Chick-fil-a eating out responsibly

For me, the only time I ever crave that place is during winter when they have their Chicken Tortilla Soup...that stuff is so good!

Any of the grilled sandwiches are pretty good choices, but I usually get the nuggets and fries and just make room for it in my day.

ETA: There's no way I'm going to Chik-fil-a and NOT getting those waffle fries.

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Agreed. I'm allergic to wheat so the fried chicken is out for me, sadly, but the waffle fries are a must. They're the whole reason I go.

I get the grilled nuggets and a medium waffle fry. The grilled chicken has so much protein. It is expensive but delicious.

Fortunately for me, ChickfilA doesn't stay inside me long enough to "disrupt" my diet (it disrupts other things), but I usually get the char grilled club with an extra cheese because they always put the toppings on the bottom, away from the cheese. This way I can be sure the register monkeys don't forget to tell the chefs to put everything on one side how I like it - extra cheese is easier than breaking the paradigm of how they build sandwiches.

Depends on how many calories you have to spare. I usually get the bigger order of the chicken nuggets and I steal a few of my husband's fries. I don't do grilled chicken at fast food restaurants anymore after getting a sandwich with half-cooked chicken from McDonalds once - I've developed an irrational fear of grilled chicken on the go. And I certainly don't order salads at fast food restaurants - I'd honestly rather stay at home and throw something together. I haven't been to Chick-fil-a in months - sounds tasty.

I totally get this!! I am the same way about grilled chicken AND fast food salads.

My only exception (to both rules) though, is Wendy's. They do salads really well, including the ones with grilled and/or non-breaded chicken.

Same here! Grilled chicken at fast food places always tastes rubbery, and I never like the greens in the salads. I haven't had Wendy's in a really long time, though.

OP, depending on the number of calories, I order the regular (not grilled) nuggets with buffalo sauce (so delicious!) with a fruit salad on the side, or, if I've got more calories to spare, a Chick-Fil-A. If you don't care to eat the bun, then that saves you some calories, but to me I'd rather just get nuggets then. Something about the combo of bun+pickles+chicken... In the alternative I might get the nuggets with some ranch sauce.

That's what I choose because I learned about eating like a normal person while losing weight. Years ago I'd order the Southwest grilled chicken salad with a light dressing, but where's the fun in that?

If I really have extra calories to spare, I'll get some carrot and raisin salad because YUM.

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if I've got more calories to spare, a Chick-Fil-A. If you don't care to eat the bun, then that saves you some calories, but to me I'd rather just get nuggets then. Something about the combo of bun+pickles+chicken... In the alternative I might get the nuggets with some ranch sauce.

I always get the chik fila and don't eat the bun. It's about 230 calories that way, and it seems like more meat than ordering the nuggets. Their nuggets are good but tiny.

I love their ice dream ice cream though so I usually make some room for that too.

I did not know they had cobb salads though as some people were saying. I'm going to have to look for that.

Not Chick-fil-a, but Popeyes is my go to fried chicken joint. I go on days where I've biked a lot and gone to the gym, so I can fit in 2 pieces of dark fried chicken, coleslaw, and 2 biscuits. Yum.

grilled chicken for dayssssss just gotta hold back on the dipping sauces that are so dam good

Fortunately for me, ChickfilA doesn't stay inside me long enough to "disrupt" my diet (it disrupts other things), but I usually get the char grilled club with an extra cheese because they always put the toppings on the bottom, away from the cheese. This way I can be sure the register monkeys don't forget to tell the chefs to put everything on one side how I like it - extra cheese is easier than breaking the paradigm of how they build sandwiches.

You have a hack for every fast food restaurant known to man.