I was at a Ruby Tuesday's restaurant last nite for dinner and ordered a combination that included their salad bar. Pretty cool salad bar....lots of "stuff"...aside from the classic vegetables, there was quite an interesting array of things like eggs, cheese, hot croutons, ham, pudding, fruits, many types of great looking salad dressings. By the time I finished loading up my plate, I realized that the amount of calories on the plate exceeded most likely the calories on their double cheeseburger. What started out as a foray into a "healthy" choice turned into a caloric disaster.
Point here is this: sometimes we are lulled into thinking we are making a "good" choice for a weight loss-friendly food source. Whether it be a McDonalds premium salad, a yogurt parfait, a salad bar at Ruby's etc., these items can be incredibly damaging to our weight loss efforts. Take some time to analyze the things you are eating (such as that great energy bar which is loaded with calories) that you feel are "good" and see just how many calories you really are consumming with that choice.
Another anecdote about Rubys....apparently at one point they had this Mega Burger of some sort that had an insane number of calories, and in the spirit of trying to contribute to the health of America, they removed that menu item for awhile. Turns out the public clamored to have it back, and they succumbed to the pressure. Kind of like that commercial for BK when they "secretly" tape the response of their customers to being told the Whopper is off the menu. Outrage!!! Those commercials are hilarious because I can't help but wonder if they choose the people to be in that commercial from the studio audience of the Jerry Springer show.
Weekend: EXERCISE!!! hot and humid so morning exercise or indoors....
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