diet tips

inspired by shakespeare's sister, i hunted down nutrition facts on some of the food choices we have 'round here. and "round" seems to be the best descriptor of here, considering these "nutrition" facts. a sampling:

in case you need a touchstone, a 2000-calorie diet calls for less than 400 calories from fat, less than 65g fat, less than 20g saturated fat, and less than 2400mg sodium.

1. chipotle burrito with rice, chicken, corn salsa, cheese, sour cream, and guacamole: 1294 calories, 512 calories from fat (cff), 62g fat, 20.5g saturated fat, and 3021mg sodium
2. 4 chipotle crispy tacos with fajita vegetables, rice, red tomato salsa, cheese, sour cream, and lettuce: 1173 cal, 467 cff, 53g fat, 19g sat fat, and 2852mg sodium
3. qdoba cheese quesadilla: 915 cal, 510 cff, 56g fat, 26g sat fat, and 1940mg sodium
4. qdoba beef and bean burrito with sour cream, salsa, cheese, and lettuce: 1020 cal, 430 cff, 37g fat, 18g sat fat, 2320mg sodium
5. quiznos club sub with no dressing: 799 cal, 216 cff, 24g fat, 0g sat fat, 2568mg sodium
6. 1 slice papa john's cheese pizza: 310 cal, 108 cff, 12g fat, 3.5g sat fat, 770mg sodium
7. panera cream of chicken and wild rice soup: 200 cal, 108 cff, 12g fat, 6g sat fat, 970mg sodium
8. panera bacon turkey bravo: 740 cal, 225 cff, 25g fat, 9g sat fat, 2910mg sodium
9. jimmy john's beach club turkey sub: 819 cal, 40g fat, 9g sat fat, 1584mg sodium
10. jimmy john's gourmet veggie club: 1084 cal, 65g fat, 23g sat fat, 1665mg sodium

damn.

it's telling that chipotle doesn't display their nutrition facts openly. you have to click in the faq's and download a pdf that shows only the facts about individual ingredients. thanks, chipotle, for the forthrightness. but they're right -- factory farms do suck.

i used chipotlefan's calculator and calorieking.com to come up with these numbers if they weren't readily available on the company websites.