Subway... healthy fast food?

FitBeto
FitBeto Posts: 2,121 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Any one else eat here? I think of it as a good diet option - I mean yeah what I get (6" turkey breast on 9 grain honey oat) is semi high in calories - but that's in part of the bread. I load it with all the veggies and no cheese, minimum (or fat free) ranch, but when i eat it I still feel like its a cheat meal.

Same thing with Panda express, they have a veggie bowl and mushroom chicken which is fairly decent calorie wise - does any one else eat "healthy" or what seems to be healthy at fast food joints and still feel like it has an adverse effect?

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  • nxd10
    nxd10 Posts: 4,570 Member
    Check out thei options carefully. Some are REALLY bad.

    BUT skip the cheese and sauces and choose plain meat like roast beef. Better still, think about skipping the bread and get a salad there. Love their veggies.

    It's all about your choices.
  • fabandfunat51
    fabandfunat51 Posts: 117 Member
    My husband and I eat at Subway a lot. . . we get the oven roasted chicken breast, no cheese on flatbread with ALL veggies (except black olives for me - YUCK!) I get a 6" with light mayo and a bag of baked lays and my meal (usually dinner) comes up to a little over 400 calories. I'm satisfied because I got to eat out, but am happy with the calorie count. I KNOW its not the healthiest food, however the alternatives for me are so much worse.

    Favorite thing to eat out now??? SUSHI! Yum!!
  • WDEvy
    WDEvy Posts: 814 Member
    It's still higher calories than a homemade low cal meal but it definitely beats McDonald's!
  • AllTehBeers
    AllTehBeers Posts: 5,030 Member
    I think that its also a lot more food for the calories. A mcdouble is almost 400 calories I think and that wouldn't do squat except make my stomach feel like I swallowed a rock. Plus, if you load your sub with vegetables, there's a lot more nutrients.
  • lizalouise
    lizalouise Posts: 7 Member
    I logged my subway sandwhich for lunch today and was a bit blown away by the sodium. Even the salads are surprisingly high. But for me, it's a handy option when I'm super busy, and don't want to buy the ingredients for just one sandwhich. I get really upset when i'm throwing out half a lettuce head at the end of the week because it's just me, and no matter how i try... i can't eat that much lettuce!
  • Han987
    Han987 Posts: 28
    I work at a subway and it really does depend on what you eat. Some can be very high in cals. If you stick to the wheat bread, have something like ham, roast beef or turkey, no cheese or sauces, it can be very healthy. Stray from that and you will be eating more calories than you realize.
  • tiffanympm
    tiffanympm Posts: 62
    I always get a wheat turkey or blt. No cheese. LIGHT on mayo. The girl that works in there knows me and she mocks me. Its quite cute. I also get spinach, yellow peppers and just about every veggie option.


    MY OLD subway go to was the pizza sub cheese. with iceberg, onion and ranch and hot sauce. 3 cookies and a large coke.

    Yup. Things change.
  • Fozzi43
    Fozzi43 Posts: 2,984 Member
    I love a chicken subway but don't have it too often because of sodium. I think the chicken one has over 500gms sodium!
  • bulbadoof
    bulbadoof Posts: 1,058 Member
    I used to eat Subway every Sunday as my "healthy treat", until I started using MFP. Between my favorite sauce being chipotle and my favorite sub being roast chicken, I set myself back a good thousand calories and a zillion grams of sodium.

    I still love the place and it's my go-to for the occasional fast food, but I am definitely not going to kid myself that it's good for me anymore.
  • SweetCheekszx0
    SweetCheekszx0 Posts: 478 Member
    There new spinach flat bread with eggs and ham ... So f*ckin good love it lol
  • leesehm
    leesehm Posts: 117
    sushi is best takeaway food. i get salmon and avocado and its brilliant. just avoid the fried stuff
  • thebigcb
    thebigcb Posts: 2,210 Member
    I think its a good low calorie option, but I would doubt how many vitiams etc are left in it, and the salt is prob quite high.
  • ksturgis
    ksturgis Posts: 1
    I eat my subway sandwiches on wraps instead of the bread. Do you know if that's lower in calories??
  • sunlover89
    sunlover89 Posts: 436 Member
    sushi is best takeaway food. i get salmon and avocado and its brilliant. just avoid the fried stuff

    Tottally! I love how you can buy sushi and not feel guilty afterwards :)
  • GmeB
    GmeB Posts: 70 Member
    Subway is great for me. I get wheat bread,load it up with any and every veggie you like.no mayo or any spread,no cheese.take it home and add fat free mayo or fat free miracle whip,and a couple slices of fat free cheese. Viola! I even order the foot long,and cut it in half.half for lunch,and half for dinner.very filling,and surprisingly good
  • FitBeto
    FitBeto Posts: 2,121 Member
    I love sushi too! But it suck because I heard that they sometimes use cream cheese in the rolls. There's always some kind of hidden thing haha!

    But yeah my subway dislike is the bread. I may opt for flat bread but im watching white carbs. Dieting is so freaking annoying haha
  • marieautumn
    marieautumn Posts: 928 Member
    subway sucks in my opinion. its all flat and stale..not made with love at all.
  • Nix143
    Nix143 Posts: 522 Member
    For the last 2 Saturdays I have gone shopping in town and then bought a Subway for my lunch - turkey, ham on wheat, all the veg, no dressing - super filling, really tasty, fits my macros and feels like a treat for some reason - much more than if I had made the equivalent sandwich at home.

    I always thought that I had to have it on italian herb with toasted cheese and load sof mayo so it's good to find out it still tastes as good the way I have it now.
  • julieh391
    julieh391 Posts: 683 Member
    Foot long veggie in wheat, no cheese, vinegar, salt, & pepper. Yum. Or a veggie salad with shredded cheese. I think the whole sodium bit only really becomes an issue if you eat their weird mystery meats.

    Oh yeah, with apples and lemonade. :smile:
  • jharb2
    jharb2 Posts: 208 Member
    Eat there all the time - at least once a week. Calories are calories - Its your choice how to use them. but I pack on the veggies to offset the negatives. I also do avocado and cheese if I need to use up calories. Baked or reduced fat chips. Satisfying and delicious.
  • jenshoeee
    jenshoeee Posts: 29 Member
    I eat Subway a couple days a week. I sometimes take everything off and put it on a wheat pita. No matter what bread you get there, it isn't very good for you. I stick with oven roasted chicken breast, lots of veggies, very little shredded cheese and a little sweet onion sauce, for taste.
  • Yukongil
    Yukongil Posts: 166 Member
    don't kid yourselves with the flatbread, it is a worse option than even the plain white italian, let alone the whole wheat.
  • OMG_Twinkies
    OMG_Twinkies Posts: 215 Member
    I eat there when I'm in a bind, but I never get meat because it's so processed and high in sodium! Holy bloat batman.
    The veggie delite on wheat, with a little fat free ranch is my usual.
  • bokodasu
    bokodasu Posts: 629 Member
    If you go in with a plan, it's better than most. I definitely wouldn't call it "healthy," though, maybe more like "the best of the currently available options."

    I like that they have their nutritional brochures right there - spent one lunch with my older daughter, showing her how to figure out what she was eating and why I said she couldn't have a cookie. (One cookie has over half the calories as the sub we get - and it's all sugar and fat.) Ok, her response was "so next time I can just get two cookies, right?" but that's just because she enjoys messing with me.
  • gatorginger
    gatorginger Posts: 947 Member
    I love the turkey melt but they are high in sodium so I only eat there maybe once during the week if I eat out due to the sodium
  • zachatta
    zachatta Posts: 1,340 Member
    It is tasty, but not necessarily any healthier than any other fast food. The only good part is it usually has less grease.

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