[DemforBush]

Zinko's really outdone himself this time. I don't deny the side dishes he mentions are loaded with calories (albeit very yummy ones) and so on. But his 'substitutions' are just a hoot!

Seriously, if you're hankering for this:

Are you really going to be satisfied with a "Side Salad w/ Fat-Free Italian" ?

[quantim]

No worries.

Vacation Gal is on the case.

[MountainDad]

Often, your wingman completely overdoes it...

That's why I love my wing-man!

[mylife]

Gimme a plate of those 5 guys Fries with Salt and Vinegar ☺

[Georgia Girl 2]

Just leave Arby’s mozzarella sticks out of this. LOL!!

[He Rides A White Horse]

#10: WORST HEALTHY SIDE
Boston Market Sweet Potato Casserole
460 calories
16 g fat (4.5 g saturated)
270 mg sodium

Worst side, some control freak telling me what I should eat.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The Great Pumpkin has spoken!

[SamAdams76]

Last weekend I went to the beach and completely overdid it. On my way to the beach, we stopped for breakfast and had pancakes and a swiss cheese omelette with hash browns along with wheat toast. Almost 2,000 calories and I haven't even gotten my feet wet yet.

At the beach, I snacked on pretzels. I don't usually eat pretzels but they were so good I ate the entire bag, throwing just a few to the seagulls. Turns out there were 8 servings @ 120 calories each. So even if I tossed the seagulls a full two servings, that is still another 720 calories down my gullet. Toss in a few beers (disguised in Gatorade bottles) and add another 600 calories.

For lunch, we had fried dough and pizza. Add at least another 1,500 calories right there. Did some more swimming at the beach and on the way home, we stopped at one of the famous New England clam shacks and we ordered fried seafood platters @ $28.50 each. Now I hardly eat fried food but at the beach, decided to splurge. Now these platters are stacked with a layer of fries, onion rings, fried lobster tail, fried shrimp, fried scallops, fried haddock and a whole heap of fried clams. There were at least 3,000 calories and I ate the whole thing. And I ate half of somebody else's plate because they couldn't finish theirs and so add another 1,500 calories.

Total for the day: Just around 10,000 calories. I don't think I had ever eaten that much food in one day in my entire life and I quickly came to regret it.

I felt so bloated that I couldn't eat until the next evening and it was almost three days before I could eat anything near to normal again. I won't even mention the constipation...

I still can't believe that I ate that much food and just typing about it is bringing back the heartburn...

[mplsconservative]

I tried the chili cheese fries from DQ. After about an 1/8 of it I was underwhelmed. Soggy fries don’t hold much appeal for me. The chili and cheese were okay. Probably consumed about 200 calories.

My 14 year old son just had a couple of them and declared them ‘meh’. The onion rings were great though, but very rich. One or two does it for me. The kid could eat about five, then we were done.

I’ve got nothing against fried foods. I love shrimp tempura but who’s going to eat that way everyday? That’s what I find wrong with the premise of this article.

And seriously, after looking at the guy’s photo, does he really have a ‘wingman’. Thinking about THAT gives me heartburn. :) Poor women (or men) he encounters. “He’s a super guy. He’ll teach you how to eat very healthily.” Bad pick-up line if I ever heard one.

[muleskinner]

Paleo-Diet all the way.

Meat and vegetables, olives, nuts and eggs (mostly egg-whites) some fruit. No carbohydrates - flour, grains, bread, pasta or fructose - fruit juice.

What would Fred Flintstone eat? So far, so good.