Restaurant Shame List
alyssamiller77
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Is there one here on MFP or anywhere else? I think we need one. I'm thinking a list of chain restaurants that should be publicly shamed (and their CEO's potentially Flogged) for their uncanny ability to take seemingly healthy foods and make them calorie laden, fat gorged dining enigmas from hell. If anyone else is interested, here's a few that I'd nominate for that list early on:
Chili's - By far the most hideous minefield of a menu. Almost all their meals are well over 1000 calories and many exceed 2000.
California Pizza Kitchen - I think there's like two meals below 1000 calories
Qdoba - I love Qdoba but seriously how do you turn a chicken burrito into an 1100 calorie entre
Thoughts? Do you disagree? Is this the lamest topic ever?
Chili's - By far the most hideous minefield of a menu. Almost all their meals are well over 1000 calories and many exceed 2000.
California Pizza Kitchen - I think there's like two meals below 1000 calories
Qdoba - I love Qdoba but seriously how do you turn a chicken burrito into an 1100 calorie entre
Thoughts? Do you disagree? Is this the lamest topic ever?
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I'm with you on that... It's just bad cooking. They think they can get away with adding waaaaay too much salt & fat to our foods to get us to think it's well made. =P0
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I agree... Another really bad one is TGI Fridays!0
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I like the idea! Chili's really does mess you up if you are not super careful to pull the info BEFORE you go there!! :laugh: And I'm a vegetarian, so even the "somewhat healthy" sounding options are high in calories!!!0
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Cheesecake Factory is the WORST! Portion sizes are out of control!0
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Hide I don`t think I have even hurd of any of the restraunts you have listed. I know I was shocked at how many cals I ate in just a chicken sandwich and frys at Friendlys a while on vacation0
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No one forces anyone to buy or eat any of the entrees, so who really cares if a menu is chock full of high cal choices0
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Max & Erma's & Smokey Bones are my nominations0
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Just eat half...that's usually a reasonable amount of calories for a meal. They serve such large portions at most restaurants it's insane...0
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Qdoba - I love Qdoba but seriously how do you turn a chicken burrito into an 1100 calorie entre
I just ate there the other day and was SHOCKED when I added it all up (1105) - and I skipped cheese!!
To be fair, the food on my burrito was healthy, just calorie dense.0 -
As long as a restaurant makes some effort to post/list the calories and macros in their foods, they're A-OK in my book.
Chilis has a Margarita chicken dish that is VERY macro friendly, and tastes baller.0 -
you should take a look at dominos pasta bread bowls..... pasta in a bowl of bread CARB OVERLOAD0
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I can see the logic in your idea and to an extent sympathise. But, vote with your wallet. If you don't like the food at a place don't go there. We could have a shame list on here, but would it make a difference to someone who enjoyed their food and was able to fit a meal there into their daily cals?0
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Cheesecake Factory is the WORST! Portion sizes are out of control!
Do they charge extra if you don't eat it all?0 -
Applebee's
Texas Roadhouse
Friendly's
I mostly eat at non-chain restaurants and I never know the calorie counts at those!0 -
When eating out, as long as i can get a mixed greens or spinach salad with grilled chix breast(2) and dressing on the side (i don't eat it) the menu can have toxic sludge and I'd be ok with it. However, on cheat days... I'll eat anything! :bigsmile:0
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Eh, I dunno how effective "shaming" would be, since the reason they make those things the way they do is because people eat them. Just either don't eat there, or if you do, be aware of how many calories there are in things, and adjust your portion size/calorie intake/other eating for the day accordingly. Honestly, you could probably make most of the same things at home healthier and cheaper...0
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I hate it, it makes it so hard to eat out. Especially when even the "lighter" choices are 750 cals and the portions are small.0
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CPK has the best salads... I go for the 1/2 Miso Salad with Shrimp... under 500 calories!!!
Cheesecake Factory has a fabulous menu called "Skinnylicious"... really good stuff and still big portions
I agree TGIF should just burn down. Even if I wanted fatty foods, I wouldn't pick that craptastic chain
Applebees is GROSS with a capital G
Fried Chicken Places: KFC, Popeye's and Cane's
Here's one that needs to go away: Long John Silvers..... WTF is this?0 -
I agree... Another really bad one is TGI Fridays!
Top on my list!0 -
Friendly's is the worst.
I work there.
Everything is fried and frozen!!!!0 -
Don't get me wrong guys, I agree, no one forces me to eat at any of those places. My point was more how some of these places take something that on the surface you'd think was a fairly healthy dinner and turn it into something that is out of control and really screws up your day. For example a grilled chicken breast that somehow is 560 calories (by itself before you add the side dishes) and has 22 grams of fat (12 saturated). I mean seriously, you have to try to make a chicken breast that screwed up.
So I'm not saying a shame list in terms of boycotting or whatever (I pretty much avoid those restaurants except when I know I'm prepared calorie wise or want to splurge) but rather just point out how careful you need to be when you do decide to eat at them. Like someone else mentioned, download the nutritional information before you go in and know what you're going to get.0 -
CPK has the best salads... I go for the 1/2 Miso Salad with Shrimp... under 500 calories!!!
Cheesecake Factory has a fabulous menu called "Skinnylicious"... really good stuff and still big portions
I agree TGIF should just burn down. Even if I wanted fatty foods, I wouldn't pick that craptastic chain
Applebees is GROSS with a capital G
Fried Chicken Places: KFC, Popeye's and Cane's
Here's one that needs to go away: Long John Silvers..... WTF is this?
See I like Applebees because they at least make a token effort. Their under 550 menu has a few options and is actually pretty good. The Sirloin and Garlic Shrimp is actually pretty good IMO (other than the Sodium which of course is something all restaurants seem to have issues with).0 -
The amount of sodium in the average subway sandwich...0
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Cheesecake Factory. They have a new "skinny" menu but their regular menu is horrible... and so good...0
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After watching the movie Waiting, I can't go to any place that closely resembles the restaurant "Shenanigans" so TGI Fridays, Chili's, Applebee's are all out.0
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Don't get me wrong guys, I agree, no one forces me to eat at any of those places. My point was more how some of these places take something that on the surface you'd think was a fairly healthy dinner and turn it into something that is out of control and really screws up your day. For example a grilled chicken breast that somehow is 560 calories (by itself before you add the side dishes) and has 22 grams of fat (12 saturated). I mean seriously, you have to try to make a chicken breast that screwed up.
So I'm not saying a shame list in terms of boycotting or whatever (I pretty much avoid those restaurants except when I know I'm prepared calorie wise or want to splurge) but rather just point out how careful you need to be when you do decide to eat at them. Like someone else mentioned, download the nutritional information before you go in and know what you're going to get.
^^ True! It's crazy how before i was aware of nutrition and how to monitor what goes into my body i was totally unaware of what was really "healthy" at some of these places.0 -
Arby's chicken salad sandwich they claim is healthy since it has fruits and nuts in it.... its basically the highest calories on the menu. i have seen several of my friends on facebook say "just ate a delish and healthy chicken sald sandwich from arbys" ummm. no, you didn't.
i do love their JR ham and cheese which is a good bit below 500 calories.... may not be the healthiest thing in the world.... but when you're out and about, you gotta handle your hunger.
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the cheesecake factory. One of my absolute favorite places to eat but it is just astonishing to me now to know how horrible everything is for you.
also olive garden. bless them but its just bad. deliciously bad.0 -
You can go to Qdoba and get a naked chicken burrito and keep cheese off it, and it will run you about 400 calories, watch what you eat and don't overindulge.0
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Cheesecake Factory is the WORST! Portion sizes are out of control!
Do they charge extra if you don't eat it all?
/gigglesnort0
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