Acceptable fast food?

[Call_Me_Daddy]

Any and all fast food is acceptable.


You just have to know how much and how often to eat it. Eat too many BigMacs and you're going to start getting a flubbery ass.


Calories count. You get way more than you need and they begin to deposit.

Just make sure you get plenty of protein, nutititous fruits and veggies, complex carbs and you can fill in the rest with fast food. Burger here and there won't kill you as long as you don't go overboard with the junk and it begins to be a staple of your diet. If that's the case, cut it down.

 

[Rata Blanca]

Fast food is better than no food while bulking so....

If you go to Mc Donalds, Burger king, etc go for the salads/burgers with grilled chicken, no mayo or cheese. Remember just ask for the burger, forget about soda and fries.

Here's the list of Mc Donalds

http://www.mcdonalds.com/app_controller.nutrition.index1.html

I think Premium Grilled Chicken Club Sandwich is somewhat decent.

 

[Throttle]

Yes, not all saturated fats are created equal.

If you get bored:
http://www.ironaddicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2957

brilliant! i hadn't run into that... great summary and some stuff i've never read.

it'd be nice to find the footnotes somewhere.....

edit: found 'em: http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/skinny.html

 

[spesmilitis]

their "whole wheat" bread isn't really whole wheat.

At first, I refused to believe this, I loved their sandwhiches and I thought I was truely getting a nutritious snack. I then looked up this website:

http://www.subway.sg/nutrition/info.html

"WHEAT BREAD Enriched flour (flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, whole wheat flour, high fructose corn syrup, wheat gluten, contains less than 2% of the following: wheat bran, yeast, salt, soybean oil, dough conditioner (acetylated tartaric acid esters of mono-and diglycerides, ammonium sulfate, calcium sulfate, ascorbic acid, azodicarbonamide, potassium iodate, amylase (enzymes)], cracked wheat, sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate, caramel color (contains sulfites), dried honey preparation (honey powder, invert sugar, wheat starch, soy bran flour, silicon dioxide [anti-caking]), mineral oil.

Unless a wheat bread has 100% whole wheat bread as its first ingrediant, its now whole wheat bread. They were using caramel color to make it look brown. Oh god, I sorta feel like those people in that one movie when they found out they've been eating people.

 

[spesmilitis]

Yes, not all saturated fats are created equal.

If you get bored:
http://www.ironaddicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2957

Holy ****, that's an incredible article.

 

[KarmaSutra]

It's the fvcking bread that'll kill ya. I treat myself to the value menu cheesburgers and just take the bread off and toss it. No carbs or preservatives in the meat/cheese.

 

[newsvios]

Fast food is all crap. :nono: Pack a lunch in the morning.

ีi agee with you

 

[Jariel]

Remember there are other things to consider than balancing your weight and too much fast food will wreck your health and vitality. McDonalds, Burger King and alike don't just have high fat content, but it's the additives and weird crap they put in there that scares me.

I'd rather go to a bar or resturant if I'm out and about, and I'll even have a burger, curry or pizza once in a while. Or if I'm watching my weight, most places have chicken breasts, steaks or sandwiches (with REAL wholemeal bread). They're usually cheaper than fastfood joints too.