reality check

Picked Lydia up at the Philly airport and tried to find an exit off Rt 76 that might have food. I chose City Line Avenue. There was several places, but my sister likes chains. So we went there.

I haven't been there in a while, and now the nutrition facts are on the menu. OMG reality check. I get one of two things there. A wedge salad and onion soup or a burger and fries. Since this was my main meal for the day I decided to go with the burger and fries. Almost 1600 calories and over 2K milligrams of salt. Nearly fell over. So I looked more. Almost everything is sky high in calories, and especially salt. My guess for the calories would have been 700-800 with the fries. That 1600 is w/o the fries. They are extra!

They have a few 'right-size" portion items and they are "under 700" calories. They're kidding, right?

So I thought I do the chicken sandwich. It was only 200 calories less. I went with the burger.

Now to make things even more interesting I looked up the item on the web. Livestrong.com allows you to look these things up. I wanted to verify my memory. It says the burger is 1540 with the bun. 559 without. WHAT? A 1000 calorie bun? What is it made of, solid butter?

After today, I probably won't eat there anymore. Unless it's a day like today, when it's the only game in town.

When I got home the frozen hot chocolate commercial was on. I'm guessing it's more akin to a milkshake. But I keep seeing it and love chocolate. I'm starting to want it. My guess was 500 for a small. I was close. 430. Tempting as it is I won't be having it. Unless of course I can get three friends to share it.