400 calorie fast food meal ideas

Wendy's--

Sour Cream and Chive Baked Potato (320 cals) + apple slices (40 cals) = 360 cals
Small Chili (210 cals) + Garden Side Salad with Ranch dressing and croutons (210 cals) = 420 cals
Full sized BLT Cobb Salad without dressing = 390 cals (they have various light/fat free dressings you can choose from)

Taco Bell's Fresco Soft Chicken Burrito with a side of blackbeans is yummy and = 230 cals.

I often get the Fresco Softshell Chicken Tacos. Think it is 350 calories for both.

Taco Bell's Fresco Soft Chicken Burrito with a side of blackbeans is yummy and = 230 cals.

I often get the Fresco Softshell Chicken Tacos. Think it is 350 calories for both.

I meant for TWO.

Taco Bell's Fresco Soft Chicken Burrito with a side of blackbeans is yummy and = 230 cals.

MY FAV:)

My absolute favorite "fast food" meal is a 6'' Veggie Sub on Wheat from Subway.
Toasted, no cheese
spinach
lettuce
tomatoes
olives
onions
green peppers
extraaaa jalapenos (they make you eat it slower somehow)
Vinegar, but NO oil

all that for 230 cal. So yummy!

And since I work at Schlotzsky's I guess I'll give us a plug too :

Full size garden salad = 61 cal without dressing, 121 cal with one pouch of fat free honey mustard, my favorite!

Someone is going to shoot me but when my family wants to get McDonald's be "bad" for the evening meal I get two regular hamburger's and a large coke. 500 calories. I am not even going to try to make that under 400 calories. Yeah there isn't any nutritional value and yeah there is bunch of sodium but dang it taste's so good and I can be naughty without being too naughty.

Can you pre-cook stuff on weekends or days off? I have Celiac's Diseas & cannot eat fast food (even if it says gluten free, the cross contamination is too dangerous for me), so I prepare foods on the weekend. I cook a bunch of boneless, skinless chicken breast & put 2.5 - 3oz in individual snack size ziplocks. I grab what I need for the day or days, then add frozen veggies as you can always use a micro or steam over a coffee pot in a motel room (just don't add coffee, and use the hot water). If you want, add some shredded cheese or get laughing cow cheese (not the best for sodium but if you've eliminated actual fast food, the extra bit should be OK).
I add in packets of almonds to snack on (Blue Diamond has individual packs of raw plain unsalted almonds that are great for protein, fiber & carb pick-up or even their dark chocolate almonds for a guiltless treat).
Keep apples as they can be eaten almost anywhere with little mess, baby carrots are good fillers.
For quick breakfasts, grab a container of Chobani Greek yogurt (or any brand Greek yogurt) for anywhere from 10 - 18g protein, mix in either almonds or some granola (you can make your own or buy it premade), eat your apple & you're golden for a few hours.
There are better options than fast food - the healthy fast food alternatives are the ones you make yourself, as you don't need to add salt to anything.

Love all of these ideas!! Whoever posted this topic is genius ;-) lol But sodium is def the worst part about eating out regardless eating healthy or not. It is just unreal. Sodium is my worst enemy even at home ;-(

Ditto. Sodium was the one thing that once I started tracking it, I had no idea there was so much of it the foods I ate.

For breakfast: McDonalds Egg McMuffin and unsweetened iced tea: 305 cal

FYI, they load of on sodium in pretty much any fast food place, so you'll have to watch for that in your macros.

Just to clarify...sodium is a micro not a macro.

If you've got Culver's where you are, their chicken salads are better than salads I've paid 2x as much for a "good" places.
Obviously, you have to walk past the frozen custards.

Oh, abt 360 calories

get the book, "eat this, not that." it lists a ton of fast food restaurants and the nutritional value of their products. i work in sales and am on the road a lot, so i emphathize with you!