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[–] AnoInc [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

So 240 cal to 440 cal depending on how much bacon is standard? I'm not meticulous about counting calories. But it's good to know I'm over estimating how much I consume. Thanks for that. The more you know!

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[–] Pattoe ago 

It's very easy to overestimate calories because you actually need a lot of calories each day. My 126lb body needs 2,200 calories a day to maintain its weight and that's a lot! It's amazing how people can actually overeat.

I guess they're just so lazy that they'd prefer to eat than work..

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[–] Rokuah ago 

What do you do for a living that's causing you to burn so many calories? I weigh around 130 and I only burn around 1800.

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[–] nobslob 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Yep. For cheese, if it's a real slice of cheese (like from a block of cheese), it's probably better to estimate about 100-120 calories per slice. The only way to be accurate is to weight it and know how many calories per oz. For those kraft single things, it's about half that.

For the bacon, it can vary a lot by the thickness and how much fat drained off when you're trying to estimate at home. But the fast food places have to send off their cooked versions for testing, so those end up being pretty accurate.

I can talk calorie counting for days :P Pain in the butt, I'm glad I'm better at estimating now, but honestly there is so much guessing and variance that being anal about it and measuring like I used too isn't much help. Basically it's hard to get more accurate than 10% without going nuts, so learning to ballpark is fine as long as you use the scale to track progress (meaning if weight goes up you are under estimating, if the scale goes down you are over estimating all other things be equal).

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[–] neveragainfatty ago 

The chef that prepped the cooked version is paid much better than your average teen who works the assembly line. Double shot of mayo because buttergolems like it that way and fast food isn't for people who care what food tastes like.

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[–] Demons 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

They were calculating for two sandwiches. A slice of cheese at in-and-out (not going to use Kraft slices because idk what better-than-mcdonald's fast food place would use such a cheap cheese) is 110 calories, several slices of bacon per sandwich is probably 100-150 calories...together that's anywhere between 210-250 calories, times two (two sandwiches) and that's 420-500 calories, which coincides with what OP estimated.

In-and-out uses damn tasty cheese though. Never been to Burger King but I'm sure their sandwich menu has calories notated somewhere.

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[–] nobslob 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

Oh gross, I didn't realize they were talking extra cheese and bacon for 2 sandwiches.

For those curious about the actual counts I looked it up: a burger king cheese slice has exactly 80 calories, the bacon adds about 120. x2 would be 160+240=400calories

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[–] neveragainfatty 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

That's if the workers pat the bacon off after microwaving it. Which they (When I worked at McBeetus) never did. Also its much easier to just put 2 slices of that plastic, errr cheese, on a sandwich than it is to attempt to peel them apart. Don't eat fast food unless you have too. Fast food doesn't decay.

Also putting extras on the burger only happens during night shift when all the responsible adults that work there are at home sleeping.

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[–] VegetarianZombie1 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

Doesn't matter, the fatty still got served.

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[–] CommanderPao 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago  (edited ago)

"Your estimates for a slice of cheese and bacon are too high, especially the paper thin 'bacon' fast food places use."

The place I work has a calorie calc on their website for the food. A salad there goes from like 230 calories down to 190 without the bacon. Shit is salty too.