Holy Christ! Why the hell didn’t I check the label first! Why do I always wait until I’m taking the last bite or two before thinking to check these things. Son of a bicth.
Here’s the deal: I had nothing to eat so I broke out the stuff that came in my “Welcome Aboard” basket for my new job. In it were some Carr’s Table Water Crackers and a little jar of Sun Dried Tomato Tapenade. Perfect, think I. Crackers and some dipping stuff. Never had tapenadebefore, but it looks good and smells okay, so I dig in.
Last cracker, a smidge of tomato stuff left and I glace at the box…what’s this? I think. Typical values for 100g (the jar is 90g)
[ul][li]Energy - 1885 kcal[/li][li]Protein - 2.2 … blah blah blah[/li][li]Fat - ]46.5g[/li][li] Saturated - 6.5g[/li][li] Mono-unsat. - 31.8g[/li][li] Polyunsat. - 5.1g[/li][li] Cholesterol - 0mg[/li][/ul]
I’m not sure, but I think I can feel my arteries clogging. Please, someone tell me that the mono-unsaturated is the good stuff! Please?
As always, sorry for the typos, this time I’m going to blame it on the huge floating fat deposits blocking my vision and mucking up the receptors that track this sort of thing.
My advice is to stop looking at labels. If you work out you’ll be fine. I know it’s hard to find the time with a new job, and all, but don’t torture yourself by reading about fat grams. I’ll bet that tapenade had a lot of olive oil in it, that’s all. Olive oil is very good for the skin and is easily metabolised by the body. Don’t worry about it. You told us yourself that you are a fit and handsome guy.
Yes, the monounsaturated is the best kind, if you’re planning to eat tons of fat. Polyunsaturated fats are the next best, though IIRC longitudinal studies on the effects of a diet high in polyunsaturated fats are lacking.
In the future, remember that a tapenade is heavy on the olives, thus the large amount of monounsaturated fat.
Oh, hey. You start a thread for a little sympathy and all you get is a hard time. Poor thing.
Bet you’ll be watching those labels from now on. Yeeesh. That’s awful. Oops. That doesn’t qualify for ‘supportive communication,’ does it. You should be prepared for someone to mention that you should pass on the wafer-thin mint.
Sorry, again. Gratuitous Monty Python references probably don’t help either.
I’ll just stand over here with my big mouth shut and look sympathetic. Or pathetic. whatever…
yeah! I get to be “all the really helpful people”…hmmm all one of us? I guess I’ll be the one standing in the corner on my own! I did point out that it was unusual & whether the stuff tasted good was far more important…can you forgive me struuter?
[sub] bribe - I’ve got knisch…[/sub]
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I was seriously hoping I was loading up on the good stuff.
I had my cholesterol measured a few years ago, it was something like 128. My “good” level was approaching 70, IIRC. My doctor was stunned. Must be all the olive oil I use for everything.
Another story, this one is much worse than the OP:
In college, we were having a small movie marathon and I was basically sedentary for the better part of 9 hours. During which time I ate one of those Planters Cheese Curls drums. One of the 17 oz ones. Again, I looked at the info toward the end of the thing and found I had consumed 17 - 1 oz portions. Each one containing 10g fat. That’s right: 170 grams of fat in 9 hours. That can’t be good for a man!
Luckily, Sea Sloth is incredibly correct, so thanks for mentioning it!
Motorgirl, it was okay, I don’t know that it was worth the calories, though. i’d rather have eaten a Toblerone bar.
fierra, as above, it was okay. I’ll not be making a lunch out of it again, though…probably won’t have it again ever, come to think about it.
struuter, god love you, thanks for the ‘supportive communication’ and stuff. As a matter of fact, I did pass on the KitKat, so that prob’ly counts. You rock.
I feel for you, thinksnow. I bought a bag of peanut M&Ms (the one pounder) to fill the dispenser on my desk yesterday, and after a long day of crunching spreadsheets, I realized that I had emptied both the bag and the dispenser. The tally, much to my horror: 11 servings (1.5oz each) per bag at 220 calories and 11g of fat per serving.
Good God, that’s 2,420 calories and 121 grams of fat in one day. These things should come with a warning label.:eek:
