Surprising calorie counts

[Healthy_life 1,437]

Cheesecake factory menu

I found a salad that had more calories than cheesecake. 1 serving Sheila's chicken avocado salad. 1850 calories, 145g carbs, 85g fat and 75g Protein

https://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/cheesecake-factory-sheilas-chicken-and-avocado-salad-290690798

Edited January 7, 2019 by Healthy_life

[GermanShepherdMama 146]

Omg. That's obscene! That must be bigger than it looks holy crap

[LadySin 404]

I blame it on those cashews and the avocado. It probably has a whole chicken of meat as well 😂

[GreenTealael 25,545]

Just eat the cheesecake at that point... Sheesh

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16 hours ago, LadySin said:

I blame it on those cashews and the avocado. It probably has a whole chicken of meat as well 😂

Yep! I was just about to say that! Looks like there's carrot in there too...and whatever things are on top, probably tortilla strips. I'd be dumping those off LOL

[Healthy_life 1,437]

Who goes to the cheesecake factory to eat healthy???? **laughing at myself** They actually had a wonderful health minded menu. I had the skinnylicious grilled salmon.

[Frustr8 7,886]

Out of dietary chaos you have found your clarity, Way to Go Babe!😝👍

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12 minutes ago, Frustr8 said:

Out of dietary chaos you have found your clarity, Way to Go Babe!😝👍

"Dietary Chaos"

Edited January 8, 2019 by Kimmie K

[RickM 1,753]

While that is an extreme example, it is not unusual for restaurant entree salads to be calorie heavy, usually over 1000; As with a basic potato which is fundamentally a healthy food and low/moderate calories, commercially the seem to feel the neeg=d to load them up with a lot of calorie rich extras to make them sellable. The dressings alone can easily add 3-500+ calories with the amount that gets glopped on. You can probably do a similar salad at home with 1/3 the calories - and that would still be much more than we could normally eat.