Scary stuff from restaurants

This from the mailbag (thanks, Mom): 'Nuff said. If you're thinking about going out to eat while monitoring your waistline, forget it.

20: Worst Fast-Food Chicken Meal - Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips
From McDonald's (5 pieces) with cream ranch sauce. 830 Calories, 55 grams
Fat (4.5 Trans fat), 48 carbs. Add a large fries and regular soda and this
Seemingly innocuous chicken meal tops out at 1,710 calories.

19: Worst drink - Jamba Juice Chocolate Moo'd Power Smoothie (30 fl oz). 900
Calories, 10 g fat, 183 carbs, 166 g sugar.Jamba Juice calls it a smoothie,
MSNBC calls it a milk shake. The beverage contains as much sugar as 8 pints
Of Ben & Jerry's butter pecan ice cream.

18: Worst supermarket meal - Pepperidge Farm Roasted Chicken Pot Pie (whole
Pie). 1,020 calories, 64 g fat, 86 g carbs.Label may say this pie serves
Two, but, who ever divided a small pot pie in half? Once you crack the
Crust, there will be no stopping.

17: Worst 'healthy' burger - Ruby Tuesday Bella Turkey Burger. 1,145
Calories, 71 g fat, 56 g carbs.

16: Worst Mexican entree - Chipotle Mexican Grill Chicken Burrito. 1,179
Calories, 47 g fat, 125 g carbs, 2,656 mg sodium.(Please - don't buy any of
These!)

15: Worst kids' meal - Macaroni Grill Double Macaroni 'n' Cheese. 1,210
Calories, 62 g fat, ! 3,450 mg sodium. It's like feeding your kid 1-1/2
Boxes of Kraft mac 'n' cheese.

14: Worst sandwich - Quiznos C! Lassic Italian (large). 1,528 calories, 92 g
Fat, 4,604 mg sodium, 110 g carbs. A large homemade sandwich would more
Likely provided about 500 calories.

13: Worst salad - On the Border Grande Taco Salad with Taco Beef. 1,450
Calories, 102 g fat, 78 g carbs, 2,410 mg sodium.This isn't an anomaly: Five
Different On the Border salads on the menu contain more than 1, 100 calories
Each.

12: Worst burger - Carl's Jr. (Hardee's on East Coast) Double Six Dollar
Burger. 1,520 calories! , 111 g fat. Carl's Jr. Brags it's home to this
Enormous sandwich, but the restaurant chain also provides convenient
Nutrition info on its Web site -- so ignorance is no excuse for eating it.

11: Worst steak - Lonestar 20 oz T-bone. 1,540 calories, 124 g fat. Add a
Baked potato and Lonestar's Signature Lettuce Wedge, and this is a 2,700
Calorie blowout.

10: Worst breakfast - Bob Evans Caramel Banana Pecan Cream Stacked and
Stuffed hotcakes. 1,540 calories, 77 g fat (9 g Trans fat), 198 g carbs, 109
G sugar. Fiv! E Egg McMuffins yield the same caloric cost as this stack of
Sugar-stuffed flapjacks, which is truly a heavy breakfast, weighing in at a
Hefty pound and a half.

9: Worst dessert - Chili's Chocolate Chip Paradise Pie with Vanilla Ice
Cream. 1,600 calories, 78 g fat,! 215 g carbs. Would you eat a Big Mac for
Dessert? How about three? That's the calorie equivalent of this decadent
Dish. Clearly, Chili's customers get their money's worth.

8: Worst Chinese entree - P.F. Chang's Pork Lo Mein. 1,820 calories, 127 g
Fat, 95 g carbs. The fat content in this dish alone provides more than 1,100
Calories. And you'd have to eat almost five servings of pasta to match the
Number of carbs it contains. Now, do you really need five servings of
Pasta?

7: Worst chicken entree - Chili's Honey Chipotle Crispers with Chipotle
Sauce. 2,040 calories, 99 g fat, 240 g carbs.'Crispers' refers to an extra
Thick layer of break crumbs that soak up oil and adds unnecessary calories
And carbs to t! Hese glorified chicken strips.

6: Worst fish entree - On the Border Dos XX Fish Tacos with Rice and Beans.
2,100 calories, 130 g fat, 169 g carbs, 4,700 mg sodium! . Perhaps the
Most misleadingly named dish in America : A dozen crunchy tacos from Taco
Bell will saddle you with fewer calories.

5: Worst pizza - Uno Chicago Grill Chicago Classic Deep Dish Pizza. 2,310
Calories, 162 g fat, 123 g carbs, 4,470 mg sodium.Downing this 'personal'
Pizza is equivalent to eating 18 slices of Domino's Crunchy Thin Crust
Cheese pizza.

4: Worst pasta - Macaroni Grill Spaghetti and Meatballs! With Meat Sauce.
2,430 calories, 128 g fat, 207 g carbs, 5,290 mgsodium. This meal satisfied
Your calorie requirements for an entire day.

3: Worst nachos - On the Border Stacked Border Nachos. 2,740 calories, 166 g
fat, 191 g carbs, 5,280 sodium.

2: Worst starter - Chili's Awesome Blossom. 2,710 calories, 203 g fat, 194 g
carbs, 6,360 mg sodium.

1: The worst food in America - Outback Steakhouse Aussie Cheese Fries with
Ranch Dressing. 2,900 calories, 182g fat, 240g carbs. Even if you split
these 'starters' with three friends, you'll have downed a dinner's worth of
calories before you entree arrives.

Personal note: If you've got a body type like mine, weight is not an issue. But fat content still is, as it's not so good for the arteries either. I think I'll stick with my shrimp & grits.