If you have to eat fast food it can be done for under 400 calories, if you pay attention to what you are doing. In fact, today I did just that!
I have been super busy at work, not only with my calls and customers but I am helping out with a friends desk while they are out of the office this week. Today I felt rushed all day and it was 1:10pm and I had not stopped for lunch. My bagel thin & low fat cream cheese at 8am this morning were a distant memory.
I had a can of soup but I wanted to get out of the office. I could go to Cracker Barrel for my grilled chicken and veggies but I wanted to "save" that for my once a week lunch with my BFF. So what to do & where to go?
I used my www.myfitnesspal.com to look up fast food that was close by my office and found Mcdonalds Hamburger Happy Meal with no cheese on the burger, and instead of fries I subbed the apple slices and low fat Carmel dip. My lunch with a large un-sweet tea was only 355 calories!!!! Wow! It was tasty, filling, and low calorie too! It sort of felt like a "cheat" minus the guilt.
So if you have to eat on the run, do it for less calories than you think. Take a few minutes Before ordering to see how many calories are in some of those quick $1.00 value menu items and you might decide to stick with the Happy Meal without the fries as I did.
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