Nutrition Facts I found interesting

So I know a lot of blogs are very informative and I like reading these blogs and gathering information.  Well, my blog is not like that, as I usually don't have too much useful stuff to pass on! HA!  However, thanks to my MSN home page, I found something very interesting and hopefully useful to my "many-many" followers of my little blog.

As women, we are always watching our weight, (or at least always thinking about it).  Like anyone else, I love to eat out when I can.  It can really be hard to find something not totally calorie filled unless you order a salad (and cry as you watch your skinny boyfriend scarf down anything he wants).

The following information was like I said on MSN home page and I thought I would share as I found pretty darn interesting!  These are comparisons from a few yummy restaurants....enjoy!  (Or not)

 Wendy's BLT Cobb Salad w/crutons and Avacado Ranch Dressing
740 calories
50 grams fat
2,140 mg of sodium

Calorie equivalent to: 2 Wendy's Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers (700 calories)

Instead eat: Wendy's Apple Pecan Chicken Salad w/ pecans and Pomegranate Vinaigrette Dressing

580 calories

27 grams fat

1,590 mg sodium

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Quizno's Chicken Caeser Flatbread Salad (with bread)

920 calories

66.5 grams fat

2,090 mg sodium

Calorie Equivalent to:  3 White Castle Bacon Cheeseburgers w/3pc Chicken Rings  (800 calories)

Insead eat: Quizno's Raspberry Chipotle Chicken Salad (small)

350 Calories

13 grams fat

795 mg sodium

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Applebee's Oriental Chicken Salad

1310 calories

93 grams fat

1470 mg of sodium   (sorry Jodi, I know you love this!)

Calorie Equivalent to:  Almost as much as a McDonalds Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese, Medium Fries, Medium Coke.

Instead eat: Applebee's Paradise Chicken Salad

340 Calories

4.5 grams fat

2060 mg sodium

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California Pizza Kitchen Waldorf Chicken Salad w/Blue Cheese Dressing

1570 calories

30 grams fat

2082 mg sodium

Calori Equivalent to: Wendy's 1/2 pound Double w/cheese, Medium Fries, Medium Chocolate Frosty (1570 calories)


Instead eat:  California Pizza Kitchen Half Moroccan Chicken Salad

 412 calories

4 grams fat

309 mg sodium

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Last but not least

T.G.I. Friday's Santa Fe Chopped Salad

1800 calories!

Calorie Equivalent to: Burger King Double Whopper, Medium Fries, Small Chocolate Shake (1800 calories)

Instead eat: T.G.I. Friday's Cobb Salad

590 calories

So, there you have it!  This information was compiled from an article on MSN by Men's Health Magazine.  The pictures I got off google images.

It really makes you think twice about what you eat in restaurants!  I would have thought a salad would be much more diet friendly and better for you than the standard burgers, but I was obviously wrong.  No wonder there are so many overweight people in our Country.  (Including me....!)

Now if you will excuse me, I am going to lunch!  I'm hungry!