Net calories calorie counter

Counting calories from calorie dense meals need not be of paramount importance if regularity of such calorie dense meals is rare. Socializing and enjoying food you like should be the primal reason to frequent such eating establishments. Though it’s likely that excess calories will be consumed, one can do so in the confidence that it’s occurrence is not regular. Thus, it will have a minimal effect on one’s energy balance over the bigger picture.

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However, if one was to ‘eat out’ with regularity (once a week or more), excessive and extreme calorie consumption could inhibit one’s composition. This is mainly due to many menu items (not just in TGI Fridays) being calorie dense. As this graphic shows, one could accumulate up to 5000 calories from an appetizer, main course, dessert and 2/3 drinks. But it is awareness of these caloric values which allows one to either; make an alternative choice when eating out. Or to strategically adjust calorie intake over subsequent meals/days to accommodate excessive consumption.
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Enjoy friendships. Enjoy food. Enjoy TGI Fridays. But in order to enjoy progression of your goal, awareness of relationships between calorie dense foods and your overall energy balance is important. This allows you to be further empowered to prolong that progression.


Perhaps the BBC or channel 4 should take note of this study before they compare a potato to several sugar lumps again, provoking prime time fear across a nation.

Additionally, perhaps some should consider the value of this study before rendering potato’s to the ‘high GI’ scrapheap of foods never to be consumed in the name of low-carb crusades

This range of food represents only a small sample of foods available to us. But whilst this study did not tell us much about the nutritional quality of these foods, it’s aim was to measure satiety among a reasonable sample of subjects. Each consumed 240 calories worth of 38 different foods.
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With white bread being the base barometer at 100%, the rest of the foods were measured. Unsurprisingly, due to their lack of protein and fibre and easily digested sugars such as pastries, cakes and donuts satiated the least. Whilst protein dense foods consistently placed high up on the score sheet. But it was boiled potatoes which placed top, significantly higher than any other food. This is of course, just one study...
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Despite this, it’s results are useful for an individual seeking calorie control and satiety from their diet. Whilst calorie adherence is paramount to dictating fat loss/gain/maintenance, adherence to a calorie target (especially a calorie deficit) becomes easier to achieve if one is satiated.
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Foods lower in satiety and higher in calories (such as bakery products) should be included if enjoyed. But in order to prevent the need for more calories, one should probably be aware of the correlation between calories consumed and satiety achieved from consumption. Excessive calorie consumption then becomes less likely.
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Equally so, if fat loss is the goal, one should not consume food ‘just’ because it fills them up. Being aware of calorie balance is still required.
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This study indicates that we should probably base our diet on whole foods, whilst including non optimal, less satiating foods in moderation.