Chick-Fil-A, What do you like to order there that's healthy, tasting and filling?

What's your definition of 'healthy'?

I generally just avoid fast food altogether now. The calories are rarely worth it and I don't want to restart my old habit of eating out too often. It's all too easy to find an excuse multiple times per week why should just go there.

When I do eat out I want it to be a special occasion, not some typical Tuesday evening. When I save up calories during the week, I want to indulge in something memorable.

I love Chick-Fil-A! I get their kids menu normally.

I get the grilled chicken sandwich with a large lemonade and add some polyniesian sauce to it... and just budget the rest of the day on those calories... although I used to get the regular chic-fil-a sandwich... and maybe some fruit for a side...

Grilled chicken with extra piece of chicken and honey BBq sauce..

I see so many "HEALTHY FOOD POSTS" here is the thing Fatty food doesn't store as fat only excessive calories do so that being said if you burn 2000 calories a day and eat 2500 calories of all carbs you will put on a pound of fat a week if the following week you eat 2500 calories of all protein you will put on a pound of fat and the following week you eat 2500 calories of all Fat you will put on a pound of fat.. Its not the Macro itself but the calories..

Now the good news if you eat a mixture of the three and eat 1500 calories you will lose a pound a week. 500 x 7 ( aweek) = 3500 calories which is equal to one pound in any direction above or below your 2000 calorie limit..

take your weight x .8 for protein and your weight x .4 for fat add those calories together the rest is anything you want eat and I mean anything as long as you stay at or below your TDEE you won't gain weight

Hope this helps.. Mike

Their grilled chicken wrap is really tasty. I really wish they would come out with more varieties.

When I have the calories for it, I get a chicken sandwich meal, deluxe (lettuce, tomato, cheese), small fries, and diet lemonade. 825 calories.

Michael190lbs wrote: »

Grilled chicken with extra piece of chicken and honey BBq sauce..

I see so many "HEALTHY FOOD POSTS" here is the thing Fatty food doesn't store as fat only excessive calories do so that being said if you burn 2000 calories a day and eat 2500 calories of all carbs you will put on a pound of fat a week if the following week you eat 2500 calories of all protein you will put on a pound of fat and the following week you eat 2500 calories of all Fat you will put on a pound of fat.. Its not the Macro itself but the calories..

Now the good news if you eat a mixture of the three and eat 1500 calories you will lose a pound a week. 500 x 7 ( aweek) = 3500 calories which is equal to one pound in any direction above or below your 2000 calorie limit..

take your weight x .8 for protein and your weight x .4 for fat add those calories together the rest is anything you want eat and I mean anything as long as you stay at or below your TDEE you won't gain weight

Hope this helps.. Mike

It's more than just calories, though. Eating fried food often leads to heart disease and that's been proven. Now, most people have the sense to eat everything in moderation, but there are those who are legit addicted to fast food, like my parents. Fast food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Eating fast food as a once or twice monthly treat is completely fine.

xmichaelyx wrote: »

realityfades wrote: »

It's more than just calories, though. Eating fried food often leads to heart disease and that's been proven.

This is false. There IS a correlation between fried foods and heart disease, but no study has shown (or even pretends to show) causation.

Most likely, the types of people who eat a lot of fried food also live a relatively unhealthy lifestyle overall. Just as eating fat doesn't make you fat and dietary cholesterol doesn't raise your cholesterol levels, so fried food isn't going to give you heart disease.

Workout, eat a balanced diet, and enjoy your fried food the same way you enjoy everything else: in moderation.

There's this study that proves otherwise: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/eating-fried-foods-tied-to-increased-risk-of-diabetes-and-heart-disease/

I didn't say that dietary fat makes you fat, but I do know that eating fried food mutliple times a week isn't good for the arteries, hence why I said everything in moderation.

Water.

realityfades wrote: »

xmichaelyx wrote: »

realityfades wrote: »

It's more than just calories, though. Eating fried food often leads to heart disease and that's been proven.

This is false. There IS a correlation between fried foods and heart disease, but no study has shown (or even pretends to show) causation.

Most likely, the types of people who eat a lot of fried food also live a relatively unhealthy lifestyle overall. Just as eating fat doesn't make you fat and dietary cholesterol doesn't raise your cholesterol levels, so fried food isn't going to give you heart disease.

Workout, eat a balanced diet, and enjoy your fried food the same way you enjoy everything else: in moderation.

There's this study that proves otherwise: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/eating-fried-foods-tied-to-increased-risk-of-diabetes-and-heart-disease/

I didn't say that dietary fat makes you fat, but I do know that eating fried food mutliple times a week isn't good for the arteries, hence why I said everything in moderation.

No...it does exactly what xmichaelyx said...there is a link/correlation ("tie" using the article's word) between the two...but it doesn't prove causation.

The wrap is under 400 calories I believe

i will get a kids nuggets with honey mustard.. If i am gonna eat fast food or somewhere I really like I will just save up the calories for it otherwise its a little bit of a disappointment for me.

Dnarules wrote: »

I love their Asian salad.

Me too. With a diet lemonade.

I love the slightly sweet bun of the chick-fil-a chick-n-minis for breakfast and the grilled market salad is so yummy!