A surprising revelation

[eveglass]

Today, just on a whim, I decided to calculate how many calories I eat for breakfast. My standard breakfast is two slices of whole wheat toast (flax!) with peanut butter, and a glass of orange juice. I never knew how much peanut butter I was putting on my toast, so I decided to pull out my kitchen scale and do a before-and-after measurement, which revealed that I was putting about 20g of peanut butter, about one and a third tablespoons.

Looked at all the packages, figured it all out... 500 calories.

What?!? Crazy! It's two pieces of toast and a freakin' glass of orange juice! That works out to 500 calories?!?

Maybe it's time to start hunting for a new standard breakfast...


Edited to add: I've been hunting around the net and found a few interesting sites that show what 200 calories of a variety of foods look like, or what a 300-calorie meal looks like. Interesting stuff, posted here mostly for my own reference and for the edification of my readers.

- What does 200 calories look like?
- What do 300-calorie meals look like?
- 300 calorie food picture gallery
- What do 300-calorie meals really look like? (comparison between home-made and restaurant)
- 300-calorie breakfast meal
- Easy, healthy breakfasts under 300 calories

Comments

Re: Shocked and awed

[dragoncaller.livejournal.com]

Same here. It's just difficult and frustrating when they sneak calories in on you. Just as you think you're doing well. That's why posts like your's are good reminders.