish the blackberry App was better.

      im seriously considering ditching my phone and getting a new one.
    • Posts: 1,133
      Starbucks is one of my ultimate jaw-on-floor shockers

      Thank Christ for their nutritional values
    • Posts: 483 Member
      Starbucks is one of my ultimate jaw-on-floor shockers

      Thank Christ for their nutritional values

      this was pret a manger.

      outrageous!
    • Posts: 1,133
      Ah, there isn't one of them near me unless I venture into Newcastle centre

      They do nice Miso soup, and I think I have an avocado sandwich once, before I used MFP

      Not too good on the cappuccino though as I remember!
    • Posts: 33
      i only wish the blackberry App was better.

      im seriously considering ditching my phone and getting a new one.

      Glad I am not the only one who feels this way! The BB app leaves much to be desired.
    • Posts: 31 Member
      I think using myfitnesspal has been very educational for me because, like you, I have been utterly shocked at how many calories are in some of the things that I eat! I have a new level of consciousness now which is a great start to a new lifestyle. I feel better than when I was just trying to work out daily and eating whatever. Now I feel more control over my body and food choices!

      I completely agree!!
    • Posts: 1,290 Member
      That's happened to me once or twice... or a hundred times!

      But, I can usually get away with high calorie things because I usually only eat half.

      Take the cheese off, scrape the mayo off, get rid of the top piece of bread, and take half the meat off.

      I am really anal, though...

      This just reminded me of Sally in When Harry Met Sally. :heart:
    • Posts: 588 Member
      yes i had one of those, too, with my husband. we enjoyed this DELICIOUS salad at a sandwich shop; opting for the salad b/c we thought it would be a much better selection than all that bread & meat & cheese...salad was over 1,000 calories! yikes! :embarassed:
    • Posts: 305 Member
      i only wish the blackberry App was better.

      im seriously considering ditching my phone and getting a new one.


      yes...this! It is soooo annoying on crackberry
    • Posts: 39
      Golden dragon buffet for lunch today - I don't even want to go there with the calorie count.
    • Posts: 764 Member
      Starbucks is one of my ultimate jaw-on-floor shockers

      Thank Christ for their nutritional values

      I miss my grande mocha frap :( but I love Starbucks for being able to have a skinny vanilla latte for about 100ish in a grande or their new skinny caffe mocha for 100 in a grande as well I don't like drinking my calories but sometimes I need coffee!!!
    • Posts: 47 Member
      I think using myfitnesspal has been very educational for me because, like you, I have been utterly shocked at how many calories are in some of the things that I eat! I have a new level of consciousness now which is a great start to a new lifestyle. I feel better than when I was just trying to work out daily and eating whatever. Now I feel more control over my body and food choices!



      I am the same way!! It has been a huge eye opener for me!
    • Posts: 3,569 Member
      My Android app does well but it's still easier to log on the computer.

      BTW T-Mobile is having a Valentines special with their phones... They had one last year, that was my baby's V-day gift to me :heart:
    • Posts: 23
      i only wish the blackberry App was better.

      im seriously considering ditching my phone and getting a new one.


      I LOVE the app on my Android phone!!!
    • Posts: 298
      I had that happen when I went to Chili's with friends a couple weeks ago. I looked at the nutirion info before I went so I'd know what to order and holy crap. Nothing on that menu is less than a thousand calories I swear! And that is usually without sides or condiments or anything. I ended up with a cup of soup and a house salad with low fat dressing and I still think it was over 500 calories. Craziness!
    • Posts: 475 Member
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      Glad I am not the only one who feels this way! The BB app leaves much to be desired.

      Can you guys just get on the internet on your BB? I have an HTC EVO and I don't use an app, I just go right on the internet and log when I'm not near a computer. They only gripe I have is that it takes FOREVER!!....But, that's mainly bc I live in the sticks and cell service isn't that great. :grumble:
    • Posts: 423 Member
      My Android app isn't that bad, but I wish I could view the message boards easier.
    • Posts: 483 Member
      My Android app does well but it's still easier to log on the computer.

      BTW T-Mobile is having a Valentines special with their phones... They had one last year, that was my baby's V-day gift to me :heart:

      i work for T-Mobile uk ;)

      the web on the blackberry is awful to.

      sadly its my corp phone so i am stuck with it, however, i am thinking of getting my own phone.
    • Posts: 3,329 Member
      Information is a powerful tool!
    • Posts: 582 Member
      I had that happen when I went to Chili's with friends a couple weeks ago. I looked at the nutirion info before I went so I'd know what to order and holy crap. Nothing on that menu is less than a thousand calories I swear! And that is usually without sides or condiments or anything. I ended up with a cup of soup and a house salad with low fat dressing and I still think it was over 500 calories. Craziness!

      They have healthier options there now, but yea - most of their menu is outrageous. When I first started calorie counting, I knew that stuff wasn't necessarily healthy, but I didn't realize just how badly. Most of those burgers have more calories in just the sandwich than I eat in an entire day.

      Usually when I go to Chili's, I grilled the grilled chicken sandwich on a wheat bun, with steamed broccoli, and a small up of the chicken and lime soup. (I pick out the avocados since I'm mildly allergic, which helps the calorie count on the soup even more.)
    • Posts: 430 Member
      GOOD FOR YOU! Today I went with my girlfriend to McDonald's for lunch and as she sat next to me eating fries, 2 cheeseburgers & a large Coke I enjoyed my grilled chicken caesar salad with low fat balsamic vinaigrette dressing and an unsweet small tea. I honestly had no want or desire for the burgers. I can't believe myself that I was okay with the salad instead of the burgers. I love burgers haha!

      I have learned to LOVE salads like never before. I'm always looking for new things to throw in or on a salad. They are so very versatile.
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