Argh. Mexican food will be the death of my diet.

pornstarzombie
pornstarzombie Posts: 297
edited November 9 in Food and Nutrition
Being a little dramatic, I know I can splurge every so often and eat what I want.

But I have a major liking for california burritos, and once I start eating them again I find myself eating them once a week. If I go without a few weeks, I can go for months on end without touching mexican food, but as soon as I get a taste of it I'm gone. I love mexican food - so much. And I'm in San Diego, so we have a taco shop almost on every corner, sometimes two or three!

I'm not sure how to count my california burritos [carne asada, fries, guaco, sour cream]. I've been counting them as "Santana's California Burrito", at 1.25 servings...makes it about 1,200 calories. But even then it seems like that isn't enough for them. Obviously it flucuates depending on what taco shop you're going to and how big their burritos are, but it's frustrating sometimes trying to figure out caloric intake. I could be a bit obsessive and disect a burrito and figure it out based on weight, I suppose.

Anyone else have an addiction to mexican food? How do you count it if it's from a taco shop that doesn't have nutritional facts? Face it, they'd probably laugh in my face if I asked for it LOL

I suppose I just don't care today, I just hiked 2 miles and gained over 1000f on the way. I deserve that damn burrito.

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  • salene17
    salene17 Posts: 16 Member
    I could have written your post... hahahahha..... I try to eat half to 3/4 of it and have been recording it as 750-900 calories. I had one last Wednesday and the Friday about 10 days before that. I am totally thinking I should just make them myself and weigh everything I put in them. I have become obsessive about weighing everything, and it drives me a little nutty not knowing EXACTLY how many calories I am eating. I have lost 8 pounds in just under a month... and that included two California burritos and two Chinese takeout meals... the rest was all measured and accounted for to the ounce!
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