Whats wrong with Subway?

because it's low-grade sub-par food that tastes terrible

...and in your opinion, what is "high-grade superior-par food that tastes great"?

Well if we're talking sandwiches, then something from an authentic Italian or Jewish deli.

Sounds yummy, wish I had one around the corner

meeee toooo!

I don't like Subway because I think it tastes gross. Personally, I like my lunch meat sliced very thin. Also, I try to avoid heavily process foods, which their meats definitely are. Likewise, their food has an incredible amount of sodium. Furthermore, I try to support local, small businesses whenever possible. You wanna eat at Subway? Go for it. I will continue to choose much more delicious sandwiches...including the ones I make at home

The time when my weight loss was the best was when I was home for the summer working at one of my dad's Subways. I would eat a sub for lunch(either chicken, turkey, ham, or turkey and ham) on 9 grain wheat with some of the inside of the bread scooped out, no cheese, lots of veggies, pepper, and either a little oil for some fats or a little mustard. And then for dinner I'd make a steak, chicken, or turkey ham salad with a little oil as the dressing. Sometimes when I'd want the egg I'd make an egg white sandwich for lunch or make what I'd call an omelet with the egg white patty, sliced ham on top, with some veggies and a little cheese and I'd heat it up.

I ended up losing like 5 lbs. And keep in mind that I didn't have all that much weight to lose so it was difficult to get the scale to go down. I wish I had access to a Subway for free now and I'd be doing the same thing since my weight randomly went up 5 lbs last week. I love Subway

That is all.

I think it is more of an "I can make a better sandwhich myself" or "I can go to a real deli with better ingredients" type of thing.

The fact that subway pushed the "we're healthy look at us" thing is a little ridiculous. It's all about calories in/calories out. Some of their subs are just as bad as a big mac.

Their sanitary issues are kind of bad usually. They keep things uncovered (which can make it harder for food to stay to temp >40 degrees). They use the knife to put the laid out sandwhich together (which usually has been all over someone else's food). They touch trash and pick things up when wearing gloves and then try to make your sandwhich as if somehow they aren't dirty anymore.

Their ingrediants aren't all that fresh/awesome as most of it is prepackaged like any other fast food restaurant.

The bread is generic and usually pretty crappy and it comes frozen and then just bake it.

Their meats and cheeses are not that high of a quality and are usually packed with sodium.

They charge the CRAP out of you for a sanwhich that you could make at home for 1/2 the price if said person wasn't too lazy.

Hmm... what else..... >_> I guess that's all i can think of. I will eat a 6 inch veggie sub when im pressed for time/cant make a sandwhich/go to a real deli, but it always leaves something to be desired.

i still go for their salads. it's a better choice than other fast food and sometimes there isnt much of a choice when you have 15 minutes to grab something.

the worse thing about it is the sodium in the lunch meat, but if you dont have any issues with sodium then who cares. i do so i usually just go for the chicken breast salad.

I traveled throughout the deep South (in the US) for years and unless I wanted fried chicken it was my only option sometimes for lunch. Was it the best tasting sandwhich I ever had? No, but it's cheap and there is a lot of variety. Also very easy to estimate calories via their website.

People use their personal experiences to hate on things they don't like. It's a rather nasty twist in human nature.

The federal guidelines for macro ratios is based on the AVERAGE American (Notice the AVERAGE American has a high cal diet with NO exercise). The high cals mean they achieve their protein needs with a lower macro percentage while also requiring less protein than a person that does exercise.

Secondly, if you READ the guidelines available here: http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2010/DietaryGuidelines2010.pdf you will notice that macro percentages are suggested RANGES, not flat percentages.

Yes. I read the ENTIRE thing. Even saved to my hard drive.

Now, back to Subway...

The majority of sodium in subway is contained in the bread and the meat. Breads are made using salt, so no bargain there, and unless Subway has a farm in the back room with animals ready for slaughter, sodium needs to be used to preserve meats for transport and storage.

It is VERY easy to eat healthy at Subway, I do rather often. Tracking everything too. The "High sodium" some of you complain about is pretty much on par with anywhere. The main difference between here and smaller places is that smaller places simply don't tell you how much of what is in the food.

At times, I think more than half the people here, including people on this very thread, simply do not do ANY research at all before spewing out their "facts".

The federal guidelines for macro ratios is based on the AVERAGE American (Notice the AVERAGE American has a high cal diet with NO exercise). The high cals mean they achieve their protein needs with a lower macro percentage while also requiring less protein than a person that does exercise.

Higher carb (immediate energy source) requirement higher for people who sit on their *kitten* all day...got it. Makes perfect sense when you think about it that way. O_o

The problem with subway is that the majority of the calories in their sandwiches come from nutrtionally poor non-complex carbs. Their "wheat" bread is basically white bread (sorry!). Diets that are high in "high GI" carbs typically cause weight gain, not weight loss.

If you have a lot of weight to lose, then it's easier to lose weight w/o worrying about macros. But the less fat you have, then more muscle gets burned off with the fat. Therefore it becomes much more important to get plenty of protein in your diet. Unfortunately subway sandwiches have a fairly high carb to protein ratio.