Guessamated Calories In A Half Roasted Chicken?

Beeb · 11-16-2011, 11:53 AM

I am making a half a chicken for dinner tonight. It is cut down the middle so I get a leg, a wing, half a breast and a thigh. It weighs 22 oz including bones.

I have NO idea how to even figure out the calories on this little gem!

I could take the chicken off the bones, I know and do it that way, white and dark meat, but I'm trying to just be lazy and figure it out somehow without going through this.

Any help is GREATLY appreciate.

SoHappy · 11-16-2011, 12:19 PM

Man, you got me.

Could you just weigh it and then use those ounces to enter as half bone-in breast and half bone-in thigh?

No matter what, this isn't likely to be real accurate, but especially in your maintenance, sometimes close enough is close enough.

Dottie · 11-16-2011, 12:19 PM

Ok myplate lists:
1 roasted chicken breast(meat and skin) at 319 cals
1 roasted chicken thigh at 153
1 roasted drumstick at 112
and 1 roasted wing at 100
So total (and a total guess) : 684 and that's probably high a bit

Dottie · 11-16-2011, 12:21 PM

Oh maybe not far off, it also lists 1/2 a rotisserie chicken at 655 calories including skin.

sophiethecat · 11-16-2011, 12:23 PM

****** is giving 1,478 calories for 22 oz. chicken meat. Edited to add - I realize you've got bone weight in there though.

Sandelio · 11-16-2011, 12:23 PM

My immediate thought was "BOSTON MARKET"

From their site:

Rotisserie Chicken - Half Chicken - 640 calories...

Dottie · 11-16-2011, 12:26 PM

lol I cry "fowl" when I get a rotisserie chicken at the store it's about the size of a pigeon! No way it has that many calories.

ASHLEY2HAWAII · 11-16-2011, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dottie

lol I cry "fowl" when I get a rotisserie chicken at the store it's about the size of a pigeon! No way it has that many calories.

Yes, where do they get those midget birds

anyway?

Sandelio · 11-16-2011, 12:32 PM

BOSTON MARKET is a restaurant, not a store - and they're pretty normal-sized - LOL!

Seabreezes · 11-16-2011, 12:32 PM

Costco roasted chicken show 140 calories for a serving and they are saying 9 servings to a chicken - (3 ounces a serving and 27 ounces for a chicken). That would come out to 630 for a half chicken. I think everyones numbers are pretty good. If you are roasting it yourself it might be a bit less depending on how you season it.

Enjoy - sounds good.

leonak · 11-16-2011, 01:49 PM

These are the numbers I use for chicken:

Breast - 193

Thigh - 153

Leg - 112

Wing - 100

I got these numbers a few years ago, do not remember where. They are all the same as yours except for the breast!

Of course I like my numbers much better!!!

Beeb · 11-16-2011, 02:03 PM

OK, I'm counting it as 645, somewhere in the middle of all our suggests and info and have done with it!

Plus, I really don't think I'm going to eat that whole half chicken, anyway!

Thanks everyone!

kel7298 · 11-16-2011, 07:44 PM

[QUOTE=Beeb

Plus, I really don't think I'm going to eat that whole half chicken, anyway!

Thanks everyone!

[/QUOTE]

Did she or did she not? That is the question....

Beeb · 11-16-2011, 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kel7298

Did she or did she not? That is the question....

NOPE!

I couldn't finish it! I left a leg for my DD lunch tomorrow! I figured it in at 650 and just left it that way, even minus the leg. A few "over calculated" calories on my UD isn't going to harm any.

IT WAS

, too but I didn't get to eat it until 9:00 tonight!

Clients ran late which makes the whole day back up!

11-16-2011, 11:53 AM	#1
Beeb Why wait, just do it NOW! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: A REAL Jersey Shore Girl!! Posts: 11,815 Gallery: Beeb Stats: :( Going To :) WOE: Stopping The Night Binging For Now	Guessamated Calories In A Half Roasted Chicken? I am making a half a chicken for dinner tonight. It is cut down the middle so I get a leg, a wing, half a breast and a thigh. It weighs 22 oz including bones. I have NO idea how to even figure out the calories on this little gem! I could take the chicken off the bones, I know and do it that way, white and dark meat, but I'm trying to just be lazy and figure it out somehow without going through this. Any help is GREATLY appreciate.

11-16-2011, 01:49 PM	#11
leonak Senior LCF Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: USA Posts: 640 Gallery: leonak Stats: 121/118/110-114 WOE: JUDDD and 5/2!!! Start Date: Restart - May 1, 2013	These are the numbers I use for chicken: Breast - 193 Thigh - 153 Leg - 112 Wing - 100 I got these numbers a few years ago, do not remember where. They are all the same as yours except for the breast! Of course I like my numbers much better!!! Last edited by leonak; 11-16-2011 at 02:06 PM..

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11-16-2011, 12:19 PM	#2
SoHappy Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 17,934 Gallery: SoHappy Stats: obese/slimmer WOE: JUDDD!!!	Man, you got me. Could you just weigh it and then use those ounces to enter as half bone-in breast and half bone-in thigh? No matter what, this isn't likely to be real accurate, but especially in your maintenance, sometimes close enough is close enough.

11-16-2011, 12:19 PM	#3
Dottie Administrator Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: S.E. Texas Gulf Coast Posts: 68,706 Gallery: Dottie WOE: JUDDD calorie cycling plan	Ok myplate lists: 1 roasted chicken breast(meat and skin) at 319 cals 1 roasted chicken thigh at 153 1 roasted drumstick at 112 and 1 roasted wing at 100 So total (and a total guess) : 684 and that's probably high a bit

11-16-2011, 12:21 PM	#4
Dottie Administrator Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: S.E. Texas Gulf Coast Posts: 68,706 Gallery: Dottie WOE: JUDDD calorie cycling plan	Oh maybe not far off, it also lists 1/2 a rotisserie chicken at 655 calories including skin.

11-16-2011, 12:23 PM	#5
sophiethecat Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Maintain Lane Posts: 5,202 Gallery: sophiethecat Stats: 170+/135-138/145 5'6 39y pcos/IR/metformin WOE: WL=LC then JUDDD/IF; Maintenance=IF/75%+ "healthy" Start Date: LC 6/11; JUDDD 10/11; Maintenance 11/11	****** is giving 1,478 calories for 22 oz. chicken meat. Edited to add - I realize you've got bone weight in there though.

11-16-2011, 12:23 PM	#6
Sandelio Senior LCF Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Chicago Suburbs Posts: 575 Gallery: Sandelio Stats: 199/184/160 WOE: JUDDD	My immediate thought was "BOSTON MARKET" From their site: Rotisserie Chicken - Half Chicken - 640 calories...

11-16-2011, 12:26 PM	#7
Dottie Administrator Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: S.E. Texas Gulf Coast Posts: 68,706 Gallery: Dottie WOE: JUDDD calorie cycling plan	lol I cry "fowl" when I get a rotisserie chicken at the store it's about the size of a pigeon! No way it has that many calories.

11-16-2011, 12:32 PM	#9
Sandelio Senior LCF Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Chicago Suburbs Posts: 575 Gallery: Sandelio Stats: 199/184/160 WOE: JUDDD	BOSTON MARKET is a restaurant, not a store - and they're pretty normal-sized - LOL!

11-16-2011, 12:32 PM	#10
Seabreezes Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Paradise Posts: 1,232 Gallery: Seabreezes Stats: 191/155/160 WOE: Low Carb ala JUDDD Start Date: Seems like forever - restart June '11	Costco roasted chicken show 140 calories for a serving and they are saying 9 servings to a chicken - (3 ounces a serving and 27 ounces for a chicken). That would come out to 630 for a half chicken. I think everyones numbers are pretty good. If you are roasting it yourself it might be a bit less depending on how you season it. Enjoy - sounds good.

11-16-2011, 02:03 PM	#12
Beeb Why wait, just do it NOW! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: A REAL Jersey Shore Girl!! Posts: 11,815 Gallery: Beeb Stats: :( Going To :) WOE: Stopping The Night Binging For Now	OK, I'm counting it as 645, somewhere in the middle of all our suggests and info and have done with it! Plus, I really don't think I'm going to eat that whole half chicken, anyway! Thanks everyone!

11-16-2011, 07:44 PM	#13
kel7298 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Aggieland Tx Posts: 863 Gallery: kel7298 Stats: Maintenance WOE: 5:2 Start Date: October 2011	[QUOTE=Beeb Plus, I really don't think I'm going to eat that whole half chicken, anyway! Thanks everyone! [/QUOTE] Did she or did she not? That is the question....