TIFU by not reading the fine print on baked goods and getting fat(ter)
I have a love-hate relationship with baked goods like we all do. Love the taste, hate the excessive calories. A few weeks ago I thought I discovered a cheat code to it in the form of Paris Baguette vegan muffins. They were only 170 calories for a huge muffin! It was amazing! In the back of my head, I wondered how they could make a delicious muffin for such low calories, but I justified it by thinking the Vegan meant it lacked a lot of higher calorie ingredients. ( 
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I was in heaven and would eat 2 a day, because I could afford it in my calorie count. But then I noticed I was getting heavier on the scale. No worries I thought, I was lifting more, so maybe it was just muscle...until my body fat started going up.
Thinking I was eating too much, I ended up eating MORE muffins because they were so low calorie and filling. What was 2 became 3-4 a day because I could get full on 340 calories...but the fat kept creeping up.
That was until one day when I was on vacation and noticed the fine print on the calorie placard. 170 calories...3 servings. I wasn't eating 170 calories a pop, I was eating 510 a pop. Those 4 muffins as a snack was a full day's worth of calories.
Now I'm back to square one and feel dumb for thinking I had hacked life.
tl;dr - thought I was eating 170 calorie muffins for a few weeks...turns out they were 510 calorie muffins and I got predictably fatter.
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this came up when i searched paris baguette vegan muffins
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"I was eating cake the size of my head and getting fatter!"
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He's eating four of those per day, as a “snack”!
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Aren't store bought anything just crazy high in calories because of the sheer amount of sugar and butter they throw in so it tastes good? That an idiottttt.
This is why I only drink white monster energy and chug 80 ounces of water a day.
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All muffins are 500 calories no matter
whi makes them. That's just the standard
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White Rockstar is an acceptable substitute for White Monster. Peach Monster is kinda gay. Theres a juice monster I like but I don't remember the flavor name but it had a cool can design.
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Do you know where you are
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I actually know this chain, and it's really tasty (never bothered with the vegan shit though, so no comment there).
Anyway, their calories have always been clearly listed and not divided up into weird serving amounts. I think I'll get a croissant there tomorrow, check the vegan muffin listing, and see how much of an idiot this person actually is
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yeah they're everywhere in asia lol
tasty but overpriced
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I like bread but couldn't put down 3 of those per day if they were zero calories. What is wrong with fatties
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