How many calories are in it?

Question

My dad is fat, to be quite honest. He eats a lot and does absolutely no exercise despite what people tell him.

Many weekend mornings, he comes downstairs and fixes himself a large plain bagel with margarine and cinnamon sugar, insisting there are only three hundred calories in the whole thing.

Approximately how much do you think there actually are?

Answer 1

At least 400 calories. Check this site from the USDA. it gives you all the nutrients in most foods.

USDA Nutrition:

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/se...

Answer 2

there is always spam in this section jeez lol but uh yea that's alot a large bagel where iget it from BJS usually a 5oz bagel is 380 calories itself magarine has like 80cals per tablespoon and 8g fat so if he adds 2 tablespoons on each half that's 320cals alone  it may not look like much but that's a very calorie and fat dense food also the cinnamon sugar has 20-25cals pertablespoon if he has two of those another 40-50cals so the whole thing a good 700-750cals assuming he uses enough margarine to cover the whole bagel which isnt as light as he thinks!

Answer 3

its gotta be way more then 300. try buying him smart balance butter.. or a healthier butter. And if he likes wheat, wheat bagels. and no cinnamon sugar. after awhile if he avoids the fatty foods hes been eating and eats healthier or healthier substitutes then he wont crave those fatty foods.  Whitch leads to major wieght loose. good luck

Answer 4

the plain bagel itself is about 300 calories.

does he put a lot of margarine??1 table spoon of margarine alone contains 100 calories- twice the calories of peanut butter.

a lot of people put more than 1 table spoon though.

add the cinnamon- roughly about 20 calories per table spoon, and there would actually be something close to 450 calories in the bagel.

besides the bagel, your dad probably drinks some coffee or some fruits; that would add about another 150 calories.

i really think that your dad should cut the margarine, in any case.