Ill be honest - Believe it or not, I have not had fast food in probably 10 years. But when I did - I used to pound down 2 whoppers with cheese, French Fries, and a large vanilla milk shake.
(Yea - lets do the calorie math here - 2 whoppers w/ cheese (1520 cals), large fries (500 cals), Large Shake (1100 cals)
3120 total - damn!

Vanilla shakes are by far my favorite thing. And I do indulge on them once in a while. But A while ago I stumbled upon the Yoplait Frozen Smoothies - which make for a great alternative.



You get 2 - 8oz servings from 1 package (prepared w/1 cup milk) @110 calories each, not too bad at all.

But I have to doctor pretty much anything I eat, so....I package, 1 cup skim milk, add an extra banana (or other fruit of your choice), a dash of vanilla extract, a bit of nutmeg and cinnamon, and extra Ice (this is key), you can make the serving size a reasonable 12oz. and its only about 150 calories - or go to town on the entire package and call it lunch
Turn it into a protein shake using either some protein powder, or some peanut butter.

Gets me past those cravings that I sometimes get.

I had the subway turkey and ham salad today with fat free ranch and lots of veggies, very filling and good. I can't say it's my favorite.
I can tell you the Cook Out Grilled Chicken Sandwich with lettuce, tom, onion and pickles is very good without mayo of course and without the double duty sides they offer you. Can someone tell them to add a salad or fruit on their menu. But the chicken taste like something homemade. Yummy

My favorite fast food is pizza. I will indulge but now instead for 3 or 4 slices I will eat one and I have only had pizza once. If I start having cravings I drink EAS advantage protein drinks. Fills me up and stops the cravings.

I don't often eat fast food...but when I do, I really like Cookout! I typically get grilled chicken with only pickles and lettuce (no condiments). BUT I have been known to get the hamburger with ketchup and mustard and an order of fries. The fast food that I most typically gravitate towards is Subway...I get the 6" wheat with turkey (no cheese), mustard and lots of veggies.

My favorite fast food is Chipotle Grill carnitas salad topped with lots of guacamole, and of course a few tortilla chips on the side. Ran the whole thing as I would usually eat it through the tracker and it came out somewhere in the neighborhood of 900 calories. And let me just say that this salad didn't even have dressing, sour cream or cheese on it......can you imagine the calorie/fat count on that?? The sodium was through the roof!

So I decided to do some serious research by taking myself to lunch at Chipotle last week. I ordered my usual salad, skipped the black beans and the chips, ate half and ended up trashing the other half (this was very sad, but guacamole and pork gets ugly after a few hours sitting in a bag in your car. The end result was closer to 300 calories. and though it still has a fair amount of fat, most of that is coming from the guacamole, which is good fat.

Now there is always the Home Grown Pizza issue.....but really we only do that about once a month and I don't eat the whole small pie anymore........*sigh*

Another favorite FF place that can do some damage is the hot bar at Whole Foods. Buffets are never a good choice for me, because no matter how many great healthy options there are, macaroni and cheese always makes it onto my plate. I'm telling you, it's a jungle out there!