Approximatley how many calories are in the following sandwich?

Question

I got a sandwich at a deli today and I want to know how many calories are in it-- or at least if it's remotley healthy. I'm trying to lose weight. The sandwich is all I'm going to eat today besides drinking a lot of water.
The sandwich was a pretty big wrap-thing with a lot of roast beef in it, melted cheddar cheese and a pretty decent amount of ranch dressing.
Did I just ruin my diet by eating that? Was it that unhealthy? About how many calories was it? Was it over 1,000? It's all I'm going to eat today, so it's not that bad.
Can anyone help me out?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Number one, eating only a sandwich today will make you GAIN weight. I can't figure out the calories without the packaging from the food, but I do know that you need to eat at least 3 meals a day or else your body will go into "starvation" mode and will begin KEEPING every single calorie you eat. You NEED to eat a healthy breakfast, something for lunch and a dinner. Breakfast is the most important because that's what kick-starts your metabolism for the rest of the day. Even if it's just a bowl of cereal with some 2% milk. If you start depriving your body of calories out of nowhere, you WILL GAIN weight instead of lose it. Think of those starving kids in Ethipoia that barely get to eat. They have big bulging stomaches because of all the calories their body keeps when it DOES eat. So only eating one sandwich a day will not make you thinner or help you lose weight. It's much much better to eat healthy foods all day long than only eat one unhealthy thing all day. The average healthy diet is 2000 calories, so cutting down to 1000 just deprives your body of the nutrients it needs. Stay around 2000-2500. That's enough cutting down since the average American eats well over 5000 a day anyway.

Now that we've established that, if you're trying to lose weight, avoid cheeses, dressings and red meats. Try to stick to chicken and fish without cheese or mayonaisse. Get whole wheat bread or rye instead of white bread (which has very little nutritional value).

Excercise is a HUGE part of any diet. Even if you aren't trying to gain muscle, it will help you lose fat-weight, tone your muscles, and overall make you LOOK more in shape. So get online and look up some good excercises. Especially sit-ups and crunches. This will also help your metabolism so you're more likely to efficiently consume the calories that you do eat. You're right about drinking lots of water though. Make sure you get at least 8 (8-ounce) glasses of water per day. If you drink TOO much water however, that's not good either because it will wash all the water-soluble vitamins like Potassium out of your body. Drinking 50 glasses of water per day will NOT help you lose weight, but rather make you feel more unhealthy because you'll get headaches and muscle cramps. Try to stick to only 8-10 glasses at max.

Good luck!

Answer 2

look up and in put the sandwich here: http://www.caloriesperhour.com/index_food.html

you have to dissect everything in it, from the ranch dressing to the cheese, etc.

but if you really want to lose weight, stick to chicken breast or turkey breast or tuna, no cheese, and only fat free or low-fat dressings. And fill it with veggies instead (lettuce, tomato, cucumber, olives, etc). Eating lots of fruits and veggies is the way to go.

But if it's the ONLY thing you ate, then don't worry about it, cause even it IS 1000 calories, you'd still have at least 500 you could eat that day (do NOT starve yourself; it's not healthy and you'll be setting yourself to fail).

Answer 3

Well, salad dressing is pretty fatty. 2 T of KRAFT Ranch Dressing has 15.6 grams of fat and 148 calories.

146 calories in the wrap, 3 fat grams

half a cup of shredded cheddar has 250 calories and 15 fat grams

the meat could be anything, depending on what kind, how much, et cet.

Next time, skip the dressng and cheese...it'd be better.

Answer 4

Let's see. Cheddar cheese and ranch dressing. I'm gonna say, yes, that was over 1000 calories. If you are looking to cut calories, cheese and dressings are your main culprits.

Answer 5

Try the same thing with less ranch, and chicken instead of beef!

Answer 6

good thing that is all you will eat today because you ate all your daily calories in that one sandwich.

Answer 7

Thats alot of food for one meal and alot of fat.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

is this a "diet" you are on?
it does not sound healthy.