Healthiest Fast food resteraunts?

[lorekeeper]

For those days when I forget my lunch at home, or I'm on the road, what are the healthiest things to buy in a rush?

so far I've been sticking to subways 6" turkey or roast beef with regular mustard on brown bread.

 

[morepoonplease]

Tim Hortons always has healthy stuff... not sure if they'd be in your area however, its a canadian company that recently expanded to the us.

 

[mrRuckus]

double cheeseburger.



What makes people think subway is healthy? The commercials tell you so and while waving around a banner that says 2g of fat?

 

[Jules Verne]

I didn't know Subway had mole.

How about Chipotle? I always exclude cheese and sour cream.

 

[bukowski_merit]

If i forget/don't have time to make my lunch i'll mix and match these

1) Go buy some lean beef jerky (they have organic jerky at the Acme) and nuts.
2) Buy a protein drink (muscle milk is sold at the gas station by my work but is $4 a bottle!)
3) Mcdonalds - i'll buy 4 hamburgers.... Take all 4 of the hambrgers out of their buns and put them inbetween 1 bun (so i essentially have 4 hamburger patties under 1 bun) i found that trying to eat the hamburger plain was disgusting... but the bun is so good that 1 bun can cover up the taste of 4 patties... only cost about $3.70. 30G Fat/30G Carbs/36G Protein. 510 Calories.

I go to mcdonalds because my only other choice is Dunkin Donuts, which is very dirty place!

 

[lorekeeper]

Tim Hortons always has healthy stuff... not sure if they'd be in your area however, its a canadian company that recently expanded to the us.

I have Timmie's on every street I'm on the south shore of Montreal, the only other place with a higher person to timmy ratio is TO

I've looked at their stuff and was not too impressed.

I usually get a sandwich in the morning with coffee if I'm running late:

Calories: 510 Fat: 33 g Protein:18 g Carbs:35 g

actually their sandwiches dont look half bad:

Calories: 360 Fat: 11 g Protein: 18 g Carbs: 48 g

Bukoski: Jerky's pretty good idea, but expensive here. but I don't think I'm gonna touch mc D's unless its an emergency, I just dont like em

 

[teagan]

Definitely chipotle.

 

[Neon Owl]

You guys must use alot of Chipotlaway.

 

[Bible_Belt]

I have been eating a lot of 99 cent McChickens lately.
http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/foods-from-mcdonalds/6232/2

I'm impressed by McDonald's being able to sell it for that price. There's no way I could make the same sandwich for a buck, even if I raised and killed my own chicken.

Fast food is not healthy, unless your activity levels are high enough. If you exercise enough, then it won't matter what you eat

 

[morepoonplease]

I have Timmie's on every street I'm on the south shore of Montreal, the only other place with a higher person to timmy ratio is TO

I've looked at their stuff and was not too impressed.

I usually get a sandwich in the morning with coffee if I'm running late:

Calories: 510 Fat: 33 g Protein:18 g Carbs:35 g

actually their sandwiches dont look half bad:

Calories: 360 Fat: 11 g Protein: 18 g Carbs: 48 g

Bukoski: Jerky's pretty good idea, but expensive here. but I don't think I'm gonna touch mc D's unless its an emergency, I just dont like em

get the 2 chicken wraps for 3.99 healthiest damn thing u can buy at that price on the go... and were talking real fvcking chicken here not the mc d's crap.

 

[teagan]

I love those articles about Chipotle. They complain about the amount of calories, fat and other b.s. Just don't eat the entire f***king burrito or get a bowl. There's your solution. The ingredients are great and healthy otherwise.

Anyway, it's perfect for me. I have to about 4000 calories a day to maintain weight.

 

[pinhas]

Chipotle could be decent if you get the bowl, skip the cheese/sour cream, get min to non guacamole and load up on veggies. I think chicken is the best as far as meat goes.

Also, here in NY there a lot of Chinese restaurants, and I always get their steamed chicken with broccoli and brown rice, get some garlic sauce for extra flavor.

I also heard that veggie pizza is a decent choice; not so sure about that though.

 

[Amazing]

If you are eating out might as well enjoy it

but grilled chicken is always a winner.

Tim Hortons sucks my balls, so little food.

 

[Pimp-sicle]

I'd like to know why you think subway is unhealthy.

Lots of reasons.....

They used refined flour in all their breads, even their "wheat" bread is not 100% whole grain. All their cold cuts are processed and have tons of sodium and preservatives in them.

Its really a joke how Subway has the whole country brain washed. Now it definitely beats traditional fast food, but its definitely not healthy in my opinion.

Spend a couple hours every Sunday planning food for the week. Cook up tons of food in mass quantities, freeze them and then re-heat and eat them at work. Save money, eat healthy, problem solved.





PIMP

 

[lorekeeper]

PIMP, that's my plan. I was just making this thread about alternatives, mainly, what to eat should I not have time to cook, or (as I often do) cook my food and forget it on the counter.

 

[Werman]

I've had good results from eating the McChicken classic at McDonalds. I get it plain with no garnishments at all, so it's just chicken and a bun. I don't know for certain, but the bun seems sort of wheat-y, not like your regular McD bun, so it doesn't seem too bad. It's a nice jolt of protein on the go, and it's more filling and less expensive than the gas station protein shakes.