It is now THE LAW in the State of N.Y to post the Nutritional Breakdown of all restaurant foods. My cousin was just in the State and experience this for the first time. The following is her email to me after a dinner at The Cheesecake Factory.

“We went to Cheesecake Factory tonight for dinner and in NY (we are in Albany, half way) they now have to print all calorie info on all menus.  CRAZY!!!!!!!!!  Things were like 2000, some 2400 for one dish.  Most everything was over 1000 even the salads.  It was really eye opening.  I opted for one of the “Weight Management Salad” which had 400-something calories with the low fat dressing.  It had chicken, blue cheese crumbles, pecans and pears – endives, lettuce, greens.  It was delish!!!

I could not believe how many calories everything had.  It made me veeeeeerrrrrry conscious of what to pick which is a good thing. Joel has ordered the burrito grande many times - 1900 calories!!  OK, it’s big but he can mostly eat 80 percent of it.  All the cheesecakes had about 1000 calories for a slice.  The kids meal grilled cheese and fries had over 800 calories and the chicken fingers/fries had 1000 and this is a KIDS meal.  CRAZY!!!!!”

Let me know what you think about the newly implemented N.Y laws and if you think they would be beneficial where you live.

P.S- My cousin is still in shock over the menu.

P.P.S – Wednesday’s Steps – 10,025 (Phew! Went for a 20 minute walk at 7.30 to get them all in! )