When they say the word “worst” they are not referring to how they taste because there’s some really good tasting sandwiches on their “hit list.”

It the huge number of calories, fat and sodium that’s lurking in these hand-held creations that make them gut busting disasters.

Who knew a sandwich containing grilled shrimp could have almost 2,000 calories in it?

What sandwich is that? It’s Cheesecake Factory’s Grilled Shrimp and Bacon Club, described as: “Charbroiled Shrimp, Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato with Our Special Dressing. Served with French Fries or Green Salad” and containing, according to the 10 Worst Sandwiches in America article, 1930 calories, 24 grams saturated fat and 2,965 mg sodium.

Yikes!!!! No wonder it has the dubious distinction of being the number 1 worst sandwich on the list.

While the sandwich doesn’t look super healthy and low in calories it certainly doesn’t look like it could contain that many calories. I’m guessing the nutrition information also includes the fries that come with it, but still….that special dressing must be pretty special – and loaded with calories!

I guess it goes to show that even grilled shrimp can be turned in a caloric nightmare.

Some of the other sandwiches on the list: Other sandwiches on the list include:

Cosi Steak TBM (Tomatoes, Basil and Mozzarella) weighing in at 829 calories

Arby’s Ultimate BLT Market Fresh Sandwich weighing in at 880 calories (love this sandwich but will definitely be sharing it with someone else the next time I order

Blimpie Special Vegetarian 12″ weighing in at 1,186 calories (I’m speechless! How can a vegetable sub be so fattening?)

Quizno’s Large Tuna Melt weighing in at 1,760 calories (not completely surprising to me since I’ve had this sandwich and the large amount of mayo used to make the tuna salad is quite obvious).

Maybe it’s time to go back to a simpler lunch and have a brown bag lunch of a an old standby of ham and Swiss on rye for 438 calories or to swing by Culvers for an all American lunch of a regular burger and small fry for 731 calories.