Subway?

Love six inch turkey or turkey & ham on wheat with lots of veggies and oil & vinegar in place of the mayo. I do add the cheese...you can also have a salad with lots of spinach (at least my subway now offers spinach).

My hubby and I will do it from time to time for sure (2x last week....more than usual) But they have a great feature on their website (always a 6 inch by the way)...

http://www.subway.com/Menu/MenuCategoryItems.aspx?CC=USA&LC=ENG&MenuTypeId=1&MenuId=35

You can calculate out your own sub- figure out what you would put on it, what you can, etc. (we found out how awful the sauces were using this tool, and we now just omit them) I can have a 6 inch sub that I really enjoy for around 350 calories. Not bad at all! (And since we have a decent amount of buy 1 get one coupons, it works out great. $3 for a sub for the two of us)

I actually find it to be quite filling. HTH! Be sure to check out that feature. It is seriously a HUGE help trying to find out *what* is in a sub that you can customize

ETA- didnt know a lot of subways didnt offer all sorts of veggies- ours has always had spinach and a ton of other veggies- so we LOAD ours up with the veggies for the same price

If you MUST eat Subway, go for one of their salads, with no meat, as their meat is VERY processed. They use HFCS in their breads, so they really aren't as "healthy" as they like to proclaim.

If you MUST eat Subway, go for one of their salads, with no meat, as their meat is VERY processed. They use HFCS in their breads, so they really aren't as "healthy" as they like to proclaim.

Oh man this ruined my day :brokenheart: But its good to know...

I love love love Subway!! Most of the time, I get a footlong, and eat half for lunch, and half for dinner. If I need to watch my carbs for the day (meaning, I'm eating it for dinner, and I'm running out of the alotted carbs for the day), I get the sweet onion chicken teriyaki SALAD, and get extra teriyaki sauce for my dressing. I've discovered that the wraps are just as bad as the bread, so I just stick with the flavorful bread when I get the chance for a sandwich.

I also ask for half cheese on my sandwiches, and none on my salads.

But honestly, I haven't eaten there enough on a weekly basis to see if I've lost weight, or maintained. That might be next week's challenge ;-)

I have Subway probably once or twice a week. My mind thinks it needs a 12 in Sub....so...here is what I do.

Turkey sub....no cheese (ya can't taste the cheese anyway....LOL)
Ft long wheat ....but the way I do it, any of the breads would probably be fine
LOADED with veggies.....as many as can fit.
Mustard .....it took me a few times to get into the mustard....I'm a mayo girl....but...this is my bargain with myself for getting a 12 inch.

Then...start peeling back the bread...taking off the huge pieces....(yes...people look at me funny). I will allow myself 5 bites of sandwich the either the top or bottom bun in the bite (not both).....and pick the thinnest part of the bread.

I figure, that I get less than 25% of the entire bun that way....it's less bread than I would've gotten on the 6 ", but, I have gotten more veggies, more protein, and visually, I have had a 12 inch sub. (Mind games...I know).

I've been very satisfied doing it this way.....

Surprisingly enough, the entire sandwich doesn't fall apart....I have been able to eat them very "neatly". Just picking off bread from the side and top....and then the bottom.

PLUS...I make the birds in my yard very very happy when I go home.....

The formula for eating at Subway:

Your calories from non-Subway sources + your Subway meals - Your exercise calories - your daily activities burn rate (existence burns calories). If this is less than zero....you should lose weight!

We don't know if you're eating Veggie sandwiches, or having a meatball and cheese grinder or passing on the chips or slathering 100 calories worth of mayo....so hard to say if you'll lose weight or not.

We know JARED did!

If you're still hungry, you probaly need protein in your meal. I normally eat my own skinny version of tuna or chicken salad on one of those 100 calorie sandwich thins, open face style; and pair it with 4 oz of carrot sticks with hummus. You're still hungry because you're not getting any protein or fats, if in fact you just have bread with veggie. I wouldn't recommend the tuna salad at Subway. I'm sure they load it with mayo, and not the good kind.
I prefer the carrots over other dippable veggies because they last a long time in the fridge. Other veggies that go bad after a week or two.
Anyway, back to Subway. I'm sure you asked because you want Subway to provide the entire meal. You'll probably have to put some sort of meat on it to make it more filling. You want to make sure its 100 % whole wheat bread too. Just because its brown doesn't mean its whole wheat. They might call it wheat bread, all bread is wheat bread for that matter (all bread flour is made from wheat), but for the high fiber kind that's good for you, ask for it. More fiber will be more filling as well.
I found a website for you to look at. I've fallen in love with the book series Eat This, Not That and Men's Health website along with others have a link. I found this one about Subway meals. Check it out... http://eatthis.menshealth.com/restaurants/subway

I don't mean to pile on the subway bashing but if you have hypertension, please be aware that breads in general are a hidden source of sodium.... especially Subway bread.

Also, I really don't consider Subway a healthy food in general. The key to treating your hypertension is to prepare your own foods and base your meals around fruits, veggies, lean cuts of meat and a moderate amount of unprocessed starchy carbs.

Thank you...let's please finally bust the myth that Subway is healthy. It isn't. You can make some fairly decent choices there as well as some bad ones, just like you can at McDonalds.

If you MUST eat Subway, go for one of their salads, with no meat, as their meat is VERY processed. They use HFCS in their breads, so they really aren't as "healthy" as they like to proclaim.

Hop online and search for info about their bread. All their bread contains HFCS. Their "whole wheat" and "whole grain" bread really isn't. The whole grain has more HFCS than whole grains.