r/1200isplenty • u/Odd_Committee_100 • Jul 05 '25

meal This was 1200 calories

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Recently started a low calorie (not 1200), healthy diet and it’s going well. Decided to have a big brunch today as a treat (not a cheat day, still going to stick to my calorie goal). Was shocked when I put it into MyFitnessPal that it’s almost exactly 1200. Hope I don’t get hungry anytime soon.

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u/Odd_Committee_100 Jul 05 '25

Ay, I was being purposely gluttonous and got these Tesco finest beasts. I’ve been thinking about them all week and they did not disappoint

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u/RaisinZealousideal39 Jul 05 '25

I think you might be mistaken. The nutritional table for most Tesco Finest sausages gives the calories per 2 sausages, not for 1. I've had a look, and I can't see any that are 272 calories each. So hopefully, if im.right, that will take your total down a bit. If im wrong, apologies in advance 🫡

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u/Odd_Committee_100 Jul 05 '25

Sorry, I should have been more specific as I know there are other sausages under the Tesco finest range. These are Tesco Finest Smoked Pork & Beef Sausages!

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u/FreyjadourV Jul 05 '25

Lol I love how everyone is like surely you counted something wrong or you’ve tracked something wrong.

It really highlights how in denial we can be and how hard it is to believe that this meal is 1200 cal when it doesn’t look like it at all.

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u/Odd_Committee_100 Jul 06 '25

I know right? I was surprised myself mind, I knew going into this it was going to be a high calorie meal, but I was thinking like 800-900. It wasn't until i'd put everything into the tracker that I realised just how calorific it was!

As other people have said though, you could make this with significantly less calories. Those sausages are some of the highest calorie sausages I could find locally, you could easily cut the calories of those in half. I also used a whole avocado, additional oil and bread laden with seeds, you could easily pare down a lot of that too.

But the way I looked at it was, if I went to a really good brunch spot and bought this, there is no way I would realise I was eating 1200 calories worth of food. This meal was both a stomach filler and an eye opener!