Preparing For Championship Travel…… Don’t Forget A Good Breakfast
July 3, 2008
As we prepare to travel to the JO’s I am beginning to think about where we will eat, what we will eat,how much it will cost and most important how nutritious it will be. Take a look at this great article on some of the major restaurant chains and just what we are eating as parents and athletes during our up coming JO experience. Now this is FOOD FOR THOUGHT .
Worst Chain Breakfast Diet-Busters & Satisfying Swaps
Hungry Girl is here with the 411 on some flab-inducing breakfasts, and recipe swaps that slash calories and fat FAST!
Attack of the 1,210-Calorie Veggie Omelette!
At IHOP, you might think ordering the spinach and mushroom omelette is a good idea — but this egg disaster has a shocking 1,210 calories (eeeks!). Instead, try HG’s Ginormous Oven-Baked Omelette– you can have a giant piece of our protein-packed omelette for just 140 calories and 3g fat! An added bonus? You can make it the night before and then simply heat ‘n’ eat in the AM!
79-Grams-of-Fat French Toast!
Even if you’re DYING for French toast, avoid Denny’s Fabulous French Toast Platter at all costs. This freaky breakfast plate will cost you 1,261 calories and 79g fat! Instead of feasting on this diet dud, try HG’s Cinnamonlicious French Toast. It has just 170 calories and 1g fat. And if you crave the sausage links and bacon slices this platter comes with, go for Morningstar Farms’ Sausage Links (2 links = 80 calories and 3g fat) and Jennie-O’s Extra Lean Turkey Bacon (2 slices = 40 calories and 1g fat). Then finish it off with sugar-free pancake syrup!
Morning Muffin Mayhem!
McDonald’s regular Egg McMuffin has 300 calories and 12g fat. For a tiny little muffin? And if you slip up and order the one with sausage, you’ll be gobbling up 450 calories and 27g fat. YIKES!! Try HG’s Egga Muffin instead, for only 165 calories and 1.5g fat.
600-Calorie B-Fast Sandwich Alert!
Subway may be known for its low-fat sub menu, but think twice before grabbing the sandwich chain’s 6-inch Chipotle Steak and Cheese Breakfast Omelet Sandwich. That meaty monstrosity has 600 calories and 32 grams of fat! If you wanna go Southwestern, you’d be way better off with HG’s Bueno Breakfast Burrito, with only 170 calories and 5g fat.
Slam Don’t! (Denny’s 1,040-Calorie Dud!)
So you’re starving … and you order up Denny’s Lumberjack Slam with hash browns. (The thing already includes pancakes, ham, bacon, sausage, AND eggs!) How can we say this politely — BAD IDEA!!! This massive morning mistake is loaded with 1,040 calories and 53g fat! If you crave a little bit of everything, why not whip up our Super Duper Veggie Scramble (only 150 calories and 5g fat), HG’s Very Blueberry Pancakes (201 calories and 2g fat), and our Butternut Hash Browns (85 calories and 1g fat)? ALL of that would cost you only 436 calories and 8g fat — that’s less than HALF the calories and EIGHTY FIVE percent less fat than Denny’s Lumberjack disaster!
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