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How about getting your hands on the the calorie counts for each of the desserts that come along with the sleeper accommodations?I could have sworn that I'd posted in here a while ago, but I guess not.
Last year, I lost about 30 pounds (on top of an earlier 60) through extreme caloric-dieting. I've since gone back to eating "normally" but I'm still watching my intake to ensure I don't gain any of that weight back. That said, I've been doing a good deal of LD riding this year, and I've asked a few crews if they have this information available. I got lucky a while ago on the Lakeshore, where the head-chef pulled a "service-guide" out of a cupboard. I've managed to get some brief looks at it, both there and the other day on the Starlight, and here's what I've found thus far.
For Breakfast...
French Toast: 400 Calories
Pancakes (EB): 160 Calories
Eggs: 150 Calories
Egg Substitute: 40-60 calories (need to look again
Breakfast Potatoes: add 145 Calories
Biscuit: add 185 Calories
Croissant: add 230 Calories
Oatmeal: 140 Calories
Yogurt (Dannon Light N' Fit): 60 Calories
Grapefruit: 25 Calories
Egg & Cheese Sourdough Special: 470 Calories
For Lunch:
I've seen two Salads: A Ceasar that, undressed, has 50 Calories, and a Waldorf that, dressed, has 680
Side Salad: 20 Calories
Ciabatta Roll: 100 Calories
Black Bean Burger: 210* calories (I'm assuming this is for the patty only and doesn't include the buns, which add another ~200 calories)
I'll be on the sunset and the Texas Eagle in a few days and if I can get another look at the book, I'll add more information here.
It's very hard not to be tempted by one of them at each meal, and 4 or 5 of those desserts would require running alongside the train for its entire route to burn off the calories!
Maybe Amtrak should offer dieters/weightwatchers/fatwatchers/etc. a 20% rebate if one agreed to forego all desserts while on board! (Maybe the rebate would require abstention from french toast as well?!!)