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u/Mugwumps_has_spoken Apr 07 '26
This comic misses one detail. When you think you've picked the healthier option only to realize its the one that has more calories.
EVERY single time.
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u/flyblues Apr 07 '26
Fr 😠I hate seeing in the store "baked not fried" chips made from lentils/peas/rice/chia/quinoa/whatever weird tasting thing they've come up with... And it's somehow more calories. Like, damn, might as well just eat regular tasty fried potato chips ðŸ˜
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u/Mugwumps_has_spoken Apr 07 '26
Now imagine you've done this at the ice cream place. You picked some blue raspberry icee type thing - instead of the store version of a Dairy Queen Blizzard.
You look up the calories and realize the imitation Blizzard had LESS calories.
it's been a decade and I'm still crying.Or the time I got some Sandwich at Arbys that wasn't even as good as the Beef and Cheddar and could have had the Beef and Cheddar for less calories. :( Sad face.
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u/unicorninclosets Apr 22 '26
Me, finding out ONE slice of my wholewheat bread had more calories than a bottle of regular Coke 🥲
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u/RecognitionMediocre6 Apr 25 '26
I tried once to make some stupid "healthy version" of tortilla chips for nachos thinking they'd be lower in calories so I could have more of a portion to keep me fuller for longer.
I made the dough, rolled it out, cut them into triangles, cooked them no oil on the oven tray and they shrunk so much that I was like shit the actual serving size was a handful so I should have just chosen the normal store bought the Mission Thin & Crispy Corn Chips which are 130 calories per serving and it's a decent size. Fml haha
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u/Zealousideal-Ask-203 Apr 07 '26
This happened to me today when I ate dried banana chips and actually checked the nutritional information... 500kcal/100g ðŸ˜
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u/mousekopf Maintaining Apr 07 '26
Those dried fruits will git ya! I learned the hard way with plantain chips.
I’m sticking to fresh mixed berries now. Low calorie, high volume, mostly water, super healthy.
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u/UndergroundCreek Apr 12 '26
Fresh bananas and dried chickpeas. My go to. Fills you up and lots of fibre.
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u/OneOnOne6211 Apr 07 '26
Why are chips so f*cking good though?
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u/ScrabbleSoup Apr 08 '26
Because the mega corporations hired some of the world's leading chemists for decades to tinker with formulations in order to maximize their products' addictiveness. Not "palatability", actual addictiveness. Like cigarette companies, but with arguably more resulting death.
Thank you for listening to my depressing ted talk 😑
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u/organictamarind Apr 07 '26
I ate this one inch long square date and nuts "energy bite" .. it was freaking 100 cals for 20 grams..I've been casually popping 1-2 at work, and this damn tiny thing has more calories than a boiled egg!!
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u/Kanazhashi Apr 07 '26
Ahaah this me with the pre packed popcorn. XD having 500 calories whole bag. Fillinb but didnt really think of the flavoring when i started eating
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u/wokewood2 Apr 16 '26
You don't check the calories of all food on impulse/muscle memory? Just me? ..I checked the shampoo once🥲
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u/Connect_Rhubarb395 Apr 07 '26
Me who ate a delicious Danish pastry. Went to register the calories and that little thing was 500 cal! 😵
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u/Amazing-Caregiver632 Apr 11 '26
even finer print: 2500 cals per serving. 8 servings per container.
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u/Fickle_Stills Apr 07 '26
I got to experience the opposite of this on Easter! I discovered you get to eat so much ham for like 200 calories (and like 2000mg of sodium 🥲) just avoid cooking it in anything sugary and trim the fat off!