I've been eating deli turkey sandwiches lately, as I calculated that each sandwich was only costing me 220 calories. I was figuring 88 calories per 3 oz. turkey, and I was using a 100-calorie bun. Unfortunately, it looks like turkey has a lot more calories than that - like 60 cal. per ounce. I was eating four ounces per sandwich, so the difference was compounded, and I was eating 3-4 sandwiches a day. And I couldn't figure out why I was gaining almost a half pound a day. Those calories are so sneaky.

what lead you to believe the turkey had 88 cals per 3 ozs? and what is leading you now to believe it has 60 cals per ounce?

if you miscalculated on something packaged (deli meat, right?) then i wouldnt be suprised if you are missing a lot of cals elsewhere, too. Im not trying to be discouraging. Just trying to help.....

so how/where did the turkey calorie discrepancy come from again??

better to find it out now than never, i guess!

I have checked on FitDay and Calorie King, and both of those say that 1 ounce of turkey breast, deli type, is around 30 calories.

So I'm curious where your numbers are coming from too!

Jay

If you aren't making the food yourself it is really easy to miscalculate food that other places make for you. If it doesn't have a nutrition label your in the dark and best practice is to OVER estimate calories on foods you don't have label for.

I'm also wondering where you're getting those numbers. A lot of places I've checked put deli turkey breast at 30 cals an ounce (so I'm guessing 30cals a slice?) So your original estimate should only be about 2cals off.

I agree with the others above. I just want to add that the sodium for deli meat is pretty high, so having 3-4 sandwiches a day may also make you retain water.

Munchy- the sodium wont make her retain water if its the amount her body is used to consuming.
We retain from electrolyte imbalances because (some) people severely limit things such as salt, which results in high sensitivty and sever water retention issues when sodium IS consumed. It can also occur when someone eats a lot more sodium then they are used too....... But restricting sodium is a really bad idea (barring medical reasons) even though its such a common thing in the weightloss world. The electrolyte imbalance it creates causes huge and wild fluctuations when it is consumed.

All that aside, to the OP-
are you eating pre-packaged deli meat, like Oskar Meyer? Or having the deli slice turkey for you? It doesnt matter, but just trying to help with getting an accurate calorie count

I didn't think of the amount the OP regularly consumes, but that does make sense that your body just gets used to the amounts.

To me there is a difference between severely limiting sodium and just eating the average recommended amount of 2000mg. I do somewhat watch my sodium because of a history of high blood pressure in my family.

Deli turkey meat has around 450mg sodium per 2 oz serving. Four sandwiches of 4oz each, is 3600mg sodium in the deli meat alone, not counting condiments, bread, and every other meal eaten during that day. That seems relatively high to me.

that DOES seem high, when put into perspective, huh?

I also wonder about the 100-calorie bun. Most buns I've seen are at least 200 calories. Is it a very thin bun?

F.

Probably. We have these at my house:


My family likes to use them for burgers. I don't care for the taste, but they are 100 calories.

Cool. I'll have to look for those buns at the grocery store.

F.

Something similar happened to me last summer. I was visiting family and regularly going to Bonefish Grill to eat. I had looked up the calories for an order of Bang-Bang shrimp and thought it was 450. Well months later I realized that that was only for one-third of an order!! Yikes! That means I was consuming more than 1300 calories for that ONE part of my meal.

Don't worry about it, though. At least you were paying attention enough to figure out the mistake.

I got the 60 calories per ounce figure here:

http://caloriecount.about.com/calori...d-deli-i151167

I do eat 100-calorie buns; it says so on the package.

Evidently, Walmart has turkey that's much higher in calories than most other places if the link is to be believed. So just to be on the safe side, I've reduced my turkey amount on each sandwich from 4 oz. to 2 oz. and hope I don't eat my arm off during work from the calorie reduction.