Best chains for careful eaters

There is a clean eatz where I go to walk at and everything is listed and low calorie. I can get a burger that is only 340 calories, which is a vast improvement over any other kind of fast food. And it tastes delicious too, it is made out of bison, which I didn't even know was a viable thing to eat. They also offer other lower calorie food which is helpful when you are losing weight.

El Pollo Loco has a few good options

Sweetgreen sounds great. We don't have one here, but I looked at their website, and love that they are promoting urban farming, like this Chicago legend: https://medium.com/sweetgreen/will-allen-growing-power-4800dbbc0a66

I will just mention several of my favorites (my goals are 100+ g protein and 8 to 10 servings of veg a day; eating at a highly active maintenance).

--Applebee's has a 12 oz Butcher's Reserve sirloin that is fabulous and is 380 calories with 69 g protein; I generally get a double order of steamed broccoli for 90 cal each.

--If I can fit it into my calories for the day (and this recommendation is probably not applicable for someone who does not have a generous calorie budget), my favorite thing from Red Robin is the guacamole bacon burger, but it's over 1000 calories, so I really have to plan for that (51 g protein). I get it with the endless side of broccoli (32 calories a serving). If I can't fit it in, I will get a Grilled Chicken Burger for 570 calories. If I really, REALLY have to be good, I get the Ensenada Chicken Platter for 430 calories/59 g protein. It is not the greatest, being kind of clumsily spiced, so I haven't gotten it in a long time.

--Panera will always have a soup-and-salad that has a great nutritional profile for my goals; the trick is to resist the baguette and 99-cent baked items. If I were not highly active and on a 1200-calorie base, this would probably be the best one to meet my goals and not feel like I was being overly deprived.

--Cracker Barrel, surprisingly, has some great options, like apple cider vinegar chicken or lemon pepper rainbow trout, with a lot of different veg along the side, from southern options like pinto beans and turnip greens, to standards like cucumber-tomato salad, steamed baby carrots, green beans, etc. The biscuits are the killer here!

For all eaters I find Panera the easiest, because when you go to their website, and you custom make your choices, it calculates the calories for you, when some other sites you have to do the dirty work yourself, and do some math.

For careful eaters, I would say anyplace that puts covers over the outlets, and those foam things on sharp corners is your safe bet.

I am glad other people understood the title, I had no idea what chains meant and Sweetgreen didn't help me as I have never heard of that before haha. I was picturing a ball and chain to keep someone from going in the fridge or something.

Now that I am on the up and up

I like Mucho Burrito - I don't know if you have one of those where you live.

pretty much any fast food joint--i have found all of my local ones list calorie/macro counts online and some have very convenient "build-a-meal" settings. i live for chipotle days

Chipotle has great options. I really like McDonalds southwest grilled chicken salad. I think with the dressing it's just over 400 cals. In N Out protein burgers. Panda Express bowls with veggies and teriyaki chicken.

Ruth's Chris lists all calorie counts!