Food you thought weren't too bad until you logged them?

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  • CarolinaGirlinVA
    CarolinaGirlinVA Posts: 1,508 Member
    My favorite blueberry muffin at WaWa. Found that out the 1st day I started logging, also learned to look food up BEFORE I eat it.
  • owaranai14
    owaranai14 Posts: 9
    cinnabons
    say no more
  • Autry403
    Autry403 Posts: 82 Member
    I ordered a salad the other day at a bbq place. It had pulled bbq chicken & bbq ranch. I knew the dressing was bad but the all of the salad together was 800 calories plus I ate a little bit of nachos which was 500 calories. Didn't realize how much I ate until I logged it!
  • fionarama
    fionarama Posts: 788 Member
    I'm the opposite. there are all these foods - cheese, peanut butter to name a couple that spring to mind straight away, that I totally thought were unhealthy. Now I realise they are ok in measured doses. I kind of went through a period where anything that wasn't fish or green veges I considered bad.
  • newmrswood
    newmrswood Posts: 167 Member
    Mine was my subway meal!!! I thought that stuff was supposed to be healthy, turns out I was eating almost 1200 calories at lunch!
  • akoivisto
    akoivisto Posts: 141 Member
    Went to Famous Dave's for father-in-law's birthday, figured I'd splurge a little; as I love spicy. Order their Spicy Hot Sausage Link. Got home, logged it and stared at it for about 5 minutes. Normally I research what I'm going to eat a head of time, but I never though the link would be 1500 cals.

    *grasps chest and keels over* :)
  • twoscimitars
    twoscimitars Posts: 272 Member
    Pretty much anything that says "low fat." :) Many times I've grabbed the low fat version of something only to find out the calories are about the same, or only slightly less. i.e Dunkin's blueberry muffins.
  • PHS7
    PHS7 Posts: 213 Member
    I had some high quality deli turkey breast yesterday - calories ok, but I was shocked at the sodium!!!

    Same here. I spend a little extra and go for the low fat/low sodium or "lite" brands. Things like Healthy Ones, Lean Generations, etc. But still the sodium is high. Also cheese. . . .I love cheese but I haven't been eating it much. Usually one slice of 2% Land o Lakes white American or low fat Alpine Lace. I have been buying Kraft No Fat Cheddar and Mozzarella but they don't melt very well.
  • Martinigirly
    Martinigirly Posts: 13 Member
    EVERYTHING!!! I didn't realize how little 1200 calories a day can translate to. Especially when I eat the wrong foods that don't carry me through the morning or afternoon. I am so glad I whooped it up on food when I was in my 20's and 30's!!! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:
  • Miss_Chanelle
    Miss_Chanelle Posts: 87 Member
    Bananas!!!!
  • thenessasavitsky
    thenessasavitsky Posts: 10
    35 per slice?! Mind telling me what kind of bread that is?
  • HMVOL7409
    HMVOL7409 Posts: 1,588 Member
    I'm a little surprised at some of the responses. I know some are on very restricted calories however, 100% whole wheat bread that I've found higher in calories usually has more fiber and protein in it. I rather eat a high calorie, full of nutrients food than eat a slice of 35 calorie light white bread packed with nothing. Just bc something is higher in calories than you thought doesn't make it a bad food. Vice versa, just bc something is "light" or low calorie doesn't neccessarily make it good for you either.
  • emccand
    emccand Posts: 195 Member
    Peanut butter, juice, and tacos!
  • 20kisses
    20kisses Posts: 5
    avocado,,,,,god,,i almost fell off my chair,,haha loggon like a coffee, a bagel and an avocado,,well,,, that shocked me big time,,lol

    I had this horrible realization too! I was eating an avacado a day. ack.

    Yeah lots of calories YET loaded with nutritional value-worth the calories....keep eating them. I eat them to lower my cholesterol (works) and they are an excellent source of potassium.
  • rextcat
    rextcat Posts: 1,408 Member
    noodels
  • ChristiH4000
    ChristiH4000 Posts: 531 Member
    kraft mac n cheese.

    I knew it was bad, but I didn't know HOW bad it really was.

    ^This and Milk Tea with Boba (tapioca beads) so delicious...meal's worth of calories...
  • torygirl79
    torygirl79 Posts: 307 Member
    Olives, The sodium content as well....
  • mtaylor33557
    mtaylor33557 Posts: 542 Member
    kraft mac n cheese.

    I knew it was bad, but I didn't know HOW bad it really was.

    This.

    And, I swiped a couple bites of my husbands spinach artichoke dip one night and when I went to log it, I realized my 2-3 bites were close to 200 calories! WOW!
  • maab_connor
    maab_connor Posts: 3,927 Member
    macaroni salad. holy scnikeys!!!!
  • Railr0aderTony
    Railr0aderTony Posts: 6,803 Member
    Ribs!! how can something with so little meat have so many dang calories?

    Exactly
  • jonward85
    jonward85 Posts: 534 Member
    I do agree with many of the posts here. I never really understood what a true serving size was. I think my biggest problem is adjusting to that. Crazy when you think "12 Chips per serving" or "1/4 a cup of peanuts" or "1 Cookie in a bag of them". Now that i realize that I'm a lot more contentious of what I'm eating.
  • Christine1110
    Christine1110 Posts: 1,786 Member
    It happened to me everyday when I started on here....now I check before I eat : )
  • ambrwaves27
    ambrwaves27 Posts: 206
    Probably has been said but peanut butter and jelly sandwich. . . 420 calories. . .havent had one since!!
  • Sinisi2012
    Sinisi2012 Posts: 333 Member
    Great thread - I had a real eye opener to a lot of things:

    - Orange Juice - wow loaded with calories and sugar
    - Cheese - had no idea how many calories were in just one ounce of Cheese
    - Peanut Butter and Nutella - nut based and fairly healthy, but again - I had no idea how many calories were in just one TBSP of these - I used to habitually eat one or two TBSP of these just walking by the kitchen...

    Definitely this ^^
  • jonward85
    jonward85 Posts: 534 Member
    I do now as well. If we decide to go out (either me and the wife or me and the coworkers) i always know what im going to order before we go. Seemed silly at first, but now im glad.
  • 916lude
    916lude Posts: 305
    Sandwiches
  • mattemery
    mattemery Posts: 38 Member
    This is an excellent question and thread. I'm not surprised now that I think about it, but definitely noticed how almost every entry in this thread is basically:

    1) Wheat/corn based type of bread (white, wheat, crackers, tortillas, pasta, tortilla chips, etc...)
    2) Primarily fat (cheese, peanut butter, avocados, olives, etc....)

    And.... so many that are not listed because of calories, but because of salt, and all are pre-packaged, canned type foods (soups, salsa, etc...)
  • sfarrell1359
    sfarrell1359 Posts: 63 Member
    avocado,,,,,god,,i almost fell off my chair,,haha loggon like a coffee, a bagel and an avocado,,well,,, that shocked me big time,,lol

    Avocado was mine too. And I was eating it almost everyday.
  • Kellydishmond
    Kellydishmond Posts: 1
    You should try the Kelloggs pastry crisps they taste just like a pop tart but 100 cal for 2 crisps. YUM.
  • zclark13
    zclark13 Posts: 135 Member
    Non-fat Chai latte. I don't get them very often, but I got one and logged and holy cow! Not doing that again!

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