Hi everybody! I found this Calorie Quiz from LifeScripts and thought it would be fun to post it here.

I couldn't figure out how to set this for multiple question polling so if you'd like to play, you'll just have to number your "papers" from 1 -10 and list your answers to the following questions.

I'll come back in a few days after everyone's had a chance to post their answers and list the results. Careful, some are real eye-openers!

One of the great secrets of weight loss isn't such a secret after all - limit the amount of calories you consume each day and eat the right amount of calories for your body and you'll lose weight. While calorie-counting seems like a tedious task, having a basic knowledge of which foods will send you into a diet trap isn't. So just how calorie-conscious are you?

1. To start your morning off right, which breakfast has the least amount of calories?

a. Two scrambled eggs with cheese
b. A glazed donut
c. One cup of granola cereal

2. Which of these delicious appetizers boasts the lowest amount of calories per serving?

a. Shrimp cocktail
b. Chicken lettuce wraps
c. 12 chips and salsa

3. Those four fun-size Snickers you just grabbed from the receptionist's candy jar cost you how many calories?

a. 120 calories
b. 324 calories
c. 500 calories

4. You ordered the chicken. Now which side dish should you choose if you want to continue with your low-calorie dinner theme?

a. One bowl of cream of broccoli soup
b. Half a cup of rice pilaf
c. Two slices of garlic bread

5. Which movie-theatre treat should you nosh on to avoid calorie-overload?

a. A medium-sized buttered popcorn
b. One salted pretzel
c. A 5 oz. pack of red vines

6. Which alcoholic beverage packs the highest amount of calories at happy hour?

a. White Russian
b. Budweiser
c. Glass of red wine

7. To avoid turning your snack into a mini-dinner calorie-wise, which should you choose?

a. Half a cup of cottage cheese
b. Two stalks of celery with peanut butter
c. A handful of tortilla chips

8. Which Chinese food favorite will set you back the most calories?

a. Orange chicken
b. Broccoli beef
c. Vegetable chow mein

9. While in a fast food drive thru, which item should you choose if you want to spare yourself some major calories?

a. McDonald's Quarter Pounder with cheese
b. Taco Bell's taco salad
c. Carl's Jr. 6-piece chicken stars

10. To finish off your meal, which tasty dessert has the least amount of calories?

a. A slice of apple pie
b. One serving of chocolate pudding
c. Two Rice Krispies treats

Have fun!

I’ll be first! Although I'm ususally not too good at these! I'm assuming all these are the full-fat items, since they didn't say otherwise. Which is where I have problems, since I never buy full-fat anything!

1 – b, 2 – a, 3 – b, 4 – b, 5 – b, 6 – a, 7 – a, 8 – a, 9 – c, 10 – c

Hmmm. Wonder how I did?

Here are my guesses:

1. To start your morning off right, which breakfast has the least amount of calories? a. Two scrambled eggs with cheese

2. Which of these delicious appetizers boasts the lowest amount of calories per serving? a. Shrimp cocktail

3. Those four fun-size Snickers you just grabbed from the receptionist's candy jar cost you how many calories? b. 324 calories

4. You ordered the chicken. Now which side dish should you choose if you want to continue with your low-calorie dinner theme? a. One bowl of cream of broccoli soup

5. Which movie-theatre treat should you nosh on to avoid calorie-overload? b. One salted pretzel

6. Which alcoholic beverage packs the highest amount of calories at happy hour? a. White Russian

7. To avoid turning your snack into a mini-dinner calorie-wise, which should you choose? b. Two stalks of celery with peanut butter

8. Which Chinese food favorite will set you back the most calories? a. Orange chicken

9. While in a fast food drive thru, which item should you choose if you want to spare yourself some major calories?a. McDonald's Quarter Pounder with cheese

10. To finish off your meal, which tasty dessert has the least amount of calories? b. One serving of chocolate pudding

Okay here are my answers...
1. a
2. a
3. c
4. b
5. b
6. a
7. a
8. a
9. c
10. c

I can't wait for the answers.

Okay, here are mine... A lot of these are tough, as we don't know serving sizes!

1. To start your morning off right, which breakfast has the least amount of calories? a. Two scrambled eggs with cheese


2. Which of these delicious appetizers boasts the lowest amount of calories per serving? a. Shrimp cocktail

3. Those four fun-size Snickers you just grabbed from the receptionist's candy jar cost you how many calories? b. 324 calories

4. You ordered the chicken. Now which side dish should you choose if you want to continue with your low-calorie dinner theme? b. Half a cup of rice pilaf

5. Which movie-theatre treat should you nosh on to avoid calorie-overload? c. A 5 oz. pack of red vines

-- I'm not sure what red vines are! But if they are red licorice... I pick C
6. Which alcoholic beverage packs the highest amount of calories at happy hour? a. White Russian


7. To avoid turning your snack into a mini-dinner calorie-wise, which should you choose? a. Half a cup of cottage cheese

8. Which Chinese food favorite will set you back the most calories? a. Orange chicken


9. While in a fast food drive thru, which item should you choose if you want to spare yourself some major calories? c. Carl's Jr. 6-piece chicken stars

--- I have NO idea here!!

10. To finish off your meal, which tasty dessert has the least amount of calories? c. Two Rice Krispies treats


Thanks for posting this!

There are a lot of questions that go along with some of these, but I'll give it a whirl...my choices are in purple

1. To start your morning off right, which breakfast has the least amount of calories?

a. Two scrambled eggs with cheese (of course, depending on how MUCH cheese )
b. A glazed donut
c. One cup of granola cereal

2. Which of these delicious appetizers boasts the lowest amount of calories per serving?

a. Shrimp cocktail (I don't eat shrimp at all, so this is a TOTAL guess)
b. Chicken lettuce wraps
c. 12 chips and salsa

3. Those four fun-size Snickers you just grabbed from the receptionist's candy jar cost you how many calories?

a. 120 calories
b. 324 calories
c. 500 calories (are the fun-size ones the mini ones or the little tiny square ones? My guess is based on them being the mini ones...maybe 3-4 inches long)

4. You ordered the chicken. Now which side dish should you choose if you want to continue with your low-calorie dinner theme?

a. One bowl of cream of broccoli soup--this one is tricky...does the soup have cheese? how big is the bowl? I'll guess B.
b. Half a cup of rice pilaf
c. Two slices of garlic bread

5. Which movie-theatre treat should you nosh on to avoid calorie-overload?

a. A medium-sized buttered popcorn
b. One salted pretzel
c. A 5 oz. pack of red vines

6. Which alcoholic beverage packs the highest amount of calories at happy hour?

a. White Russian (ha, I don't drink at all, so I soooo don't know what's in a White Russian)
b. Budweiser
c. Glass of red wine

7. To avoid turning your snack into a mini-dinner calorie-wise, which should you choose?

a. Half a cup of cottage cheese
b. Two stalks of celery with peanut butter
c. A handful of tortilla chips

8. Which Chinese food favorite will set you back the most calories?

a. Orange chicken (although I'm not really sure what's in chow mein, as I have never had it)
b. Broccoli beef
c. Vegetable chow mein

9. While in a fast food drive thru, which item should you choose if you want to spare yourself some major calories?

a. McDonald's Quarter Pounder with cheese
b. Taco Bell's taco salad
c. Carl's Jr. 6-piece chicken stars

10. To finish off your meal, which tasty dessert has the least amount of calories?

a. A slice of apple pie
b. One serving of chocolate pudding (is it an option to make our own sugar-free pudding with skim milk? )
c. Two Rice Krispies treats

1a
2a
3b
4b
5c
6a
7a
8a
9c
10b

Im having to guess at a few of then as there are some brands and foods we dont have over here in NZ unfortunately (or maybe fortunately if they are higher in calories rofl) ... but will look forward to the results anyway

Okay-- Ill play along!

1. To start your morning off right, which breakfast has the least amount of calories?
a. Two scrambled eggs with cheese


2. Which of these delicious appetizers boasts the lowest amount of calories per serving?

a. Shrimp cocktail

3. Those four fun-size Snickers you just grabbed from the receptionist's candy jar cost you how many calories?
c. 500 calories

4. You ordered the chicken. Now which side dish should you choose if you want to continue with your low-calorie dinner theme?
b. Half a cup of rice pilaf


5. Which movie-theatre treat should you nosh on to avoid calorie-overload?
b. One salted pretzel


6. Which alcoholic beverage packs the highest amount of calories at happy hour?

a. White Russian


7. To avoid turning your snack into a mini-dinner calorie-wise, which should you choose?
a. Half a cup of cottage cheese
8. Which Chinese food favorite will set you back the most calories?

a. Orange chicken


9. While in a fast food drive thru, which item should you choose if you want to spare yourself some major calories?

c. Carl's Jr. 6-piece chicken stars

10. To finish off your meal, which tasty dessert has the least amount of calories?

b. One serving of chocolate pudding

1. To start your morning off right, which breakfast has the least amount of calories?
a. Two scrambled eggs with cheese (depending on how much cheese, but this should be approximately 280-300 calories--known without looking!)

2. Which of these delicious appetizers boasts the lowest amount of calories per serving?
b. Chicken lettuce wraps


3. Those four fun-size Snickers you just grabbed from the receptionist's candy jar cost you how many calories?
b. 324 calories

4. You ordered the chicken. Now which side dish should you choose if you want to continue with your low-calorie dinner theme?
b. Half a cup of rice pilaf -


5. Which movie-theatre treat should you nosh on to avoid calorie-overload?
c. A 5 oz. pack of red vines

6. Which alcoholic beverage packs the highest amount of calories at happy hour?
a. White Russian


7. To avoid turning your snack into a mini-dinner calorie-wise, which should you choose?
b. Two stalks of celery with peanut butter


8. Which Chinese food favorite will set you back the most calories?
a. Orange chicken


9. While in a fast food drive thru, which item should you choose if you want to spare yourself some major calories?
a. McDonald's Quarter Pounder with cheese



10. To finish off your meal, which tasty dessert has the least amount of calories?
b. One serving of chocolate pudding


Hmm...some of these were hard. I wanted more info!

I think we should be assuming everything is non-diet, full-fat versions?

Here are my answers:

1. b
2. a
3. b
4. b
5. b
6. a
7. a
8. a
9. c
10. b

This was fun!!! We should do more of these. Like a weekly diet/nutrition quiz challenge.

I just can't do it! There are too many variables to take into consideration!

1) A - eggs & – it was the only breakfast on the list, the others were a sin and a carb attack.

2) A – shrimp – oooo, I have shrimp in the fridge – thanks for the reminder, Thin!

3) B – 324 calories ... or are they actually 125 cals a piece???

4) WHAT? My choices for side dishes are a bowl of fat or 2 carb attacks? No side for me thanks. OK, Maybe a bit of that yummy soup, but the correct choice is probably “B” – the rice (more carb h***)

5) C – the Vines… Gee this test is just full of carb grief!

6) A – the White Russian? What is that any way? Sounds disgusting

7) Depends, what’s the fat percent on the cottage cheese? We’ll go with that: A

8) Ummmm, A! the orange chicken?

9) All bad choices, but we’ll go with A but order it no mayo and throw away the bun…. Or B and toss the crunchy fat thingies and dressing…

10) C – but hold the second krispy treat – and that doesn’t mean do like I used to and use the whole recipe to make a single krispy mountain treat – ahhhh, marshmallows, butter and crunchy rice – Serious carbs of the gods!

NO FAIR THIN! This was really HARD!!! (‘specially cuz I didn’t cheat and look at anybody else’s answers.)