Do as I say, not as I do

Despite feeling like I'd been hit by a truck when I woke up this morning (ohhh, was I sore!), I managed to get a few important things done today: walk dogs, buy dog food, acquire more running gear (more on that tomorrow), go grocery shopping, fold a bunch of clothes, talk to my mother-in-law, go to agility class...not bad, right?

By the time I got home from class, I was starving, and it was 7:20 PM. Even though we had painstakingly bought all the ingredients for an Asparagus Naan Pizza recipe in Runner's World (except the naan--apparently Trader Joe's has frozen naan, but I didn't find that out until after I got home), I was too tired and too hungry, and it was just too darn late to cook, especially a new recipe.

Just days ago, a new burger place opened up in town called Five Guys Burgers and Fries. As the name says, that's pretty much what they do--burgers and fries. But they do them very well. These are no ordinary fast-food vittles. I had only been to a Five Guys once before, and I enjoyed it immensely. You can see where I'm heading with this, right? I turn to my husband and say, "Let's go to Five Guys!"

And we do, and it is delicious. We each order a "Little Hamburger" and split one order of regular fries (not large, just "regular"). No Coke, either. We polish off our burgers and quit halfway through the fries because we are full. I wonder idly as we toss our trash how many calories I've just consumed.

The answer: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!
According to this site, at least, the "little" hamburger has 480 calories, 26 grams of fat, 39 grams of carbs, and 23 grams of protein. And one-quarter of a "regular" serving of fries has 165 calories, 15 grams of fat, 39 grams of carbs, and 5 grams of protein. And I'm not even counting the in-shell peanuts we ate while waiting to pick up our order.

So the damage is over 600 calories, 40+ grams of fat, and nearly 80 grams of carbs. Please excuse me while I go hang my head in shame.

Clearly, I should have gone to Chick-Fil-A.