On Monday of this week, I started counting calories and running. I downloaded MyFitnessPal for my Android to help. If you are looking for an app to count calories this App is AMAZING! It lets you log everything you eat along with your exercise for the day. You can even bar code scan food items and it will enter everything for you. You can type in what your calorie intake goal for the day is, and it will tell you how many calories you have left, and if you go over. Let me say it one more time....I LOVE THIS APP and you should definitely try it out. So back to my point.....I was sitting in the parking lot to see just how many calories were in my favorite sandwich(Sierra Turkey) that I always get from Panera. I entered Panera Sierra Turkey and hit search. The reason I am angry is that when I hit search I about passed out in shock. My favorite sandwich that I get because it's
920 calories!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was so angry that I decided to look up McDonald's and Arby's food to see if my App was malfunctioning. Well it wasn't. I even got on Panera's website and researched their nutrition guide.
I decided to look up Arby's roast beef sandwich.....It's Good Mood Food right? :-)
This is what I got and what the calories are:
Arby's Classic Roast Beef.............154 Calories (no sauces just plain)
Medium Curly Fries.......................170 Calories
Ice Water..........................................0 Calories
A grand total of 324 Calories!
I could have ate this three times to equal close to what my turkey sandwich is at Panera.
Now I know a lot of health nuts are going to get on to me because french fries are greasy and not healthy! I am just counting calories, nothing else! I know grease is bad for you but I don't eat it very often. PROMISE!
As soon as I get home and put Brody down for his afternoon nap, I get on my home computer at home to research why the Panera Sierra Turkey Sandwich is so bad.
-The bread was 510 calories....next time I will ask them to replace the bread they use for their lowest calorie bread which is honey wheat. It may make the sandwich have a different taste but it's worth a try. The honey wheat has only 290 calories.
-The chipotle mayonnaise has 300 calories and this is seriously what makes this sandwich. It is the BEST! I could(not going to happen) substitute it but I can eat the mayonnaise spread by itself because it's so good.
-I never get the onions and it's only 10 calories for them.
If I decide to get this sandwich again with the honey wheat it will be 700 calories, which to me is still high for a turkey sandwich. I may even just eat one slice of the bread and not two, taking it down to 555 calories. It helps! :-)
My point is just because you think it's healthy doesn't mean it is. If you have a smart phone and are trying to watch what you eat please download MyFitnessPal. You will be so happy with it!!!!!
Please comment below what you think about the MyFitnessPal app if you already have it on your phone. Also comment if you use another app that you enjoy.
XOXOXOX
Brianne
That is so true. The Oriental Salad at Applebees is terrible and its my favorite salad. Applebee's regular Oriental Chicken Salad with dressing has 1,310 calories. You can eliminate 650 calories by forgoing the dressing. With the dressing, nearly 65 percent of the calories, 840, come from fat. The salad has 93 g fat, 34 g protein and 88 g carbohydrates, including 11 g dietary fiber. The salad without dressing has 35 g fat, 34 g protein and 53 g carbohydrate.
ReplyDeleteYes you have to check those things if you dare, cause then your scared to eat them, lol.
I have used my fitness pal since January. We were ordering out for lunch one day and they chose BWW. I figured I would get the grilled chicken wrap, its healthy right?? Put it in on my fitness pal and there was like 1100 calories!!!!! I about died!
ReplyDelete@Shellfinder(Aunt Vicky)- that is crazy! My mom loves that salad. I can't believe the fat. I wonder what dressing would make it less calories because eating a salad without dressing is G R O S S...lol. We use to tease Tara that she liked a little salad with her dressing. :-) Does Applebee's have a healthy menu? How much weight have you lost? Hope your feeling well! :-)
ReplyDelete@Tara I always get chicken wraps and never had one from there. It has to be the dressing to be so high in calories! How many calories did you set for yourself a day? I have been using MyFitnessPal since August when I tried the HCG diet but during the holidays I quit....just started back up again without doing the HCG drops, just running and counting calories. I ate a small bag of cheez its the other day and it was OVER 400 calories! WOW! I think this app is a must have because it really opens up your eyes!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMy calories are set for 1310 They were the ones that set it.
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