That sounds like one delicious meal.

Suddenly, I'm in the mood for a deep fried philly cheesesteak (with all the trimmings) and a big tub of guacamole fer dippin'.

Now I want Cinnabon.

Just as a reminder:

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And for good measure:

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Not my Pepperidge Farm pot pie! sigh. Not that this will stop me from eating it, yummy!

It's kinda messed up when you can skip dessert at Chili's, have two Big Macs instead, and think "Hey, that was a healthy life choice!"

The Jamba Juice thing is kinda funny. Yeah, I'd feel energized if I sucked down 2 pints of liquified ice cream, until the buzz wore off and I'd need to, uh, what's -- I'm just gonna lie down over here and take a nap...

w00t, Hot Pockets are still good for you.

/-:Insert Jim Gaffigan Hot Pockets Routine Here:-

166 grams of sugar? Holy jesus!

That must be like that hallucinating experience that Bart and Milhouse had at the Kick-E-Mart when they paid Apu to give him the most syurpy squishee he could muster up.

You could just call this: Everything that tastes delicious is bad for you.
It still wouldn't stop me from wanting to eat all those things.

I'm getting visions of the Boondocks cartoon, when Grandad opened a soul food restaurant... "a full pound burger patty, 3 types of cheese, 6 strips of bacon, all sandwiched between.... 2 krispy kreme donuts!"

"This is what crack must feel like."

Next time my girlfriend orders that pie from Chili's I'm going to suggest we get Bic Macs instead. Wonder how that will turn out...

@BrockBrockman: Thank you, I thought the same thing to lazy to search though.

and FYI, anything thats a double serving, ie Kids' Meal: Macaroni Grill Double Macaroni 'n Cheese: 62 fat grams. can never be good and should not be offered (period)

Fat and unhealthy people (aside from those who suffer from genetics) are that way because they don't give a flip about calories or healthy lifestyles. Why would a healthy person be eating at McDonald's to begin with? I don't know anyone with abs or the ability to run a triathlon (of which I know many) who even consider fast-food or frozen food as food at all.

Trying to eat healthy at McDonald's is like taking part in a gangbang while trying to stay a virgin.

How is the Chicken Selects the worst "Fast Food Meal" in America when there are sandwiches that have more than 870 calories?

These lists have become idiotic.
As BrockBrockman points out, everyone and their moms have issued one, and they say different things.

(although they all seems to list Carl Jr's Double Six Dollar Burger...)

Bleh, Cinnabon...I don't know how anyone can eat that shit.

Seriously, eating a cup of sugar would taste less sweet than that. Makes my teeth hurt just thinking of it.

I will eat what I want & not care about the consequences thankyou very much!

Yuk. Just yuk. None of that sounded remotely good.

Chipotle fails to make the list?

I'm disappointed.

@Custom Reality: It's startlingly doable, provided you exercise restraint. Fast food is one of my favorite treats, something I eat rarely as a personal reward.

Then again, I've never tried a triathlon. I can't swim.

@forgottenpassword: Thanks for raising our insurance rates.

@rmz: Don't tell me Chipotle is bad, too! Sigh.

So basically they say you cant eat something that actually tastes good and they substitute some nasty health food that isnt anywhere near as satisfying as the food they intend to replace. No thanks Id rather die a few years early by eating things that taste good instead of eating things I hate just so I can live a few more years eating those same things I hate

Chipotle just has a lot of sodium. I wonder what option you could skip to reduce that. If you only eat half a burrito, or get a bowl (the tortilla is like 1000 calories) you should be ok.

@CRNewsom: death pocket!

@Mr_Human: That's a myth. Over a lifetime, the morbidly obese die far earlier and with less overall healthcare costs than a healthy person dieing at a ripe old age.

@CRNewsom: Oh Christ, hot pockets XD I hate those things. My friend played that Jim Gaffigan clip for me once and I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe!

I'm never looking in the mirror.... AGAIN.

mmmm... i love the Peanut Butter Moo'd. I know it has a lot of sugar but the other drinks @ Jamba Juice are no less innocent. At least you get some protein and fat in the PBM so your calories are a bit more balanced.

General rules of thumb:
- Avoid fast food/chain restaurants if possible
- If u must eat on the go, try to omit the sauce/spread/dressing whenever possible, or use sparingly
- Eat fast food slowly and/or in small portions--your stomach is slow to tell your brain when you're full

@FrankTheTank: I think the lists are very helpful because they take things that people think are healthy when in reality they are not. Everyone knows that the standard double cheeseburger with bacon and whatnot is going to be pretty bad for you.

@pinkpuppet: Of course. You need diet - and - exercise. I used to think it was doable too when I used to workout and still eat at McDonald's in a way I thought was healthy. I got significantly better once McDonald's left my diet entirely.

To each his own, but if you're eating "healthy" at McDonald's, it's still McDonald's.

Informed Consent! There's nothing wrong with eating crap as long as you know you're eating crap, to allow a restaurant to claim something is "heart healthy" on the menu, yet not disclose the sodium content is criminal.

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It would be trivial to modify menus to indicate the important nutritional content but obviously industry spokesweasels are against it since it would cut into sales.

Most delicious list ever. Just eat some of that tainted cantaloupe, afterwards. You'll be fine.

@FrankTheTank: I own the book, and believe it or not, there's not a sandwich on McDonald's menu that has as many calories as the Chicken Selects.

I don't get the whole "I'd rather eat the things I love" thing as applied to shit from McDonalds and Ruby Tuesday. That food is CRAP. If you're going to sin, sin with something worth eating. Otherwise, you might as well look out for yourself.

@Mr_Human: Thanks for butting into other peoples' lives.

@picardia:

"That food is crap" is your opinion. Plenty of people enjoy fast food because.... it DOES taste good. I am particularly fond of Chicken Mcnuggets, Arby's roast beef etc. etc..

Does fast food taste good because it's good, or because someone spent a lot of money and a lot of R&D time figuring out how to mass-produce 'good' as a chemical flavor additive?

Anyway, personal responsibility is only as good as social responsibility. Blah blah blah.

It seems to me that most of the people who tell you what you should and shouldn't eat are more concerned with controlling your life than maintaining your health. It's always "What I like EVERYONE should like" and not "We are all different, but this might be a better choice."

Yawn. They sound fantastic! I'm hungry for 'em right now!

@Gorky: Actually, you can eat healthier and the food can taste good. Portion control is a big part of it. I went to Red Robin last week and was able to eat fairly well. I knew I was going to eat some fries so I made sure to eat better that day and walked a little extra that night.

Portion control and making better choices enable one to eat healthier and the food tastes great.

Like the story of the 28 year old who was running the U.S. men's Olympic marathon trials and dropped dead from a heart defect. Bet he never ate at McDonalds. Didn't do him much good. Never know how or when you're gonna die. Point is most things in moderation. And just because a restaurant offers it doesn't mean you have to eat it. But a Big Mac once a year for me sure tastes good.

@Custom Reality: I have abs and have completed a triathalon, and am currently training for a marathon, and I still enjoy a McDonald's sandwich every once in a while. Sure -- it's not 3 times a week, but it is about once a month or so.

Everything in moderation my friend.

OK, this is fine and dandy and all that, but I'm tired about hearing how these certain foods are horrible, over and over again. Yes, I KNOW the Chocolate Moo'd at Jamba Juice is a fattening desert. That's why I don't get it. What about the All Fruit smoothies they have? How bad are those?

Yes, I know Ranch sauce is horrible, but what about just the chicken strips? What about a regular bowl of pasta, not covered with cheese sauce? It's like, suddenly, they're making these shocking revelations. Oh my God, you mean a chocolate chip ice cream pie desert is bad for me if I eat the whole thing myself? You mean anything that has a creme sauce, made with heavy cream, by definition 30% fat, has fat in it? Who would have known?

Instead of assuming I'm some crazed food tornado that eats everything in sight, and instead of trying to scaremonger people into thinking they're going to balloon like belugas if they eat at a Ruby Tuesdays, why don't they make realistic assumptions about the kinds of things people eat, and write books on that?

So sushi and cigarettes are still really good for you? Dig.

@TechnoDestructo:

If you don't want your Cinnabon, give it to me. Kthxsbai.

I think free Cinnabons should be handed out at every airport as a reward for all the crap you have to go through at security. If I'm elected president, I'll make it so!

@kittenfoo: Kittenfoo '08! Can I be Secretary of Milkshakes?

I love me some bad food, but this Sara Lee silk pie we got one year had so much fat and calories in it that I really didn't want a piece. Freakin' label scared me off of it.

I love Chipotle - make one a late lunch and you can just about skip dinner as well.

@Mr_Human: Actually, if you knew your facts, you'd know it's actually obese people dying early that keeps insurance premiums LOWER.

Psh, I eat fast food probably every other day and have around 4 sodas in a day (what's that, 600 calories right there) but I'm a busy, poor working college student. I need something quick, cheap, and filling and fast food hits the spot. But then again, I did run cross country and track all four years of high school, so running 4 miles is just apart of my day.

So as long as people try to balance their diet and exercise, fast food is not something to be afraid of. In just 30 minutes of my day I easily burn 500 calories, so my body needs that 1k calorie lunch of burger and fries.

@Custom Reality: OK, true story. I recently went and got a McDonald's hamburger for the first time in over a decade. I kid you not. When I was little, they would always make me vomit, and since my tastes have changed, I decided to see what was so damned interesting about them to everyone.

Surprisingly, I didn't throw up after having one (a double cheeseburger meal... quite the bargain at $4 for the whole shebang -- compare to subway at $10). Anyway, the burger was nothing special... salty, greasy bun, and a patty that tasted surprisingly like Burger King (which is nothing special either). The next day, I noticed two interesting things. First, while the burger didn't want to come out of one end, it did want to come out of the other.

Secondly (and less disgustingly), I had a strong, and I do mean strong craving for another one, despite what the previous one was making me feel like. In fact, I had to go and save more money by getting one again the next day. I was shocked, though not too surprised, at how ridiculously addictive whatever they do to the things was. It isn't just nutrition, they've really gotten the food science down to where your body craves this stuff, not normal food anymore.

Not only that, but I couldn't make a decent meal for $4, when you consider the costs of food purchasing, storage, cooking, cleanup, and time. Food shortages? Hah! There's more food than you can shake a stick at in the world, and it's super cheap. The only problem is, it's this engineered food crap.