Archives for "January, 2010"
Picking on the Mexican restaurants
I hate to do this again, since Mexican food in one of my favorites.
This post is going to save you 570 calories and $6.09!
Pork Chile Verde vs. Chevy’s Fresh Mex Chile Verde
First the stats:
Chevys Fresh Mex Chile Verde
1030 calories
44g fat
15g saturated fat
2,510 mg sodium (OUCH!!!)
$8.99
Pork Chile Verde
460 calories
24g fat
8g saturated fat
620mg sodium
$2.90 / serves 6
Ingredients
1 [...]
An update on the Pizza Hut Post
An update on the Loaded Pizza post:
Kim made it and was really good. The red pepper flakes add something different I usually don’t taste in a pizza. She has also made three other recipes from the cook this not that book that I am looking forward to trying in the coming days.
The Road to the Ironman #18 – January 24, 2010
Why I am doing this
What is one week to someone in life? Well this next week marks a big point in this entire Ironman decision. In one week it will be February 1, 2010. Why is this date so important? Well it marks the “official” date I set for myself to start my Ironman training. [...]
The 1,480 calorie Quesadilla for $8.99
If you are like me you go to a Mexican restaurant and you order an appetizer and that appetizer may be a Quesadilla. Now my example doesn’t exactly come a “Mexican restaurant” but it should make you think twice before ordering one. The Quesadilla I am focusing on comes from Chili’s, yes that Chili’s. The [...]
Road to the Ironman #17 – January 21, 2010
Improvement.
Making small changes in ones training makes for some big improvements in results. Just about a week ago my legs were shot, dead, tired and it made for some miserable training days. I recently went back to using a heart-rate monitor and thus the change. I am Iike many triathletes going all out all the [...]
Pizza Hut or Not to Pizza Hut
4 servings for $3.07 or 2 slices for $4.55? Which one would pick? I hear it all the time, “Going out to eat is quicker and cheaper.” Well let’s focus on Pizza Hut for a moment. (This is not to pick on Pizza Hut, you really could insert any of the pizza chains in their [...]
Road to the Ironman #15 – January 18, 2010
Hello all,
It has been a few days since I updated my running totals, it just proves how fast the days go by. Lucky for me my workouts haven’t suffered, but I am starting to think am I doing enough? I guess all those who go through such goals are in the same boat. My focus [...]
Breakfast – Denny’s or not to Denny’s
A new book from the folks that bring us Eat This Not That has hit the shelves. Cook This Not That! These are really good reference books and I have been using these books from time to time. An awesome feature to this book is the make the same food in home and compare it [...]
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