I am trying to eat healthy, but sometimes it is hard due to limited time. It would be nice to be able to make healthy food, and take it to work, but that can be tough. Sometimes the only option is eating at a fast food restaurant. Finding healthy food at a fast restaurant can be be a challenge.
Subway is a good choice. They have a small selection of low fat sandwiches. My personal favorite is the Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki. I usually get it loaded up with lettuce, tomato, green peppers, black olives, and onion. Then I have it topped with sweet onion sauce. It is about 370 calories with onl 5 grams of fat or 45 calories coming from fat.
McDonalds is a terrible choice. You can get their Premium Grilled Chicken Classic sandwich. Its 420 calories with 10 grams of fat. Half of the fat comes from the mayonaise that they glop on there.
Burger King is also a terrible choice. I usually get the Tendergrill Chicken sandwich. I thought it was healthier because it had honey mustand instead of glopped on mayanaise. But looking up the nutritional data, it also has 10 grams of fat! Ouch! I guess it’s not healthier.
Wow! It’s a real eye opener to look at the nutritional info at these restaurants. The food is terrible healthwise!
Lately I have been taking Healthy Choice entrees to work, and heating them in the microwave. We bought a bunch of them on sale for $1.25 each, and loaded our freezer. So not only are they healthier than most of the fast food choices, they are also cheaper!

Posted by Rob in Nutrition on February 14th, 2007 | No Comments