Death on a Plate

TamTastic
TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
edited September 19 in Food and Nutrition
I had posted a thread about this before but thought it might be interesting after reading some of the "surprise food discoveries" being made.

What is a FORMER favorite meal of yours? BUT, now that you are living a healthier lifestyle and checked out the nutritional info....consider death on a plate??

Mine would be La Salsa Chicken Nachos with Black Beans (thought I was healthy! with black beans!!)
The info is:
1600 cals
83 g fat (35 saturated)
170 mg cholesterol
2510 mg of sodium

I mean...............DANG!!

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  • TamTastic
    TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
    I had posted a thread about this before but thought it might be interesting after reading some of the "surprise food discoveries" being made.

    What is a FORMER favorite meal of yours? BUT, now that you are living a healthier lifestyle and checked out the nutritional info....consider death on a plate??

    Mine would be La Salsa Chicken Nachos with Black Beans (thought I was healthy! with black beans!!)
    The info is:
    1600 cals
    83 g fat (35 saturated)
    170 mg cholesterol
    2510 mg of sodium

    I mean...............DANG!!
  • SherryRH
    SherryRH Posts: 810 Member
    It is not so much a meal but a favorite snack: Doritos and Coke
  • OomarianneoO
    OomarianneoO Posts: 689 Member
    Olive Garden's Chicken Fettucini Alfredo

    Calories 990
    Total Fat 50g
    Cholesterol 478mg
    Sodium 768mg
    Total Carbohydrate 70.5g
    Dietary Fiber 2g
    Protein 50g

    Have to add that I had always asked for extra alfredo sauce too. I don't even want to think about how much extra stuff was in that. :embarassed:
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    Olive Garden's Ravioli di Portobello --- and I too always asked for extra sauce!
    ravioli_portobello_5421.jpg

    Calories 880
    Calories from Fat 207

    % Daily Value *
    Total Fat 23g 35%
    Saturated Fat 0g 0%
    Sodium 1440mg 60%
    Total Carbohydrate 0g 0%
    Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
    Protein 0%








    Omgosh, I haven't had that in so long..... *drools a little*
  • kenkraft
    kenkraft Posts: 38 Member
    Tam Tastic, great question! I've always tried to eat healthy, and recently a friend of mine and I played a round of golf. After the round we went to a Ruby Tuesdays for a beer and some dinner. I discovered they have a Bison Burger on the menu and was estatic!! Bison! Should be lean and healthy. I always liked the Buffalo burger or the Ostrich burger from Fuddruckers and they're healthy, so I ordered a Bison burger and sipped (ok gulped) my beer. 7 minutes later, out comes my Bison burger. It was delicious!!! I couldn't believe it! There is a God and he sent me this Bison burger!!! Soooo, days later in do enough digging to find out it has something like 87 grams of fat!!! Damn! I even called my wife right after dinner (she was out of town) I was so excited. It's hard to find real healthy restaurant food that's different and tastes great, I thought I'd hit the lottery.

    No more Ruby's Bison burger for me (damn).

    Ken
  • kerrilucko
    kerrilucko Posts: 3,852 Member
    reading about someone's chicken wings did it for me. what did she say? 1600cals per 7 wings. YIKES I order 12 when I get them.... and pick at the ones on my fiance's plate too. No more chicken wings for me!
  • tashjs21
    tashjs21 Posts: 4,584 Member
    I had posted a thread about this before but thought it might be interesting after reading some of the "surprise food discoveries" being made.

    What is a FORMER favorite meal of yours? BUT, now that you are living a healthier lifestyle and checked out the nutritional info....consider death on a plate??

    Mine would be La Salsa Chicken Nachos with Black Beans (thought I was healthy! with black beans!!)
    The info is:
    1600 cals
    83 g fat (35 saturated)
    170 mg cholesterol
    2510 mg of sodium

    I mean...............DANG!!


    :noway: :noway: :noway:
    Oh my gawsh! I wouldv'e thought the chicken and black beans made it healthy. Sheesh!
  • TamTastic
    TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
    I had posted a thread about this before but thought it might be interesting after reading some of the "surprise food discoveries" being made.

    What is a FORMER favorite meal of yours? BUT, now that you are living a healthier lifestyle and checked out the nutritional info....consider death on a plate??

    Mine would be La Salsa Chicken Nachos with Black Beans (thought I was healthy! with black beans!!)
    The info is:
    1600 cals
    83 g fat (35 saturated)
    170 mg cholesterol
    2510 mg of sodium

    I mean...............DANG!!


    :noway: :noway: :noway:
    Oh my gawsh! I wouldv'e thought the chicken and black beans made it healthy. Sheesh!
    That's what I thought! lol! The sodium content is what the recommended level is for an entire day!
  • ladyhawk
    ladyhawk Posts: 101
    Mine was more of an addiction

    Coldstone Creamery Founder's Favorite Ice cream
    Fat 78.5
    Cals 1,550
  • Kkmama
    Kkmama Posts: 544 Member
    ohmygosh! There are hidden calorie lurking everywhere. One of my favorites is the chicken Sonoma salad at Kelsey's... it is a salad but I am nervous to check out the calorie count.

    Talk about a wake up call!
  • willyv
    willyv Posts: 7 Member
    I used to go to Chilis and get the Awsom Onion Blossom as a starter. I found it has the following:

    2710 calories
    203 g fat
    194 Carbs
    6,360 mg sodium

    Yikes! :noway: For the fat that's like equal to 67 slices of bacon.

    I got the figures from "Men's Health" Best and Worst Foods Online
  • emibmas
    emibmas Posts: 1,058 Member
    I would get a double quarter pounder with cheese, large fries, and 6 piece nugget. I did that a lot. Seriously, I cannot even smell McD's anymore without feeling sick. :frown:

    chicken : Calories 275 fat 17.3
    burger and fries and soda : Calories 1550 67 gfat

    That was ONE meal!!!!
    umm...hello heart attack.

    I am ashamed to admit that, but it makes me even more confident that I will never do that again!
  • TamTastic
    TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
    I would get a double quarter pounder with cheese, large fries, and 6 piece nugget. I did that a lot. Seriously, I cannot even smell McD's anymore without feeling sick. :frown:

    chicken : Calories 275 fat 17.3
    burger and fries and soda : Calories 1550 67 gfat

    That was ONE meal!!!!
    umm...hello heart attack.

    I am ashamed to admit that, but it makes me even more confident that I will never do that again!
    I hear ya! I can't even drive by La Salsa without feeling sick to my stomach. :sick:
  • PrincessLaundry
    PrincessLaundry Posts: 2,758 Member
    I think I'm having flashbacks of that brownie from TGIF's again...LOL

    Ya, but I still ate it...

    And it was spectacular!!!
  • Juliebean
    Juliebean Posts: 317
    Dinner at PF Changs... Mmmm...

    Crab Wontons and Kung Pao Chicken with brown rice. And I thought I wasn't being that bad because the chicken wasn't breaded and I was having brown rice...! :noway:

    Crab Wontons:
    550 calories
    26 grams fat
    9 grams sat. fat

    Kung Pao Chicken:
    1128 calories
    79 grams fat
    12 grams sat. fat
  • pmkelly409
    pmkelly409 Posts: 1,646 Member
    My Death on a Plate =

    Outback Cheesefries!! ACK!! I cannot even type the calories contained in this mouth watering feast of carbs and fat!

    Suffice it to say they will NEVER cross my lips again!!!
  • connieq288
    connieq288 Posts: 1,102 Member
    I used to get the 2 breast meal from bojangles.
    That was 2 breasts a biscuit, and some mashed potatoes and gravy

    879 calories
    57 carbs
    30 grams of fat
    1608 sodium

    The biscuit alone had 663 mg of sodium.

    No more for me and I love their cajun breast.:sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    I dont know the stats but I used to love Thai food. :love:

    I chose the Pad Siew because it has chicken, broccoli and rice noodles. Yum..can taste as we speak.

    A friend of my owns a restaraunt and is friends with the Thai owner. I was bragging about my 'healthy' lunch. He laughed out loud.

    he said he watched as the cook poored oil (and you can bet it wasnt OVOO) from a bottle- at least 5 oz, then the chicken and broccoli, then they put 4-5 oz of soy sauce and noodles.

    Ok so fat would have to be like WOW and sodium...I dont even want to think about it.

    At least I know why I bloat up like a puffer fish when I go there. (uh, used to go there :sad: :sad: )
  • Wynnie
    Wynnie Posts: 225 Member
    You do such interesting posts Tam! Mine is Maries Calendar Chicken Pot Pies. I always thought of them as "wholesome". When I got calorie aware, I saw that ONE pie has over 1000 calories and 2 days worth of sodium. My regrets - and apologies - to Marie Calandar's though - they taste awesome! (sigh)
  • PrincessLaundry
    PrincessLaundry Posts: 2,758 Member
    I found it Tam....

    I think this baby had about 3500 calories...DH brought this home to surprise me! I hadn't eaten a treat in weeks so I ate it just thinking we would have to figure out how to burn 1000 calories between the two of us. Boy was I surprised. We shared it (thank goodness)... And then we ran and burned until we hit 600 calories. It was a long night. LOL

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  • ellelit
    ellelit Posts: 806 Member
    jesus. that dessert looks yummy, but at the same time gross.

    mine is i used to order 2 ultimate burger meals (supersized), 2 gravies and 3 buster bars. i would regularly eat this, maybe 2-3 times a week. i have cut down alot, and haven't ordered 2 meals for over a year. not sure of the calorie count, but 1 buster bar alone is 500, so it has to be in the 3-4000 range.
  • TheHottestMama
    TheHottestMama Posts: 141
    olive garden breadsticks

    140 calories or 160cals
    but i dipped them in alfedo sause!!!!!
    oh my lord!!
    :frown:
  • luvchi3
    luvchi3 Posts: 167
    Mine was more of an addiction

    Coldstone Creamery Founder's Favorite Ice cream
    Fat 78.5
    Cals 1,550

    I second that one!!! damn them being next door :cry:
  • kerrilucko
    kerrilucko Posts: 3,852 Member
    I found it Tam....

    I think this baby had about 3500 calories...DH brought this home to surprise me! I hadn't eaten a treat in weeks so I ate it just thinking we would have to figure out how to burn 1000 calories between the two of us. Boy was I surprised. We shared it (thank goodness)... And then we ran and burned until we hit 600 calories. It was a long night. LOL

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    omg, you have no idea how bably I want to eat that. looks sooooooooo good. if anyone figures out how to make a healthy version of THAT, you need to let me know! :love:
  • BrandNewLaura
    BrandNewLaura Posts: 1,650 Member
    I would get a double quarter pounder with cheese, large fries, and 6 piece nugget. I did that a lot. Seriously, I cannot even smell McD's anymore without feeling sick. :frown:

    chicken : Calories 275 fat 17.3
    burger and fries and soda : Calories 1550 67 gfat

    That was ONE meal!!!!
    umm...hello heart attack.

    I am ashamed to admit that, but it makes me even more confident that I will never do that again!

    Ohmigosh I used to go crazy at McDonald's too...I would always order the combo meal with the burger, fries, and soda, plus at least one item from the dollar menu...

    I'm not at the point yet where I get sick when I smell McDonald's...I still crave it every once in awhile...but now when I eat it I make sure it's worth my calories...I've become the B***h who comes in and specifically requests hot fries...the lukewarm ones that have been sitting there under a heat lamp since last night will not do...if I'm using all those calories, I want those fries hot, crispy, and delicious!
  • PrincessLaundry
    PrincessLaundry Posts: 2,758 Member
    I have no interest in this item but I'll give it a try...

    How about:

    1/2 scoop of fat free sugar free low calorie vanilla yogurt
    2/3 serving of a brownie made with applesauce and egg whites
    1/2 tablespoon of crumbled almonds
    1/2 tablespoon of heated Hershey's chocolate syrup
    1/2 teaspoon of heated caramel ice cream topping on top


    I found it Tam....

    I think this baby had about 3500 calories...DH brought this home to surprise me! I hadn't eaten a treat in weeks so I ate it just thinking we would have to figure out how to burn 1000 calories between the two of us. Boy was I surprised. We shared it (thank goodness)... And then we ran and burned until we hit 600 calories. It was a long night. LOL

    61193469_a3b6854dbf.jpg

    omg, you have no idea how bably I want to eat that. looks sooooooooo good. if anyone figures out how to make a healthy version of THAT, you need to let me know! :love:
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