I only ate 3 of the 5 ravioli, but damn I’m hating myself right now.

by dogallergythrowawayy

7 Comments

  1. uhleashuh2006

    stop hating ur self. dont punish urself w more exercise or deficiting, just move on and continue your regular routine and you will see 0 difference. it looked bangin!! i hope it was as good as it looks.

  2. Background-Ship-1440

    it’s probably 460 cal per serving and the entire thing is probably 2-3 servings. However, there’s no need to hate yourself. It takes 3500 EXCESS calories to make 1lb of fat!

  3. bag_of_chips_

    I think 450 is within the realm of possibility. That’s like 75 per ravioli plus 75 for sauce. Was the sauce very creamy?

  4. pixie0714

    Why wouldn’t you trust the restaurant value? What matters is that you enjoyed what you had.

  5. Relevant_Demand2221

    Average restaurant pasta dish is 1000-1200. Maybe you had 800-900 because you didn’t eat it all. It’s all in the sauce , especially if it’s creamy

  6. sara_k_s

    Unlikely, but I would go with what the menu says because that’s your best estimate. They must have had some basis for this number. It looks like a nice restaurant, where the portions are probably not pre-packaged, so they probably calculated it with a drizzle of sauce, but the kitchen took the liberty of being more generous with the sauce. Being off by a couple hundred calories for one meal is a drop in the bucket in the long run. If you were eating this every day or even every week, you’d need to put some effort into estimating the calories more accurately, but for a one-time meal, it’s not worth worrying about it. If you’re consistent at least 80% of the time, something like this is not going to affect your progress.

    There is definitely no need to be hating yourself for eating something under any circumstances, but in this case, it’s especially uncalled for because you did a great job of looking for a good option on the menu that fit into your calorie goal, and you had the restraint not to eat the whole thing just because it was in front of you.

  7. Subaudiblehum

    Hating yourself for eating three? I think it might be time to attend to your mental health. That sounds like ED territory.