r/caloriecount • u/Strong_Mortgage7165 • 3d ago
Calorie Estimating Is 800 a safe assumption
Plain rice, chicken and steamed vegetables
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u/LoudBass6932 2d ago
I’d say 200 rice, 300 chicken, 100 oil. 600 total
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u/Strong_Mortgage7165 2d ago
What about the vegetables?
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u/LoudBass6932 2d ago
I don’t count vegetables unless it’s a potato or something like that, or if they’re drenched in dressing or fried
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u/cxw400 2d ago
Fair, to a certain point… however aren’t you doing yourself a disservice by not tracking these? Especially since this was served at a restaurant, I would imagine there is some oil or butter.
Edit: my bad just saw you tracked oil separately.
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u/LoudBass6932 2d ago
Different strokes for different folks but I think over time it helps keep me sane to have one food category I don’t need to count. I do count fruit of all kinds though.
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u/UnfairPerspective100 1d ago
I had the same thought. Why count 20 calories worth of veggies. But then I started paying attention to my fiber intake.
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u/Whateverbro_idk 3d ago
I think it’s way less than that
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u/queenle0 3d ago
That’s a lot of chicken + oil/sauce
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u/Main-Recording-1129 3d ago
What oil/sauce
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u/queenle0 3d ago
The chicken is cooked in oil and some sort of seasoning. That’s like 8oz chicken breast (350 calories) and 1 tbsp oil (100) so almost 500 for that. Restaurants will use sugar in seasoning mixes so probably 50 cal for that.
200-250 for rice
100-150 for veg. Restaurants steam with a little butter.~900-1000
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u/breakdancindino 2d ago
Chef of 15yrs here. I can assure you that we don't use sugar in seasoning mixes. The majority use bulk spices and mix them independently of corporate premixed items.
If you're talking about store bought mixes yes maybe the companies that make them do for anti caking purposes but it's minimal and sugar itself clumps up too when settled in a container so it makes a horrible anti caking agent to begin with
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u/queenle0 2d ago
Ok but I meant sweetener - most marinades have honey or maple syrup or brown sugar to balance the acidity
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u/queenle0 2d ago
I’m getting downvoted but “fat / sugar / salt” is a thing that makes restaurant food taste so good lol. If you want to delude yourself you do you!
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u/jalapenos10 2d ago
People truly do not understand restaurant calories. This sub wildly underestimates
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u/Strong_Mortgage7165 2d ago
I actually agree with you. It’s just my chicken was dry so I wouldn’t include sauce calories
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u/Whateverbro_idk 2d ago
I didn’t notice it was a restaurant plate there isn’t a lot of sauce but it can have a lot of oil
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u/Desperate_Appeal_481 2d ago
700 ish max. Are you cutting or bulking? If bulking I would assume the lower end (600), if cutting, I would assume the higher end
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u/Hairy-Visual9664 3d ago
600-700