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Alcohol to calories convertor: prepare to be horrified

Posted by English Mum in BLOG, FUN STUFF on Jun 10th, 2009 | 30 responses

Bleurgh

So this is fab, via Glitter, a rather nifty little gadget that calculates the junk food equivalent of what you drank last night.

CLICK HERE

For the sake of full disclosure I would like to point out that the three large glasses of Jacob’s Creek Sparkling Shiraz that I had (what?  I was testing fizz for our anniversary party) had the calorific equivalent of:

1 onion bhaji

1 slice of pizza

1 doughnut

2 jaffa cakes

Honestly, though.  I’d rather have the booze than that crap.  Anyone else care to fess up their calorific equivalents?

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30 Responses to “Alcohol to calories convertor: prepare to be horrified”

  1. exmoorjane says:
    June 10, 2009 at 10:24 am

    Yup, already fessed up mine on Twitter – I join you in an onion bhaji, a slice of pizza and a doughnut and a jaffa cake but raise you a Danish pastry too..
    Actually the wine was crap so would have merrily traded for the bhaji..

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  2. English Mum says:
    June 10, 2009 at 10:25 am

    Jane: Nice ‘fessing! Trouble is, once you’ve had the wine you crave all the calorific stuff too, so probably double the calories in the process. Scary :)

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  3. Jennifer (Bert's No 1 Fan!) says:
    June 10, 2009 at 10:57 am

    I only had slice of pizza :) Wooohoooo!!!

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  4. English Mum says:
    June 10, 2009 at 10:59 am

    Jen: You’re far too angelic. I’m impressed x

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  5. Growup says:
    June 10, 2009 at 11:20 am

    Apparently I drank a doughnut.

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  6. Rachel@fairycakeheaven says:
    June 10, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    Had nothing last night but 6 kir royales on Saturday night were equal to a hot dog, a doghnut and an onion bajhi! Not bad but would have preferred the food!

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  7. English Mum says:
    June 10, 2009 at 1:04 pm

    Growup: That seems somewhat abstemious. Are you sure it was just the one, Mrs Wembley?

    Rach: Ooh I love Kir Royales. We’re testing fizz non stop at the moment. Wonder if it would matter if you made Kir Royale with fizzy pinot noir?? x

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  8. jennynib says:
    June 10, 2009 at 2:11 pm

    Aha! Growup! I had a doughnut too! ;)

    And a nice refreshing Pinot Grigio Doughnut it was too.. ‘Fact, I think I’ll have ANOTHER doughnut tonight! :)

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  9. Glitterkitty says:
    June 10, 2009 at 3:00 pm

    if i’m in a bit of a rush going from just home to going out, i’ll often deliberatly not eat cos i know i’ll be ‘eating’ so many alcoholic calories anyway.. needless to say, this isn’t the solution either..

    why is yummy alcohol so fattening? no fair!!

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  10. Rachel@fairycakeheaven says:
    June 10, 2009 at 3:06 pm

    Not at all mrs!! Lidl had cassis for 7.99 a bottle a couple of weeks ago! Kir royales all the way!

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  11. Don't Bug Me! says:
    June 10, 2009 at 3:34 pm

    I don’t drink much, so I’ll take the jaffa cakes, thanks very much.

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  12. Coastal Aussie says:
    June 10, 2009 at 4:05 pm

    I am too scared to look, as I had both the alcohol (cider- blah – but still good stuff, did the trick) and the pizza last night. Not feeling the best today!

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  13. Littlemummy says:
    June 10, 2009 at 4:05 pm

    I would EM, but as you know, I don’t drink.

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  14. Townygirl says:
    June 10, 2009 at 4:10 pm

    last night i just had a whisky n coke. which is an onion bhaji and two jaffa cakes. however, if you were to ask me to add up on monday morning for the whole weekend, i’d say a family size takeaway plus 90 jaffa cakes!

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  15. English Mum says:
    June 10, 2009 at 4:27 pm

    Jen: A Pinot Grigio doughnut – I like it! Won’t stop me either though, sadly x

    Glitter: Tut tut. I can’t drink on an empty stomach as I talk shite and fall over. True story.

    Rach: Great idea. Shall do my bestest PR trick on the Hubby tonight and sell it well, thanks x

    DBM: I love Jaffas. Even the Tesco’s own version will suffice in a crisis. Can you get them there?

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  16. English Mum says:
    June 10, 2009 at 4:29 pm

    Aussie: Disgraceful – and I thought you were such a good girl too ;) Mind you, at least the pizza absorbs a bit of the alcohol eh?! x

    LM: Ah yes, I forgot about that. Sorry – this post doesn’t apply to you then :roll:

    Towny: Blimey. Heavy weekend then?! Makes you think how much it all adds up though, doesn’t it.

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  17. Moon says:
    June 10, 2009 at 4:43 pm

    Not going to look, if I don’t know, it doesn’t count ….

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  18. Chris says:
    June 10, 2009 at 6:47 pm

    Not sure I want to know all of this info!!

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  19. English Mum says:
    June 10, 2009 at 8:00 pm

    Moon: Tell you what, it does make you realise how many empty calories you drink… I’m off for a sparkling water and a slice of lime… x

    Chris: Ah come on now, join in already. How many pizzas have you consumed this week so far?! :)

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  20. Moon says:
    June 10, 2009 at 9:14 pm

    Bollocks to that …. Beer please .. and not the ‘lite’ rubbish you have in your fridge !!!!

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  21. Laura Driver says:
    June 10, 2009 at 9:29 pm

    I didn’t drink last night … but I drank a LOT on the Saturday night out with the girls.

    I put my drinks into the calculator and I am ashamed so am keeping schtum.

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  22. Rosie Scribble says:
    June 10, 2009 at 9:33 pm

    If I’d been out drinking I’d come home and eat a ton of junk food as well! Does it count if you can’t remember it in the morning? Surely not!

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  23. Don't Bug Me! says:
    June 11, 2009 at 12:56 am

    Yes, I can get Jaffas, so long as I pay the exorbitant price. Still, you have to treat yourself once in a while, don’t you?

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  24. English Mum says:
    June 11, 2009 at 9:23 am

    Moon: Okay, so I might have had a couple of glasses of wine last night (that’s a hot dog and an onion bhaji apparently) – that’s practically healthy! Not sure about ‘lite’, I think there’s MGD in there at the mo’ x

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  25. English Mum says:
    June 11, 2009 at 9:24 am

    Laura: Oh dear, that bad? Must have been a shocker!! x

    Rosie: No, I think you’re safe if you have no recollection of it :lol:

    DBM: Oh absolutely, especially where Jaffa cakes are concerned – and they’re one of few things that really are better out of a packet x

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  26. Baino says:
    June 11, 2009 at 9:45 am

    OK I might be in denial but I did the Weight Watcher’s point system once and had 28 points each day and a bottle of white wine was 7 points . . .non carb vegies are free . .so . . living on broccoli and Jacobs Creek wasn’t too bad until the constipation took over! And I don’t believe for a minute that a large slice of greasy, cheesy, meaty pizza is more than a bottle of schparkly . .lies propagated by the fast food industry!

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  27. Taffy's Mum says:
    June 11, 2009 at 10:57 am

    I had the calories but as a take-away meal and no alcohol – will it convert the other way?!

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  28. English Mum says:
    June 11, 2009 at 5:24 pm

    Baino: That’s exactly what I said to Hubby. I remember doing that Rosemary Conley one once and I appreciate that was all 80s and fat free and stuff, but you could have 2 glasses of wine a night! x

    TM: No. And that’s very smug and virtuous of you. That is all. :lol:

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  29. Keiron says:
    June 12, 2009 at 2:24 pm

    Give me a large glass of almost anything over Jaffa cakes anyday of the week – they’re horrible – Chocolate Orange sits in the same category!

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  30. English Mum says:
    June 12, 2009 at 3:13 pm

    Keiron: Nooooo I love chocolate orange even more than jaffas! Send over any you get as gifts won’t you ?! x

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