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Scary Meal #2


Uno Chicago Grill Lobster BLT Thin Crust Pizza

1,530 calories

87 g fat (30 g saturated)

3,480 mg sodium



CALORIE EQUIVALENT: 51 Nabisco Ginger Snap Cookies



On its own, lobster is sweet, healthy, and loaded with lean protein. Yet, for some reason, restaurants never seem to know what to do with it. Case in point: Lobster BLT Pizza, an amalgam of foods that don’t quite fit together: One is seafood, one is diner grub, and one is an Italian-American hybrid. We're all for trying new things, but not when the toll is 75 percent of your day’s calories and 1½ day’s worth of sodium and saturated fat.



Eat This Instead!

Lobster Wrap with side of roasted vegetables

570 calories

30.5 g fat (4 g saturated)

1,660 mg sodium



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Scary Meal #1

Applebee’s Provolone-Stuffed Meatballs with Fettuccine

1,550 calories

97 g fat (46 g saturated)

3,910 mg sodium



CALORIE EQUIVALENT: 148 Whoppers Malted Milk Balls



Yes, America has a cheese fetish, but this is just excessive. Cheese-filled meatballs? It’s like a beef-based Gusher, a sort of meaty water balloon of fat. Especially problematic is the fact that said meatballs are served on a bed of fettuccine Alfredo, which is basically flat noodles basting in oil, butter, and—yes—cheese. Cut more than a thousand calories by switching dishes. A smart swap like this one (and the hundreds of others in Eat This, Not That!) a couple times a week and you can lose 2½ pounds a month without ever dieting!



Eat This Instead!

Spicy Shrimp Diavolo

500 calories

10 g fat (3.5 g saturated)

1,910 mg sodium



Want to click over to even more scary restaurant food creations? We've got the complete (and completely shocking) list right here: The 20 Scariest Food Creations of 2010!



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