| I sometimes have people who contact me and | | | | my own spray dressing to save a lot of calories |
| ask if it's permissible or if you're allowed to eat a | | | | and fat. |
| carefully chosen fast food salad as your "lean and | | | | 2. Taco Bell's Chipotle Steak Taco Salad (From |
| green" medifast meal. I occasionally do this and I | | | | The Fresco Menu): This salad is great, but it has |
| find it to be perfectly acceptable in a pinch. The | | | | to be modified. You obviously can not eat the |
| key though is to select very wisely. Some fast | | | | shell and you can't add the tortilla chips and |
| food salads are quite diet friendly and some load | | | | cheese. You should also ask them to hold the rice. |
| you down with as much calories and fat as a | | | | But the lean steak, lettuce, tomatoes and salsa |
| hamburger and fries from the same restaurant. I | | | | are all fine from my experience. I put fat free |
| will take a closer look at this (and tell you which | | | | sour cream on the side and I use the salsa for |
| offerings I like) in the following article. | | | | my dressing. It's still very tasty. |
| Keep In Mind What Medifast's "Lean And Green" | | | | 3. Wendy's Mandarin Chicken Salad: This one has a |
| Criteria Is When Choosing Your Fast Food Salad: | | | | nice assortment of greens, carrots, tomatoes and |
| When making your selection, you'll want to | | | | broccoli. I omit the mandarin oranges because the |
| remember exactly what you're looking for. The | | | | carb and sugar content is too high. But the |
| daily "lean and green meal" is made up of 5 | | | | chicken and toasted almonds stay. Again, I use |
| ounces of lean protein and three servings of low | | | | my own spray salad dressing because these are |
| glycemic vegetables. A salad can accomplish this | | | | invaluable for saving fat, carbs, and calories. |
| wonderfully, but only if you choose one that has | | | | 4. Kentucky Fried Chicken's Grilled Chicken BLT |
| those three components without any extras. Of | | | | Salad: Of course, you will have to omit the bacon |
| course, you want to keep the fat, carbs, and | | | | on this one. But, the lettuce, tomatoes, and grilled |
| calories down, but many offering stay within | | | | chicken are perfectly fine. |
| these guidelines. | | | | This is by no means an exhaustive list. These just |
| Many fast food offerings load down their salads | | | | happen to be the ones that I like. However, any |
| with fried meats, bacon, croutons, and cheeses. | | | | offering that has basic low glycemic vegetables |
| And, you can really get in trouble with their | | | | and lean protein should work. Just remember to |
| dressings. But, if you look closely, there are | | | | omit the undesired extras like croutons, bacon, |
| several good and viable options. Several | | | | cheese, pastas, and the heavy dressings. As I've |
| companies offer options with grilled lean meat and | | | | alluded to, those spray dressings are invaluable. |
| just your basic diet friendly vegetables. | | | | They are tasty and just a few sprays really does |
| Some of my favorites include: | | | | cover the salad and give you the flavor that you |
| 1. McDonald's Premium Caesar Salad With Grilled | | | | are looking for without the fat of some of the |
| Chicken: This one has grilled chicken, dark leafy | | | | dressings which contain more of the bad stuff |
| green lettuce, and grape tomatoes. There is | | | | than the hamburgers from those same |
| some cheese on it but you can either remove it | | | | restaurants. |
| or special order your salad without it. Also, I use | | | | |