Well, I have had an epiphany... I know, now, why I remain fat. It's because I love Taco Bell...

We decided that we would have Taco Bell for lunch today. My so called Friend, Paulette, pointed me toward the Taco Bell Nutrition Guide.

http://www.yum.com/nutrition/menu.asp?brandID_Abbr=5_TB

Here I was, happily thinking that I wasn't doing anything too bad. Just a Nacho Supreme and a chicken Quesadilla. How bad could it be, right?

RIIIIIIIGHT. OK. 990 calories!! 2190 milligrams of sodium! 56 grams of Fat!

WAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! Ignorance was sheer bliss, people.

And, I can't count the number of times that I have eaten a 3rd item from the menu... Ye Gods!!

I am crushed...

OK - so i'm happy and sad now.

Happy to see that if I'm like the rest of you I can still have a small amount of TB in the future!

Sad to see what i was putting in my body - here's what I would normally have on any given trip to TB - probably more if I wasn't with my wife :-(

ITEM.....................CAL.......FAT.......CARB........Protein

Soft Taco..............210........10g........21g..........10g

Steak Quesadilla.....540........31g.........40g..........26g

1/2lb bean burrito....600........21g.........82g..........21g

DD Taco Supreme....380........18g........40g...........15g

Sour Cream x2.........90..........8g..........2g............2g

(soft taco and burrito)

Totals..................1820.......88g........185g..........74g

This isn't even including the new crunchwrap supreme that I'd fallen in love with - its not listed so add that to these totals for probably about another 5-700 calories - lets call it roughly 2500 cal in one meal - I'd eat there 3 times some days... wow, thank God for the band.