A Big Bolus of Calories

Initially appeared on vox.com on 3/24/2009.

Yesterday Gianina and i decided to use some Steak n Shake coupons we had lying around.  The grand  total for the meal wasn't bad (roughly $10), but just for fun i decided to look up the nutritional value of what i ate.  "Shocked" would be an understatement.

The main meal was a "Frisco Melt" with lettuce and tomato: 988 calories (i sh!t you not!) and 72g of  fat.

Of course i had to have fries with that (i'm assuming it was "small"): 246 calories and 12.5g of fat.

And to top it all off i had a chocolate milkshake (assuming "regular" size): 744 calories and 22g of fat. 

The grand total for "just" lunch: 1978 calories and 106.5g of fat!

!!!

To be fair, i've been trying to jack up my caloric intake recently with all the running i've been doing (i burned up roughly 1000 calories with yesterday's 8-miler), but something about 1978 calories in one sitting sounds just ridiculous.  That 2/3 lb. Monster Thickburger at Hardee's doesn't sound so farfetched now.

( In retrospect, i'm fairly certain i consume at least that much during an average Filipino get-together, but to actually review the numbers like that is a bit of a trip.)