Ever want to know how 120 calories measures up when it comes to everyday foods?
Well, I recently stumbled across these pictures from NHS.uk that are really, really interesting to see. This explains why the person who is eating 120 calories for a snack that is half a candy bar is still hungry, but the person who is eating a big bowl of cherries for the same amount of calories feels satisfied. (Thanks to Diet-Blog for finding these cool pics!)
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Vivienne Westwood
Early 20
Dunelm Mill
Oh, this is a GREAT visual!
1This is why I'm CONSTANTLY snacking on fresh fruit. I can eat a lot of it, get filled up, AND satisfy my sweet tooth. It's a win-win-win.
2I'll take the bowl of strawberries, please!
3i saw this on another page but it said 200 calories!
4i'll take bananas i love them!
Cool. I don't think I want to chow down on a whole bowl of cherry tomatoes though! Just a few is fine.
5This is awesome, defiantly screen shotting this page and saving it.
6???? you sure it's 120? all that OJ?
7this is helpful, but ewven if i opt to eat the whole bowl of strawberries for 120 cal, in less than an hour i am hungry again.
8Yes, great visuals! I tend to head straight for the fruits and veggies when in need of a snack.
Carvinsugar: is that out of boredom or a good appetite? I only ask, because the same thing happens to me when I'm bored. It can be rather annoying sometimes.
9**Cravinsugar
(so sorry)
10That is the same amount of calories in the slice of flax and grain bread I just had.
11Oh I'm so going to print this and post it on my fridge. Thanks Fit.
12This is a GREAT reference!
13yummy chocolate and strawberries! lol
14eating lots of fruit just leaves me feeling hungry again..
15This is helpful as well: http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/lf_health/article/0,1904,FOOD_16381_5513...
16It has serving sizes of several foods next to a similarly sized item.
This is good thing to know, I'm more a visaul person and think that now, when i will be hungry i'll eat a apple rather a kikat's bar .
17very helpful! thx !
18I completely agree. I'd much rather eat something that was going to fill me up completely, otherwise I'll just end up eating more.
19Loving this visual! I can finally not doubt everything in my kitchen! Sweet!
20"eating lots of fruit just leaves me feeling hungry again.."
I'm not totally positive but I think it's because certain fruits have a lot fo sugar which raises your blodd sugar level and causes you to crave more food.
21Bleh ignore my horrible typos btw
22visuals help a lot! thanks!
23wow, amazing visual!
24I love this. Maybe because it's part diet aid and part food porn.
25Same with me! I will be hungry again in about an hour. Fruit will hold me over for a bit.
26very helpful but i think i am hungry :s
27that's ALOT of apples, lol
28that's a whole lot of rice cakes... i also bought whole wheat pitas to make the chicken pileup from yumsugar and wound up finding they're low on calories and will fill you up!
29this is interesting
30This is definitely 200 calories. I know for a fact that a medium apple has about 90+ calories...so there's no way that two 3/4 apples have 120 calories. Sorry kids...I would love to think they did too!!!
31great visual perspective. I like peaches
so now I have to go figure out how many of
those I can eat per serving.
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