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Thanks for the Taco Bell fresco suggestions! Due to some massive schedule upheaval, we got dinner on the run today, and went with Taco Bell. The fresco menu had the calories and fat grams listed, so I was able to pick stuff that fit in my calorie range. Yum! I'm sure that the sodium was out of this world, but in a pinch, it was better than other options! I also like kid's menus. Even though I'm older than 12, I can often get one anyway since my DH orders a grown-up entree. LOL!!
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At Wendy's I usually get one of the salads - I think it's the mandarin chicken salad? I don't eat the noodles or the dressing so it's not bad at all. Subway - I get an oven-roasted chicken breat 6" sandwich with cheese, lettuce and cucumber - yummy!
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Grilled Chicken and salad greens or a grilled chicken sandwich with no mayo and 1/2 the bun thrown out.
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Like many others, my favorite fast food lunch is a Subway turkey on wheat with lots of veggies and mustard. At Taco Bell, I get a burrito supreme minus the sour cream (or a bean burrito plus lettuce & tomato), with a side of beans (no cheese). If I know I'm going to be going to a fast food restaurant, I try to take along a veggie or fruit to add to the meal--an apple or baby carrots. Less expensive and more healthy than most of the sides available.
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KFC-chicken breast, no skin or breading, green beans and corn on the cob. BK-Whopper Jr. no mayo, small onion rings and Diet Coke. I try to avoid the traditional fast food places though prefer Subway.
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Wendys, it's the chili and a side salad with no dressing Mcdonalds it's the grilled chicken salad without the sauce on the chicken and no tortilla strips or dressing Burger King it's either a salad with grilled chicken and no dressing or the tendergrill sandwich with only one side of the bun. (no Mayo) Subway it's the 6" turkey sub with lettuce, tomato, onions and mustard on wheat bread But my favorite is El Pollo loco's chicken tostada, NO shell, or cheese or sour cream, or dressing. This is so yummy and they have all those great salsas you can add. It's filling and delicious and not many calories at all.
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At Wendy's it's either the Asian Chicken Salad without the crunchy noodles and with only about 1/3 of the dressing or a plain baked potato with a small chili; I chop up the potato and dump the chili over it - I know this is high in carb's but sometimes I need that. Anywhere else it's a veggie burger (not sure you can get these everywhere) or a grilled chicken sandwich on a whole wheat bun (if they have them) with mustard, tomato and lettuce.
"Don't find a fault, find a remedy." - Henry Ford
Ottawa, Canada

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Wendys would be the small chili with no cheese. I don't eat the saltines and I get a water. McDonalds would be a six piece chicken nuggets with sauce and water Burger King- nada, I just can't find anything there. I usually think of fast food meals as "enough to get me home," and choose something small. To be honest fast food still frightens me.
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At a fast food restaurant my go-to meal is iced tea. Same amount of time spent at the grocery store deli counter getting two slices of roast beef and wrap it around pickles or red roasted peppers, a piece of fruit from the produce stand, a carton of skim milk or fat free plain yogurt.
Celia, BSN, RN
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My go to meal at Wendy's is the chili and a salad, no dressing. I want to know why you HAVE to eat at the fast food place? Often, you can run in a grocery store and grab some fruit and a cheese stick or prepped salad things and yogurt or something almost as quickly as "fast food" and it's such a better option! Believe me, I understand being pressed for time, but see if there is another viable option.
Hangin' in there! ~MAK
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Has anyone tried the egg white breakfast sandwiches at Dunkin Doughnuts? I always get a BK tendergrill w/o mayo (360 Cals 5g fat) McD's BBQ grilled chic wrap with no cheese (the kids behind the counter always load it on... I'm sure the portion is way over specs so I leave it off.) Tim Hortons yogurt and berries parfait is only 100 calories. And the steak soft shell taco al fresco at Taco bell is lower calories than the chicken one. (128 verse 135). Again I leave off the cheese to counter act what seems to be an over portion problem on the meat end.
Those hopeful of better days are less inclined to risk today on momentary gratification ~Herbert Gans
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I also try to avoid fast food by being proactive: I always have a piece of fruit and a serving of raw almonds in my purse and I make sure to pack my lunch unless I know I will be near to a grocery store with a good salad bar. If I do eat fast food, I like Chipotle's salad. I only do lettuce, chicken, guac, green and red salsa. And, I only use small amounts of the vinaigrette (even though it is BOMB!!) Without the dressing, the calorie count is around 600; with the entire serving of dressing it is around 750. I usually only eat 1/2 for lunch and then I'm full so I can also eat it for dinner. YUMMY Also, for Chinese food I like Sezchuan (sp?) chicken with NO rice. There is only 250 calories in a cup! I also eat off of the kids menu (for fast food). I have always done this because otherwise I throw 1/2 the meal away and I drink way more soda than I need!
Edited by: MBOURKE8 at: 8/1/2010 (13:56)
~Mel~ "It always seems impossible until it's done." - Nelson Mandela
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My only real rules are that I get what I feel like... I always figure it into my daily stats... and I always get something that I don't make at home for myself all the time. I know some people out there don't have a choice and have to eat there much more often, and if I had that conundrum I would probably be more restrictive with my choices.
»-(¯`v´¯)-» Emmers
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I agree with Subway. I like to get a roast beef with alot of veggies. I keep the cheese for the dairy. I also love McDonald's Santa Fe Chicken Salad and Jimmy Johns turkey salad.
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Your Go-To Meal at Fast Food Restaurants I will call this my Go-To-Snack McDonald's Parfait
"The final destination is worth every obstacle encountered along your journey!"
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If craving something fried, a kids chicken strip meal and diet sprite with cherry flavoring! Yummmmmm
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Because I only eat there a couple times a week, I just get whatever I want and account for it in my journal. That way, I don't get any real bad cravings, I get to have what I want and I don't feel short-changed. But I don't go buck-wild or anything. I eat what I feel like having. I like to get the kids meal a lot, it makes me feel petite eating such small foods hahaha.
»-(¯`v´¯)-» Emmers
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A diet soda, Wendy's 5-piece Chicken Nuggets, and a side salad with Italian dressing (i hate croutons)
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