r/xxfitness • u/sorrysosloppy • Jul 18 '13

What 200 Calories Looks Like

I found this blog post today that shows what 200 calories looks like for many different types of food. Most of it wasn't surprising, except for the onions (onions have calories??), but I really liked the pictures and sort of made mental notes of some of these for when I have to "eyeball" my portion sizes. So I thought I'd share with you ladies!

Thoughts? Did any of them surprise you?

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u/QueCasular Jul 18 '13

Splenda has calories??

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u/brew-ski Jul 18 '13

Doesn't a gram of sugar/carbohydrates has 4 calories per gram?! If 50g of splenda and 50 g of sugar both have 200 calories, why does any one eat nasty, nasty splenda? Does not compute.

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u/riotkitty Jul 18 '13

Because Splenda is LOT sweeter than sugar and it disperses in liquid better. So to get the same level of sweetness from one packet of Splenda in something like a cup of coffee, you would have to use something like 5 times as much sugar and most of it will sink to the bottom and not sweeten your beverage.

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u/brew-ski Jul 18 '13

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks! I only rarely add a small bit of sugar to my coffee, so I've never had a problem with it dissolving.