*boggle*

[thistlechaser]

My god. And under "Reasons to check things BEFORE you eat them":

I didn't eat much of anything yesterday, so around noon today I was starving. I don't like Pizza Hut and I almost never order from them, but it was cold and I didn't want to go out, so I did. I tried to be "reasonable" in what I ordered: A personal pan pizza and an order (6 pieces) of breadsticks. Unfortunately that didn't meet the minimum for delivery, so I added another order of breadsticks (figuring I'd eat them for dinner tonight or tomorrow or something.)

I ate the personal pizza and one order of breadsticks for lunch, and the second order for dinner just now. Once finished, I wondered what the calories of this stuff would work out to, so I wandered over to pizzahut.com to check.

One single breadstick has 270 calories and 12% of the fat you should have in a day.

My god. 3880 calories for the two orders of breadsticks and the personal pizza. 283% of the sodium you should have in a day. 181% of the fat. I could pull my hair out. 3880 calories! For "food" that tastes like crap! (I try to stick to under 1200 calories a day, so I've eaten more than two day's worth... almost three day's of calories.) I could cry.

I had intended to include "how can companies get away with selling such horrible-for-you food like this", but this is my own fault. I should have checked FIRST.

270 calories in one single breadstick. I try to keep my MEALS to 300-400 calories. I swear, I will never, ever, ever go to Pizza Hut again.

Comments

[gmth.livejournal.com]

I think that's 270 calories per one *serving* of breadsticks, not just one stick. It says it's a serving weight of 50 grams... one breadstick doesn't weigh 50 grams, does it?

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I went back and peered at the site, wondering that. That they phrase it "1 breadsticks" doesn't really help -- is that a typo or do they mean an order?

one breadstick doesn't weigh 50 grams, does it?

I have no idea at all. I wonder if that 1-800 line is open now? (Called them, lady is stumped and checking...) Okay, that was NO help at all. She told me that each breadstick was 150 calories. Maybe I'll try that contact form they have and see if I get better info by email...

It will be OK!

[alessar.livejournal.com]

You sound really upset about this; I want to remind you of something: 3500 calories = 1 pound. If you've been eating about 1200 calories a day (which is super low I must add), then you are only 2/3 a pound over for the day. Considering that you have been losing around 3-4 pounds a week recently, this is not a catastrophe. Maybe you only lose 2-3 this week.

As a matter of fact, eating a very low amount of calories will bite you back eventually when your body decides you must be enduring a famine and it lowers your metabolism. I really think that cutting lose and eating extra once in a while can help fend this off. So you're probably due. I bet you'll have plenty of energy for walking tomorrow... be sure to use it!

Also, I have a question, how is it you can make a custom mood and have your icon appear? When I do that I get a blank ;_; Are you using a client to update your journal, or the web interface?

Re: It will be OK!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Hi hi!

Whew, that's a good point! (I'm more distressed about my lack of checking before eating than the calories -- though I'm not happy about those either!)

Also, I have a question, how is it you can make a custom mood and have your icon appear? When I do that I get a blank ;_; Are you using a client to update your journal, or the web interface?

I had to ask how to do that, too. :p You pick the mood icon like you usualy would, then just type in the box as well! That way your text shows up with whatever picture you picked. (I don't use a client, just the web-based form thingie.)

Re: It will be OK!

[linmayu.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm with Alessar on the calories thing. I always thought 1200/day was, like, the absolute minimum you can do on a weight loss program without a doctor's guidance. As for the "go crazy and eat lots of food once in a while" plan, there's a program that I tried for a bit called Body-For-Life which used a similar philosophy: basically, 6 days a week you kept to a very strict 1200-calorie-a-day regimen, and the 7th day you ate whatever the fuck you wanted. There was a workout program to go along with it. The people who actually stuck with the program for 12 weeks made absolutely *amazing* transformations to their bodies. (I didn't really make any amazing changes because I didn't last even 2 weeks. >_<)

Re: It will be OK!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

There's some math thingie you can do to find out how many calories you burn a day just to live, then you need to eat less than that to lose weight. Because of my sloth-like lifestyle, I burn very few, so I need to take in less. (I think it worked out to me needing 1500/day, but don't hold me to that number. I know on most days I'm not under my number by very much.) If I didn't spend my life behind a desk, 1200 probably would be too low!

Re: It will be OK!

[alessar.livejournal.com]

Well, that's not exactly... it.

You burn a certain number of calories just to (as you say) keep your body alive. You burn a few more just by being ambulatory, and a few more yet if you're active (and you do walk). If you're at all under that figure then your body will have to tap its stored reserve (fat) to make up the deficit. I just kind of felt the 'eat less than you need to live' comment a little unsettling.

[webbapettigrew.livejournal.com]

Oh my God that's terrible. Holy shit. I can eat six of those in a sitting!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Isn't it? And same here. I like their breadsticks, and I often made a meal out of them! I can't believe I didn't know this before now...

[hamburger.livejournal.com]

*snickers* We so often are exact oppisites. Pizza Hut is my absolute favorite restaurant pizza. My -favorite- pizza is however the 'Freschetta' frozen brand. :) Yay! Random useless info.

I'm not especially surprised about the calories. I'd imagine Pizza Hut's stuff is some of the least healthy for you.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

My -favorite- pizza is however the 'Freschetta' frozen brand.

Ha! Mine, too! The brick oven kind. Mmmm, they have the BEST cheese!

...so maybe we're not 100% oppposite on everything. Just most things. ;)

[kwolfhard.livejournal.com]

Ewwwww.

I can't stand any pizza franchises any more. It's all so greasy and gives you a bad aftertaste, Pizza Hut and Domino's especially. I usually have a thincrust pizza called the Greek at a nearby place. It's got olives, feta, spinach, tomatoes, etc. Very healthy. :)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, good plan. I just wish we had a nice independent place around here, but most of them are sucky and/or not too clean.

[kwolfhard.livejournal.com]

*nodders* We've got... Two. One nasty looking place, and the other, Perfettos. You can watch it being made. And you get 20% off take-out pizzas you get on Mondays. So, like a 14 inch one is like... 12 bucks. And it's really good.

We also have five different sushi restaurants within a two block radius. :P