Sugar Turned On Me

There comes a time that realize you don’t want to think about food, you just want to stop being hungry. This usually happens right around lunchtime for me on a day where I’ve failed to bring anything from home. Other concerns, like what I’m doing at work, collapse in the face of needing food badly enough to wrestle a wolverine for his kill. At times like that, I don’t want to think about carbs or glycemic index values. All that matters is that the beast must feed. This is what usually compels me to go to a fast food place.

One of my first attempts to find convenient meals that wouldn’t make my blood sugar go up like a rocket was Chick-Fil-A. Chicken by and large was already a staple in our home and Chick-Fil-A was a place I already enjoyed. I resigned myself to the idea that I couldn’t have their signature sandwich anymore, but I knew they had other good options and I shouldn’t have much trouble getting food there.

Little did I know.

My first experiment there was their Char Grilled sandwich. No breading should equal better for me. The problem was that the piece of meat in the bun was smaller than the one that came in the usual sandwich and less tasty. The day I tried it was the first time I’d walked away from that establishment still hungry.

So next I tried the Caesar wrap. I remember wraps being all the rage when people started going Lo-Carb, so I figured I was safe. Then I glanced at the poster they put up with nutrition information.

The Caesar wrap actually is higher in carbs than the standard chicken sandwich. And fat. And sodium. Before dressing.

I was flabbergasted.

I still go there, but now having weighed my options, I get the regular sandwich that I know and love. With a small fruit cup and bottled water I’m looking at 60g of carbs (which is a heavy meal for me, I usually shoot for 45g) and tastes that I enjoy. The lesson here was that I can’t just choose something off the “healthy” menu at a restaurant without fear.

The beast must be fed. But the beast must also be informed.

Chick-Fil-A’s Nutrition Information

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