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Anyone got a good website for calories in takeaway food. Especially Indian. Can only seem to find calories in chappti, plain naan and tikka masal and none of them give food weights.
McDonalds used to (and probably still do) publish theirs, but that's not what you want.
Surely Indian food will mostly be down to the recipe used, which varies a lot (even within the same restaurant). You could go to your nearest supermarket and look at their packs to get some idea though. :)
Surely Indian food will mostly be down to the recipe used, which varies a lot (even within the same restaurant).
This is true, but there must be some averages/ball park figures out there. Trouble is supermarket ones are totally different.
This is true, but there must be some averages/ball park figures out there. Trouble is supermarket ones are totally different.
... but better than nothing.
In the meantime, here's your starter for 10...
Comparison of a takeaway and supermarket indian meal (source: which.co.uk)
"We bought chicken tikka masala, pilau rice and a plain naan – one of the most popular meals."
Information Takeaway meal (average) Supermarket meal (average)
Calories 1,338 kcal 1,118 kcal
Sugar 23.8g 18.5g
Total fat 55.5g 43.1g
Saturated fat 23.2g 12.6g
Salt 3.6g 4.5g
Cost £10.80 £4.75
Cheers that's a good start. Thought it would be more than that.
Sundays are a bit of a cheat day although I still keep the calories down. With working Saturday night, sleeping most of the day. Then trying to sleep Sunday night. I can get away with one meal. So a good day for some higher calorie food.
Was thinking maybe a tomato based chicken or prawn curry with a chapati and a starter.
Ohh found this
An onion bhaji contains 190 calories and 16g of fat,
small vegetable samosa 110 calories and 6g of fat
poppadum 65 calories and 5g of fat.
Naans are packed with 455 calories and 12g
chappati, has 110 calories and less than 1g of fat.
Princess Griff
13-02-2010, 20:39
I have decided not to read this thread too closely as it is bound to make me feel guilty about eating so many curries!!!! :D
Some curries can be quite bad, I think korma is famous for its sugar content. :p
I love the fact that I couldn't care less about calories in anything ;D
You will do in a few years!
Nah, I believe that counting calories is a waste of time. You can have a pretty good idea of how good/bad something is for you through common knowledge and beyond that you just need some common sense & the ability to do things in moderation.
The best way of doing it is splitting by food stuffs.
i.e. chicken and guess how much there is
oil
onions
bread
rice
etc...
An average indian meal for me consists of over 1000kcals but I always have naan (which I shouldn't but it's so tasty!).
Counting calories is not as important as counting macros i.e. fat/protein/carb. I do monitor those I must say, and it's been working for me, I've become leaner, stronger and healthier as a result. Our diets are too carb rich in this day and age. Our bodies were never designed to consume so much carbs most of which are now processed and refined. Our bodies were better suited to high protein/fat content with carbs coming from fruits, veg and fiberous sources. Unfortunately, carbs = cheap energy, cheap to manufacture and easier to preserve and mass produce. My carb intake is max 200g per day, but usually try and keep it to 150g per day.
Del Lardo
14-02-2010, 23:06
I have decided not to read this thread too closely as it is bound to make me feel guilty about eating so many curries!!!! :D
I'm planning a class action lawsuit against BD for ruining curry night for me if you want to join? I think I can get enough money out of them to buy us a nice curry ;D
Went for fish and chips in the end. Glad I weighed it. Averages on the net reckoned about 1300 calories. By the time I weight corrected it, it was 1900 calories. The fish was twice the size and chips 1.7times the size.
So probably should of gone for curry.
Princess Griff
14-02-2010, 23:16
I'm planning a class action lawsuit against BD for ruining curry night for me if you want to join? I think I can get enough money out of them to buy us a nice curry ;D
I'm in!!! :D
Went for fish and chips in the end. Glad I weighed it. Averages on the net reckoned about 1300 calories. By the time I weight corrected it, it was 1900 calories. The fish was twice the size and chips 1.7times the size.
You see, I find it hard to believe there are that many calories. I know how much I can eat based on what I cook and even if I have a meal laden in fat and cream which stuffs me completely full it won't creep much near 1000 calories. I simply don't believe there are that many calories in a portion of fish and chips unless you've bought a whole cod, fried the whole of Idaho and it's all fried in lard. Which, these days, it's not.
I agree, though I could believe that the batter and chips would amount up to close to 1000 calories with a large fish. It does depend how greasy it is obviously.
LeperousDust
15-02-2010, 11:47
I can't believe we're discussing counting the calories of take-aways ;D
Does sound a bit odd :D
If you have a takeaway you may as well forget trying to count calories.
Indeed! You should see the amount of curry I usually order for myself! ;D ;D
Does sound a bit odd :D
If you have a takeaway you may as well forget trying to count calories.Was just thinking this myself
I can't believe we're discussing counting the calories of take-aways ;D
go to a slimming world/weight watchers club meeting, you'll be riveted!
I agree that if you're having a take-away, it will be far more fattening than making something yourself, but there's a whole world of difference between a bag of chips/one chinese meal with rice/ creamy indian curry - and sometimes it's surprisingly just how different the values are in certain meals. So I can see why people are asking the questions. If you're going to treat yourself, there's no reason why you can't still try to limit the damage.
If you're going to treat yourself, there's no reason why you can't still try to limit the damage.
Exactly.
After all dieting is rather simple but harder in practice. Less calories in than you burn. Only true way is to count calories.
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