Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese….

We have to do these quarterly stories for the Schurz Health & Body Magazine which shows our panicked scrambling to learn something expertise about how to stay fit and take care of your body. Well I am not the Greek god that you might picture me as, so health and body is a little outside the list of topics that I have mastered (basketball, Wilmore, colors). So I chose a topic this quarter that I do know something about — fast food. I talked to a dietitian and did some research about how you can, in fact, choose healthy options off of a drive-thru menu. While I was researching, I found that there is an obscene amount of calories and fat in some of these foods that we order, and some other ones actually aren’t that bad. Here are a few lists for your enjoyment and possible disgust:

Popular foods:

McDonald’s Big Mac: 540 calories, 29g fat
Burger King Whopper: 660 calories, 40g fat
Wendy’s Spicy Chicken Sandwich: 430 calories, 16g fat
Hardee’s 1/3 lb. Thickburger: 850 calories, 57g fat
Chick Fil A Original sandwich: 410 calories, 16g fat
Taco Bell Grilled Stuffed Burrito: 700 calories, 33g fat
Dairy Queen 1/2 lb. Flamethrower Burger: 1,050 calories, 75g fat
Sonic Burger: 552 calories, 26g fat
Zaxby’s Cajun Club: 681 calories, 26g fat

French Fries (large)

McDonald’s: 500 calories, 25g fat
Wendy’s: 540 calories, 26g fat
Burger King: 580 calories, 28g fat
Dairy Queen: 480 calories, 21g fat
Arby’s (Homestyle): 560 calories, 24g fat
Arby’s (Curly): 630 calories, 34g fat
Hardee’s: 610 calories, 28g fat
Sonic: 379 calories, 15g fat
Rally’s: 320 calories: 16g fat
Chick Fil A: 420 calories, 23g fat

Biggest Offenders:

Hardee’s 2/3 lb. Monster Thickburger: 1,420 calories, 108g fat
Dairy Queen 4-piece Chicken Strip Basket w/gravy: 1,360 calories, 63g fat
Zaxby’s Chicken Finger Sandwich: 1,268 calories, 69g fat
Burger King Triple Whopper w/ cheese: 1,250 calories, 84g fat
Sonic Island Fire Supersonic Burger: 1,010 calories, 59g fat
Wendy’s Triple Stack Cheeseburger: 980 calories, 59g fat
Taco Bell Chicken Ranch Loaded Taco Salad: 960 calories, 75g fat
Burger King Double Whopper w/cheese: 940 calories, 57g fat
Arby’s Market Fresh Five-Star Club: 920 calories, 50g fat

Desserts

Oreo McFlurry: 550 calories, 17g fat
McDonald’s Large Frosty: 540 calories, 14g fat
Arby’s Large JaMocha Shake: 650 calories, 17g fat
Regular Reese’s Sonic Blast: 590 calories, 20g fat
Burger King Small Chocolate Milkshake: 470 calories, 14g fat
Large Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Blizzard: 1,320, 52g fat (!!!!!!)

Think about THAT next time you go for a quick Blizzard.