CSPI unveils 2013's Xtreme Eating Awards

Yesterday, the Center for Science in the Public Interest unveiled 2013's "winners" in the annual Xtreme Eating Awards – and I could almost feel the fat building up around my heart as I read about these nine restaurant dishes that rank the highest in levels of calories, saturated fat, sodium, or added sugar.

Contrary to popular belief, none of the meals on this list start with Burger and end with King – no Wendy's, Chick-fil-A, enter your favorite fast food restaurant here. Instead, the culprits are seemingly not-so-awful meals like shrimp pasta or a veal porterhouse from chains like The Cheesecake Factory and Uno Chicago Grill. This doesn't mean you can go raid the McDonald's dollar menu but it does paint a shocking (and Xtreme, to say the least) picture that unhealthy often comes cloaked in the unexpected.

Take The Cheesecake Factory's Crispy Chicken Costoletta as the prime example, which the report states, "packs 2,610 calories (more than a day's worth), 89 grams of saturated fat (enough for almost a full work week), and 2,720 milligrams of sodium (your limit for today and most of tomorrow)."

I, for one, know I easily would have indulged in a piece of that Chocolate Zuccotto Cake from Maggiano's Little Italy, until I read its comparison – an entire eight-serving Entenmann's Chocolate Fudge Cake. Yes, that's right, that one slice measures up to an entire box of chocolate cake. Sure I would have shared that slice but even if I lived at the gym for the next five days I still couldn't burn off all the saturated fat that's in that bad boy.

So unless you're looking to go up a pant size, check out the full list and take some serious mental notes to never ever eat these nine dishes.