Chili questions

so I was trying to figure out how many calories my chili I made had, so on my Daily plate/on line I typed in Beef Chili and it said 270 calories for ONE cup.  I thought wow, so I did the math, one oz of beef/drainned, celery, tomatoes, onions, peppers and one small can of beans in huge pot so not much.  It came out to be about 150 or Less calories.  Am I fooling myself? do you think i'm cheating if I give myself 150 calories for one cup?  I just dont believe it is that high. what is your opinion?

I you use 1 pound ground beef, 1 can kidney beans, celery, tomato, peppers. Here's what I got when I plugged in the recipe. Sorry I wouldn't do "cups", but you get the idea.


4 servings with this recipe 263 calories
8 servings 181
16 servings 91

I have been plugging my food in to another program lately, and it seems to vary on many item from the Daily Plate.  I really think it's best to put our own recipes in as you did, many of don't use extra fat or fattening additions to our recipes (now).  Right now I am eating my spinach/ham crustless quiche that I make.  It is vastly diffrent than if I just plug in crustless quich.

So no, I don't think you are fooling yourself.