"Healthy" fast food options - whatcha got?

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kwtilbury
kwtilbury Posts: 1,234 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Here are a couple of mine:

Chipotle
Burrito Bowl
Chicken or Steak (or both)
Rice (half or full, depending on carb needs)
Pinto or black beans
Salsa as desired
Guacamole (optional, depending on fat needs)
Hold the cheese and sour cream

Panda Express
Double order of Teryaki chicken
Steamed vegetables OR brown rice (depending on carb needs)

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  • Cchioles
    Cchioles Posts: 276 Member
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    McDonald's Southwest Salad With Extra Chicken Breast 1/2 The Dressing.
  • courtneystricker
    courtneystricker Posts: 26 Member
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    when i want fast food i usually go to taco bell and order everything fresco it takes out the dairy products and replaces it with pico it cuts alot of calories out but i try really hard to stay away from fast food because i know from experience that in human error most of the time items are not portioned properly which leads to excess calories that arnt counted for so i just add an extra 50 calories to every item i log
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
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    Cheese burger at McDonald's: 290 calories / 15 grams protein.
  • Michael190lbs
    Michael190lbs Posts: 1,510 Member
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    Wendys 580 calories Jalopeno fresco chicken sandwich
  • MakePeasNotWar
    MakePeasNotWar Posts: 1,329 Member
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    Almost anything at veggie grill, but my favourite is the Santa Fe Chick'n Sandwich (not low cal, but for 600 calories you do get over 30g of protein and 8g of fibre)
  • ManiacalLaugh
    ManiacalLaugh Posts: 1,048 Member
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    A grilled chicken sandwhich from almost anywhere that offers them. I order it with only pickles though, no mayo, and if it's particularly large (like Chick-fil-a), I take off the top bun to save on cals.
    kwtilbury wrote: »
    Chipotle
    Burrito Bowl
    Chicken or Steak (or both)
    Rice (half or full, depending on carb needs)
    Pinto or black beans
    Salsa as desired
    Guacamole (optional, depending on fat needs)
    Hold the cheese and sour cream

    Love this combo! I usually order it with the brown rice they started offering a little while ago. It only saves a couple of calories, but it's just as good as the white rice, and when eating at Chipotle, I can use all the calorie savings I can get.

    I was a bit saddened to learn that their tortillas, which are awesome, are 300 calories a piece. :'(
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,874 Member
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    If I'm doing fast food I usually get a sour cream and chive baked potato and a small chili at Wendy's...I also like their Asian Cashew Chicken Salad.
  • JessicaThompson12
    JessicaThompson12 Posts: 82 Member
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    Cheeseburger happy meal at McDonalds with a water...420 calories
    Chick Fila Wrap with no dressing 320 calories
  • Sarasmaintaining
    Sarasmaintaining Posts: 1,027 Member
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    RodaRose wrote: »
    Cheese burger at McDonald's: 290 calories / 15 grams protein.

    Yep yep :)
  • bbontheb
    bbontheb Posts: 718 Member
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    The chili at Wendy's is really good.
  • raelynnsmama52512
    raelynnsmama52512 Posts: 1,184 Member
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    bbontheb wrote: »
    The chili at Wendy's is really good.

    ^ I second this. Add either a sour cream and chive potato or side salad and you've got a filling and pretty decent meal.
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
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    I get the grilled chicken sandwich at Wendy's. Pretty good quality ingredients, yet somehow manages to have a butt ton more sodium than a McChicken for the same number of calories and 4x the price.
  • kristydi
    kristydi Posts: 781 Member
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    Chickfila 12 grilled nuggets, side salad 1/2 a packet of honey mustard dressing and a diet lemonade.
  • ClubSilencio
    ClubSilencio Posts: 2,983 Member
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    El Pollo Loco
    "Ultimate Chicken Bowl" or the "Pollo Bowl"

  • lseed87
    lseed87 Posts: 1,110 Member
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    Subway

    Jack in the box - chicken terraki bowl

    Yogurt parfaits at McDonalds


    I never tried those items from El Pollo Loco but sounds good

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