When a salad isn't really a salad...

When you are feeling like eating healthy for lunch what do you grab? I grab a salad. That's healthy right?

WRONG!!!

This of course depends on where you go to get the Salad

Yep! You heard me. I learned the hard way today that my eating healthy was actually worse than going to  

McDonald's!

Here is the nutritional information from my lunch:

Calories: 685

Total Fat: 49.5g

Saturated Fat: 12g

Cholesterol:  85mg

Sodium: 1365mg

Sugar: 21g

* Nutritional information courtesy of Kneaders Bakery

I'm not making this stuff up.  

49.5g of FAT in a SALAD!!!!  

For comparison, here is the nutritional information for McDonald's Quarter Pounder w/ cheese (which I would never get bc it's so bad for you)

Calories: 510

Total Fat: 26g

Saturated Fat: 12g

Cholesterol: 90mg

Sodium: 1190mg

Sugar: 9g

*Nutritional Information courtesy of McDonald's

Luckily I had looked up the nutritional information before eating my salad so I was able to bypass the pecans (which are delicious, but contribute to the high calories, fat, and sugar). But I had already put on the dressing and so I couldn't take away those 24 g of fat and 240 calories. 

It kind of made me sick to think that one small salad could be so horrible for you! I felt like I have been swindled! I tried to be healthy, but now all I can think of is how long I'm going to have to run tonight at the gym to make up for my SALAD! I think that Utah should follow suit of New York and require restaurants to display the nutritional information. Then I would have known to ask for no pecans and no dressing.

So beware: not all salads are made equal