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Originally posted by AKA2D '91
The salad is okay as long as you don't add the cheese and the dressing and the croutons.
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The thing about the salads (like AKA2D said) is what you put in them matters. The crispy chicken (which is very popular) changes the fat count a lot. For instance, while the grilled Caesar (without dressing has 200 cal and 6 grams of fat, the crispy chicken Caesar has 310 cal. and 16 grams of fat. Almost all of the extra calories between the two are coming from fat. The crispy chicken bacon ranch has 19 fat grams and the California Cobb with crispy chicken 21 fat grams. Between the cheeseburger and these salads, the cheeseburger has less fat and less calories (except for the crispy chicken Caesar) Now, of course you are still eating vegetables in the salad so there is more nutrition coming to you that the cheeseburger (provided there are enough dark greens and other veggies to make it worth while)
Again all of this is without salad dressing. The problem we have is that fat tastes good and things that are quick taste better when the fat is there. Many of the "healthy choices" are only healthy in their bare bones version. Start adding the good stuff (cheese, bacon, dressing, croutons) and it is another whole picture. I know someone who loves salads but good, loaded down salads and she can't loose weight because her calorie intake is not being affected. All salads are not low cal. Like everything else you have to choose to make it what you need it to be.
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