Occasionally, Qdoba sends me an email detailing local promotions and sales. It’s all very standard bacn stuff.

Yesterday I received an email from Qdoba with the subject “New Year’s Resolution”:

The email doesn’t go into any detail on what kind of 2008 resolution I might maintain by consuming their burritos, but I assume they’re reaching out to the people who are resolving this year, to finally become a giant goddamn fatty.

Here’s the nutritional information for the most delicious entree on the menu, the Queso Steak Burrito:

I omitted the sour cream and extra cheese, because I want to eat healthy, you know?

A single burrito contains 1160 friggin’ calories; that’s over half the FDA’s recommended value for the entire day. And half the DRV of fat. And 110% of your saturated fat intake.

And you’d better not touch that saltshaker; the burrito contains 103% your daily recommended value of sodium.

For comparison purposes, the Burger King “Quad Stacker”, which piles four beef patties beneath eight strips of bacon, has 100 fewer calories than the Queso Steak Burrito.

There is a simple solution: eat half the burrito now, and save the rest for later. You’re getting 1.25 pounds of food when you order the burrito. This thing has its own gravitational pull; one does not need to consume the entire portion in one sitting.

Tentacular, originally uploaded by orphum.

You never know what you’re going to find in your takeout.