Eating on the Run

It's spring and that means, if you're like me, more fast food dinning. I'm running the kids from one activity to another and sometimes there just isn't time to make a healthy meal at home. Eating out makes it really easy to indulge; and one evening out can easily set your weight loss efforts back a week or more. The good news is that more and more restaurants are catering to the health conscious, so if you plan ahead you can get good nutrition even on the run. Two of my favourites are Subway and McDonalds.

Pick the 6" Roast Chicken Sub with mustard & all the veggies. It's only 319 calories with 4.5 grams of fat. Just be careful about adding any of their high-fat creamy sauces. The meatball sub is also a killer...the 6" is 560 calories with 23 grams of fat.

At McDonalds I just love their NEW Southwest Salad with grilled chicken. It's 340 calories with 12 grams of fat. The dressing is what can kill you. I usually opt for a quarter pack of their Southwest Ranch dressing which runs me another 40 calories and 4 grams of fat. Big Macs, of course, are one of your worst choices with 540 calories and 29 grams of fat.