Awful news! If you’re counting calories, then it’s hard to eat at my favorite fast-food place without blowing your diet. Excerpt:

With the help of a large sample of online orders, we set out to answer a question that piques our interest every time we walk into a Chipotle (which is a lot): What do people actually order here? How healthy is a normal Chipotle meal?

Today, we have a ballpark estimate. The typical order at Chipotle has about 1,070 calories. That’s more than half of the calories that most adults are supposed to eat in an entire day. The recommended range for most adults is between 1,600 and 2,400.

The histogram above shows the distribution of calories for all orders. The spike around 1,000 calories represents “standard” burrito orders – a meat burrito with typical additions: cheese, salsa, lettuce, sour cream, rice and beans. If you order a meat burrito at Chipotle with these toppings, it’s very likely to reach 1,000 calories.

But there’s so much more to this data than the averages. Chipotle customers can and do order meals with fewer than 650 calories, such as a cheese-free burrito bowl. On the other end of the spectrum, about one in 10 meals had more than 1,600 calories.

An order of those fantastic, limey-salty Chipotle chips? 570 calories. It’s like eating eleven Oreos. The tortilla in a burrito? That’s 300 calories right there.

Man. When I go to Chipotle — and yes, I go as often as I can — I typically get either an order of chicken soft tacos, or a barbacoa burrito without rice (to save calories). Half the time I get chips and hot salsa. I always avoid sour cream and guacamole, for calorie reasons.

In the future, I’ll get a salad bowl, no beans or rice, and avoid the chips. Dang.

Sorry to break the news to you.