This is not my sub...it's a public domain photo I found of a sub at Quiznos.
At the beginning of the week, one of my goals I listed was meeting (not exceeding) my Weight Watchers points for 6 out of the 7 days. That meant that one of those days I was going to allow myself to use some of my flex points (additional points for the week so I could eat something spectacularly naughty if I wanted).
The week was going great until yesterday. I made a decision to go to Quiznos and bring home Mesquite Chicken subs and cups of Brocoli and Cheese soup for a surprise lunch for Matthew and I. I was thinking that the soup would not be the best decision points wise, but I would just make up for that later in the day. I also thought that the subs couldn't be that bad either because it was bits of grilled chicken on wheat with vegetables. I realized while eating it that it had bacon, cheese and ranch dressing on it.
FAIL.
I remained optimistic that it couldn't be that bad.
FAIL.
I looked up the nutrition information after my lunch was consumed.
EPIC FAIL.
Mesquite Chicken Sub (Regular)
Calories: 790
Fat: 39 grams...WHAT?!?!!
Fiber: 4 grams
The sub ended up being around 18 points. The soup was only 3 (to my surprise).
Together that is nearly all of my points for the entire day!!! It became apparent that I was going to be using my flex points yesterday, though I wanted to save it for something a bit more naughty than a day I ate a chicken sub on wheat bread.
I should have just ate cake and called it a day...or had someone inject me with a syringe of fat.
Today will be better - I'll look up the points BEFORE I eat something. Perhaps trusting my intuition was an extremely bad move, but I do finding myself asking how does the sandwich I ate yesterday contain so many calories and fat?! Do they inject it with fat?! If I made the same thing at home, I doubt if it would have been anywhere near those numbers. What exactly are we eating?
