So you Want to Eat Lite Do Ya

On a trip to pick up a car in Rochester New Hampshire yesterday, yes helping to bring a little cheer in to someones life again, my buddy and I decided to stop for a bite to eat. The closes restaurant was Micky D's so we pulled into the parking lot and strolled inside. Now I am thinking to myself "what can I order that will be low in calorie and not filling". So I look up at the menu and see salads. Great I'll order a nice salad and a diet Coke. That will fill both of my requirements. So I sashay up to the counter and I says " south western salad with the crispy chicken and diet Coke please". And the women behind the counter says's "If you are going to sashay all over the place we are going to have to ask you to leave sir". So I say "OK I'll stop just give me the salad".

So I eat the salad and drink the Coke and I am as happy as a clam. I get home and I decided, for some strange reason to go on the McDonald's website and check the nutritional value of what I had eaten. Well cut my legs off and call me shorty, do you know what the calories and the fat content of my salad was, 450 calories and 21 grams of fat. Holy heart attack Batman and I thought I was eating lite. Too many of those salads and I could get a spot on the biggest loser. And while I was on the McDonald's website I looked at a couple of other treats that I like at Mickey D's. Large vanilla milk shake 1110 cal. 26 grams of fat. Quarter pounder with cheese, 510 cal. 26 grams of fat. Large french fries, 570 cal 30 grams of fat. The most caloric thing on the menu is a Chocolate Triple Thick Shake (32 fl oz cup) 1160 cal. 27 grams of fat. The lowest is a Diet coke, 0 cal 0 fat. Combine that with a packet of ketchup and you are good to go with 15 cal. meal.