Your favorite fast food meal under 600 Calories?

JustRobby1
JustRobby1 Posts: 674 Member
edited November 21 in Food and Nutrition
I'll add a couple of mine. Taco Bell steak or chicken fresco tacos are a favorite of mine. 3 of them contain only 420 calories and my go to diablo sauce is calorie free. This meal litters my diary frequently. I also like a large Chili from Wendy's. Believe it or not, it is pretty decent Chili for fast food. The large is only 270 calories, leaving plenty of leverage of saltines and their seasoning packets. It's also quite filling and packed with protein.
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  • Princess2k17
    Princess2k17 Posts: 8 Member
    I love Cantina Bowls from Taco Bell (no sour cream, no guac)
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Taco Bell Bean Burrito, no cheese. Add jalapeno and lettuce. 360 calories. If you add guacamole and potatoes, it's still under 600 -- 480.

  • busyPK
    busyPK Posts: 3,788 Member
    Wendy's - small chili with a baked potato. I put the chili on the potato and add some hot sauce. :smile: OR a plain spicy chicken sandwich with a said of ranch.

    Chipotle - 2 or 3 tacos with a little rice, chicken, salsa, lettuce and cheese.

    McD's - egg mcmuffin with a parfait OR small fries
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,988 Member
    Taco Bell Steak burrito supreme fresco.

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  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    edited September 2017
    Wendy's chicken nuggets + small chili

    Taco places - anything with extra meat, light cheese, and some salsa. Maybe some beans or similar.

    Although for me, protein content is a bigger concern with fast food than are calories. Ideally I want both (high protein and reasonable cals), but "ideal" is something I don't often meet up with.
  • boulank
    boulank Posts: 51 Member
    Wendys
    Large Chili and Sour Cream and Chive baked potato. I usually pour half the chili onto the potato and only use half the sour cream.

    Subway
    Almost all of the 6 inch subs with water or zero calorie iced tea
  • madwells1
    madwells1 Posts: 510 Member
    Taco Bell power menu bowl (grilled chicken), Extra chicken, NO rice, Add lettuce and a couple packs of fire sauce: ~400 calories
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    Culver's Cranberry bacon Bleu salad. 360 calories without dressing. Raspberry vinaigrette dressing adds 45 calories.
  • JustRobby1
    JustRobby1 Posts: 674 Member
    busyPK wrote: »
    Wendy's - small chili with a baked potato. I put the chili on the potato and add some hot sauce. :smile: OR a plain spicy chicken sandwich with a said of ranch.

    Chipotle - 2 or 3 tacos with a little rice, chicken, salsa, lettuce and cheese.

    McD's - egg mcmuffin with a parfait OR small fries

    Also a fan of Wendy's chili and baked potato combo. I can't remember where I originally read about this suggestion, but it was a hell of a good one. Pour the chili on the potato and you have yourself an extremely hearty meal. The problem being is that the Wendy's closest to my apartment seem to be pretty much ALWAYS out of baked potato when I stop in. Very frustrating.
  • JustRobby1
    JustRobby1 Posts: 674 Member
    madwells1 wrote: »
    Taco Bell power menu bowl (grilled chicken), Extra chicken, NO rice, Add lettuce and a couple packs of fire sauce: ~400 calories

    While I love the power bowls also, per Taco Bell the steak and chicken bowls are 500 and 510 respectively. Only the veg power bowl is less.

    https://www.tacobell.com/food/nutrition/info
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    My go-to items when I "have to" eat fast food:

    Subway steak, egg & cheese flatbread with veggies and brown mustard (6 inch)

    Taco Bell cheesy bean & rice burrito

    Chipotle steak or chicken burrito bowl (I usually do no cheese, 1/2 sour cream, rice and beans, which is more like 700-ish calories but worth it)

    Braum's kids hamburger meal with Greek yogurt

    Chick-Fil-A largest order of grilled nuggets and a kids milk or iced coffee, unsweetened

    McDonald's double cheeseburger, half bun, sometimes split fries with someone

    Steak & Shake triple steakburger, no cheese, add mustard, pickle, lettuce & onion (giant burger that keeps me full for pretty much the rest of my day if I have it for lunch and it's around 500 calories)
  • magster4isu
    magster4isu Posts: 632 Member
    Jimmy John's Turkey Tom
  • sdolan91
    sdolan91 Posts: 250 Member
    Arby roast beef sammich. yummy
  • natruallycurious
    natruallycurious Posts: 359 Member
    edited September 2017
    Panda Express - bowl with half fried rice, half mixed veggies and string bean chicken. 400 calories and 20g of protein. I probably eat there a bit too often haha

    You could really bring down the calorie content if you went with all mixed veggies for the side, but I like fried rice too much.

    Bowl with all fried rice and string bean chicken: 540 calories
    Bowl with all mixed veggies and string bean chicken: 260 calories
  • DX2JX2
    DX2JX2 Posts: 1,921 Member
    Egg McMuffin + a hash brown.

    Double decker taco + two fresco crunchy tacos or one 7-layer burrito + one fresco crunchy taco

    I tend to skip burgers because they mandate fries and fries are the calorie killers.
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    Wendy's Spicy Chicken Wrap = 370 cals
    Wendy's Kid-size Fries = 230 cals

    That's my go-to.
  • jdlobb
    jdlobb Posts: 1,232 Member
    toxikon wrote: »
    Wendy's Spicy Chicken Wrap = 370 cals
    Wendy's Kid-size Fries = 230 cals

    That's my go-to.

    that's a good one. Wendy's is hard to eat at on a diet, even their salads are super calorie dense.
  • HardcoreP0rk
    HardcoreP0rk Posts: 936 Member
    I satisfy fast food cravings with a simple burger and no fries. I can come in under 600 with no mayo or cheese at Steak Shack or BK.
  • jdlobb
    jdlobb Posts: 1,232 Member
    HardcoreP0rk wrote: »
    I satisfy fast food cravings with a simple burger and no fries. I can come in under 600 with no mayo or cheese at Steak Shack or BK.

    I recently rediscovered the beauty of the basic McDonalds hamburger. So simple, so good, so cheap.
  • DX2JX2
    DX2JX2 Posts: 1,921 Member
    edited September 2017
    jdlobb wrote: »
    HardcoreP0rk wrote: »
    I satisfy fast food cravings with a simple burger and no fries. I can come in under 600 with no mayo or cheese at Steak Shack or BK.

    I recently rediscovered the beauty of the basic McDonalds hamburger. So simple, so good, so cheap.

    Yep - my go-to is usually two plain McD's hamburgers and a small order of fries. Luckily, I have a reasonable calorie target to work with so the 800 calories is very manageable in my total.

    McD's plain hamburgers taught me that all good burgers need raw onion, pickles, mustard, ketchup, and thin barely toasty buns.
  • jdlobb
    jdlobb Posts: 1,232 Member
    edited September 2017
    McDonalds call it an "All-American Meal" btw if you wanna sound like you know what you're doing when you order. It's not on the menu most places. It's basically just exactly what they sold back when all they sold was one size of fries, hamburgers, and cheeseburgers.
  • madwells1
    madwells1 Posts: 510 Member
    JustRobby1 wrote: »
    madwells1 wrote: »
    Taco Bell power menu bowl (grilled chicken), Extra chicken, NO rice, Add lettuce and a couple packs of fire sauce: ~400 calories

    While I love the power bowls also, per Taco Bell the steak and chicken bowls are 500 and 510 respectively. Only the veg power bowl is less.

    https://www.tacobell.com/food/nutrition/info

    Agree---but you can customize. Remove the rice and your calories change quite a bit. Use their nutrition calculator, not the stated numbers from the nutrition page.
  • JeepHair77
    JeepHair77 Posts: 1,291 Member
    Whataburger Jr. Double Cheeseburger. Under 500 calories, and completely yummy.

    But my most frequent fast food meal is the Wendy's Apple Pecan Chicken Salad. The "half" order is just right for lunch, and it's under 300 calories, I think.
  • olive1968
    olive1968 Posts: 148 Member
    Three crunchy tacos at Taco Bell are 510.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    ooh I'd forgotten about Panda Express...I get the orange chicken and mixed veggies in a bowl for under 500 calories and it totally takes care of my "Chinese food craving" instead of getting it from a real Chinese restaurant and bloating for 3 days after.
  • Aerona85
    Aerona85 Posts: 159 Member
    edited September 2017
    Taco Bell: 3 crunchy tacos
    McDonalds: Small plain cheeseburger (I don't care for ketchup, not leaving it off for nutritional reasons). Sometimes I get a small fry. Usually the fries are awful and I only eat like two though...not wasting my cals!
    Subway: 6 in Rotisserie chicken sub, add cheese, all veggie but banana peppers and jalapeños, no sauce (don't care for the sauces anyway so that isn't a sacrifice for me)
    Chipotle: This is one I didn't have to change at all from pre-mfp to now...I get chicken bowl, brown rice, black beans, veggies, cheese, corn salsa and mild salsa. It is 755 cals BUT I only eat half at a time, so it's only 377-ish and leaves room for a few chips.
    Arby's: Turkey and Cheese slider and potato cakes.

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