Even food with "quality nutrients" is going to make you fat if you eat too much of it. Protein and fibre are the kind of nutrients you'd get from meals in all those places but if you really wanted a nutritious meal you'd chose none of the above.
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Anti-Chipotle site "Chubby Chipotle" launches (brought to you by Philip Morris!)
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Even food with "quality nutrients" is going to make you fat if you eat too much of it. Protein and fibre are the kind of nutrients you'd get from meals in all those places but if you really wanted a nutritious meal you'd chose none of the above.
Shining Sunshine
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Ironic that this ad is calling out deception when it is itself deceptive.
What a shit ad.
What a shit ad.
Spiritreaver
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Considering the only people I know that eat there are fellow gym junkies/fitness nuts, yeah ok. I don't eat there myself, but if Chipotle delivered here..........
Sofritas bowl all the way. Light on Sour Cream Light, no guac. Only thing to worry about there is sodium content, so I refrain from eating it all the time.
Calorie counting is important, but as others have mentioned Chipotle should be preferred over fast food. The calories you get from consuming Chipotle aren't nutritionally empty like the calories you get from eating a burger and fries. Not that there isn't a place for buger and fries in your diet, but in a straight up comparison Chipotle always wins.
Calorie counting is important, but as others have mentioned Chipotle should be preferred over fast food. The calories you get from consuming Chipotle aren't nutritionally empty like the calories you get from eating a burger and fries. Not that there isn't a place for buger and fries in your diet, but in a straight up comparison Chipotle always wins.
Cosmo Clock 21
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If the correlation they're trying to imprint on people is that "sustainable/all-natural" != healthy, I have a feeling this is going to backfire on the sponsoring companies in the future.
SlickShoesRUCrazy
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I love chipotle
Usually get no rice, black beans, half steak and half chicken, all the salsas, guac and the romaine.
About 700 calories according to the calorie counter.
The sodium is the issue :X
Usually get no rice, black beans, half steak and half chicken, all the salsas, guac and the romaine.
About 700 calories according to the calorie counter.
The sodium is the issue :X
After reading this thread, why are people obsessed with being "full"?
I never eat to get full, that's just weird and a little disgusting to me. If I make a sandwich for lunch, then that's what I'm having for lunch. I don't say, *burps loudly* "Well shit, my stomach isn't stretched to capacity yet. Guess I'll just keep making sandwiches until I ..... *farts loudly*..... fill 'er up."
I never eat to get full, that's just weird and a little disgusting to me. If I make a sandwich for lunch, then that's what I'm having for lunch. I don't say, *burps loudly* "Well shit, my stomach isn't stretched to capacity yet. Guess I'll just keep making sandwiches until I ..... *farts loudly*..... fill 'er up."
Christopher
Member
You're too much sometimes I mean damn...
Also chipotle is over rated once in an while is fine with me and even then a bowl with no cheese and no minimal sour cream doesn't hurt
flatearthpandas
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What a monster. It's not like the calorie count is hidden. You can build a burrito on the website and see exactly how delicious and unhealthy it will be.
It's nice to feel full after a meal every once in a while, maybe not every meal.
Chipotle can be healthier if you balance things out and use the nutrition info on the website. Basically avoid cheese and the tortilla because they are high in calories and fat and pick one salsa/sauce because they are high in sodium. Get guac on the side so you can be careful about how much you eat.
liliththepale
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Guacamole is probably the healthiest thing at Chipotle. Avocado is extremely good for you. Lots of fiber, potassium and vitamin E, and unsaturated fats (one of the good kinds).
Omg where do you live? They're as common as McDonald's around here....
7DollarHagane
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Chipotle? Healthy?
I feel like a piece of shit when I eat that stuff. It is good but man, I can't do anything after a burrito like that.
I haven't been there in years though. We used to go sometimes on those weekends where you should go grocery shopping but you never get around to it so all you ear that day is some toast and you're starving by 4pm.
Chipotle is good for those days.
I feel like a piece of shit when I eat that stuff. It is good but man, I can't do anything after a burrito like that.
I haven't been there in years though. We used to go sometimes on those weekends where you should go grocery shopping but you never get around to it so all you ear that day is some toast and you're starving by 4pm.
Chipotle is good for those days.
I totally agree with you guys. The anti-GMO shit is annoying, but I'm hardly gonna thank Philip Morris for spreading the good news.
ZombiePlatypus
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"Don't eat Chipotle. Eat our shitty, garbage, processed franken-food instead."
Yea, ok.
Yea, ok.
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
People hating on Chipotle as some bad-for-you meal are missing the point. Is there better for you? Of course. But when I go, I get a bowl with no rice and no beans, double veggies, chicken, sour cream, and two salsas and lettuce. Comes out to less than 600 calories and I'm stuffed afterwards. And it's real food. Sure, it's high in sodium, but I drink some extra water and go on a jog. I can easily survive off two of those in a day - that's a 1200 calorie day.
deltatheta
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Pretty sure the typical order at White Castle or Wendy's busts 1000 calories too. I'd be surprised if it didn't.
EatinOlives
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I may be wrong, but I don't think Chipotle ever ran with a "we're healthy" angle. They may have done something along the lines of "healthiER", but not something like Subway where they shout from the rooftops how healthy it is for you. In other words, it seems like this site is refuting an argument that Chipotle didn't actually make.
It also greatly depends on what you get at Chipotle. You can probably end up with a 1.3k calorie thing if you use a flour tortilla and load it with absolutely everything, but otherwise plenty of people go for burrito bowls and end up with something way less than what you'd get at Wendy's/White Castle/etc.
Swing and a miss.
It also greatly depends on what you get at Chipotle. You can probably end up with a 1.3k calorie thing if you use a flour tortilla and load it with absolutely everything, but otherwise plenty of people go for burrito bowls and end up with something way less than what you'd get at Wendy's/White Castle/etc.
Swing and a miss.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Burrito Bowl
Brown Rice
Black Beans
Chicken
Pico de Gallo
Hot Salsa
Cheese
Lettuce
Bite me.
Brown Rice
Black Beans
Chicken
Pico de Gallo
Hot Salsa
Cheese
Lettuce
Bite me.
Yes, I know the sodium is probably out of control but it is everywhere
Phantom Flapjack
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In the like 5-10 GAF Chipotle threads I've read, I don't think I've ever seen a single person mention eating their tacos once. Always the burritos or the bowls, never the tacos.
That is really, really weird to me. I always get their tacos.
That is really, really weird to me. I always get their tacos.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Well, you probably notice while you're there that almost no one else gets tacos.
I've gotten them occasionally, but I feel you get a lot more food with a burrito/bowl.Well, you probably notice while you're there that almost no one else gets tacos.
I hate when the person in front of me gets tacos. It's rare, but it's annoying because it's takes 5x longer to make.
Also hate when there's 2 or 3 little kids with their parents in front of me. They always let the kids order themselves and they always get those damn kid trays that take forever to make. "Ummmmmmm............... White rice.......annnnnnnnnnnd............... Pinto beans............annnnnnnd ummmmmmm."
blankempathy
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Difference between being full and being stuffed. I think by full most people mean their appetite is sated ie not hungry anymore. Just saw this add yesterday and the things theyre saying are pretty deceptive and are basically looking to manipulate the ignorant people.
So I played around with the nutrition calculator.
To hit 1500 calories on a burrito you need to make a steak one, with every single topping including both beans and guac.
I literally never see anyone eat like that at chipotle. Actually, the majority of my fitness friends love chipotle.
Me personally? I go chicken bowl with rice, black beans, veggies, extra mild, corn and lettuce which is 630-670 depending on who's scooping.
To hit 1500 calories on a burrito you need to make a steak one, with every single topping including both beans and guac.
I literally never see anyone eat like that at chipotle. Actually, the majority of my fitness friends love chipotle.
Me personally? I go chicken bowl with rice, black beans, veggies, extra mild, corn and lettuce which is 630-670 depending on who's scooping.
Fixed2BeBroken
Member
The Bowls are fine. Long as you don't put any sour cream it. Hell, the Bowls are probably the healthiest "fast food" you can get next to salads.
The weird part is the weight gain listed on the ad seems to be based on having two of those fully loaded burritos IN ADDITION TO everything you would normally eat in a week.
Assuming it takes 3500 extra calories above your normal requirements to add a pound of weight then:
1300 calories * 2 per week * 52 weeks / 3500 calories per extra pound = 38.6 pounds
1500 calories * 2 per week * 52 weeks / 3500 calories per extra pound = 44.5 pounds
People really need to stop buying the chips with their meals.
I double up on the meat but don't care for sour cream or guacamole and come out a little over 800 cals.
2000 cal is nuts. You can get better and more cost effective chips at the supermarket and still take in only half the calories of Chipotle's chips.
I double up on the meat but don't care for sour cream or guacamole and come out a little over 800 cals.
2000 cal is nuts. You can get better and more cost effective chips at the supermarket and still take in only half the calories of Chipotle's chips.
entremet
Member
Yes. It's delicious.
The ad is expectedly bad form considering the source. I don't care about Chipotle's GMO stance and it's not like an approximation of the caloric count isn't all over their menu board.
This is close to my own except no cheese but add corn and veggies instead. I ask for a little sour cream but they still do a full ladle. Also, I've never gotten chips here so that helps. I asked for guac once and, while it was good, it wasn't necessary. I go twice a month at most as it is close to my work, but I've cut back as there other good choices around the area when I don't forget to make a lunch.
Secret Character
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As others have said, I turn a burrito bowl into two meals. I do know people, though, who fill up on burritos and generally stuff themselves. I'm talking double meat, double cheese, sour cream, guac, and the like. Stuff that normally needs to be double wrapped.
I can't do that.
I can't do that.
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My normal post-workout meal is:
- Bowl with double chicken, brown rice, veggies, mild, cheese, lettuce, extra cilantro
- Chicken quesadilla
I like that more than the quesarito, personally. Spreads everything out a bit better, and I get more protein and meat (the healthiest ingredient in there) since it's 3 portions instead of the 1-2 you'd get in a quesarito.
I only eat 2 meals per day so the ~1300 calories at once isn't at all excessive.
My girlfriend and I will split a carnita bowl with guac, so we probably get about 500 calories each for $11. It's a good deal and we're both full afterwords. I can't imagine eating the burrito version by myself.
SoundsOfScience
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All this Chipotle talk is really making me want to get some Chipotle.
A Fish Aficionado
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That's taco bell.
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