I got this in an email a little while back and thought it would be good to post on here. Some of the things were quite surprising.

20: Worst Fast-food chicken Meal - Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips from McDonald's (5 pieces) with cream ranch sauce.

830 Calories, 55 grams fat (4.5 trans fat), 48 carbs. Add a large

fries and regular soda and this seemingly innocuous chicken meal

tops out at 1,710 calories.

19: Worst drink - Jamba juice chocolate Moo'd Power smoothie (30

fl oz). 900 calories, 10 g fat, 183 carbs, 166 g sugar. Jamba Juice

calls it a smoothie, MSNBC calls it a milk shake. The beverage

contains as much sugar as 8 pints of Ben & Jerry's butter pecan ice cream.

18: Worst supermarket meal - Pepperidge Farm Roasted Chicken Pot Pie (whole pie). 1,020 calories, 64 g fat, 86 g carbs. Label may

say this pie serves two, but, who ever divided a small pot pie

in half? Once you crack th e crust, there will be no stopping.

17: Worst 'healthy' burger - Ruby Tuesday Bella Turkey Burger.

1,145 calories, 71 g fat, 56 g carbs.

16: Worst Mexican entree - Chipotle Mexican Grill Chicken Burrito.

1,179 calories, 47 g fat, 125 g carbs, 2,656 mg sodium.

15: Worst kids' meal - macaroni Grill Double Macaroni 'n' cheese.

1,210 calories, 62 g fat, 3,450 mg sodium. It's like feeding your

kid 1-1/2 boxes of Kraft mac 'n' cheese.

14: Worst sandwich - Quiznos Classic Italian (large). 1,528

calories, 92 g fat, 4,604 mg sodium, 110 g carbs. A large homemade

sandwich would more likely provided about 500 calories.

13: Worst salad - On the Border Grande Taco Salad with Taco Beef.

1,450 calories, 102 g fat, 78 g carbs, 2,410 mg sodium. This isn't

an anomaly: Five different On the Border salads on the menu contain more than 1, 100 calories each.

12: Worst burger - Carl's Jr. (Hardee's on East Coast) Double Six

Dollar Burger. 1,520 calories , 111g fat. Carl's Jr. brags it's

home to this enormous sandwich, but the restaurant chain

also provides convenient nutrition info on its Web site -- so

ignorance is no excuse for eating it.

11: Worst steak - Lonestar 20 oz T-bone. 1,540 calories, 124g fat.

Add a baked potato and Lonestar's Signature Lettuce Wedge, and this is a 2,700 calorie blowout.

10: Worst Breakfast - Bob Evans Caramel banana Pecan Cream Stacked and Stuffed hotcakes. 1,540 calories, 77 g fat (9 g trans fat), 198g carbs, 109 g sugar. Five Egg McMuffins yield the same caloric cost as this stack of sugar-stuffed flapjacks, which is truly a

heavy breakfast, weighing in at a hefty pound and a half.

9: Worst dessert - Chili's Chocolate Chip Paradise Pie with

vanilla Ice Cream. 1,600 calories, 78 g fat, 215 g carbs. Would you

eat a Big Mac for dessert? How about three? That's the calorie

equivalent of this decadent dish. Clearly, Chili's customers get

their money's worth.

8: Worst Chinese entree - P.F. Chang's Pork Lo Mein. 1,820

calories, 127 g fat, 95 g carbs. The fat content in this

dish alone provides more than 1,100 calories. And you'd have to eat

almost five servings of Pasta to match the number of carbs it

contains. Now, do you really need five servings of pasta?

7: Worst chicken entree - Chili's Honey Chipotle Crispers with

Chipotle Sauce. 2,040 calories, 99 g fat, 240 g carbs. 'Crispers'

refers to an extra thick layer of break crumbs that soak up oil

and adds unnecessary calories and carbs to these glorified chicken

strips.

6: Worst fish entree - On the Border Dos XX Fish Tacos with Rice

and Beans. 2,100 calories, 130 g fat, 169 g carbs, 4,700 mg

sodium. Perhaps the most misleadingly named dish in America : A

dozen crunchy tacos from Taco Bell will saddle you with fewer calories.

5: Worst pizza - Uno Chicago Grill Chicago Classic Deep Dish

Pizza. 2,310 calories, 162 g fat, 123 g carbs, 4,470 mg sodium.

Downing this 'personal' pizza is equivalent to eating 18 slices

of Domino's Crunchy Thin Crust cheese pizza.

4: Worst pasta - Macaroni Grill Spaghetti and Meatballs with meat

Sauce. 2,430 calories, 128 g fat, 207 g carbs, 5,290 mg sodium.

This meal satisfied your calorie requirements for an entire day.

3: Worst nachos - On the Border Stacked Border Nachos. 2,740 calories, 166 g fat, 191 g carbs, 5,280 sodium.

2: Worst starter - Chili's Awesome Blossom. 2,710 calories, 203 g

fat, 194 g carbs, 6,360 mg sodium.

1: The worst food in America - Outback Steakhouse Aussie Cheese

Fries with Ranch Dressing. 2,900 calories, 182g fat, 240g

carbs. Even if you split these 'starters' with three friends,

you'll have downed a dinner's worth of calories before you entree

arrives.

I have to say, I have eaten the cheese fries at outback on more than one occassion (not by myself, but still). Never again, especially since my band and fries don't get along, which is a super good thing!

I have to say that most of the stuff on the list sounds really good to me. I'm gonna pull a "Jack" and post #1 on the list. I've had it before and it is soooooo good!

Edited May 15, 200818 yr by georgia girl

Lets see if this one comes through Georgia, you have to imagine the tub of ranch dressing at the side.:thumbup:

I've tried a bloomin onion.....while it tasted pretty good, the coating of thick grease stuck to my teeth just about made me gag. I like little baby onions boiled in my stew. MUCH better.

My dissapointment???? P.F. Changs.... Crap, that was one of my favorite restaurants.

As for lamb..... I LOVE it. Being a Texas girl, liking lamb is like being a traitor or sacriledge or something. No one eats lamb in Texas much. I got some wonderful lamb chops for $2.99 a pound the other day. They practically give it away when they can't sell it. I like it grilled, in lentil stew, roasted and curried. I'm the only one in my family that will eat it. Their loss, my gain. :thumbup:

oh dear... here we go with the pictures again. Good thing I'm not hungry tonight! I guess I am also lucky that fries dont go well with my band.

Hungry or not... those cheese fries look GOOD!

Thanks NukeChik......guess I shouldn't have been trying to "steal". Who knew copying and pasting was stealing, especially if it let you copy it???

Anyway, thanks for putting it up!

Mamato3- As good as the picture looks, fries do not do well with my band either. It's too frustrating to try to eat them. I would much rather have the Bloomin Onion, yum!

These types of food are EVERYWHERE here! Now I know how it was soooo easy to get so big!

Thank goodness Waffle House doesn't make Bloomin' Onions, huh?

Hey - does anyone else watch those reality food shows (Top Chef, Hell's Kitchen) and did you stop when you had your surgery? My husband and I watch them, get so hungry, and then eat. Will I need to cut those out of my life for a while, too? Please say no since I love those shows so much!!!

Thank goodness Waffle House doesn't make Bloomin' Onions, huh?

Hey - does anyone else watch those reality food shows (Top Chef, Hell's Kitchen) and did you stop when you had your surgery? My husband and I watch them, get so hungry, and then eat. Will I need to cut those out of my life for a while, too? Please say no since I love those shows so much!!!

I've never watched the 2 you mentioned, but I watch the Food Network all the time. They have competitive shows on there that I like to watch. I like Throwdown with Bobby Flay, The Next Food Network Star, not to mention all the challenge competitions. I watch Iron Chef sometimes, there are lot of times I would never eat the secret main ingredient.

I still love to watch cooking shows though and I try to come up with healthier ways to cook some of things I really love.

I think I watch more cooking shows now then I ever watched prior to getting my band. Like Georgia Girl said.... I just try to come up with healthier ways to make some of the things I see. My favorite is Rachael Ray and we all know that her recipes are not usually of the healthy variety. I also make some recipes for my family and just pick out the protein and veggies and try to steer away from the starches.

Thank goodness Waffle House doesn't make Bloomin' Onions, huh?

Hey - does anyone else watch those reality food shows (Top Chef, Hell's Kitchen) and did you stop when you had your surgery? My husband and I watch them, get so hungry, and then eat. Will I need to cut those out of my life for a while, too? Please say no since I love those shows so much!!!

I gave them up...I also gave up watching commercials thanks to my DVR. There are more food commercials on kids' TV than there are toy commercials.

Food is everywhere, and it's bad, bad food. I'm going to start thinking of it as porn, that bloomin' onion and those cheese fries are triple X rated. I just don't need to see it! :cry_smile:

But no, I don't watch the cooking shows because I was one to go print off the recipes and try them...:hurray: It's just too tempting.

I love, love, love Top Chef, I've watched it since the beginning. I have to say, I'm not as impressed with the chef's this season, but it still rocks.

Love to watch food Network, they do have a couple of healthy cooking shows, like Cooking Healthy?? with Ellie Kreiger (sp?) and the woman that does the morphing meals. Like she'll make pork tenderloin on Monday and then have 3 nights worth of different meals. I liked the original japan version of Iron Chef better than Iron Chef America.

I still watch all the shows, but I don't cook much anymore. I just don't eat it. I can eat what I used to as a snack for a meal. I'm also really bad at grocery shopping now, cuz my man likes for me to buy all the snack stuff and I just don't do it anymore. He's going to have to start doing the grocery shopping!!

I love, love, love Top Chef, I've watched it since the beginning. I have to say, I'm not as impressed with the chef's this season, but it still rocks.

totally off topic, sorry, but i agree. i love top chef. i think the first season's chef's were the best so far.

Before my surgery Paula Dean was my FAV. She reminds me of my Granny. Yes thats what I call her, I'm from Louisiana. She cooks like my Granny too.

Now I like to watch Turning up the heat with Gavin.

I've been really into cooking shows lately.

Oh and Nukechick thank you soooo much for posting this. I called my mom and we compared favorites that we swore never to try again. My parents and little sister LOVE Outback's cheesefries, and I liked the blooming onion. I love Chili's chicken crispers. I didn't usually order them bc I try to stay away from fried things but now I have renewed my "baked only" commitments. Thank you.

I copied and pasted this in my Feb 08 support group, I hope you don't mind. I wanted more people to read it.:cry_smile:

RSG, you're so welcome! Copy away! Yeah, I broke the news to my guy last night about the Chili Chipotle Crispers (he's gotten them the last 2 times we have went there!). He was a little bummed.

Is it horrible that pre-band, I had eaten at least 70% of the items on this menu.

/cheer for no longer hungry for grease/fat/carb/sugar/calorie fest!