Calories, duh duh duh

So I did not even attempt to do the first weeks challenge of counting calories. I mean am I the only one who hates counting calories?? It is really silly but I just hate the idea of having to enter in my recipes and calculate calories. It seems like a lot of work. But I know it is an important thing to have an idea of how many calories we are consuming.

So I had an interesting experience with this last week. I was at chick-fil-a with my kids. Isn't that where you guys eat when you are trying to lose weight??? Anyhow, I noticed that they now list the calories of all their menu items. They even had this pamphlet that showed some possible meals and the total calories. Here is where it got interesting for me. 1 meal was a grilled chicken sandwich with a side salad and an ice tea. That meal was 390 calories. Another meal was a yogurt with granola and berries and a coffee. That meal was 330 calories! I mean you would get so much less food and feel so much less satisfied with almost the same amount of calories. And before seeing that I would have never guess that the yogurt contained so many calories. I am sure it is because of the sugar content in bot the yogurt and the granola.

Anyhow, all that is to say that I am really trying to get a better understanding of the things I eat and be aware of some of the hidden calories that I am eating.