Fast Food: Best Picks
If you're trying to lose weight or maintain weight loss, try not to eat fast food more than once a week. Most of it is loaded with the worst kinds of fat (saturated and trans), refined grains, calories, and sodium. If you must eat it, have only one item and choose it from this list.
And if you are counting your exchanges, remember that most fast food exchanges are from fat, grains, dairy, and protein... occasionally--but only occasionally, as the list shows--an item may contain vegetable exchanges. If you buy a beverage, choose water, diet soda, tea without sugar or cream, or black coffee.
| Best Choices | Calories and Exchanges |
|---|---|
| Burger King® | |
Chicken WHOPPER JR® without mayo Veggie burger with reduced-fat mayo | 270 calories, 3 proteins, 2 grains 290 calories, 2 proteins, 21/2 grains |
| McDonald's | |
McSalad® grilled chicken caesar salad Chicken McGrill® without mayo | 250 calories, 2 vegetables, 2 fats 300 calories, 21/2 proteins, 1 fat, 21/2 grains |
| Wendy's® | |
Mandarin ChickenTM salad without crispy noodles Large chili | 440 calories, 3 vegetables, 3 proteins, 4 fats, 1 grain 300 calories, 2 proteins, 1 fat, 2 grains |
| Kentucky Fried Chicken® | |
BBQ chicken sandwich | 256 calories, 2 proteins, 2 grains |
| Taco Bell® | |
Taco salad without shell Bean burrito | 410 calories, 3 vegetables, 1 protein, 1 dairy, 2 fats, 1 grain 370 calories, 1/2 protein, 1/2 dairy, 2 fats, 3 grains |
| Au Bon Pain® | |
Mediterranean chicken salad with half the dressing 1/2 Thai chicken sandwich | 385 calories, 3 vegetables, 21/2 proteins, 3 fats 275 calories, 3 proteins, 21/2 grains |
| D'Angelo's® | |
Turkey breast or roast beef D'lite salad Turkey or roast beef D'lite pita pocket | 375 calories, 2 vegetables, 3 proteins, 2 grains 330 calories, 1 vegetable, 2 proteins, 3 grains |
| Subway® | |
Chicken breast with low fat dressing Turkey sub on sour dough bread | 240 calories, 3 vegetables, 2 proteins, 2 fats 290 calories, 3 proteins, 21/2 grains |
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