Subway

okcmomto3
okcmomto3 Posts: 97 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
It seems every time I eat there I do not lose any weight. Anyone else have this issue?

I eat a 6 inch turkey breast on honey oat wheat. With veggies and mustard. (Since mustard is low cal). No chips, no pop.

Am I just crazy and trying to link the two together or what?

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  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Lots of sodium in the subs.
  • amdahwd
    amdahwd Posts: 237 Member
    I eat at Subway almost daily and never have any problems.

    I just googled the sodium counts at Subway and found an article that said they had announced on 4/19 a reduction in their sodium levels - up to 28% in some sandwiches.
  • eprissel
    eprissel Posts: 92 Member
    The only reason you would ever lose weight from eating subway is because 2 hours later you drop it back off where it came from. :)

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  • row_rivers
    row_rivers Posts: 92 Member
    there are a lot of factors that might account for not losing weight because of eating there. check this website:

    http://www.nutritionix.com/subway/nutrition-calculator

    it makes it really easy to customize your sandwich and therefore your calories. the bread might be the culprit. even when your fillings are used sparingly, your calories might still soar.
  • melsinct
    melsinct Posts: 3,512 Member
    Subway's bread, let alone the meat, is a sodium bomb. If sodium tends to make you retain water (it does me), then there is your answer. Subway has marketed itself as "healthy" and there are more low cal choices there than at other fast food joints, but health food it is not.
  • WhiteCoc0
    WhiteCoc0 Posts: 160 Member
    Not a fan. quiznos is better...and less sodium.
  • okcmomto3
    okcmomto3 Posts: 97 Member
    Thanks guys. That does make sense!
  • okcmomto3
    okcmomto3 Posts: 97 Member
    The only reason you would ever lose weight from eating subway is because 2 hours later you drop it back off where it came from. :)

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    To funny!
  • mlbrowninsc
    mlbrowninsc Posts: 22
    If I go to subway I get a salad instead of a sub. However I find it too costly to do on a regular basis. I also agree that Quiznos has better subs, but as I avoid bread during the week, I stay away from both.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Subway's bread, let alone the meat, is a sodium bomb. If sodium tends to make you retain water (it does me), then there is your answer. Subway has marketed itself as "healthy" and there are more low cal choices there than at other fast food joints, but health food it is not.
    And really, you're using the term "bread" loosely there.
  • acstansell
    acstansell Posts: 567 Member
    Try a salad from there - the bread is probably the culprit. Plus, on the salads, you get less deli meat, which means less sodium.
  • NovemberJune
    NovemberJune Posts: 2,525 Member
    I loooove subway... but usually my 6 inch sub and baked lays have about 1000 mg of sodium, which can make me retain water. I try to get under 2000 mg of sodium each day and 1000 in one meal can make that tough! ;)
  • nathan72
    nathan72 Posts: 91 Member
    If I eat at subway, I lose weight. Their portions are consistent and there are many lower calorie filling options.
  • chelledawg14
    chelledawg14 Posts: 509 Member
    As others have said, their bread is a killer - anything except the Italian - watch the calories on it. Even though there are healthier choices, the sodium and cals go up, up, up. I was just on their site two days ago because I wanted to try the Smokehouse BBQ Chicken. It was NOT worth the cals!!! The only "Good" thing is there is so little meat that you only needed 1/2 of the 1/2 of the bun! I avoid Subway now. They promote "low fat" which doesn't help much if you're mainly watching calories.
  • amymt10
    amymt10 Posts: 271 Member
    ITs the sodium!!!!!!!! When i do go I get the turkey breast on the wheat w/just tomato. Its low cal but high sodium. I dont get chips or soda either. Sometimes I will get the kids meal turkey w/apples and a juice box. I will save the juice for my kids.
  • EmmaM2211
    EmmaM2211 Posts: 536 Member
    I agree on the sodium front - if I have one sodium filled meal I can "put on" 4lbs and it'll take me about 4days to get back to where I started. Moral of the story - avoid sodium :-D xxx
  • crimznrose
    crimznrose Posts: 282 Member
    I don't eat Subway every day, but when I do I make it a salad instead of a carb & sodium-bomb sandwich. My typical Subway order is chicken teriyaki salad with a mix of spinach and lettuce, lots of green pepper, onion, tomato.
    NO cheese
    NO croutons or crackers
    and sweet onion dressing on the side.

    Top off with a yogurt and you aid the digestion - but I'd bring your own fat free or low fat yogurt cause Subway yogurt parfaits aren't as healthy as you'd think.
  • crazedcujo
    crazedcujo Posts: 114 Member
    I used to eat at Subway - but I realized that I could do it healthier and cheaper in the long run - by buying my own stuff. I get Boar's Head Ovengold turkey - chipped; and Land of Lakes Slender cheese (which is 25% less fat - and taste the same as regular cheese).... I throw my own hoagie oil on - some hot peppers and that is it. The total sandwich is about 340 cals for about 8" hoagie.
  • audreygonzy
    audreygonzy Posts: 161 Member
    On the site you can 'build your own sub' and it shows all nutritional content so that could help you tweak your sodium if that's what's hindering you.
  • crazedcujo
    crazedcujo Posts: 114 Member
    ^^ Plus you have a few days worth..... I get about 4 rolls, I don't eat more than 4 days of sandwiches per month.
  • Awkward30
    Awkward30 Posts: 1,927 Member
    I lose weight going to subway quite a lot. Although I am hungrier when I do. It's less filling per calorie than my homemade lunches. That's really the only reason I've started bringing my own lunches more... I like eating. Today is free pizza day though... Can't resist that!
  • rprussell2004
    rprussell2004 Posts: 870 Member
    LOTS of sodium - and the bread is devastating.

    Once I started getting salads there it made a big difference.
  • monalissanne
    monalissanne Posts: 159 Member
    Subway's bread, let alone the meat, is a sodium bomb. If sodium tends to make you retain water (it does me), then there is your answer. Subway has marketed itself as "healthy" and there are more low cal choices there than at other fast food joints, but health food it is not.
    And really, you're using the term "bread" loosely there.

    Why do you say that? (Seriously, no sarcasm. Not the sodium part, the "bread" part. I see them baking it, so I'm just confused.)
  • Chris_acc_can
    Chris_acc_can Posts: 83
    You're not crazy. I eat Subway atleast 3 times a week (and have dropped 18LBS and my BF is down to 8.7%). It's right by my work and is quick and easy. I usually get a footlong ham on whole wheat bread. If I want a lean meal I do not get cheese (saves me 100 calories) and I always load it with veggies (lettuce, tomatoes, cuccumbers and green peppers). I usually put sub sauce or honey mustard or sub sauce on (If I want to save more calories I put no sauce on). With no cheese and no sauce a footlong is 640 calories (850 if I go all out), considering my daily intake is 2500 on a day I work out, I can easily fit it into my meal plan.

    I should also mention that lunch is my biggest meal of the day as I need the energy for my after work workouts.

    http://www.nutritionix.com/subway/nutrition-calculator

    Check out that link you can build a sandwhich and see the calories you are taking in. I think if you change your bread to whole wheat and take out the cheese you will save 100 calories and make the meal more manageable. Like other people said, you need to watch the meat you choose, avoid cured meats.
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
    If I eat at subway, I lose weight. Their portions are consistent and there are many lower calorie filling options.

    ^This. Sometimes it's about finding the best choice you can. Subway is the only reasonably, non-greasy fast restaurant in my area. So, if I can't pack my lunch (time constraints or poor planning), Subway it is. I only have it about once a week and it hasn't prevented me from losing weight. I check the nutritional info online first and make the best choice I can.

    But, by that same token, if Subway isn't working for you, you owe it to yourself to find a better option.
  • bookyeti
    bookyeti Posts: 544 Member
    I lose weight going to subway quite a lot. Although I am hungrier when I do. It's less filling per calorie than my homemade lunches.
    Same here! I love Subway! Sometimes after particularly heavy work-outs, I will go for a footlong tuna every couple days (on Italian bread, no cheese, lots of veggies, light mayo - my fave!). I am losing weight as well. So long as it fits in your calories and macros, why not? As for too much sodium, it certainly will cause water retention but that gain on the scale is NOT fat.... something the scale does not measure. That's one of the reasons why I don't put a lot of 'weight' in scale numbers, and go more by BF% and measurements.

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