Fast Food Lunch

Subway flatbread is awesome. I get the veggie delight with shredded cheese, no sauce. I love the cucumbers on it especially. And I get a bag of baked lays or some have the lays light which are fat free (olestra). And a sugar free lemonade!

Here are some I go with:

1) McDonald's - Southwest Salad w/Grilled Chicken and Southwest Dressing
2) McDonald's - Grilled McWrap - Sweet Chili flavor + side salad (I go w/SW dressing for that as well)
3) Wendy's - side salad (I usually get the pomegranate dressing), small spicy chicken nuggets, small chili
4) There's a lot of decent options at Subway

Hope that helps!

PS The yogurt parfait at McDonald's is a good option too... either as a dessert of sorts, or as a component of a meal.

I have the Southwest Salad every day, and I find I don't even need the dressing. There's a nice lime glaze already on the salad.

I'm getting the Oven Roasted Chicken Salad with fat free honey mustard from Subway today.

If you have a schlotskys near you, most of their chicken or turkey small sandwiches without cheese run around 500 calories or less. Add an unsweet ice tea or water to it. I had one a couple weeks ago and it was very filling and had lots of veggies on it. They also have salads, soups and baked potatoes. And their food is super tasty. The sodium levels are probably a little high which they will be at just about any fast food place so make sure to eat less sodium over the next couple days, drink plenty of water and eat some potassium rich foods to compensate for the salt that your body will have to take a couple extra days to process out...

mcdonalds- hamburger - 2 50
side salad- 20
low fat basalmic vinagareete dressing- 35
fruit parfait- 150
iced te a or diet soda-o

Here are some options that I usually go for :-)

McDonald's --> Any type of salad with grilled chicken! My favorite is the Teriyaki Chicken one (the asian style)

Wendy's --> The Baja salad is amaazzzziiinnnggg :-P ..But just watch the guacamole, they usually put WAY more on than needed! (and if you're looking to cut out more calories, I would save the chilli that comes with it and have it for supper with some veggies) The Cobb salad is also really good, but I usually pick around the bacon on it.

Subway --> At Subway I usually get a giant salad with chicken and sweet onion dressing. Or you could get a 6 inch turkey breast loaded with veggies and no cheese on white Italian bread (this form of bread has the least calories at Subway ^_^)

Extreme Pita --> I get a regular grilled chicken pita loaded up with veggies and with a little bit of hot sauce in it (not for everyone, but I personally love it)

Opa --> This is one of my all time favorite places to go! I usually get the greek salad with one skewer of chicken on the side! So yummy :-P

Tokyo Express --> I usually go for the salmon roll combo here. It's really filling with the rice and there are so many health benefits to having salmon - plus it tastes delicious!!

Dairy Queen --> Surprisingly, they have a good chicken ceasar salad (pretty much the only healthy option though)

That's all I can think of for now, but good luck! xx

Wendy's


Grilled Chicken Sandwich Plain w/ a small chili

560 cals/62 Carbs/51 Protein/15 Fat/8 Fiber

I like to dip the sandwich in the chili!

Hello All,

i am forced to buy my lunch today and I have no idea what to get myself.

I want something healthy and filling so I can last until dinner.
I have access to most popular chains since I work above a large mall in Montreal (the undergrounds)

Anyone have any suggestions?

I eat out for lunch nearly all the time - and I'm usually under 400.

Jimmy The Greek or any other Mediterranean place - chicken skewer (NOT schwarma) on salad, no dressing, with cheese and side of tzatziki - likely around 300 calories if you get it like I do and fat mostly in the greek yogurt of the tzatziki. Adding dressing can also add 2-300 calories.

Freshwest or Chipotle or another burrito shop - Inside out burrito or salad (no tortilla) with chicken if you want meat, or go veggie. I go veggie with no cheese or sour cream, but WITH guacamole.

In a pinch, McDonalds and Wendys have some options. I'm partial to the grilled chicken at Wendy's WITHOUT the honey mustard.

I also hit Manchu Wok (or Panda Garden for Americans?) regularly for a grilled spiced chicken on stir fried bean sprouts. Careful, some franchises only have fried and battered food, but the mixed veg on rice wouldn't be horrible.

Middle Eastern / Lebanese veggie plates can work nicely; tahini is relatively low in calories, but stay away from the garlic sauce. Taboulli is a fantastic source of parsley... I mean potassium.

Subway is my favorite!!! In fact I had it today.....

Italian Herb and Cheese Bread, Ham, Pepper Jack Cheese, Lettuce, Onion, Oil & Vinegar with a little salt & pepper