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Anti-Chipotle site "Chubby Chipotle" launches (brought to you by Philip Morris!)

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Cagey

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Most people at Chipotle consume an amount of calories equivalent to, if not greater than, value meals at fast food joints. There's mor of an awareness from consumers that supersize at McDonalds is unhealthy but not that adding cheese and guac and sour cream to a stuffed burrito is.

The message may lack purity of intent from the people pushing it but there's truth nonetheless.
 
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Kinitari

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If the average meal at chipotle is 1k calories, yeah that's high, but I wouldn't imagine it's higher than any other fast food place. It's not like people don't realize they're eating high calorie fast food right? Well, the people who get bowls with certain restrictions probably do.
 
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ViewtifulJC

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People put a lot of focus on calories, but tbh a burrito from Chipotle will probably have a lot better quality nutrients than a similar super-size processed meal from Burger King, Wendy's, or McDonalds. The tortillas are empty calories, but you get a shitload of fiber, protein, and vitamins in those burritos. And "Fat" isn't always evil, they're not all created equal. Guacamole is obviously super high in calories(and I tend to avoid it and sour cream tbh), but an excellent source of “good” fat, fiber, and vitamins.

IDK, people see "*blank* has a lot of calories!" and freak out. Of course you shouldn't eat too many of them, but they're all the be-all, end-all of your diet. Especially if you're not a small woman, which seems to be who they modeled that "2000 calories a day" recommendation on. Most of FitnessGAF avg out 2500 cal a day. I'm 6'3'' myself, I'm gonna require a bit more than the average.
 
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ElectricKaibutsu

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I really want Chipotle now.

If you eat enough food anywhere you get fat. It's not a Chipotle specific phenomenon. I usually split a burrito with my wife anyway.

I do agree the anti GMO thing is pretty misguided though.
 
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hey_it's_that_dog

benevolent sexism
DragonSworne said:
It's gross virtue of the amount gauc and cheese they use.
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So ask for less, or none.

It would definitely be nice if you could order a half portion of Guac for half the price, though. Oh, it's two dollars extra for Guacamole? Maybe don't give me three avocados worth as a topping for a burrito that already weighs a pound and a half.
 
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hey_it's_that_dog

benevolent sexism
DragonSworne said:
Then I end up with bad bland tasty Tex-Mex food.

No thanks, I'll go to a more authentic place with a higher quality and cheaper menu.
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Well no shit an authentic mexican restaurant is likely to be better. A lot of people don't have that option. Or their authentic places are shitty, too.
 
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thefro

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KibblesBits said:
Cesaro, my hero. My love. My idol.

Also, hating on Chiptole? That should be a crime.
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I should photoshop the first picture and put Cesaro in there instead.
 
Goro Majima

Goro Majima

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vagabondarts said:
Tyson foods is behind this? The crappy processed chicken nugget company? As if they have any room to talk lol
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Tyson is the largest meat producing company in the world (including beef and pork) and literally makes almost everything including a large portion of your food when dining out.

They're the largest supplier by far for Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Dominos, Papa Johns, etc.

They're almost impossible to avoid.
 
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Brianimaniac

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The food I eat there comes to 640 calories, and I'm not even consciously dieting, that's just what I want. And that's one of two meals I would eat for that whole day.
 
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Doctor Ironic

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I worked full-time at one and ate Chipotle 5-7 times a week for free and noticed no real change in my weight. Just don't be an idiot and always get extra sour cream and cheese. Try the vegan shit. Sofritas are delicious.
 
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eyeball_kid

Member
It's not necessarily the calories at Chipotle that will do you harm – I just made a vegan bowl on their nutrition calculator and it was 595 calories – it's the amount of salt they use in their food. That same bowl, which is just pinto beans, white rice, guac, salsa, and lettuce, had 1520mg (!!) of salt. The WHO recommends less than 2000mg of salt per day, and the USDA recommends less than 1500 mg for middle-aged or people with hypertension. If I add an order of chips, it's up to 1940mg. If I add some Sofritas, it's up to 2495mg (steak is 300mg less).

In other words, if you're eating at Chipotle all the time, you could be setting yourself up for a stroke or cardiovascular disease, even if you're working out often.
 
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Mushroomer25

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I'm not the biggest fan of Chipotle (their GMO stance often borders on fear mongering) - but this campaign is sleazy as hell. It's playing on this assumption that Chipotle is healthy, which isn't exactly a commonly held opinion. I think most people know the massive burrito they serve you isn't a diet fixin. It's a fast-food alternative.

Combined with the constant conversation that Chipotle is stealing a generation of customers away from places like McDonalds - and it's hard to get behind this. Chiptole SHOULD be called out on their exploitation of GMO misinformation. I just don't want the people who would most profit from that campaign to be the ones funding it.
 
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CornBurrito

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If you eat excess calories of anything you are going to gain weight. Eat 5000 calories of broccoli a day and you'll get fat.
 
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entremet

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ViewtifulJC said:
People put a lot of focus on calories, but tbh a burrito from Chipotle will probably have a lot better quality nutrients than a similar super-size processed meal from Burger King, Wendy's, or McDonalds. The tortillas are empty calories, but you get a shitload of fiber, protein, and vitamins in those burritos. And "Fat" isn't always evil, they're not all created equal. Guacamole is obviously super high in calories(and I tend to avoid it and sour cream tbh), but an excellent source of “good” fat, fiber, and vitamins.

IDK, people see "*blank* has a lot of calories!" and freak out. Of course you shouldn't eat too many of them, but they're all the be-all, end-all of your diet. Especially if you're not a small woman, which seems to be who they modeled that "2000 calories a day" recommendation on. Most of FitnessGAF avg out 2500 cal a day. I'm 6'3'' myself, I'm gonna require a bit more than the average.
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I would agree.

Calories matter, but they matter in context. Please beans, rice, veggies, are gonna be better for you than fries and burgers.

That said, if you're dieting and eating double meat burritos with guac along with your other 2 meals, unless you're burning tons of calories, it will be difficult!
 
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vagabondarts

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I would get the sofritas but the one time I tried it they gave me a serious case of heartburn. I can't eat hi sodium stuff.
I only get chicken burrito bowls if I go to chipotle.

wienke said:
Tyson is the largest meat producing company in the world (including beef and pork) and literally makes almost everything including a large portion of your food when dining out.
They're the largest supplier by far for Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Dominos, Papa Johns, etc.
They're almost impossible to avoid.
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Noooooo! :(
Chipotle must be disturbing their supply chain or trying to edge in on their b2b stuff
 
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Brianimaniac

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ThisGuy said:
Does anyone else occasionally get two burritos?

Sometimes I get a burrito and quesadilla.
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I did it once. I didn't get sick or anything, but I just felt super slow and lazy afterwards, so I wouldn't do it again.

I would rather spread them out a little anyway if I was going to eat two in one day again.
 
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SSM25

Member
Maybe order the bowl instead of the burrito? No rice too...

Just had Chipotle an hour ago, so good ( and I'm a Mexican living in Mexico)
 
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Mechazawa

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I have been shown the light and now have a strange craving to consume a Dave's Hot n Juicey after putting down some delicious frozen chicken snacks.
 
-tetsuo-

-tetsuo-

Unlimited Capacity
DragonSworne said:
Then I end up with bad bland tasty Tex-Mex food.

No thanks, I'll go to a more authentic place with a higher quality and cheaper menu.
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This argument is so strange. It is seasoned meat with rice, beans and vegtables. You find this to be gross but then go to a mexican place and get the same thing?
 
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CornBurrito

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-tetsuo- said:
This argument is so strange. It is seasoned meat with rice, beans and vegtables. You find this to be gross but then go to a mexican place and get the same thing?
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It is "higher quality" by which he means....

who the fuck knows. Maybe they use 3 scoops of Love while Chipotle can only use 1.
 
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marrec

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One the one hand, I don't like Chipotle for politicizing my burritos... there's no reason to go anti-GMO and by being so vocally anti-GMO they are basically being vocally anti-Science.

One the other hand, fuck Philip Morris.

On the THIRD hand, Chipotle burritos are pretty dope regardless of their ignorant GMO stance.
 
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