Lunch today, provided by the office, will be Costco hot dogs and Costco Polish dogs. I didn’t bring my lunch today, I’m starving, and I will probably have my usual 2 dogs with mustard and ketchup.

I didn’t want to, but I just looked up the calorie count for those dogs. It visually seems like a pretty small meal, but guess what…

A Costco hot dog has 560 calories! So before any type of drink (soda) or sides (chips, maybe potato or macaroni salad), that’s already a ton of calories for one small hot dog. A final calorie count could potentially be:

2 Costco hot dogs = 1,120
A bag of chips = 230
A can of coke = 140
Total: 1,490 calories for lunch

Gah! No wonder so many people struggle with obesity. This doesn’t seem like a crazy fatty meal, and it’s something a lot of people would eat regularly.

If only they knew, would it make a difference? Is it going to stop me from eating this for lunch?

Ugh… I’m really hungry.