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by kkoste 781 days ago
Yesterday I decided I'd treat myself to two small snacks since I had just finished my shoulder session and I had walked 9km. One weighing 33g and the other weighing 26grams. Combined just below 250kcal. Walking 9 km took around 2 hours and burned 450kcal... eating two small snacks took me 1 minute.

It's scary how little is needed to off set your TDEE.

Drink 3 cans of cola and the average person has reached 25% of their TDEE.

Two tablestone dressing is 80kcal. Which suddenly adds 500% more calories to 100grams of salad.

And if you decide that nuts are healthy and you decide to have 50grams of almonds. Then you are looking at 300kcal.

I think the single biggest cause for obesity is simply because people don't know how calorie dense some foods are.

[JUst take a look at this video from Will Tennyson that shows how much 100kcal are in some mails](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar9PmP3Wur4)