9 Worst Restaurant Appetizers
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by Brandi Koskie for DietsInReview.com for GalTime.com
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Going out to eat at a big chain restaurant is already blurring the lines of managing a healthy diet and fully splurging. No matter what you order, the calories, fat, and sodium are incredibly high. Once you add on appetizers, drinks, and those larger-than-life desserts, you’ve eaten a couple of days’ worth of calories. You know it’s true as you waddle back to your car and pray for the forgiveness of stretchy pants awaiting you at home.
Trim the fat, literally, by skipping the worst appetizers on popular restaurant menus.
If you’re that hungry by the time you get seated, order a small garden salad with a vinaigrette dressing on the side and a glass of water. They’ll fill you up and satisfy you in a healthy way so that 1) you don’t go nuts on these crazy high-calorie appetizers, and 2) can eat a moderate amount of your entrée with plenty to take home.
Here's what to X off your list if you are eating out and choose an appetizer to start off the meal.
Outback Wings
1877 Calories
153g Total Fat
How can something as low-fat as chicken have something so wrong done to it that it ends up on a “worst of” list? Outback pulls it off with their fried wings that come in just shy of the 2000 calorie-per-day mark.
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Chili’s Texas Cheese Fries with Chili and Ranch
1830 Calories
120g Fat
Go ahead and order these with a side of coronary bypass. The calories exceed a day’s worth of calories, and the sodium at more than 5000 milligrams is enough to keep blood pressure medication suppliers in businessf or a long time!
Red Lobster Crispy Calamari and Vegetables
760 Calories
49g of Fat
One serving of this deep-fried squid is 70% of your entire day’s worth of calories! The vegetables, while the best part of this dish, hardly make up for all that’s lost in 88 grams of fat!
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Olive Garden Calamari
890 Calories
54g of Total Fat
The fried squid takes the calorie-offender cake again. Squid is a decadent seafood dish that can be enjoyed grilled, but once it’s battered and fried any semblance of nutrition is burned up. Stick to the endless bowl of salad, here.
Applebees Appetizer Sampler
2300-2460 Calories
143-160g of Fat
