OK – so it was a good/bad day challenge-wise.
The good stuff: For Valentine’s Day I bought Roger a gift pack from Omaha Steak Company (BTW girls – he LOVED that gift.) Since we were the only ones home (and didn’t have multiple teenagers that needed their gullets filled) we did steaks on the BBQ, salads and twice baked potatoes. Beyond yummy.
For lunch today, it was our weekly business meeting and therefore one of eating out exceptions. We both decided to go healthy and order the grilled mesquite salad at Chili’s.
Um. Big mistake. Big huge mistake.
Roger went to the Chili’s website and got the nutritional info:
Calories 960
Fat 62g
Are you kidding me?!? Tomorrow I am going to eat something healthier – like a slab of cheesecake from the Factory.
No I won’t. But hey, I am feeling a whole lot better about the whole eating at home thing.
Have you ever been surprised but the labels on your food – either eating at home or out?
It is a pity, that now I can not express – there is no free time. But I will return – I will necessarily write that I think.
It was registered at a forum to tell to you thanks for the help in this question, can, I too can help you something?
You are not right. I can prove it.
You topic read?
It to you a science.
I will try to be brief. It is not so important HOW MUCH you eat, but WHAT you eat that matters. Read Ingredients, not “nutrition FaCtS”. The FaCtS don’t tell you much. Ask yourself, is this “Food?” And then, once it has been established that you are eating Real Food, how was it grown (organic, conventional, or genetically modified-the worst option), processed, preserved, nuked, stripped and packaged? Quality, freshness, source, preparation all determine whether or not it is building or destroying our health. Yada Yada Yada. I’ll try not to pop up too often with these gems of traditional wisdom. Knowing stuff like this makes it easier to “just say no” to certain delicacies!
I too just went to Chili’s and was aghast at the amount of calories on even their “guiltless” menu. Nothing under 450 calories!!! Unfortunately I finally settled for something that wasn’t one of their “guiltless” options…and don’t think I dare to even look at the website to see how much damage I did.
I get surprised by the serving sizes. In pre-portioned things. Of course I can’t think of something right now, but it would be something LAME, like a cup of yogurt, that would be computed at 2 (or worse) 1.5 servings. It really sets our kids up for failure too.
I have some good eating out tips I’ve learned from some friends. lmk, if you want em. 🙂