Warning! Do not read this if you have not yet taken the calorie quiz hub. You need to test your calorie counting skills. Follow this LINK now before continuing on. If you have taken the quiz, then scroll down to find out the answers and see how many calories are in each picture.

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Here's the answer. Every single picture contained exactly 300 calories of food. Because of the make up of some of the foods, some weigh much less than others yet have the same calorie amounts. For example, the mayo and the watermellon contrast each other in weight. The mayo has high fat content, and the watermelon is mostly, you guessed it, water and carbohydrates.

What we can learn from this is to not only visually look at the size of our food, but keep in mind how calorie dense it is also. This can help us to estimate our daily calories better, and avoid racking up all of our daily value in one meal. Another interesting idea is to look at all of the pictures and try making a typical meal that you would eat. See how many calories you end up with when you are done. I found that I usually get around 1200. But then again I am a big guy.