Comments on: Counting Calories When Eating Out http://smallstepstohealth.com/2008/01/estimating-calories-when-eating-out/ Never take orders from a cookie! Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:08:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: asithi http://smallstepstohealth.com/2008/01/estimating-calories-when-eating-out/comment-page-1/#comment-179 asithi Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:50:14 +0000 http://smallstepstohealth.com/2008/01/estimating-calories-when-eating-out/#comment-179 I knew it! This confirms my suspicion. No wonder they never like it when I ask for dried toast. Thanks for commenting Dave. I knew it! This confirms my suspicion. No wonder they never like it when I ask for dried toast. Thanks for commenting Dave.

]]> By: davesworkout http://smallstepstohealth.com/2008/01/estimating-calories-when-eating-out/comment-page-1/#comment-173 davesworkout Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:37:36 +0000 http://smallstepstohealth.com/2008/01/estimating-calories-when-eating-out/#comment-173 Yep as a long time restaurant employee I can tell you - dont beleive what the company tells you. I work for a major chain family dining restaurant and most of the big companies get "busted" by news shows that order a carryout order of an item on a "weight watchers" or "atkins" diet menu, then have it analyzed. They usually turn out to be WAY over, and I can tell you why: restaurants LOVE to use LOTS of grease/oil/fat in their foods. Its everywhere in kitchens. You get a large pasta dish, it might have ONE CUP of BUTTER in it! The cook got sloppy buttering up your bun before he toasts it, that could easily add another 10-20 grams of trans fats (most restaurants use this disgusting liquid crisco to cook with too). Casual dining restaurants really dont worry too much about calorie counts, as most of them won't even make that information available (I know my chain, one of the biggest, doesnt). Use an online calorie calculator, theres plenty around on the net for free (click my name), most of them have tons of fast food items already in there. Yep as a long time restaurant employee I can tell you – dont beleive what the company tells you. I work for a major chain family dining restaurant and most of the big companies get “busted” by news shows that order a carryout order of an item on a “weight watchers” or “atkins” diet menu, then have it analyzed. They usually turn out to be WAY over, and I can tell you why:

restaurants LOVE to use LOTS of grease/oil/fat in their foods. Its everywhere in kitchens. You get a large pasta dish, it might have ONE CUP of BUTTER in it! The cook got sloppy buttering up your bun before he toasts it, that could easily add another 10-20 grams of trans fats (most restaurants use this disgusting liquid crisco to cook with too).

Casual dining restaurants really dont worry too much about calorie counts, as most of them won’t even make that information available (I know my chain, one of the biggest, doesnt).

Use an online calorie calculator, theres plenty around on the net for free (click my name), most of them have tons of fast food items already in there.

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