There is a reason that restaurants don't want to make their nutrition info public. Because if you see it, you will never want to eat out again. It is ridiculous.
I was at a staff meeting and we were going to go out for happy hour afterward. My plan was to have 1 drink and then go home and make dinner. We ended up at Chevy's ("Fresh" "Mex") with a few coworkers and then our VP insisted on buying us all (including Jasper and toph!) dinner. Which was very nice of her, but I was not intending to eat dinner at Chevy's. But who were we to say no to free food. So I had a margarita (ONE), and probably more chips and salsa than were strictly necessary, and then ate 1 chicken enchilada, half my rice, and the "grilled" vegetables (which tasted like lighter fluid). This is remarkably restrained for me. I ate the one enchilada, and even picked out a bunch of bites of chicken and rice for Jasper, and looked at the rest and thought, "I'll just be done." Go me!
Then I came home and looked up the nutrition info and OH my EFFING god. I do not even want to think about how much fat and carbs I ate. I tracked it all, and through the miracle of a very small breakfast and very moderate lunch, I stayed inside my points today. But I feel terrible, all heavy and gross, even though I tried (mostly) to go light. I could have had a salad, but you can eat as much fat in salad dressing as in an enchilada, and this was just mole and chicken, there wasn't cheese or sour cream or anything. It's just stupid that I was trying to be reasonable and it was still so ridiculous. And that is why I generally do not eat at Chevy's.
I'm glad I saw it, actually, because it was a good reminder that restaurant food is not like homecooked. I do not pour a barrel of oil, salt, and sugar into everything I cook, and most restaurants do. It's just part of the deal. Eating at home is much better for all of us.
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