Eating Out - BEWARE OF BREAKFAST!
restaurants, breakfast, calories, fat
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I'm getting ready to take a much-needed and very rare vacation, so of course because we're likely to eat a lot of our meals on the road I wanted to do my homework in advance. Here is the shocking news I uncovered about some popular breakfast fare. Hope it helps you be a bit more savvy about ordering. I was STUNNED by the veggie omelette!
Attack of the 1,210-Calorie Veggie Omelette!
At IHOP, you might think ordering the spinach and mushroom omelette is a good idea -- but this egg disaster has a shocking 1,210 calories (eeeks!).
79-Grams-of-Fat French Toast!
Even if you're DYING for French toast, avoid Denny's Fabulous French Toast Platter at all costs. This freaky breakfast plate will cost you 1,261 calories and 79g fat! If you crave the sausage links and bacon slices this platter comes with, go for Morningstar Farms' Sausage Links (2 links = 80 calories and 3g fat) and Jennie-O's Extra Lean Turkey Bacon (2 slices = 40 calories and 1g fat). Then finish it off with sugar-free pancake syrup!
Morning Muffin Mayhem!
McDonald's regular Egg McMuffin has 300 calories and 12g fat. For a tiny little muffin? And if you slip up and order the one with sausage, you'll be gobbling up 450 calories and 27g fat. YIKES!
600-Calorie B-Fast Sandwich Alert! This one really shocked me.
Subway may be known for its low-fat sub menu, but think twice before grabbing the sandwich chain's 6-inch Chipotle Steak and Cheese Breakfast Omelet Sandwich. That meaty monstrosity has 600 calories and 32 grams of fat!
Slam Don't! (Denny's 1,040-Calorie Dud!)
So you're starving ... and you order up Denny's Lumberjack Slam with hash browns. (The thing already includes pancakes, ham, bacon, sausage, AND eggs!) How can I say this politely -- BAD IDEA!!! This massive morning mistake is loaded with 1,040 calories and 53g fat!
This isn't to say I won't be eating out for breakfast, but I'm really going to choose wisely - or try anyway. A vacation from work and the daily drudgery doesn't have to mean a vacation from eating healthy and working out. I'm looking forward to working out in new and fun ways (beach running!) and to trying new foods without feeling TOO guilty ; )
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on 7/3/2008
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