14 posts tagged “diet”
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1. Carl's Jr. Western Bacon Six Dollar Burger |
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I’m an East Coast kind of guy, but I realize there are no boundaries when it comes to bad foods. So, for this review, I took the advice of 19th Century newspaper editor Horace Greeley who urged, “Go west, young man, go west.”
The Western Bacon Six Dollar Burger will gun you down with 1,130 calories (600 from fat), 66g fat (100% of your Daily Reference Value), 28g saturated fat (140% DRV), 150mg cholesterol, 2,540mg sodium (110%DRV), 83g carbs, and 47g protein.
I’m beginning to understand why it’s called the Wild West! Sorry boys, but I’ll take the 3:10 to Yuma… and then the next plane to good old Philly, land of cheese steaks and soft pretzels over this one!
2. Pizza Hut Double Deep Pizza |
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I tried two slices of the Meaty variety. According to the Pizza Hut Website, I also opted for 1,160 calories, 72g fat (110% of your recommended Daily Value), 28g saturated fat (140% DV), 3g trans fat, 200mg cholesterol, 3,980mg sodium (166% DV), 62g carbs, and 62g protein.
In all fairness, the suggest serving is one slice (1/8 the medium pie) but who eats a single slice? Not me.
3. El Monterey XX Large Chimichanga |
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While shopping at Wal-Mart here in Northeastern Pennsylvania, I noticed Spicy Red Hot Beef & Bean Chimichangas in a cooler near the deli. They looked suspiciously like my 3-for-a-buck burritos of yesteryear—only bigger and a tad more costly.
While a standard burrito wraps a filling of meat, beans and/or cheese in a flour tortilla, a chimichanga is a meat-filled tortilla…deep-fried.
The key words "deep-fried" may explain why my mushy 10-ounce XX Large Chimichanga did a Mexican fat dance on my diet to the tune of 920 calories, 57g of fat (15g saturated, 1g trans fat), 40mg cholesterol, 1,140mg sodium, 83g carbs, and 22g protein.
Ay, caramba! It's a good thing I only had one.
4. Denny’s Meat Lover’s Scramble |
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As Mr. Bad Food, I’ve seen plenty of bad nutrition numbers in my day. But I never saw anything as heart-stopping as what I found on the Denny’s Website one day.
It was my stomach that turned upside down when I checked out the nutrition numbers for Denny’s Meat Lover’s Scramble. Denny’s could be charged with “salt with a deadly weapon” for serving a breakfast entree that packs an unbelievable 4,170mg of sodium! (The Recommended Daily Allowance for sodium is 2,400mg.)
The Meat Lover’s Scramble will also shake you down with 1,280 calories, 71g of fat (21 saturated, 0 trans), 565mg cholesterol (the RDA is 300mg), 103g carbs and 54g protein (RDA is 50). By the way, the RDA for fat is 65 grams, so you are taking in more than a day’s fat, cholesterol and sodium in a single meal!
So if you find yourself at a Denny’s and someone recommends a scramble, take my advice and scramble for the door!
5. Hardee’s Country Breakfast Burrito |
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The word burrito sounds like a term for a little burro. If you don’t want to make an ass of yourself—by scarfing down 60 grams of fat with your first meal of the day—then steer clear of the Country Breakfast Burrito at Hardee’s.
The king-sized breakfast burrito is cobbled together from two omelets, five hashrounds (their cutesy version of hashbrowns), cheddar cheese, and sausage gravy. The omelets that fill out the tortilla each contain two eggs, crumbled sausage, diced ham and bacon bits.
Now, if you’re hungry for 920 calories, 23 grams of saturated fat, and nearly 2,000 milligrams of sodium for your morning meal, dig in!
6. KFC Chicken & Biscuit Bowl |
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The clever cooks at KFC devised a way to toss together an entire chicken dinner in a single bowl. According to the KFC Website, the new bowls are “a blend of mouth-watering KFC flavors and textures all layered together.”
A blend…a jumble…a clutter…Call it what you will. But after checking out the nutrition facts, I call the Chicken & Biscuit bowl a great way to flock up your diet!
Their nutrition guide says that the Chicken & Biscuit dish will bowl you over with 870 calories, 44g of fat (11 saturated, 4.5 trans), 60mg cholesterol, 2,420mg sodium (101% of your recommended daily amount), 88g carbs, and 29g protein.
7. Starbucks Double Chocolate Chip Frappuccino Blended Crème |
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When is a coffee drink not a coffee drink? When it comes with calories and frothy extras you’d expect to get with a milkshake! Oh, and when it doesn’t even include coffee! Case in point: The 24-ounce (that’s Venti-sized in Starbucks lingo) Double Chocolate Chip Frappuccino Blended Crème served up at your local Starbucks.
This drink is made from rich chocolate, chocolate chips and milk, and is blended with ice, and topped with whipped cream (optional), and chocolate drizzle.
With 670 calories, 22g of total fat, (12g saturated fat; 0.5g of trans fat), and 107g of carbs, it only sounds like a coffee drink. The 12 grams of saturated fat is equal to the saturated fat you get in a McDonald’s Quarter-Pounder with Cheese… but the sandwich packs 160 fewer calories than the Frappuccino!
8. Pizza Hut P’Zone |
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It takes two hands to handle a Pizza Hut P’Zone. The problem is—according to the nutrition info on their website—it should also take two people! Yes, despite the fact their TV ads showed a bunch of hungry guys chowing down on whole P’Zones, each super-sized dough pockets of meats, cheeses and sauce is considered TWO SERVINGS.
The nutrition numbers… doubled for those of us who consider the P’Zones one-meal wonders:
P'Zone Classic: 1,220 calories, 46g fat, 22g saturated fat, 2g trans fat, 130mg cholesterol, 2,700mg sodium, 144g carbs, 8g fiber, 60g protein.
P'Zone Pepperoni: 1,260 calories, 48g fat, 22g saturated fat, 2g trans fat, 140mg cholesterol, 2,980mg sodium, 140g carbs, 6g fiber, 64g protein.
P'Zone Meaty: 1,380 calories, 58g fat, 26g saturated fat, 2g trans fat, 160mg cholesterol, 3,460mg sodium, 144g carbs, 8g fiber, 70g protein.
9. Wendy’s Baconator |
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The term “Baconator” sparks images of an action flick featuring a leading man with a terribly thick Austrian accent. But if you’re planning on ordering Wendy’s newest blockbuster, think again. I can picture it now: A seatbelt-straining drive-thru customer grabs his grease-stained bag of beef, bacon and fried potatoes, and before driving off to feast upon his Baconator, he shouts to the drive-up window jockey, “I’ll be bawk…for my defibrillator paddles!” Then, just before he zooms out of earshot, the server leans out of her window and yells back at him: “Hasta la vista, flabby!”
OK, so it’s poor scriptwriting. But it’s also poor dining to indulge in this Wendy’s double cheeseburger on steroids. The Baconator boasts two beef patties, two slices of cheese and SIX slices of bacon! Do yourself a favor and terminate your urge to order this beast of a burger.
The nutritional numbers for the 10-ounce Baconator: 830 calories, 51g of fat (22g saturated, 2.5g trans fat), 170mg of cholesterol, 1,920mg of sodium, 35g of carbs, and 57g of protein.
10. Denny’s Extreme Grand Slam |
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Ads for Denny’s Grand Slam breakfasts used to feature the tagline, “$2.99…Are you out of your mind?!” Now that the restaurant chain has launched ads for its new Extreme Grand Slam—a breakfast platter piled high with three strips of bacon, three sausage links, two eggs, hash browns and three pancakes—they might want to change it to, “You’re ordering a Denny’s Extreme Grand Slam…Are you out of your freakin’ mind?!”
The Denny’s Website urges customers to “fall in love with breakfast all over again.” It then offers up its latest line of “Breakfast Cravers” platters—dishes packed with the artery-clogging goodness of not-so-lean meats. Cases in point: The Meat Craver’s Breakfast and the Steak and Cheese Omelette.
The nutritional numbers for the 21-ounce Extreme Grand Slam: 1,160 calories, 64g of fat (17g of saturated fat), 560mg of cholesterol, 3,750mg of sodium, 102g of carbs, 4g of fiber, and 45g of protein.
There you have it—my picks for 2007’s Best of the Worst…or should I say, The Worst of the Worst! Have a Happy and Healthy 2008!
for the first time in three weeks,
i bought something for lunch instead
of eating from my healthy meal plan
menu. well, weekends don't count.
it was a chicken curry sandwich on
a croissant. of course, it was HUGE
and much more than i should have eaten.
but i snarfed it down anyway, cause
it tasted good. yummy!
i was craving indian and some real
meat for once. (i eat very little meat
during the week.) but that's really no
excuse. oh! and i'm on my period.
which really is no excuse, either.
ah well. have a great weekend,
everyone!
i'm afraid i don't think i'll ever
get used to eating less. when i'm
hungry, i eat something else.
usually a good thing like
edadame or half a sweet yam
or a fruit...
but i've made my own meal plan
up. haha! it's now all the things
i like to eat. so lots of yogurt,
more fruit, veggies, hummus, more wheat
bread stuff, etc. but i've also strayed.
last night, i had a little frozen yogurt
with 10 choccie chips. (the frozen
yogurt was part of the diet, not
the choccie chips.) THEN i had
8 baked pita chips. yummy. love
those. i really crave salt often, and
this diet doesn't offer many salt options.
today thus far:
9am : 1c apple cinnamon oatmeal
with sliced starwberries. decaf coffee
made with half of it lowfat milk.
11.30am : after a one hour work out
at the gym, i had a fuji apple.
noon: two slices of wheat toast with
1Tbsp peanut butter. 2/3 banana sliced.
another Tbsp of peanut butter as dip
for a handful of baby carrots. the rest
of my decaf coffee from morning topped
of with some more milk. 8)
i told my friend doing jenny craig i
don't want to lose weight enough
to give up the food i like. i'm proud
that i've not eaten any pastry with
the exception of a slice of bday cake
in nearly two weeks. this is huge!
i'm proud that i'm eating more healthy
stuff, definitely. but i don't deny myself
a boba on the weekend or anything
else really. tho i was never the type to
overeat (so i think) on stuff like candy
or potato chips.
i'm happy my snacking habits have
changed for the better and also that
i'm not buying out 4 meals during the
week before the weekend even rolls
around. (we eat out all weekend, basically.)
happy weekend, everyone!
well, it was the beginning of
the end for me on friday night
when we went to have japanese. =)
tho it was my first meal out this week,
when normally, it would have been my
fifth!! not all eating out, but def buying
out. oh my!!
i tried the baby lobster dynamite
on california rolls. so i ate loads of
that and six cali rolls. much too rich
for my taste. i then shared a shrimp
tempura udon with munchkin and sweet
pea. sweet pea had noodles and munchkin
ate the shrimps! he liked the tails the best!
i thought i was stuffed, but it didn't keep
me from elevensies. or tenthirties. i had
a hand full of edadame and a kiwi. not
so bad.
today:
8.45am : 2/3 of a banana and a cup
of cantaloupe.
9.30am : half a bagel with cream cheese
and a cup of coffee at our writing meeting.
i resisted the donut holes easily as they
were cinnamon ones. 8)
12.30pm: my favorite ground pork with
pickles and rice at the taiwanese joint.
a barley milk boba!
6.30pm: chicken breast in a lemon caper
cream sauce with artichokes and white rice.
(which i asked for instead of mashed potatoes
it came with.) broccoli.
10.30pm: TWO australian licorice pieces (uh oh)
AND seven stacy's baked pita chips. i missed
this salty stuff the most, i think!
yesterday afternoon,
i had 6 wheat crackers and
a Tbsp of peanut butter as a snack.
i was allowed 8.
the bubs all ate 4 crackers, too!
dinner consisted of 1.5 c of veggie
chili. amy's medium spicy. it was
really good. i like amy's frozen stuff
and decided to try her canned foods.
was pleased with it. but i only ate about
1 1/3 of it.
1 c lemon herb cous cous. it was meant
to be just 3/4 c. then maybe about
1c of grilled asparagus bought from
the deli section of the market.
finally had some frozen yogurt
after my art class. 1/2 c with 15 choccie
chips. (my choice, doh!)
still hungry after that--i like to end
with salt, and all the fruit and yogurt
and peanut butter seem to be sweet to
me. (funny, as this is a diet to stabalize
blood sugar?) so i had 10 mini pretzels.
9am breakfast: no time to make any
french toast or eggs before the gym today.
had 1c of apple cinnamon oatmeal with
half a thick banana. a few sips of coffee
with milk.
11.30am 1 fuji apple.
12pm: sandwich on two slices of
dill rye toast. one medium tomato,
cucumber, spanich and three slices
of avocado. 1c chicken broth. 1 navel
orange.
def still full after all that at 1pm.
we'll see how long that lasts! =D
CONFESSION: i've avoided all the
salad meals. i don't like salads as a meal.
i always feel conned from it. i don't
mind it as an appetizer. i guess if it
is a good salad--but i have yet to make
a really good salad on my own.
i've also avoided the meat stuff, mainly.
there was a dinner with a beef or veggie
burger. i bought the ground meat but
didn't feel like having the burger. i very
rarely eat hamburgers. maybe once a month
at the most.
that's it for now. happy weekend to all!
i'll do this for a week.
so i won't torture you that
much longer! ;*)
maybe only through friday
as i'll probably eat "normally"
during the weekend. we have two
back to back kiddie bday parties
on sunday, so you can imagine how
healthy i'll be eating there.
last night, at 11pm, instead of frozen
yogurt (from dinner i didn't eat) or
a fruit, i opted for my one piece of
australian licorice again. dang, i just
have to have the "candy" fix!!
7.15am: 1 cup kashi apple cinnomon
oatmeal with one sliced banana.
decaf coffee made with 1/3 cup lowfat milk.
10.30am: ate a teeny tiny cup of diced
peaches in pear juice. (didn't drink the juice)
11.15am: i'm starving! haha! had 1/2 a
wheat english muffin with some butter.
1pm: 1/3c hummous with a 6 inch wheat
pita bread. one sliced medium sized tomato.
3 inches of cucumber. 5 kalamata olives.
some mesculen salad inside the pita.
1 navel orange
i'm gutted.
it's the first time i've felt too
full since monday. i ate twice
as much rice as the meal plan
suggested. oops?
to my credit, i did put 3/4 of a cup
of rice to see how much it looked
like. like one little bowl of rice from
the chinese restaurants. oh, hell no.
i eat at least two bowls! at least!
i'm a fan tong (rice pot), so forgetaboutit.
why does the plan allow for two cups
of cardboard wheat pasta and just 3/4
of a cup of rice. wrong.
2.20pm. 6 ounces of nonfat vanilla
yogurt with a Tbsp of raisins and granola.
(i made this snack up. didn't want to eat
more baby carrots. doh! haha!)
4.50pm (NOT part of meal plan) i'm starving! ha!
ate the other fist size purple yam.
6.30pm dinner. 1.5c of white rice mixed
with some brown rice. (plan said 3/4 brown
rice) all the tofu steak and broccoli i wanted.
didn't have the 1c miso soup.
um, yeah, i'm not good at following
this plan thingy. but still, i've had a lot
of yogurt and fruit, which is better than
muffins and cookies, etc.
last night, i (amazingly) skipped
the nonfat yogurt dessert for dinner
because i was too full.
but i did eat one piece of australian
licorice again near 11pm. ha! i should
have had a kiwi but i was fruited out.
9am: two wheat french toast dipped
in one egg and 1Tbsp of butter mix.
1 Tbsp syrup and 1/3 c sliced strawberries
with blueberries. 1 coffee with 1/3c lowfat milk.
11am: 10 choccie chips and 10 almonds.
11.45am: sandwich on dill rye bread. (supposed
to be wheat.) lettuce, half a tomato, cucumber,
1 slice of provolone cheese, and two slices of avocado.
1c chicken broth.
1 navel orange.
let's see.
2.40pm and it's been nearly
three hours since lunch. i decide
to have six ounces of nonfat
vanilla yogurt with a heaping Tbsp
of granola and two Tbsp of blueberries.
the meal plan asks for plain
low-fat yogurt and a kiwi.
4.20pm and i'm starving again!!
so i eat the other half of the ruby
red grapefruit from yesterday.
5pm and i'm even hungrier after
the grapefruit. ha! so i eat half an
asiago dinner roll. i love my carbs!
dinner at 6.45pm. 2 c of wheat pasta
with unlimited tomato sauce and up to
1c of lean ground meat of choice.
i bought some ground beef for the first
time in nearly 4 years. i never ever ever
cook meat. never. (not that i cook that
much.) it's always grossed me out. the
last time we bought ground meat was when
i was prego and m made meatballs for
me with my pasta. now that's love, cause
he's not a meat eater.
i guess i don't eat much of it myself.
i am most certainly NOT vegetarian, as
i love sausages and hot dogs (phallic meats)
and lots of other stuff. i could never prepare
the stuff. it's just dead flesh. blech.
the house still smells of the ground beef.
moo.
the whole grain penne was nastay.
it tasted like cardboard, the first wheat
thing i didn't like. but with the sauce
on it, it was edible. 2c of pasta is a LOT!
more than i ever eat. i ate about 2/3 of it.
the meal plan also called for a large salad.
i made one with avocado, cherry heirloom
tomatoes and cucumber. but didn't eat
much of it as the avocado was not good
and made the whole thing soggy.
tomorrow's lunch is half a cantaloupe
with 1 c low fat cottage cheese and
a Tbsp of raisins and Tbsp of granola.
who eats like that for lunch? maybe i'll
swap it for another day. 8)
lan asked a very good question
as to what my usual diet is.
let's go with today, tuesday. ha!
breakfast: bowl of honey bunches of
oats with some extra granola and lowfat milk
OR something bready like chinese bun
with coffee or half a big bagel with cream
cheese and coffee. i can eat a whole big
bagel but have tried to be good lately.
i don't usually eat anything until lunch time.
which before the holiday and meal plan
would be a sandwich from the local cafe.
either chicken salad sandwich on an italian
roll with lettuce and tomato or a brie and basil
and tomato sandwich on an italian roll.
iced coffee. sometimes a small bag of
fritos which i share with the bubs.
when the kids are napping is when i usually
have a bad snack. like a muffin or scone
or cookie. rarely all of it, but at least half of it.
and the rest of my coffee from lunch.
(i can nurse a coffee drink for hours--even days--
i stick them in the fridge. ha!)
dinner on tuesday is pasta night.
we aren't very original in my house.
freshly made penne pasta with fresh
tomato sauce from the farmer's market.
a plate of that. i also sautee small squash
with olive oil and garlic. some small carrots
too, not the baby kind but the skinny long
kind. (i'm not a fan of raw veggies, really.)
i'll usually also have a small olive dinner roll
with that.
since we eat dinner around 6pm and i stay
up until at least 11pm, i'm pretty hungry
by 9.30pm or so. this is when i'll usually
have a bit of ice cream (1/4 - 1/3 of those
little pint ones, they last me for a while) or
an australian licorice or three. very rarely
i'll have a piece of chocolate or two. even
more rarely i'll have an orange. i stopped
eating apples completely with the arrival
of luke--and most other fruit, too. =O
then, cause i like to end on something
salty, i'll usually eat a handful or two of
stacy's parmesan and garlic baked pita chips.
and there you have it.
seriously lacking in fruit and veggies
in my diet. i don't eat a lot of meat, either,
but do have tofu and meat when we eat
out. i'm not so much worried about my
protien intake as the fruit and veggies, and
curbing down on bad carbs but mostly
the sweet pastries. i love that stuff!
