Wednesday, July 21, 2010
147.5
I miss having big salads more often, but the reason I don’t is because I haven’t found a low-fat dressing I like. At lunch I dip pieces of lettuce in regular ranch dressing using just a small amount, but once I reach my goal weight I will be able to enjoy a big salad now and then with thick creamy dressing. Instead of making my Mediterranean Pasta last night as planned I ended up going to Zaxby’s for one of their wonderful salads with fried chicken on it. When I got home and pulled up the nutritional value I almost fainted. This salad contained 618 calories, 29 grams of fat and 35 carbs!! (No, I did not take my Alli last night.) You could eat at McDonald’s for that much damage. So don’t be fooled into thinking that having “just a salad” necessarily means you are eating healthy. Salad dressing, croutons and fried onions can sabotage any good you’re getting from those pieces of lettuce!
B:
Weight Watchers English Muffin Sandwich 180 / 7 / 18
S:
1/4 cantaloupe 50 / 0 / 12
10 peanuts 40 / 3.5 / 1
L:
1/2 c. cottage cheese 95 / 2.5 / 6
leftover grilled top sirloin 250 / 10 / 0
salad dipped in ranch 0 / 5 / 0
S:
1 c. watermelon 46 / 0 / 12
D:
Mediterranean Chicken and Pasta 330 / 9 / 36
4 oz. red wine 90 / 0 / 4
S:
sunflower seeds 50 / 4 / 1
TOTAL: 1131 / 41 / 90
ginacarruba Said:
on July 21, 2010 at 10:21 am
You are so right! The last time I got a salad from Zaxby’s, I substituted the grilled chicken for a pretty big calorie saving. I got the zensation zalad, I think it was called. It already had a glaze on it. So, I did not even need the dressing. I am lucky, though. I grew up rarely using salad dressing. My Mom always had dry salads and I mimicked her. I usually only get dressing on a couple salads when I eat out … applebee’s asian chicken salad (not sure of the real name) and at Olive Garden. Since we have neither of those restaurants in this town, it is a rare treat! You know what I love about Zaxby’s? The last time I used their nutrition site, it let’s you substitute things on and off of the salad. I love that I don’t have to get a pen and paper and calculate it all out. We do have a cracker barrel, though. And I could eat a gallon of their french dressing. It tastes so much better than anything I have ever tasted from a bottle! And those croutons. I calculated my salad from cracker barrel once with all the dressing and extra croutons … it was my entire day of calories in one meal! Yikes!