Category: "Panda Express"
Kung pao chicken, firecracker chicken, and mixed vegetables
This afternoon I grabbed a two item lunch at Panda Express. Now the problem is that their national website does not include nutrition info on firecracker chicken. That entirely sucks. So let's substitute another dish that seems roughly equivalent in sweetness, which is Analysis:
| Fat | Carbs | Protein | Calories | |
| Kung pao chicken | 16 | 13 | 17 | 260 |
| Firecracker chicken | 13 | 41 | 13 | 340 |
| Mixed vegetables | 11 | 12 | 3 | 140 |
| Total: | 40 | 66 | 33 | 740 |
A sensible 3 block Zone meal contains 9 grams of fat, 21 grams of protein, and 27 grams of carbs. This meal is adequate as part of a healthy lifestyle, assuming you only eat three meals a day, plus a snack, but it's not a good part of my goal of weight loss.
Kung pao chicken and mixed vegetables
I'm in food Nazi mode, counting every calorie that crosses my lips. Today for lunch I stopped by Panda Express and got a bowl with kung pao chicken and mixed vegetables instead of rice/noodles.
| Fat | Carbs | Protein | |
| Kung pao chicken | 16 | 13 | 17 |
| Mixed vegetables | 7 | 8 | 2 |
| Total: | 20 | 21 | 19 |
An ideal 3 block zone meal would have 9 grams of fat, 21 grams of protein, and 27 grams of carbs, so this particular meal has about twice as much fat as one might want, but since the carbs are low, the 400 calorie total content is not ridiculous for one meal.