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April 11th, 2008, 04:13 PM
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Rep Power: 42 | | | Two articles that I saw today First one is 6 Healthy foods that aren't: 6 Health Foods That Aren't on Yahoo! Health
Second is the 20 worst foods in America: The 20 Worst Foods in America on Yahoo! Health
Not too many surprises in what they had to say, but the numbers are a bit surprising. The 2900 calorie appetizer with 182 g of fat. Now I knew it was bad, but not that bad. | 
April 11th, 2008, 04:26 PM
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Rep Power: 27 | | | You know, I knew about a lot of these but it is still horrifying to see it in print...unbelieveable that I used to eat this stuff all the time.
Thanks for the reminder. | 
April 11th, 2008, 05:21 PM
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Rep Power: 14 | | wow. that second link is disgusting! its amazing how much fat and calories are in some foods. | 
April 11th, 2008, 06:08 PM
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Rep Power: 217 | | the book that they reference is kind of interesting - i perused it last time i was in the book store - Eat this not that... I'm not sure hte book is worth the money...
The chipotle one kills me - now I like Chipotle - but their marketing is absolutely brilliant... They're all about fresh... and hormone free... if you go to the chipotlefan.com you can build yourself a healthy burrito (minus the burrito) but you expect a company that market's itself as fresh -to be "healthy" and healthy I'd make the stretch - reasonable calories -but that's really not so... I wouldn't expect cheese and ranch dressing covered french fries to be remotely healthy -but other things..
You just have to pay attention.. | 
April 12th, 2008, 08:21 PM
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Rep Power: 24 | | | holy crap. My wife and I used to down that appetizer from Outback between the 2 of us.
I feel faint. | 
April 13th, 2008, 07:55 AM
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Rep Power: 6 | | | I havent eaten most of those in a while but I still feel my heart stoping. This might explain a littel of the problem I have now. | 
April 13th, 2008, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Bigguy holy crap. My wife and I used to down that appetizer from Outback between the 2 of us.
I feel faint. | So did my husband and I. After that we would have a normal dinner.
No wonder I was gigantic.
Seriously, who would have guess those things were 2900 cals? If you had me guess I would have never guess that high.
The next time my husband got them I could barely eat three fries. Blech. | 
April 13th, 2008, 02:56 PM
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Rep Power: 6 | |  I did not see the Chipotle one I used to eat that very burrito and then at night eat a burrito bowl with that burrito. I can not belive I did not fall over with a heart attack. | 
April 13th, 2008, 04:06 PM
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Rep Power: 25 | | Sure makes me think that restaurants should be forced to declare the amount of calories and fat beside every menu item...
cheers
ABBA | 
April 13th, 2008, 07:52 PM
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Rep Power: 9 | | WOW. I used to eat Chipolte all the time as a "healthy alternative"... | 
April 14th, 2008, 10:53 AM
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Rep Power: 7 | | Thank you for this post! It's crazy what I used to put into my body and how I was totaly not thinking about it! If you dig a little deeper on that site you can find a list of fast foods, and sit down, sugestions and also big no no's.. I made a quick list in my tiny weightloss log book, for refrence if the time comes.
Thanks again, this was very scary, and helpful! | 
April 14th, 2008, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by ali.smedley So did my husband and I. After that we would have a normal dinner.
No wonder I was gigantic.
Seriously, who would have guess those things were 2900 cals? If you had me guess I would have never guess that high.
The next time my husband got them I could barely eat three fries. Blech. | Define 'normal' dinner. There was never any doubt why I was gigantic.
This is just disturbing because nowhere are calories listed on the menu. Whoever said that all restaurants should have to list caloric content wasso spot on. At least have it available either on request or on the table with the dessert menu. It is not right for people to have to guess or just flat out not know. I may still have ordered the darn thing- it is tasty- but at least i could not be surprised by the amount of calories.
I have not had one of those in so long. Memories......... | 
April 14th, 2008, 11:08 AM
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Rep Power: 27 | | | Yeah I know, there was nothing 'normal' about those dinners...decent into caloric hell was more like it.
Ever since I started this thing I have been wishing that restaurants would post the nutritional information just so I can make an educated decision about what I eat. Oh well, here's hoping. | 
April 14th, 2008, 11:14 AM
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Rep Power: 11 | | | I bought the book, "Eat this not that" Its really helpful!!! | 
April 14th, 2008, 12:21 PM
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Rep Power: 13 | | I can't honestly recall eating much from either of these two sites--ever. I think more so because we've always been too poor to afford much in the was of fast food. Any chicken salads I have had have almost always been from home.
Bran muffins have pretty much been one of the only things on that list I've had. But I think my problem is more the amount of food I eat over what I'm eating.
But thanks for the links, they'll be helpful for future dates |  | | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | | Display Modes | Rate This Thread | Linear Mode | |
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