Have you ever been sitting in a restaurant and wondered how
many calories or grams of fat were in the meal you've got
in front of you?
No? OK, so you're not as weird about that as me, but I
wonder about it all the time, and after reading this maybe
you should be too.
Some have the information available upon request, but most
don't make it available.
Well, my aunt sent me an email that had the worst
restaurant meals and their caloric content and nutritional
breakdown.
Here's just a few examples.
McDonald's 5 piece Chicken Selects with ranch sauce has
over 800 calories with 55g of fat. 55 Grams of fat!
That's insane. Especially when you consider that they
advertised them under the guise of healthy food because
they were supposed to be chicken breast, but even chicken
breast isn't healthy when it's doused in batter and deep
fried.
My favorite, though was the smoothie from Jamba Juice.
When you hear smoothie you probably think it's healthy,
right? That's how they're marketed after all. But this
smoothie from Jamba Juice had 900 calories, with 160g of
sugar! That's unbelievable!
By the way, those two I just gave you were the "best of the
worst". There were plenty with upwards of 1500 and 2000
calories. That's how many calories many people should be
consuming in an entire day if they want to lose fat and
these entrees (or some appetizers) have them in one shot.
Hearing numbers like that it should be no surprise to
anyone that we have an obesity epidemic in this country.
We simply eat too much, or don't pay any attention to
what's going in our mouths, and don't notice until it's
wound up as gooey fat sitting on our gut, butt or thighs.
You should be wary of any meal when dining out. I'm not
saying that you shouldn't go out to eat. Quite the
contrary. I think it's necessary that we get out of the
house and frequent restaurants. I'd go crazy and get cabin
fever if I didn't get out of the house and eat at
restaurants. What I am saying is that you need to
understand that many meals and drinks are not prepared with
the idea that they're going to keep your waist line in
check.
They are made to taste as good and but as cheaply as
possible because restaurants need to make money, after all.
So in order to make many foods taste better, they are
fried, sautéed, or otherwise prepared to increase the fat,
because fat makes food taste better, or are smothered in
sugar and fat loaded creams and sauces.
So here are a couple tips to watch out for when dining out.
First, avoid the appetizer. Appetizers are usually loaded
with fat, and this includes the veggie dishes because they
come with some sort of dipping sauce.
Next, avoid anything fried, sautéed or cooked in some sort
of sauce. It may sound healthy because it's salmon or
chicken or vegetarian, but if it's fried, sautéed or cooked
in sauce, it's high in fat and loaded with calories.
Last, if you've decided that you're going to eat poorly
when you're eating in a restaurant, at least get a half
order. The proportions on full orders are so out of whack
they could feed an entire village in some starving country.
So do yourself a favor and just ask for a half order, or
split it with whomever you're dining.
Another easy thing to do is to take a drink of water
between every bite. Water will fill you up a little
faster, which means you won't be able to eat as much, which
means you won't store as much fat.
I hope I've enlightened you a little bit, and will begin to
eat a little more consciously when you're out and about.
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