Why are people so obsessed with subway!

Subway is amazing!!! The only days I don't go over on sodium are days I eat at Subway. I don't get a drink from there, just one of the fresh fit subs and it's sooo delicious! Plus, pretty much everything I put on there has little or no calories: spinach, lettuce, mushrooms, olives, and pickles!

I like subway. It tastes 10x better than a sandwich I'd make myself. What I get is less than 400 calories and it's also not all veggies- actual filling stuff. I don't get why everyone is so freaked out about the sodium. Fit it into your day like anything else...sodium is no big deal at all to me. I like getting subway for dinner when I don't feel like cooking but still want something healthy. It's also really cheap- especially if I can the 5 dollar footlong and eat the other half the next day.

People here like to assign some label on all fast foods. I guess it makes it a much more convenient way to criticize than to actually examine a menu.

McDonalds is the epitome of fast food. But their salads are pretty decent.

Oh i've read all the menus, I just choose not to eat processed stuff like that. The cold cuts are loaded with salt and nitrates. If it fits in your plan and you're ok with it, go for it, just not for me. I used to eat it though when I was in college and working 3 jobs and had no time. Now I'm home more and can cook meals whenever I want.

Really it depends on what you get, and why you're going to begin with. I go when I'm on the run and I don't have time to prepare something myself. And I get the Veggie on wheat flatbread, load it with veggies, a little honey mustard and good to go. It's really not that bad. Of course you could MAKE it bad - white bread, pile on the cheese, meatball melt or something similar, top it off with mayo. But it's all in your choices.

Subway is two minutes away from me. The subs are yummy. I can look at their nutrition online and build a sub to easily see how many calories are in the sub I want to get before I go. It is an easy way to eat veggies and actually like them.

I've heard rumors about their wheat bread, and that it's just white bread died brown, but other than that, I am a huge fan. I get the veggie sub w/ a small amount of cheese and loads of veggies. Fills me up nicely Plus,like others said, it's been endorsed by The Biggest Loser and Jared, their (Subway's)spokesman.

I love Subway. I eat there quite often seeing that my other choices to grab a quick bite to eat are McDonald's, Arby's, Hardee's, Chick-fil-A, Zaxby's, BBQ, etc.

Also, is the sodium the only thing making Subway "not be what it says it is"?

Clever marketing is the answer! They've done a great job as positioning themselves in the the fast food market as the "healthy choice". Whether people agree with this doesn't really matter, the fact is that they've done a clever campaign to get there.

I'm happy to eat Subway if that's the best choice available, but I wouldn't hunt them out specially.

Don't know, I eat at Jimmy John's now that they're here, they are awesome. Subway has been going downhill in the taste deparment for a while now. You'd think a 1,000 calorie meatball sub would taste good..but :noway:

At least it's not McDonalds...

It might as well be. Have you ever checked their nutritional content?? Yikes!!

I personally prefer little hole in the wall sandwich shops; however, they aren't able to provide me with a calorie count for the sandwich I order. Subway can.

Because of the sodium content in Subway sandwiches, I try to make this my LAST resort for lunch. I am so thankful they put in a Flame Broiler right next door to the Subway by work. Now it's not even a question of what I'm eating if I want to eat out and eat healthier!

Honestly, I have lost weight eating Subway and so has my mom. We split a foot long veggie delight and add our own sauces (she always does but sometimes I get theirs on the side...sweet onion or the buffalo sauce...and monitor how much goes on it).

When we were in PA Dutch country last August I could not monitor and track all my meals like I wanted to and we would go to Subway a few times during the two weeks we were there. It was a better choice than the fatty, heavy foods that family liked to make and eat.

You say you are not judging people by their food choices, but you haven't told us what YOU eat. Maybe we would be just as disgusted by some of your food choices as you are by Subway. Either way, if we are not forcing you to eat it why do you REALLY care except to judge?

Honestly, I have lost weight eating Subway and so has my mom. We split a foot long veggie delight and add our own sauces (she always does but sometimes I get theirs on the side...sweet onion or the buffalo sauce...and monitor how much goes on it).

When we were in PA Dutch country last August I could not monitor and track all my meals like I wanted to and we would go to Subway a few times during the two weeks we were there. It was a better choice than the fatty, heavy foods that family liked to make and eat.

You say you are not judging people by their food choices, but you haven't told us what YOU eat. Maybe we would be just as disgusted by some of your food choices as you are by Subway. Either way, if we are not forcing you to eat it why do you REALLY care except to judge?

I live in PA dutch country.

holy necro-post, batman!

i like subway because who doesn't like sammiches? and you get to control what gets put on the dang thing.
then there's the handy-dandy online calculator where you can enter exactly what's on your sandwich, and you get all of the nutritional info to enter right here on mfp.

so it's 1) tasty, 2) convenient and 3) can be healthy/healthier than other places

I'm not obsessed with them, but I do enjoy them from time to time.

It's all about making good choices. Google "subway nutrition calculator" and you can customize your sandwich and see just what you're getting.

Before I started making good choices, I would go to Subway to be "good" and still order a footlong chicken/bacon club or something on monterey cheddar with pepper jack... Now I just get a turkey on wheat, 6", no cheese. For its weight it's fairly decent. Or I'll get a footlong and make 2 meals out of it.

The comparisons to fast food are pretty obvious, but I don't mess with fast food if I can help it. Well, Subway. And Taco Bell -- the Fresco crunchy taco is a great value at 150 calories. Sure, I can do better at home, but if I'm not at home, it is an acceptable choice.

And if you can't live a little, what's the point? People who stick to their diets and never deviate are more likely to quit, I think. Of course the more you cheat, the more likely you'll quit, too. That's what happened last time with me. "Somebody" in my life kept wanting to go to the local Mexican place. Temptation is a cruel mistress, haha.