Fast Food Choices?

[MOMIOF3CV 11]

What do you choose when you have to choose fast food? I am a busy mom and forget to grab a snack bar or shake on the way out the door.

[Humming Bird 275]

Wendy's small chili

210 calories

17g Protein

Starbucks skinny latte 90 calories 9g Protein

[Cindy C 150]

Taco Bell Pintos and cheese.

180 calories

10g Protein

[brenda62 47]

Taco time has a lite salad under 200 cals or white bean chili. A lot of the fast food places have cal listings you just need to ask for it.

[ElfiePoo 109]

Depends on what type of diet you're following. I do low carb so if it's morning, I can pick up an egg and cheese McMuffin and just toss the muffin. lunch or dinner, cheeseburger minus the bun with a side salad.

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[elcee 3,340]

I usually get a small size schwarma with falafel balls and tabbouleh. Don't usually manage to eat the whole pita bread.< /p>

[stateofzen 46]

Wendy's chili is a good one. I also sometimes get a Chik-fil-A nugget kids' meal and substitute the fresh fruit for the waffle fries.

[MOMIOF3CV 11]

Thank you for the ideas.

I have been sharing my 2 yr olds nuggets from Burger King or getting a chicken breast and eating that. Having the same thing all of the time can get boring.

I slipped and had a whopper jr with the bun and chewed very slowly. Big mistake, still got stuck.

[rick1951 0]

Never do fast food anymore. Just asking for trouble!

[bellaloco 13]

At wendys, I usually get the 5 piece spicy nuggets with no dipping sauce and a side salad. Carls Jr has a really good teriyaki grilled chicken sandwich that they'll wrap in lettuce instead of a bun. Jimmy Johns and In-n-Out will also do lettuce wraps. My advice is to avoid the combo meals-to avoid the temptation of fries, and don't get a beverage, since you shouldn't be drinking with the meal anyways!

[Wheelchair 13]

Depends on what type of diet you're following. I do low carb so if it's morning, I can pick up an egg and cheese McMuffin and just toss the muffin. lunch or dinner, cheeseburger minus the bun with a side salad.

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Low carbs are good (i guess)...but the cheeseburger has a whole heap of fat... i'd say stay away from hamburger meat...

+1 on the small chili from wendy's or maybe a grilled chicken salad (minus most of leafy greens)

[Jack 855]

The only FF places I've been in the last 7 years is the chili/bean places listed above. Safeway deli has lots of choices in a sliced turkey & lots of other stuff I can enjoy without bread/sauces/. Trying to eat on the run still is a potential hazard to avoid. Sometimes a small Soup is nice, but I haven't seen the nutritional chart on them lately.

[GB2011 5]

Fast food is how I got the way I am, so I have avoided them since being banded. I have days that I go straight from work to class and have to consume something during my 45 minute commute. I usually just plan ahead and make an extra Protein Shake then eat when I get home. I have no control over the type of food they use in fast food establishments (fatty ground beef vs. lean ground beef), so I avoid them all together.

[TKW 501]

Jimmy John's Unwich (no bread, it's a lettuce wrap) or Wendy's Chili.

Taco Bell has a Fresco Taco that is only 150 cal.

[kassy_360 3]

Usually the wendy's grilled chicken sandwich, extra lettuce extra Tomato and toss the roll. Looking at their nutritional info I couldn't do that well had I been home and cooking