subway

Well obviously the lowest cal sandwhich would be the veggie....

here is a nutrition guide straight from subway....

http://www.subway.com/nutrition/nutritionlist.aspx

Subway really isnt healthy at all. The sandwhichs are loaded with sodium. The bread is no where near whole grain.

I would agree it is better then some other fast food options. If I were to go there now knowing what I have learned durning this venture I would choose to do a salad loaded with veggies or a wrap.

Subway - 6" Roast Beef on Wheat With Veggies and Mustard - No Cheese (815 MG Sodium)

I wouldn't say subway is unhealthy but it does have a lot of sodium. If you can do without the hi cal sauces and dressings, extra meat and extra cheese, cookies, soda, and chips, then you're good.

10 bucks says subway sponsors biggest loser!

That's 2 Foot Longs!

If I go out to lunch, which is very seldom, I opt for Subway. 6" Veggie sub on wheat, no cheese or condiments...290 calories & 410mg sodium.

If I remember right, their sodium is off the charts.

I personally avoid Subway since I've gotten food poisoning from them twice, different locations each time. Their sanitation practices aren't exactly great, either.

I'll go into any fast food type place just to see how the kitchen looks, and to see how the staff handle things
if it doesn't look clean or I don't like how the staff work around the food I'll leave. If I've never been inside
I won't use their drive thru. But you still don't know how long they keep food around before they serve it to
you.

But when I go to subway I like to get a 6 inch italian bmt, bread (not all locations have the same ones I'm all over the country)
spinach, tomato, pickles, onions, and vinegar. Not sure what the cals are will find out when I need to log it though.

10 bucks says subway sponsors biggest loser!

That's 2 Foot Longs!

LMAO!

if i have subway i try to keep my sodium way down for everything else that day. i usually get the 6" turkey & black forrest ham on whole wheat, sometimes i get cheese and loaded with veggies. and then usually mustard. or i dont get any condiments and just put 1tablespoon of light mayo on when i get home

this thread really bums out. I've taken a real liking to Subway lately. Eating there almost weekly. I thought it was suppose to be sooo much healthier for me than say McDonalds. Seems like its only slightly better. *bummed*

I stopped eating there after a conversation with a former employee . . .

Their bread is not "freshly baked"; it is parbaked, shipped to them frozen in these weird little sticks, and finished in the store.

They add fragrancing chemicals to the bread to make it smell fresh. (This is why the stores smell so odd.)

Also, they use very old Teflon pans, many of which have begun to flake. If that isn't scary I don't know what is.

The employee mislead you. I didnt work at a subway per se but I worked at a place that served subs before. The bread is not parbaked, the sticks are sticks of frozen dough in perfect proportions to be cooked to make a foot long loaf. They dont put any chemicals on the bread they only spray water on the sticks before sticking them in the proofer. The bread expands in the proofer and is sprayed with more water ever now and again. When its to an appropriate size, its moved over to the oven which cooks it in about 9-10 minutes. The smell you are smelling IS fresh baked bread, its just not fresh MADE bread as the sticks come pre-frozen. You can see the proofer and oven subway restaurants (depending on their setup) so I know this is how they do it.

Anytime you cook bread in an oven its going to release the cooked bread smell, they do not need to spray the bread with anything to give off that smell, they merely spray the dough sticks with water to encourage them to expand to their proper size.

It takes a few hours to complete the stick to cooked loaf thats cooled enough to use process. But its really not hard for them to prestock and cook bread every morning to keep them in stock. Its a very low maintenance routine. You put the sticks in a special bread tray, spray with water, stick in proofer, every now and again when they look too dry, respray, once they reach appropriate size (understanding that they shrink slightly when cooked) you move them immediately to the oven and cook for 9-10 minutes. When the bread comes out of the oven its too fragile to use for about 15-20 mins so you let it cool enough then either cut it and get ready for use or bag it for later use.

Personally, I cheat a bit whenever I wind up at subway. I get a 6" with meat and no cheese, and usually no dressings. I have them load it down with spinach, a little tomato (they tend to have very green centered tomatos) and a small bit of black olive. (maybe cucumber depending on the meat I have). When I sit down to eat, I pull off the top half of the sub roll and then fold the bottom half (with the meat and veggies) over, which cuts down the amount of bread you are eating by quite a bit since the top is far larger than the bottom.

I stopped eating there after a conversation with a former employee . . .

Their bread is not "freshly baked"; it is parbaked, shipped to them frozen in these weird little sticks, and finished in the store.

They add fragrancing chemicals to the bread to make it smell fresh. (This is why the stores smell so odd.)

Also, they use very old Teflon pans, many of which have begun to flake. If that isn't scary I don't know what is.

The employee mislead you. I didnt work at a subway per se but I worked at a place that served subs before. The bread is not parbaked, the sticks are sticks of frozen dough in perfect proportions to be cooked to make a foot long loaf. They dont put any chemicals on the bread they only spray water on the sticks before sticking them in the proofer. The bread expands in the proofer and is sprayed with more water ever now and again. When its to an appropriate size, its moved over to the oven which cooks it in about 9-10 minutes. The smell you are smelling IS fresh baked bread, its just not fresh MADE bread as the sticks come pre-frozen. You can see the proofer and oven subway restaurants (depending on their setup) so I know this is how they do it.

Anytime you cook bread (even parbaked) bread in an oven its going to release the cooked bread smell, they do not need to spray the bread with anything to give off that smell, they merely spray the dough sticks with water to encourage them to expand to their proper size.

It takes a few hours to complete the stick to cooked loaf thats cooled enough to use process. But its really not hard for them to prestock and cook bread every morning to keep them in stock. Its a very low maintenance routine. You put the sticks in a special bread tray, spray with water, stick in proofer, every now and again when they look too dry, respray, once they reach appropriate size (understanding that they shrink slightly when cooked) you move them immediately to the oven and cook for 9-10 minutes. When the bread comes out of the oven its too fragile to use for about 15-20 mins so you let it cool enough then either cut it and get ready for use or bag it for later use.

Personally, I cheat a bit whenever I wind up at subway. I get a 6" with meat and no cheese, and usually no dressings. I have them load it down with spinach, a little tomato (they tend to have very green centered tomatos) and a small bit of black olive. (maybe cucumber depending on the meat I have). When I sit down to eat, I pull off the top half of the sub roll and then fold the bottom half (with the meat and veggies) over, which cuts down the amount of bread you are eating by quite a bit since the top is far larger than the bottom.

Subway smells distinctly different than any other sub shop. It has a very "off" smell. Perhaps the employee misunderstood the weird baking process, but I completely believe her that they add fragrancing chemicals. Those shops do NOT smell like real, freshly baked bread. It's gross.

I tell you what to the naysayers on here about Subway, I have cut out most other fast food places and replaced them with a 6inch whole wheat roasted chicken breast sandwich with spinach, light mayo, oil & vinegar (extra vinegar), onion and oregano or a salad with the same things, and that is probably the most dramatic change I have made over the last 30 days and give that more credit to the pounds lost than anything else. Yes I am a bit more active a few times a week but usually eat those calories in nuts or another healthy type snack. The big change was from burger fast foods to Subway.

I saw one poster was "bummed" that it didn't sound much healthier than the McDonald's he was getting, it is much healthier, don't let a thread like this stop you from making smarter decisions! A Big Mac Meal can throw away your allotted calories for the entire day! And a BK Whopper is even worse and I don't even know who could eat a double Whopper and not have a heart attack right there!

Sure it may not be as good for you as home made organic grilled chicken and home made salad, but it is definitely a better choice than most when it comes to fast foods, especially if you kind of have to find those types of places to eat.

I stopped eating there after a conversation with a former employee . . .

Their bread is not "freshly baked"; it is parbaked, shipped to them frozen in these weird little sticks, and finished in the store.

They add fragrancing chemicals to the bread to make it smell fresh. (This is why the stores smell so odd.)

Also, they use very old Teflon pans, many of which have begun to flake. If that isn't scary I don't know what is.

The employee mislead you. I didnt work at a subway per se but I worked at a place that served subs before. The bread is not parbaked, the sticks are sticks of frozen dough in perfect proportions to be cooked to make a foot long loaf. They dont put any chemicals on the bread they only spray water on the sticks before sticking them in the proofer. The bread expands in the proofer and is sprayed with more water ever now and again. When its to an appropriate size, its moved over to the oven which cooks it in about 9-10 minutes. The smell you are smelling IS fresh baked bread, its just not fresh MADE bread as the sticks come pre-frozen. You can see the proofer and oven subway restaurants (depending on their setup) so I know this is how they do it.

Anytime you cook bread (even parbaked) bread in an oven its going to release the cooked bread smell, they do not need to spray the bread with anything to give off that smell, they merely spray the dough sticks with water to encourage them to expand to their proper size.

It takes a few hours to complete the stick to cooked loaf thats cooled enough to use process. But its really not hard for them to prestock and cook bread every morning to keep them in stock. Its a very low maintenance routine. You put the sticks in a special bread tray, spray with water, stick in proofer, every now and again when they look too dry, respray, once they reach appropriate size (understanding that they shrink slightly when cooked) you move them immediately to the oven and cook for 9-10 minutes. When the bread comes out of the oven its too fragile to use for about 15-20 mins so you let it cool enough then either cut it and get ready for use or bag it for later use.

Personally, I cheat a bit whenever I wind up at subway. I get a 6" with meat and no cheese, and usually no dressings. I have them load it down with spinach, a little tomato (they tend to have very green centered tomatos) and a small bit of black olive. (maybe cucumber depending on the meat I have). When I sit down to eat, I pull off the top half of the sub roll and then fold the bottom half (with the meat and veggies) over, which cuts down the amount of bread you are eating by quite a bit since the top is far larger than the bottom.

Subway smells distinctly different than any other sub shop. It has a very "off" smell. Perhaps the employee misunderstood the weird baking process, but I completely believe her that they add fragrancing chemicals. Those shops do NOT smell like real, freshly baked bread. It's gross.

HAH!!! I'm glad my boyfriend and I aren't the ones who've noticed the smell!!! Everyone else I know says "it smells normal to me" or "smells like any other food"...NO! GOOD food doesn't smell like that. It's an awful smell. Honestly if I had actually gone in myself and gotten subs more often, I'd have probably avoided the place in the past, but alas, someone would just usually bring them home, so I wasn't in there too often. I went in recently with a friend while she got something, and the smell was so bad, it made me really thankful I no longer eat there.

As for the naysayer person, well, I can't think of any reason that someone HAS to eat fast food. Unless you are literally starving, and all that's within a reasonable distance is fast food/Subway, don't think it HAS to be eaten. :P