I would have to pass on all of those! Some of it seems just as much about the quantity of food you’re consuming (hello, Cheesecake Factory) and some of it about the sugar - that Sonic thing looks disgusting!
Agree–lots of the calorie issue is quantities. Many portions at restaurants are suitable for more portions than they are sold for–adults do NOT need a pound or even 1/2 a pound of protein at a meal. There is just no need for super sized portions to be consumed, unless the consumer wants to become and remain supersized. Beverages with sweeteners already gave way too much sugar and calories from it and are major contributors to empty calories.
Restaurants also do have listings of ingredients, but legally they don’t have to (their websites do, though), and it is amazing to see the difference in a chain restaurant in ingredients from state to state or overseas. In England, for example, french fried potatoes ingredients are salt, oil and potatoes, in the US you will see agents designed to keep the oil from frothing and to make the potato ‘crisper’. White Castle Shakes in one state have Carageena, that is a known irritant, in another state, they don’t use it (NJ and NY, last I checked). Things like sugar are major ingredients of fast food burgers and salad dressing, yet you wouldn’t know in most places.
I don’t know if it is age or simply that I try to eat clean most of the time, I stopped at a Mickey D’s last weekend coming back from some family thing, was hungry, grabbed a burger and felt sick for a couple of days after eating it. Might be age, or might be they really are crap…the cheese was like plastic, the bun was like eating toilet paper and the burger was , well, undescribable.
Luckily I never eat in any of these places. But let’s be real, most restaurant meals are high in calories, salt and fat. Otherwise they would not taste so good. Haha
Eating out can be bad for your health unless you are very careful
There is a local fancy steakhouse where they make some salads and desserts tableside. Uhmm. I would never put so much dressing into my Caesar nor would I use so much butter in making a bananas foster (trust me, mine taste just fine). Needless to say, I did not order any of these novelties.
