fast food

Best solution- Just stop eating out. My husband and I only go out for birthdays, anniversaries, and a date night every few months.

I still occasionally eat out if I am in a rush. What I do is look up some foods I might want to eat. Every fast food menu has something you can work into your daily calories.

So, if for some reason, I eat at McD's, I usually choose a Happy Meal.

Taco Bell, I might select something from the fresco menu, along with a side of pintos and cheese.

And, at Panera, I buy a "Pick 2" which means 1/2 a sandwich and a serving of soup.

I bought a book called the 400 Calorie Fix which shows you how to make choices so you have 400 calorie meals. There's a whole section on eating out.

Or another useful resource is "Eat This, Not That." It shows some typical choices people make and then lower calorie, lower fat substitutions. And, I think there's an eating out section.

FInally, a lot of restaurants have on their menus a Heart Healthy set of options. I know you can find them at IHOP for example.

So I think it takes a little planning. One major thing you can do is drink water or even lemonade instead of soda. Diet soda can also sabotage your nutrition because it gives false cues regarding your hunger.

Good luck and you can do it!

Burger king has a veggie burger
Hardees has a turkey burger

Getting any burger with out cheese saves a crap load of fat and calories. All of them offer a side salad instead of fries.

Taco bell will sub any of that meat product with beans, there again, eating with out the cheese will save a bunch of fat and calories. Getting the bowls instead of a taco shell or burrito wrap at any mexican type of place saves hundreds of calories.

I feel your pain. I work in a McDonald's and it's so hard to turn down the free food on my break but I've started to bring in lunch now cos it's scary how much the little things add up to!

I usually will go to Subway and either grab a turkey on wheat, no cheese, with mustard and all veggies, or a salad with fat free dressing.