GOD BLESS MARYLAND! :-D

graysmom2005
graysmom2005 Posts: 1,882 Member
edited September 28 in Health and Weight Loss
I posted yesterday about Carrabbas and how there are hardly any nutritional facts online for their food. Well in Maryland (or at least in our county) if you are a chain restaurant you are required to post the nutritional info/calories. REQUIRED. So when we got to the restaurant the calories were under every single thing on the menu. SCORE! Now...I got the Chicken Marsala, but the calories on the menu were higher...370....than on MFP...said it was like 210 or something. So MFP is WAY, WAY off. It was great though...I got a salad with just balsamic vinegar on the side...had the small chicken....and boxed some pasta for my hubby to eat later as my side (all the veggies of the day were sauteed and covered in cheese. UGH!)

I find this so incredibly helpful. I know lots of people don't care and they order the 1400 calorie Pasta Weezie anyway...but I was grateful. Thanks Maryland!!:drinker:

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  • JennsLosing
    JennsLosing Posts: 1,026
    awesome, i wish it was like that everywhere. It would make it so much easier, and possibly more people would make more healthy choices.
  • pattiann603
    pattiann603 Posts: 26
    nyc requires restaurants to list the calorie count, too, and i love it. but when i travel other places, i'm so thrown off when it's not listed!
  • amfaery
    amfaery Posts: 267 Member
    it's funny I started ordering off the nutrition menu in WA state I was shocked at some of the calories in things such as Boca burgers in a resturant how do they make them over 500 calories it is ridiculous
  • Bethannny
    Bethannny Posts: 66
    We don't have that in my county yet :( Just at Mcdonald's! lol
  • yaddayaddayadda
    yaddayaddayadda Posts: 430 Member
    It isn't Maryland... its Montgomery County. I work in MC but live elsewhere, and the restaurants where I live are not required to provide calories. When I went to Bonefish in Gaithersburg, I was shocked to see how many calories are in some of my favorite dishes. Now all I can eat at Bonefish is the small order of Salmon with no sauce...

    Ignorance is bliss!!
  • graysmom2005
    graysmom2005 Posts: 1,882 Member
    It isn't Maryland... its Montgomery County. I work in MC but live elsewhere, and the restaurants where I live are not required to provide calories. When I went to Bonefish in Gaithersburg, I was shocked to see how many calories are in some of my favorite dishes. Now all I can eat at Bonefish is the small order of Salmon with no sauce...

    Ignorance is bliss!!
    Yay! I local!! :-) It's just MOCO, eh? interesting. I'm in Germantown. Bonefish is dangerous, yes. Well...most are. Red Robin will send you in a tailspin!
  • Papillon22
    Papillon22 Posts: 1,160 Member
    that's great! I used to live in MD (Howard co., near Columbia) and I miss it...
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    It isn't Maryland... its Montgomery County. I work in MC but live elsewhere, and the restaurants where I live are not required to provide calories. When I went to Bonefish in Gaithersburg, I was shocked to see how many calories are in some of my favorite dishes. Now all I can eat at Bonefish is the small order of Salmon with no sauce...

    Ignorance is bliss!!
    Yay! I local!! :-) It's just MOCO, eh? interesting. I'm in Germantown. Bonefish is dangerous, yes. Well...most are. Red Robin will send you in a tailspin!

    When I fresh into this lifestyle a friend took me to Season 52. Everything on the menu is under 470 calories. I was so happy. Ordered the cedar plank salmon with came with grilled veggies. OMG it was so delish! Came here to log and it was TWO DAYS worth of sodium:noway:

    I bloated like a dead fish for 3 days. Next time I went I said "HOLD the salt please!" the waiter asked if the cook could use other seasonings, I said absolutely!

    It tasted different, but still delish in another way.

    There are choices, we just need to learn to speak up (took me a while:blushing: )
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