Fast food and casual dining, there's just no getting around it sometimes. Luckily, there's some help out there! Check out the resources below to learn what the best choices are no matter where you're going.
Healthy Dining Finder – Great site! Enter your city or zip code to find restaurants in your area that have healthy dining options. The results will show you the restaurants, your nearest locations, the number of healthy menu items with one sample option, and a link to more information. If you choose to view “More Healthy Dining Options,” be sure to scroll down the page for each menu item offered.
I live in a large metro area so the number of restaurants listed under my zip code are huge and range from McDonald's to Mimi's Cafe to Capital Grill.
Health Check Systems – From Arby's to Wendy's, find choices under 500 calories that go beyond a side salad.
For example: Burger King
BK Broiler Chicken Sandwich at 267 calories and 8 grams of fat
And
Vanilla frozen yogurt at 120 calories and 3 grams of fat
BK Broiler Chicken Sandwich at 267 calories and 8 grams of fat
And
Vanilla frozen yogurt at 120 calories and 3 grams of fat
Nice! A fast food meal at 387 calories and 11 grams of fat doesn't make you feel like you need to skip dinner.
Healthy Fast Food Face Off – Keep clicking the button to see the winners of each face off and find the ultimate winner.
Tips By Cuisine – From the American Heart Association, click on your cuisine of choice for alternatives based on popular menu items.
Weight Watchers Dining Out and Losing Weight – Follow the link for a full list of articles about dining out on a caloric budget. There are great tidbits of information in each article but some of them seem to be so obvious they become a tedious read, so I included a few links that had some ideas I thought were interesting and provided the most food for thought.
The Restaurant Survival Guide – I like this one because the information is specific rather than the generic advice of holding the butter.
The Pub Grub Guide – Includes the Weight Watcher's point values of beer and wine.
Let's Go Out For Sushi – Probably best if you're new to sushi and have some questions.
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What a great resouse, thanks.
Well well well, it is one of those days, lets see if I can spell it right :-) Resource, of course it is resource. Thanks for letting me visit!
Healthier fast food? IDTS... foods in fast foods are among those that can cause cancer... But, thanks all the same, for providing the links. You're such a sweetheart.
Great blog!! It's nice to find low cost and healthy. Look forward to finding great recipes.
~Jessica
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There are definitely days where I am like, today is a _____ cheeseburger day but those are planned days. For me, in order to avoid those fast food pit stops, I keep a Meal Replacement Shake, Snack Bar or Meal Replacement Bar, each with a balanced portion of carbs to protein with me. They've helped me in the times traffic or stress. Visit Nutrtion Powers for a complete list of healthy products.
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