The last time I binged I had a country fried steak at Chili's that came in at 1,430 calories. Pretty bad.

I was shocked to find out that a tortilla has over 200 calories. No more quesedillas for me!!

Originally Posted by Fox:
actually the numbers that I got came right from their own site, what's the link for the menu you're looking at?

Hmmm.... I went to their site

Then when I clicked, "Complete Nutional Guide" I the numbers I told you about. It doesn't offer me a link to the actual pop up. But if you click on the link above, it's easy to get to. Maybe it's a location thing? I had to click Maine before I got my menu.

Also - I cannot post a link because I don't have over 25 posts :(
But we are def looking at different menus. The Spaghetti & Meatballs entree on mine is on the first page, with yours its on the 2nd.

marbear - something is very fishy here for sure! When a restaurant can't even decide on the calorie count for it's own menu items I feel like we're being mislead somewhere along the line!

I work at the Olive Garden and now that I know all the calorie content, it is all I can think about when I am serving the dishes. "Here is your 1450 calories, don't forget to have 4 150 calorie breadsticks along with it!"

I am going out tonight to a local place, so I am going to have to be guessing my calories, but I am eating light until then and I WILL NOT overdo it!



Food does not equal fun!! Food does not equal fun!! Food does not equal fun!! Food does not equal fun!!

Red Lobster is EVIL! Most meals clock in at 2000 calories. It gets worse when you eat the cheesy biscuits..

This link has been very helpful to me in looking up information at restaurants.

http://www.dietfacts.com/

Originally Posted by Shannon in ATL:
Zaxby's was one of the reasons I started calorie counting in the first place...

My standard meal, lunch or dinner, was 5 chicken fingers, a basket of texas toast (3 pieces), tater chips, zax sauce, tongue torch sauce, sweet tea. 109 grams of fat, 1575 calories. Without the 48 ounce sweet tea. Or any dessert item I got from somewhere else. And I used to think I wasn't eating too badly, hey it was only 5 fingers after all!

They have an Asian Chicken salad now that is over 1500 calories for the salad I think...

I LOVE ZAXBYS!!! That's why I stopped eating there as well. I'd have the same, and have ranch instead of zax sauce. My dessert would be 3 of those supper yummy and soft white chocolate macadamia cookies. 2000+ calories for ONE MEAL.

I think people are becoming more and more aware of what they're eating when they're out whether they're at the local deli, the drive through, or a sit-down restaurant but having said that I think that most people are also unaware of how bad their "good choices" still are.

For example say a woman is on the run and needs to grab a meal, so she makes the "good" decision of stopping at Panera Bread for her lunch instead of Burger King. She thinks she's doing the right thing and she knows their "specialty" sandwiches can be big and probably a little high in calories so she orders a fresh cafe sandwich, Turkey & Swiss on stone milled rye bread (780 cal), she chooses the apple instead of the chips (80 cal) and orders an iced tea (110 cal). Since she had such a nice healthy lunch she decides to splurge a little and also has a granola parfait for dessert (350 cal). She has noooooo idea that "healthy" lunch just came out to over 1300 calories and she still has breakfast under her belt and dinner and snacks to go!

Originally Posted by grneyedmustang:
I LOVE ZAXBYS!!! That's why I stopped eating there as well. I'd have the same, and have ranch instead of zax sauce. My dessert would be 3 of those supper yummy and soft white chocolate macadamia cookies. 2000+ calories for ONE MEAL.

I went one up over the cookies usually - my Zaxby's is right next to a Sonic so my desert was often a Blast for 800-1000 calories... And, I still love Zaxby's, so I have to fight it every time I drive past one... :(

Originally Posted by Fox:
I think people are becoming more and more aware of what they're eating when they're out whether they're at the local deli, the drive through, or a sit-down restaurant but having said that I think that most people are also unaware of how bad their "good choices" still are.

For example say a woman is on the run and needs to grab a meal, so she makes the "good" decision of stopping at Panera Bread for her lunch instead of Burger King. She thinks she's doing the right thing and she knows their "specialty" sandwiches can be big and probably a little high in calories so she orders a fresh cafe sandwich, Turkey & Swiss on stone milled rye bread (780 cal), she chooses the apple instead of the chips (80 cal) and orders an iced tea (110 cal). Since she had such a nice healthy lunch she decides to splurge a little and also has a granola parfait for dessert (350 cal). She has noooooo idea that "healthy" lunch just came out to over 1300 calories and she still has breakfast under her belt and dinner and snacks to go!

Absolutely true... I have to be very careful when I look because even the 'healthy' choices are very calorie dense!

Originally Posted by Fox:
I think people are becoming more and more aware of what they're eating when they're out whether they're at the local deli, the drive through, or a sit-down restaurant but having said that I think that most people are also unaware of how bad their "good choices" still are.

For example say a woman is on the run and needs to grab a meal, so she makes the "good" decision of stopping at Panera Bread for her lunch instead of Burger King. She thinks she's doing the right thing and she knows their "specialty" sandwiches can be big and probably a little high in calories so she orders a fresh cafe sandwich, Turkey & Swiss on stone milled rye bread (780 cal), she chooses the apple instead of the chips (80 cal) and orders an iced tea (110 cal). Since she had such a nice healthy lunch she decides to splurge a little and also has a granola parfait for dessert (350 cal). She has noooooo idea that "healthy" lunch just came out to over 1300 calories and she still has breakfast under her belt and dinner and snacks to go!

Back in 2007, I was eating out quite a bit for lunch, but I always aimed for "healthy" choices, like Panera. I was astonished when I found out how many calories were in a lunch from Panera, especially because I thought it was healthy!!!

It's definitely a shock when you *think" you're getting good at estimating, and then something as innocent as that lovely whole date (just one) in your salad is a stinkin' 70 calories! Or that Mike's Hard Lemonade that cuts the dust out of your throat after mowing the lawn - 220! Oh well - nobody ever said that education was easy. At least there are things that balance it out - like a full cup of strawberries. :) They taste so naughty ...

Every couple of weeks, Yahoo has an article from the author of "Eat This, Not That." I am always so beyond shocked at some of the "Not That" foods. The one I've never been able to get over is the Baskin Robbins Heath and Oreo shakes. One shake, over 2000 calories...in a milk shake!:yikes::yikes::yikes::yikes: I eat 1600 calories a day...one milkshake would blow past my limit in less than 20 minutes. A lot of stuff I just think about the fact that normal weight people only eat this high calories stuff every couple of months, but I don't think I could ever justify 2000+ calories in one item.

It's scary and those who have mentioned the "healthy" options are dead on. That turkey sandwich or salad may be a healthier choice over a greasy burger as far as actual ingredients but in the end regarding keeping calories/fat/carbs/etc in check it can be bad. This is me on my soap box but there has to be some education somewhere to let people know about this type of stuff.

My personal GROSS one:

From The Daily Plate:

Outback's Bloomin Onion: for ONE onion with dipping sauce:

Amount per Serving
Calories 3148
Total Fat 281 g

O.M.G.

Kira