suggestions on low calorie fast food or restaurants?
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mish24canada
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Hi Everyone Im new to my fitness pal and loving it. I was just wondering if anyone has any suggestions on a book or guide to low calorie foods when eating out at fast food places or restaurants. Everything I have found online is mostly American restaurants which isn't helpful when I live in Canada.
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So I don't like in Canada but as a general suggestion stay away from anything fried and when ordering a sandwich order it without the mayo or "special" sauce as they are usually for fattening and higher in calories than the grilled chicken. Good Luck.0
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I order a salad with oil/vinegar dressing on the side. Then I add a chicken breast or salmon fillet to the order. When others at my table order dessert, I order a decaf coffee. If there is a fresh fruit cup, I sometimes add that for dessert.
Another good option: a lean steak or omelet (hold the bread, hold the butter, hold the rice/potatoes), with a side salad (dressing on the side).
Bringing your own to-go container helps; if the portions are large, you can offload half the food into your container before you have your first bite.0 -
If they are chain places, you can check for a Canadian website (instead of dot com, look for dot ca) that has nutritional info. I have found info differences between U.S. and Canadian sites. If it's Cora's, they don't provide info at all, even if you ask them.0
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I'm in America, but anything grilled chicken sandwich may be a good bet. Anything fried is out. Or, if you order a sandwich, eat it without the bread, that will cut the calories, I've done it before.
Instead of soda, I get unsweetened tea or water with lemon.
I know most places here will offer salads (even fast food places). I'm not even sure what is up there in Canada (never been there). I'm unsure of laws up there, but here in America they started putting calorie counts on everything on the menus. Which is nice because you can see ahead of time. Also try checking the business website. Sometimes they have nutritional information on the web.0 -
Fast Food = FAT FOOD without the S.0
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check menus before you go, your will be totally surprise, how sometimes healthy is so not.0
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Fast Food = FAT FOOD without the S.
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I'm in Canada too. A lot of chain restaurants have nutrional guides on their website. You can also request it in the restaurant.
I find that if I need to eat on the go Timmies is the best option. Their wraps and even the turkey bacon club are pretty decent options when it comes to calories and sodium0 -
HERES MINE-
WENDYS-
SMALL CHILI- 180 CALS....
4 PEICE NUGGETS- 180
LARGE CHILI- 270
APPLE SLICES- 40
6 PEICE NUGGETS- 270
MCDONALDS- SIDE SALAD- 20
LOW FAT BASALMIC VINEGERRETE DRESSING- 40 CAL I THINK
FRUIT PARFAIT-150
ICED TEA- PLAIN - 0
HAMBURGER- 250
VANILLA ICE CREAM CONE- 1700 -
I'm from the UK, but...
Subway!
A good few 6" subs under 300 calories.
Fill up on salad.
To lower it even more, ask them to scoop some of the bread out - more space for salad too!0 -
McDonald's hamburgers have about 250 calories I think.0
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A & W'S
BABY BURGER- 90
HOTDOG- 163
AND MOR E WHAT EVER RESTURAUNT U WANT TO GO TO TYPE THE NAME OF RESTURANT AND THEN NUTRITION INFO AFTER IT IN BROWSER0 -
I'm in Canada too. Places like Subway and Tim Hortons have the nutrition info available in store. If you want to look them up online, just google Canadian nutrition information. I've found a lot of them that way0
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WHAT EVER RESTURAUNT U WANT TO GO TO TYPE THE NAME OF RESTURANT AND THEN NUTRITION INFO AFTER IT IN BROWSER
EXAMPLE- mCDONALDS- CANADA - NUTRITION INFO0 -
I'm in Canada. White Spot has a few "Lifestyle" options, and they have nutritional info in the mfp data base. But, often I just order the legendary burger without sauce and use mustard and ketchup instead, with a side salad instead of french fries and I order the dressing on the side and I choose the dressing from the lifestyle Asian chicken salad (which is also a good meal). That's all I can think of. A lot of restaurants will have some nutritional info online. IHOP has "simple and fit" options. And I agree about ordering burgers without mayo or special sauce (mustard and ketchup is fine).0
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calorie king books have generic restaurant foods, like average dishes and individual ingredients to help you get basic info . not sure it has more than fitnesspal. what i've done bc i love independent restaurants, is call ahead to places and ask if they have nutritional info. sometimes they'll give you basic info on how they cook things or what substitutions you can make.0
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None of the fast food outlets in any country are a good option. If you must, you must.
My suggestion is to try to find a better way to eat.
Having years of experience in fast food and now not, my conclusion is that there is a better way to eat and try to find your own way to it.0 -
Pita Pit. Tim Hortons food is gross and full of preservatives (chicken tastes like rubber).0
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There's a whole series of books called "Eat this, Not that" which often compare options between different fast food restaurants or within the same restaurant. I am pretty sure there's a website too. Google it, you will find information for sure!0
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Denny's - Fit Slam - ask for side of veggies instead of english muffin.
Total cal is under 250.0
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