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low calorie fast food options?

hazelbliss6
hazelbliss6 Posts: 253 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Goodmorning everyone!

Well once again I was too rushed this morning to pack a lunch, and yesterday I had thought the breakfast borritos at McDonalds would have been an ok choice, since I gave away the hashbrowns and skipped the ketchup. But it turns out those tiny borritos are 290 calories each! Yikes! So I was wondering if we could try to compile some favorite low- calorie options for us semi-frequent fast food-ers. I have learned how to eat healthy at subway, but would like some drive-through options since I only get 1/2 hr breaks for lunch. Any tips would be great! I'll definately be taking notes on this one! :tongue: Thanks guys!!

p.s. I did find that the fresco crunchy tacos are 150 calories each. Not too terrible :drinker:

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  • Hottness4Lyfe
    Hottness4Lyfe Posts: 321 Member
    Bump..... I'm terrified of fast food so I'm anxious to see this..
  • cha36jennings
    cha36jennings Posts: 99 Member
    I really enjoy the McDonalds grilled chicken salad (no dressing). Less than 300 cals and low fat
  • alecta337
    alecta337 Posts: 622 Member
    I read these articles a while ago and dug them up for you. They're from WebMD, so pretty credible

    http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/10-best-fast-food-meals

    http://www.webmd.com/diet/slideshow-best-and-worst-fast-food-breakfasts

    http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/best-and-worst-fast-food-salads

    Hope I help all you fast food eaters out there =D

    We all gotta eat fast sometimes, lets just do it as healthily as we can!
  • EmilyQC
    EmilyQC Posts: 69 Member
    taco bells Fresco line of tacos, no more than 200 calories per taco. and they are delicious!
  • megansmom311
    megansmom311 Posts: 168
    The grilled chicken salads at McD's are actually pretty good. They also serve fruit and oatmeal now, and their fruit/yogurt parfaits are good for a quick snack or breakfast.

    Most fast food places offer grilled chicken salads, you just have to be careful of which dressing you put on top of them.
  • therring1970
    therring1970 Posts: 3
    TIm Horton's chicken snack wraps are good. Get them with no sauce.
  • hazelbliss6
    hazelbliss6 Posts: 253 Member
    thanks for the websites. I was surprised to find that of my 2 fav fast food salads one was on the best list and the other on the naughty list. Good to know!
  • whodatgrl
    whodatgrl Posts: 111
    bump for later
  • torregro
    torregro Posts: 307
    Wendy's has a terrific new berry almond chicken salad with raspberry vinaigrette dressing.
    The half salad is plenty for a lunch and has 270 calories, 12 gm fat, 23 gm carbs and 21 grams of protein.
    The raspberry vinaigrette dressing was fabulous.
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    I probably eat WAY too much fast food...

    McDonald's:
    Egg McMuffin - 300 calories
    Hamburger - 250 calories
    Sm Ice Cream - 150 (the above 2 items are my favorite fast food lunch)
    Gilled Chicken Snack Wrap w/ either honey mustard or BBQ sauce.

    Burger King:
    Whopper Jr. w/o Mao

    Taco Bell:
    Crunchy Tacos
    Chicken Soft Tacos

    Wendy's:
    Cheeseburger Deluxe w/o mayo or cheese
    Grilled Chicken snack wrap again.

    Pretty much any small hamburger w/o mayo or cheese is a good bet.

    Subway:
    Blackforest Ham on wheat w/o cheese, only mustard.

    KFC:
    Grilled chicken (It's actually really good)
  • Icewolf_The
    Icewolf_The Posts: 308 Member
    Pretty much everything on the Taco Bell Fresco menu is pretty good already. But you can make it even better...

    Order yourself 3 Fresco Steak soft tacos... Normally about 180 calories each... NOW, get yourself a bowl. Scrape all the inside bits into the bowl. THROW OUT THE SHELLS. Believe it or not, the shells are all the calories. And carbs. Without it, those 3 tacos will add up to about 150 calories, and you'll be surprised but you'll be hard pressed to finish eating it. It's a lot. And it's very flavorful.

    I also enjoy their Chicken Taco salad, I order it no rice (about 150 calories gone), and no zesty sauce (who knows how many), and resist the temptation to eat the shell. If I succeed and don't eat the shell it's about 380 calories, and that's with full fat sour cream. Which almost feels like cheating it tastes so good.... Now if I don't succeed and I eat the shell *sighs* It's about 800 calories. For lunch that's a lot, for dinner not so bad.

    McDonalds McDouble cheeseburger on their $1 menu is only 380 calories, but almost 920 sodium.. so you have to be careful what else you eat that day with salt.
  • FarewellFluff
    FarewellFluff Posts: 3
    McDonald's - (Low calorie options - Breakfast Menu) Parfait, Egg McMuffin, Oatmeal

    Wendys - Grilled Chicken Sandwich, Small Chili, HALF-size salads, Grilled Chicken Wrap

    Subway - Obvious! Just get a 6inch on 9-grain wheat and load it with veggies and allow fat free sauce (they even break down the sauce into the healthy and full-fat options)

    Sonic - Grilled Chicken Sandwich on wheat bun - Apple slices on the side.. they even sell bananas!!

    Taco Bell - Fresco Menu
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