Why is it that fast food restaurants seem to be ubiquitous in so many places? They offer quick, easy meals. Right?
Prescious abundance of choice! How many people spend amillion or more on a McDonalds daily diet?
One thousand calories equals a pound, so it worries me that people might get too much of a good thing?
I guess you have to be realistic. No one would eat 1000 calories of salad and ban soda for a year. I don’t know anyone that would do that.
What if you ate at McDonalds just once a week? Most likely you would lose a couple of pounds and that saving would amount to nothing.
Even if the Salad and soda diet might be all you need, it seems like a waste of money and poisons your body.
Why is the fast food diet so popular?
Falwell, author of Diet of the Rich, attributed the increase in waistlines and other weight-related problems to the availability of inexpensive, abundant, tasty food.
Eating this kind of food is Gooch, calorie for calorie. It from the burger and 40 ounces of it for just a thousand calories.
It also assumes that you cook it yourself, instead of Obtaining fresh lean meat, chicken, or fish and preparing it yourself.
It also assumes that you Skip the bread, or at least limit it.
What if you Have to Eat at fast food places?
First of all, you can control what you put on your burger. A small order of ketchup, mustard and vegetables can go a long way compared to, let’s say, a quarter pounder with fries. Even if the sandwich is “billion dollar” the nutritional value is about the same.
You can also take that a bit further and alter your order of what you get with your meal. Do not get a small cheese sandwich with a big coke. Get a plain single hamburger with side salad and drink water.
It might sound a bit strange, but this will cut out a ton of calories. To make your fast food burger even shorter, get it grilled.
You can also opt for a side salad, or a baked potato. Most fast food restaurants provide a low carb alternative as a substitute for the coke.
Now your technically correct, but I am a bit skeptical… There are a ton of surviving fast and convenience foods from the 30’s through the present day.
If you’re eating fast for a reason other than a true appetite problem, you’re in luck, most places offer at least a few healthy options.
For example, most of the McDonalds in the US are acquired in the 1990s. The Holiday Tastykakes are on the rise. The Subway Roasted Chicken sandwiches as well as the health conscious Hippocrates are hot in Alaska and New Jersey.
As a consumer, it is up to you to become educated on what you are really buying, and what alternatives are available. If you do business as a lot of people who would like to become healthy, you have to have a plan. These plans will likely change as new information comes available.
100 easy ways to save your diet calories.
1. Avoid diet sodas. They are full of sugar and empty calories.
2. Don’t order a soda with your meal. You often end up with at least two medium sized sodas. Instead, get food instead and avoid ordering your soda along with your meal.
3. Order milk, or water instead of soda with your meal.
4. Eat just two pieces of bread instead of four.
5. Stop eating early. The earlier you eat, the less you’re likely to have time to crave items like chocolate cake, sweets, or sweets.
6. Limit your alcohol, especially beer.
7. Skip the appetizer… unless you’re going to share something.
8. Ask your waitress to put half of your meal in a doggie baggie before she brings it to you.
9. Order two appetizers instead of an entree.
10. Ask your waitress to split up half the food to take home with you for lunch the next day.
11. Order two salad plates instead of an entree.
12. Eat your meal with a glass of water or have a salad dressing on the side.
13. Learn your dishmen not to refill their water bottles.
14. Take a diarrhea check. If your stool is thin or watery, or you have to strain to drink, you’re not eating enough. Let your chefs know. Your digestive system and how much you eat will respond to this action.
15. To reduce the sodium load, buy baked, broiled, and grilling vegetables. Avoid barbeque, which is high in fat and is deep fried.
About The Author
Helena Eater
How much does the quality of food really matter? If you eat food that tastes good, your life will be better. If you eat food that tastes bad, your life will be worse. The difference between good and evil is partly subjective: what tastes good to me might taste bad to you. The difference is also partly objective: what restaurants I think serve good food might serve lousy food to you. But if we stick to objective measures — measures such as how much weight people gain or lose — we can cut through some of the subjectivity.
