Friendly’s is making news for the new addition to their menu – The Ultimate Grilled Cheese Burger Melt which is “A Big Beef burger between two hot grilled cheese sandwiches, with lettuce, tomato and mayo”. I read one article on CBS News that stated it was 1,160 calories which I knew had to be incorrect. I decided to check their site to see how many calories it really has. Friendly’s nutrition chart states that their Ultimate Grilled Cheese Burger Melt is filled with 1500 calories. This number seems way off since their grilled cheese sandwich is 800 calories alone. I just wrote them to find out if this is a mistake or how they got to the 1500 calories number. Below is my letter to them. I’ll follow up when I get a response.
Email to Friendly’s: I noticed your ultimate grilled cheese burgermelt is supposed to have 1500 calories however your grilled cheese alone has 800 calories. Simple math tells me the “bun” (ie 2 grilled cheese sandwiches) alone would be 1600 calories which would put this sandwich closer to say 2,000 calories when you throw in the burger and condiments. Is this an oversight on your part or is there something I am missing?
Surprise surprise, the EPA is trying to now ban the insecticide Endosulfan (a chemical cousin of DDT). According to the CNN article, this insecticide has been in use since 1954 and is used on a variety of crops including apples, cherries, peaches, potatoes, grapes, barley, oats, tobacco, cotton and wheat.
1 – Take off your shoes
2 – Filter your water with a carbon filter
3 – Buy produce/meat/dairy without antibiotics and without growth hormones
4 – Open windows whenever possible as indoor air may be less polluted than outdoor air
Children exposed to higher levels of a type of pesticide found in trace amounts on commercially grown fruit and vegetables are more likely to have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder than children with less exposure, a nationwide study suggests.
I’ve thought abut running a half marathon more and more recently. Last year I lost 35 lbs in the spring time during our biggest loser competition at work by running A LOT! I’ve not been running much lately but would really like to set a half marathon goal for myself to see if I can accomplish it.
One of the few major local half marathons is in a little over 10 weeks and I just found a 10 week training guide for half marathons. There are 2 slight problems
1 – Motivating myself to run 3 – 4 times per week for the next 10 weeks in the COLD.
2 – The half marathon is scheduled for the 21st of March which is just a few days before my wife’s due date.
I do have a Y membership but getting myself to the Y seems even more daunting as I would have to actually set time aside for myself to do that and I’m horrible with time management. The 2nd problem would only be an issue if she has the baby before / during the half marathon.
Monday will be the first day of training and I’m hoping posting this on my blog will motivate me a little more to actually try to run my first half marathon!
Friendly’s is making news for the new addition to their menu – The Ultimate Grilled Cheese Burger Melt which is “A Big Beef burger between two hot grilled cheese sandwiches, with lettuce, tomato and mayo”. I read one article on CBS News that stated it was 1,160 calories which I knew had to be incorrect. I decided to check their site to see how many calories it really has. Friendly’s nutrition chart states that their Ultimate Grilled Cheese Burger Melt is filled with 1500 calories. This number seems way off since their grilled cheese sandwich is 800 calories alone. I just wrote them to find out if this is a mistake or how they got to the 1500 calories number. Below is my letter to them. I’ll follow up when I get a response.
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