The PDF I linked to earlier with Claim Jumper’s menu and nutritional information is gone. The link just returns a 404 page. I wonder why they took the page down. I’m going to have to rely on a third party page for their nutritional information.
About seven people showed up for dinner. It’s mainly people that show up each year. It’s still pretty amazing that we still meet every year; I left the company about 20 years ago. Anyway, I was considering the following menu items:
| Menu Item | Calories | Saturated Fat | Cholesterol | Sodium | Carbs |
| Chicken Pot Pie | 2,120 | 30 g | 260 mg | 3,550 mg | 170 g |
| Meatloaf & Mashed Potatoes | 1,180 | 31 g | 328 mg | 3,303 mg | 83 g |
| Fish & Chips | 1,115 | 7 g | 89 mg | 5,358 mg | 148 g |
| Widow Maker Burger | 1,565 | 26 g | 177 mg | 3,973 mg | 126 g |
| Southern Fried Chicken | 1,130 | 18 g | 203 mg | 3,175 mg | 106 g |
| Spaghetti & Meatballs | 1,450 | 25 g | 163 mg | 3,140 mg | 111 g |
| Asian Grilled Chicken Salad | 585 | 3 g | 62 mg | 1,946 mg | 48 g |
I really wanted to get the Chicken Pot Pie or the Fish & Chips but those are crazy fat and sodium numbers. A Eating Right for Your Heart page recommends a daily sodium limit of 2,300 mg or only 1,500 mg if you have high blood pressure. The cardiac rehab program recommends 1,500-2,000 mg of sodium and <15 g of saturated fat. The only menu item I considered that meets those guidelines is the Asian Grilled Chicken Salad so I got that. It was pretty good but I’m basically at my sodium limit with one dish.
We sat there with the menu for quite a long time since we were waiting for a few more people. I was trying to justify to myself that this was a rare occasion and I don’t eat out every night. However, I think it’s just like exercising. I can justify sitting out for one day, which then becomes two days, and so on. Eating unhealthy for one night probably won’t kill me (literally), but I’ll probably use the same excuse many times and risk more heart disease.
Life with chronic diseases 