Shocking Lunches Over 1,000 Calories
So many people sabotage their diet by simply playing the menu guessing game. The game goes a little something like this. “Eeny Meeny Miny Mo, I bet the calories in this meal are low.”
As dieters look over the menu, they make 3 mistakes. One, they choose healthy sounding meals like “salads” or “sandwiches” because it sounds “light”. Second, they think anything with chicken and fish that’s not fried must be healthy. Third, they’re under the impression a lunch portion is a lot lower in calories. Although smaller portions are great, and white meat is normally healthier than red meat, your waistline deserves more than just guesses.
Eating out can be dangerous for dieters – but not impossible. I always say “know what you eat, eat what you know“. I’m not sure how you feel, but I work way to hard in the gym to throw it all away on one bad guess. So, if I eat out, you bet your bottom dollar I’m going to look up the nutritional information before I order.
10 HIGH-CAL LUNCHES
Here’s an example of how easy it is to waste an entire’s day’s worth of calories on one bad lunch out.
- Ruby Tuesday’s Carolina Chicken Salad: 1,047
- Crispers’ Citrus Chicken Wrap: $1,270
- Chili’s Chicken Ranch Sandwhich (without fries): 1,150
- Cheesecake Factory’s Miso Salmon (lunch size): 1,184
- TGI Friday’s Pecan Crusted Chicken Salad: 1,100
- Denny’s Hickory Grilled Chicken Sandwich: 1,020
- Applebee’s Oriental Grilled Chicken Salad: 1,250
- Boston Market’s Turkey BLT Sandwich: 1,030
- P.F. Chang’s Almond & Cashew Chicken with Brown Rice Lunch Bowl: 1,070
- TGI Friday’s Caribbean Chicken Sandwich: 1,170
Tips to Dining Out:
Every single one of the above restaurants had low-calorie choices. It’s up to YOU to find out what those are and to make good choices.
1. Ask your waiter for nutritional information
2. Use an app, like FastFoodCal app for quick access to popular restuarants
3. Look it up online before you even leave work or home
4. Don’t even look at the menu and just request what you need to eat
5. If you can’t control yourself around a menu, then start packing your lunch
Make good decisions based on knowledge, not guesses – and get results this year!
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Posted on January 6, 2012, in Diet & Nutrition Tips, PFOODIE, Uncategorized and tagged diet, diet mistakes, dining on a diet, healthy menu, high calorie foods, nutritional information, weight loss. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
Such a great reminder for people. I find it hard when dining out with people just starting and they get a salad I know has a ton of calories and they say to the tone of “hey, look- I am getting a salad, aren’t you proud?”. I never know how to respond. While I am happy they are switching to more veggies they are still coated in dressing, bacon, and croutons. How would you respond?
TOOOOOTALLY!! We just need to educate them and encourage them to learn more
Of course, it also depends on how serious they are about dieting. If they are just dabbling in it, I drop hints to make them think later but if they are seriously working hard to lose weight, then I’d go as far to ask them how many calories they think is in it and then look it up to show them how off they are. They may hate me then, but they’ll thank me later! 
Holy Moly! Eat vegetables and fruits. If you want some meat then definitely fish.
Whole foods are definitely the way to go!