This is why you're fat

Twitter trends can often spot out when current events will be a hit, others times, a sad look into America’s obesity.

So you decided to venture over to Twitter.com to see what people were saying about the latest awards of the Pulitzer Prize, but wait, something strange is over taking Twitter. One of the most disgusting forms of food, which could only be provided in America (ignore the seven patty burger for Windows 7).

Double Down, or KFC Double Down was a trending topic in most major cities in America, as KFC released a new type of sandwhich. Normally a fast food chain’s new menu items go rather unnoticed or have obnoxious singing fish to let you know about a deal, but not KFC’s Double Down.

Atkins would have loved to get his arteries clogged by this!

What seems to be missing from the Double Down that often completes a sandwhich? Buns. Rather than bread, the Double Down consists of two pieces of breaded chicken or grilled, “this one-of-a-kind sandwich features two thick and juicy boneless white meat chicken filets (Original Recipe® or Grilled), two pieces of bacon, two melted slices of Monterey Jack and pepper jack cheese and Colonel’s Sauce. This product is so meaty, there’s no room for a bun!”

Sadly the Pulitzer Prize award was also only listed on one larger American cities trending topics at the same time. America, this is why you’re fat.

Skip the in flight meal for these healthier alternatives

Traveling usually puts a toll on your healthy eating habits, but with these choices you can reduce the heart attacks.

By The Realistic Nutritionist

Smell that grease!

Finding healthy food at the airport is getting just as hard as trying to find roundtrip tickets for less than $300 these days. In just the past 3 years, I’ve become quite the avid traveler, which has led me to consume a few too many high calorie, high sodium, low nutrient meals in the hustled atmosphere of the nation’s airports. However, through my years of experience I have gotten quite good at sniffing out the healthy options when my layover is too long or my stomach starts to grumble. Even if you find yourself at a smaller airport and all they seem to have are McDonald’s or Burger King, don’t fret, you can find healthy options there too!

McDonald’s

Mc. Nasty's

This fast food favorite has gotten it’s fair share of backlash for offering only fatty, deep friend food. However, they have revamped their entire menu and have introduced a great variety of healthy foods, ranging from salads and snack wraps to grilled chicken sandwiches. That big yellow M never looked so healthy! Here are my top choices from there along with the nutritional breakdown, courtesy of McDonald’s USA. [All of the nutritional information for the salads does not contain salad dressing. Truthfully, they are so flavorful you don't need it!]

Premium southwest grilled chicken salad      320 cal.

Premium bacon ranch salad with grilled chicken  260 cal.

Honey mustard grilled snack wrap                  260 cal.

Chipotle barbq grilled snack wrap                  260 cal.

4 piece chicken mcnuggets     190 cal.

Hamburger                      250 cal.

Ranch snack wrap [grilled]             270 cal.

Complete list of nutritional facts for McDonald’s

Starbucks

Starbucks

This favorite coffee shop is a staple at just about every major US airport. Even though coffee seems harmless and calorie free, some of their concoctions contain up to 1000 calories and 20 grams of fat, which many people do not account for in their daily calorie counts. So if you have an early flight and need an instant pick me up, steer clear of the frappachinos and super mocha lattes, as those are often breeding grounds for fat and calories. Here is what I usually get when I’m dying for some caffeine.

Brewed coffee                                      5 cal.     0 gm. fat

Nonfat caramel machiato               140 cal.    1 gm. fat

Nonfat coffee mocha                          170 cal.     2 gm. fat

Skinny vanilla latte                              90 cal.       0 gm. fat

Blueberry oat bar                                 250 cal.     10 gm. fat

Starbucks perfect oatmeal                140 cal.     1.5 gm. fat.

Egg white spinach and feta wrap     280 cal.     10 gm. fat

Cinnabon

Cinnabon

I know what you’re thinking, there is no healthy options at this place! Which I can’t blame you, I’ve thought the same thing. How can a place that distributes cinnamon rolls oozing in icing actually serve something that is relatively healthy? Well, surprise! There are a few low-fat, low-calorie options hiding behind that tantalizing smell. If this is one of my only choices, here’s what I go for when I’m flying.

Cinnabon cinnamon bread      120 cal. 3 gm. fat

Strawberry minibun        250 cal.     5 gm. fat

Cinnabon mocha latte     190 cal.     4.5 gm. fat

Cinnabon vanilla latte     190 cal.     4.5 gm. fat

Cinnamon crisps                130 ca.      6 gm. fat [per serving, 1.5 servings per container]

Panda Express

Where kids eat Panda's free!

Chinese food can be very tricky. There are healthy options, however, sometimes even those are loaded up in salt and …GASP…msg, so you need to be super careful when you are ordering from any fast food chinese place. But I’m not going to pretend here friends, I’m a huge Chinese food fan, so when I see that adorable little panda sign I ussually bolt right there to get my fill on my oriental favorite. If you are like me and crave the chicken low-mein or general tso’s chicken, you are in luck because I have found some delicious, low sodium, low-fat and low-calorie dishes at our favorite Panda. So if you are stuck with a long layover and can’t stomach another cracker, try one of these for a healthy fill me up!

3 Cream cheese rangoons       190 cal.      8 gm. fat       180 mg. sodium

SweetFire chicken breast        440 cal.      10 gm. fat    370 mg. sodium

Sweet and sour chicken           400 cal.      17 gm. fat    370 mg. sodium

Mixed veggies entrée               35 cal          0 gm. fat      260 mg. sodium

Steamed rice                               400 cal.      0 gm. fat      0 mg. sodium

One fortune cookie                  70 cal.         2 gm. fat      0 mg. sodium

Complete list of Panda Express’s nutrition information.

Sbarro

The best Italian food around, no lie.

Who doesn’t love a nice, greasy piece of pizza that is the size of their head? I sure do! However, my waistline and size 6 jeans do not feel the same sense of longing. Although I’m a pizza phene and would much rather eat cheese and pepperoni than a salad, I know that, in the long run, the salad is the much better choice. However, Sbarro, which gets the bad rap for having really greasy, over-sized portions, actually has food other than salad that is satisfying and low in fat and calories [plus, a piece of pizza that won't blow your calorie budget!]. So don’t let the name fool you, you can find some healthy options at this common Italian joint!

Pasta Primavera salad        190 cal.       10 gm. fat

Mixed vegetables [with butter sauce]     190 cal.     15 gm. fat

Low carb cheese pizza         310 cal.      14 gm. fat

String bean and tomato salad                      100 cal.     7 gm. fat

Greek salad                               60 cal.         5 gm. fat

Meatballs                                   139 cal.       9 gm. fat

Au Bon Pain

French = Bread. Om Nom Nom!

This is one of my favorite little deli’s and I’m really happy to see it has popped up in so many airports. What is great about this place is there are quite a few healthy options for the health conscious traveler and offer a wide variety of healthy snacks as well. Of course like any other restaurant, they also have their high fat and calorie nightmares, but with so many healthy choices, who needs them?

Garden vegetable soup     80 cal.     2 gm. fat

Chicken and dumpling soup      210 cal.   7 gm. fat

Tomato bisque                    210 cal.     9 gm. fat

Demi ham sandwich on baguette  330 cal.  5 gm. fat

Demi tuna sanwich on baguette     320 cal.   7 gm. fat

Thai peanut chicken salad                 240 cal.  8 gm. fat

Honey 9 grain bagel                             350 cal.  4 gm. fat

Apple cinnamon oatmeal                   280 cal.   4 gm. fat

Fruit cup                         70 cal.

Dunkin Donuts

The only DD's you need!

Donuts and health are never words that often share the same sentence. When one thinks of a donut, they think of deep fried, golden rings of fat, often drenched in sugar. [Which is making my mouth water, what about you?] Well when I’m up at ungodly hours trying to catch a flight, the last thing I need is a sugar filled fat ball that will make me crash 20 minutes later. Instead, I need something hearty, full of fiber and protein that will keep me full throughout my plane ride so I don’t find myself munching on candy or salty pretzels. Luckily Dunkin Donuts has really revamped their image by introducing healthy breakfast sandwiches, whole grain bagels and low-calorie speciality coffees. They even got nutritionists, professors of medicine, doctors and fitness experts on a panel they call DDSmarts Nutritional Advisory, which helps navigate Dunkin Donuts menu to include more healthy, whole grain products! You go Dunkin, you keep this up and I will certainly “run on you.”

Egg white veggie flatbread        290 cal.     9 gm fat.    11 gm. protein

Egg white turkey sausage flatbread      280 cal.     6 gm. fat     19 gm. protein

Egg white and cheese wake-up wrap  150 cal.      6 gm. fat   8 gm. protein

Egg white and cheese on an English muffin  270 cal.    5 gm. fat   16 gm. protein

Multi grain bagel                          390 cal.       8 gm. fat      17 gm. protein

Latte light [small]                        80 cal           0 gm. fat       7 gm. protein

Coffee with skim milk                 15 cal.          0 gm. fat        2 gm. protein

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Fable 2 has added on a new moral system, which directly shows what the creators are good or bad. So much that it is almost annoying at times. The game even explains in a very broad sense, what may happen during sex.

While going through your journey you come across many tempting foods, which act as a quick heal (certain pies or meat) and there are of course the vegetables and tofu. Eating one pie instantaneously makes you a bulbous sack of fat and obviously the more you eat the large you get. The issue with this is simple, 1 pie = fat ass and a ranking of corruption for each man boob/ fat roll you get. Evidently fat people are corrupt? Granted it’s funny, but not when you try to reverse the process. A majority of the time the food items you get are fatty or bad for you and you must eat nearly 10 times as many vegetables to reverse the fat. 1 pie = 10 pieces of celery (carrots, tofu and fruits don’t help you loose weight, really…. wtf??)

Ok so you are a fat ass in the game, big deal? Well the fatter you get the more you scare off the people in the game as well. We didn’t mind all to much as it’s just easier/more fun to go through the game as evil as you possibly can (make sure you marry a bunch of people and sacrifice them at the same time, it’s good times).

The creators have decided to place some rather awkward, sim like features to the game. One of the very first things you will notice in the game, is that you can purchase condoms. There are prostitutes, (gay and straight… and of course your common $2 fatties) and the women or men you would possible marry. (There are instances where you can manage an orgy in the game as well, but we leave that one to you to figure out). If you choose not to use a condom one of two things can happen, you either knock a person up or you can get an STD. The only thing more annoying then the dog is your own kid and you can’t even kill it!

The biggest issue we have is with the food, granted Tofu and Veggies are good for you, but honestly to make you angelic because you eat tofu is just odd

A cool gold cheat you guys may want to dabble in:

Unplug your Xbox from Xbox live and change the date manually to 2025. This will cause you to get a much larger amount of gold when you return to the game. The amount of real estate you have and other sources of income add up every 5 minutes even when the game is off. So by altering the dates you get a huge amount of cash. To do this over and over again, start up the game once again and change the date back to 2005. After doing so save the game and change the date to 2025. You can do this as much as you want.

***NOTE: Make sure when you are done with the gold cheat, that you go back and save your game before the actual current date or there may be instances where you do not receive gold every 5 minutes. Just change the date to 2005, save the game, then turn xbox live on again and it should be all good to go.

I’ve found the cheapest way for you all to feed your gambling addiction. Simply wake your lazy self up and go get a hash brown. Each one has two of your monopoly pieces and they only cost 50 cents. Easily increasing your odds… unless however; McNasties being a clever bastard would never put a rare piece on these… which brings me to my next piece of information… your rare pieces for 2008:

Water Works – $50 – Odds 1 in 639,000
Mediterranean Avenue – $100 – Odds 1 in 5,701,000
Short Line Railroad – $500 – Odds 1 in 311,389,700
Vermont Avenue – $1,000 – Odds 1 in 106,921,400
Virginia Avenue – $2,000 – Odds 1 in 106,921,400
Tennessee Avenue – $5,000 – Odds 1 in 307,947,900
Kentucky Avenue – $10,000 – Odds 1 in 307,947,900
Ventnor Avenue – $25,000 – Odds 1 in 769,869,600
Pennsylvania Avenue – $50,000 – Odds 1 in 769,869,600
Golden Avenue – $100,000 – Odds 1 in 178,065,100
Boardwalk – $1,000,000 – Odds 1 in 591,287,650