Which Food Surprised You The Most When Counting?

[renegadecz]

Thought this would be an interesting discussion... was wondering which food surprised you the most with it's macro breakdown when you started counting calories or you just never paid attention to... For me #1 Bleu Cheese Dressing - I was shocked when I saw the high fat content and it's basically all fat which I guess shocked me .. I realized there would be some days I used to eat 100g+ of fat from bleu cheese dressing alone ( yes I was obsessed with it, especially dipping fries in it mmm )... Might be a shocker but my #2 surprise was chicken ... honestly before I paid attn to macros I thought there was a lot more protein per ounce... Anyways post here if you feel like participating!

[AlwaysTryin]

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[renegadecz]

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[SuffolkPunch]

Dried fruit and nuts - "healthy" but ultra high in calories.

Ham - for a pork product I was suprised it beats chicken breasts in terms of protein grams / calorie

[AlwaysTryin]

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[renegadecz]

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Not towards you, forgot who,.,. but someone always comes in my thread and just gets so agitated by my threads started that he wants to neg me and doesn't provide any useful info.

[LegosInMyEgos]

oil, so much fat in oil.

That and sugar, crapload of carbs.

[InfinityBeyond]

I've always had a pretty great grasp of food macros. So I'm not too fun in this regard.
However, I was surprised at just how macro friendly some 'junk' food can be. McDonald's have some pretty fantastic products in terms of fat/protein/carbs.

[InfinityBeyond]

oil, so much fat in oil.

Not sure if you're serious?

[heytred]

Not sure if you're serious?

How can you not tell?

[notJAFA]

Aioli dressing. I knew it had a high fat content... but the one in my fridge is nearly 70%.

[renegadecz]

How can you not tell?

He's totally serious, I mean if he wasn't what's the point .. unless ... Wait a second , being completely sarcastic is funny?

[Taz80]

The "healthy" alternatives that some hippies promote are not much better than what people normally eat (calorie wise).. such as olive oil, canola, flaxseed, sesame oils, nuts (and nut butter), avocado, dried fruit, and organic crap.

[avodo]

Bought two turkey legs.

Took them home and put one in the oven.

Googled turkey leg macros.

Found out one turkey leg has 1000+ calories.

was just like "lolwut someone else can have that"

[SuffolkPunch]

Bought two turkey legs.

Took them home and put one in the oven.

Googled turkey leg macros.

Found out one turkey leg has 1000+ calories.

was just like "lolwut someone else can have that"

Thats only because they are huge. You probably get 150g of protein from that

[martial-man420]

Definately Avocado. had a salad a few months ago as a side dish to a main meal and casually threw in two avocados as I hadn't had them in a while.

Looked up macros after and was just like "550 calories. The fu*k."

I knew they had some fat in them but damn. That's almost a quarter of my cutting calories.

[rowan57]

Soreen Fruit Loaf (Not sure if you have it in the US). Per 33g Slice - 103 Kcal. Perfect bulking food, 4 slices w/ a good lump of butter, ~500-600 Kcal, only 10g or so of Protein though, it tastes good, and isnt that filling!

[kkaustin812]

Maple Syrup... Should have bought sugar free...

[peteyboy1015]

Sweet potatoes...didn't realize how heavy some of the spuds were.

[YeomenKek]

-Cookie mix (srs). A couple of nights I had it as sludge thinking it'd have a similar calories:gram ratio as whey sludge, but the macros coming from carbs instead of protein - I was very, very wrong. So much fat/calories.

-Chinese five spice

-Rolled oats. Brb having same calories as kids cereal, I'll take the cereal thanks.

-Nestle Diet yogurt. Was surprised at how little calories it had per gram.

-I recall being surprised the amount of fat chicken breast had despite it being quite well regarded as a lean meat (although now I suppose it is quite lean in comparison to what I usually eat).

-Kangaroo. Always knew it existed in Aus but never knew how good the macros were.

-Pumpkin. Didn't know it was so low kcal per gram.

[Magnetics]

Definitely dried fruit and uncooked pasta especially rice pasta both of those were way more calorically dense than I expected.

[juliacheh]

Nothing. I always assume the worst.
My husband says he was surprised how much fat cheese had. DUH.

[rosrit]

for me the 2 food that really shocked me were olive oil and avocado.
how can you have so many calories concentrated???

[Dexter3000]

OP looking at your sig (your stack) it surprises me you also eat food. I mean.. wtf? Not hating but if you have spare cash why don't you give it to someone who needs it?

[AlwaysTryin]

for me the 2 food that really shocked me were olive oil and avocado.
how can you have so many calories concentrated???

Notsureifsrs

[abdees]

Hummus!!

One tablespoon is crazy! When I do a shawarma sandwich i usually put a ton of hummus in there. The calories adds up pretty fast.

Lol at pepole who eat hummus because it's "healthy"!

Ice cream calorie are not bad for the serving. If you are searching to fill ur fat and carbs without filling your protein thats gthe way to go!

[LCFCFOX]

I was shocked with things such as nuts, raisins, and things that are generally mass marketed as being healthy etc. Also sweetcorn I eat a lot of veg and for some reason it always stuck out as being more calorie dense than the green veg. Was pleasantly surprised with things such as chicken, lean steak, eggs during my first 8 month cut.

[Taz80]

Hummus!!

One tablespoon is crazy! When I do a shawarma sandwich i usually put a ton of hummus in there. The calories adds up pretty fast.

Lol at pepole who eat hummus because it's "healthy"!

Tahini (extremely calorie dense, around 190 per 30gm .. equivalent to p.b) is a main in hummus. some people sub it with either f.f yoghurt or pureed capsicum + spice, but honestly it does not taste as good.

[psychodiver9]

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He's talking about me. Usually he makes dumb threads answered in stickies. This one is actually interesting. I'll go. For me it was sweet potatoes. I used 1 large serving in Fitday at like 100 cals. When I weighe by edict was about 3 times that

[FallenEngel]

Milk. Before I began counting calories, I was easily taking in 500-700 calories from skim milk alone, on top of three hearty meals and plenty of snacks in between.

Also, most condiments can add up frighteningly quickly - who eats just a tablespoon of ketchup or a 1/4 cup of maple syrup?