An recent consultation with a new client inspired this post.
"Rick" is a former competitive/varsity athlete. Now in technical sales, he travels quite a bit for work. He noted that he started putting on a little weight once he started work, and figured it was due to being less active than in his college days.
Once he hit his 30's, his weight increased even more. He is still active--playing men's hockey and basketball in the winter, and men's soccer in the summer; as well as working out at the gym, but the weight gain continued.
Then he hit 40, and the weight continued to increase, he examined his diet. He still exercises while on the road--taking advantage of the Hotel pool and exercise room. With all the time he spends on the road, he figured eating out play a large role. He switched his meals to Salads offered at the restaurants he often has business dinner meetings at, but still the weight gain continued.
This is where we had a consultation. I examined Rick's exercise routine, made a couple of tweaks, and instructed him to keep a food log for the next two weeks. Although Rick was ordering a salad for lunch or dinner, the salads often had more than 1000 calories--often more than almost anything else on the menu.
So here are 7 salads that you should not eat.
1. Buffalo style Salad.
1180 calories, 95g fat, 2090mg sodium.
Yes it may have lettuce, but it also have deep-fried, oily sauce, cheese, and cream-based blue dressing. It actually has more calories than an order of wings.
2. Tex-Mex Salad (a.k.a. taco salad, steak tostada salad, etc.)
1230 calories, 63g fat, 2380mg sodium
From the deep-fried tortilla, to the fat-drenched dressing, this is not a good choice. Avocados instead of guacamole, and deleting the sour cream would also help this salad....
3. Outback Steakhouse Aussie Crispy Chicken Cobb Salad with Honey Mustard.
1288 calories, 98g fat, 2096mg sodium.
Why mess with something that works??? The Cobb Salad is find. Deep fry the chicken, add the honey mustard, and the calorie count sky rockets. The croutons, bacon, and excess cheese do not help either.
4. Pecan-Crusted Salad
1360 calories, 80g fat, 2640mg sodium.
Looking at the menu description, nuts make many think that this should be a good salad, because of their protein and fibre content. The problem, however, is when restaurants use sugar-coated nuts. The Deep-fried chicken, and calorie heavy bleu cheese dressing do not help either.
5. Moroccan Chicken Salad.
1370 calories, 12g fat, 1040mg sodium, 116g carbohydrates.
This salad has more carbs than many pasta dishes, and most thin-crust pizzas.
6. IHOP's Chicken & Spinach Salad.
1530 calories, 111g fat, 2400mg sodium.
Normally, a chicken and spinach salad is one of my favourite choices. The difference here? Look how they prepare the chicken, covered it in sugar and calorie dense dressing, the toast, and all the cheese....
7. Cheesecake Factory's Santa Fe Chicken Salad.
1720 calories, 17g fat, 2636mg sodium.
Sour cream, guacamole, creamy dressing, tortilla strips, excess cheese, all pile on the calories.
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