AIBU to think this is ridiculous?

I'm trying to lose weight by sensible eating. I eat out quite a lot, so a calorie count on the menu would be helpful. I'm happy to choose lower cal food (or at least avoid the highest) when I'm aware which to go for. So it's a 'Yes, please' from me.

Don't eat out a lot and if I do I don't worry about the calories. Am careful at home but going out for a meal is special and to be enjoyed, so wouldn't be worrying.

I don't think this has been thought through at all, it would be an impossible task for smaller businesses, and high end restaurants to work out the exact calories in each portion. The small ones would go out of business. Jacket potatoes come in all sizes, and you going to have to weigh each one, and how would you put a generic weight on a menu?
The only sort of place it would work for is large chains like Wetherspoons, where it is all prepacked and reheated.

I sincerely hope common sense takes over. If you order a sticky toffee pudding, you know it is going to take you over the recommended daily allowance, that is your choice, and if you wish to eat it and live on soup and salad the next day that is also up to you.

Not sure I would eat at a restaurant that put calories on the menu, life is too short to worry about the occasional treat. Might be different if you had to eat out every day I suppose.

You can’t reduce cooking or good food to lists of numbers can you? I find it ironic that the more we obsess about healthy eating , low fat, low carb, calorie counting etc, the fatter we become !
I know I am overweight
I know I (and indeed we as a nation ) eat more than I need
But
Good food is something we should be grateful for.
My guiding principle is not to waste calories ie.make them worthwhile - not junk food but real food, good food!
PS if you want to really depress yourself, apparently two glasses of wine with a meal is like eating a double cheeseburger on top of your meal??
Hmm.

See, I used to really enjoy the odd fudgey chocolate dessert from my local supermarket. It was an occasional treat but one day I looked at the calories and fat content and now I can't bring myself to buy it. Ignorance is bliss in my mind!
I can understand the need for everyday sandwich shops where people buy from regularly and need to monitor their salt intake or whatever but does it have to extend to restaurants? That's a step too far for me. How will they fit it on the specials board anyway ?

I think it is a good idea, should make people more aware of what they are eating. Having said that it will not put me of my pudding after tomorrow’s lunch out. Waffles, cream and ice cream with toffee sauce. Drooling already.

I think most informed people who visit restaurants recognise that the food they order will exceed government guidelines on calories, fat etc. (Depending on where they go). If i go to a 'posh' restaurant it is usually for a treat. I dont want to be confronted with a guilt laden menu, i want to eat what i fancy and not what has the lowest calorie content.
Being overweight is not always a result of a poor diet but its an easy excuse.

I think it's a good idea. If you are not worried about your weight then you won't pay any attention to how many calories a dish might contain. If you have spent months on a diet, however, you will be pretty miffed if you spoil all your hard work by putting on a few lbs just for the sake of eating out.

We now have vegan and gluten free choices in restaurants so why not calorie content information?

I hope the poor so and so who has to work it all out has some decent software though.

I think it is a great idea. If I am trying to eat carefully I will look on line before I go for the menu and nutritional information, which some restaurants provide, and this helps me to choose wisely.

I'd be quite happy about it ,in fact I had a similar idea years ago about a deli with calorie values on everything .Couldn't get change of use for the premises I wanted so idea dumped.Lots of folk are totally unaware of calorie values so having it beside each dish is a great way to educate .Nowadays eating out is more the norm so if you are regularly consuming hundreds of calories more than you think you will have weight/health problems .