Acceptable fast food?

[bud_2005]

What are some acceptable foods from a fast food restaurant if you are lifting? I eat Subway a lot but I get so sick of it too.

 

[Fred Da Head]

No fast food is acceptable.

At worse, grilled chicken with half the bun and no mayo and that kind of stuff. For Subway, eat wraps or at the very least whole-wheat bread, if you really can't do without.

 

[howardalex]

if you're bulking then don't worry TOO much....the odd cheeseburger (not fries or anything) is alright....if cutting then you shouldn't have any....
but like I said bulking - train to live, don't live to train

 

[organizedconfusion]

i barely eat fast food but if i do..i do it right. I have a nice fat double bacon burger with both types of cheese,exta mayo/lettuce large fries and soda.
If you're gonna induldge ..at least go all out and enjoy it ! guilt free!

 

[Fred Da Head]

Unless you're some scrawny little bastard, you shouldn't have fast food, even when bulking. It won't matter too much if you have a cheeseburger once in a while, but generally if you tell someone "you can have a cheat meal every week" they have a cheat day every week, and if you tell them to have a cheeseburger once in a while, they'll go and have a double bigmac, fries and the largest tub of coke they can find, every other day.

Not saying the OP falls into that category, but it's much safer to give advice that is strict, because people will almost invariably not follow it properly anyway.

 

[Fred Da Head]

Not quite.
a general sense though yeah, best to avoid fast food. Not sure if they do McDonalds deli sandwiches where you live, but they're not too bad for you. Kinda similar to Subway though.

Yeah, I forgot about the deli sandwiches.. they've only started having them a few months ago, and I almost never go to McDonald's (or other fast food places).

Seems pretty reasonable. The key to sticking to a diet is treating yourself now and then, otherwise you won't stick to it.

I agree, but a lot of people don't get the idea of a cheat meal/day (depending on your diet) and overindulge. It's especially true when they're not on any specific program and just trying to "eat right." Not that it's a bad thing, but it's generally harder to follow something that you're just doing "on your own."

 

[Kerpal]

Subway uses High Fructose Corn Syrup in their bread, also their "whole wheat" bread isn't really whole wheat.

 

[Kev07]

in n out burger

 

[donjuanjovi]

Fast food is all crap. :nono: Pack a lunch in the morning.

 

[Kev07]

subway

 

[Kev07]

obviously not everyday or even every other day, not acceptable every week if you want in n out

 

[Throttle]

What are some acceptable foods from a fast food restaurant if you are lifting? I eat Subway a lot but I get so sick of it too.

acceptable for what purpose???

the blanket advice people are giving on this thread is mostly useless.

 

[Fred Da Head]

acceptable for what purpose???

the blanket advice people are giving on this thread is mostly useless.

So in your awesome opinion it's totally fine for people to eat big macs and woppers all the time?

Unless your purpose is to become an average American, fast food should be avoided as much as possible. There is no way that any fitness goal will be reached faster by eating fast food.

 

[Throttle]

So in your awesome opinion it's totally fine for people to eat big macs and woppers all the time?

no, next straw man, please.

Unless your purpose is to become an average American, fast food should be avoided as much as possible. There is no way that any fitness goal will be reached faster by eating fast food.

fast food as a category is no better or worse than most other types of restaurant food, and processed foods in general.

 

[ryannath]

If a person is a skinny guy, I don't see anything wrong with eating fast food. If the guy has a slow metabolism and puts on fat easily then I would avoid it. But I can eat fast food and I don't put on fat very easily at all. It doesn't effect me since I am 6'0 162.

 

[blinkwatt]

Taco Bell has a new "fresco style" menu w/ items that have 0 trans fat,you may want to check it out.

 

[Monster]

I remember reading an article in a fitness mag about what kind of foods are acceptable at each fast food place. Maybe someone knows what article I'm talking about?

The only one I remember from that list is Wendy's since it's just about the only fast food place around here.

1 Sm Chili (toss the crackers)
1 Baked Potato with broccoli and cheese (no sour cream)
1 Side Garden Salad (hold the dressing)

 

[Throttle]

1 Sm Chili (toss the crackers)

if avoiding starchy carbs.

1 Baked Potato with broccoli and cheese (no sour cream)

if you're worried about saturated fat.

1 Side Garden Salad (hold the dressing)

the dressings top out at 260 calories per packet.

again it depends on your goals. if you're trying to cut out all refined sugars & starches, you need to avoid eating out at all and stay away from most pre-packaged foods. trying to cut saturated fat is overrated, but you can do more by cooking lean meats & fish at home than any careful selections while eating out.

french fries are nutritionally useless, and many brands have transfats, so they're generally best avoided.

 

[organizedconfusion]

trying to cut saturated fat is overrated, but you can do more by cooking lean meats & fish at home than any careful selections while eating out.

just out of curiousity, have you ever tried the high fat/protein low carb diet?
that statement is remenisent of that particular way of eating.I tried it for a while,but i wounde up having to eat soo much protein and fat in order to get really full and it made me sick.:nervous:

 

[Throttle]

just out of curiousity, have you ever tried the high fat/protein low carb diet?
that statement is remenisent of that particular way of eating.I tried it for a while,but i wounde up having to eat soo much protein and fat in order to get really full and it made me sick.:nervous:

yes and no. i'm eating these days in a way many would describe as 'low carb' but I consider it a long-term lifestyle choice (reducing sugars & starches to the lowest tolerable amounts without resorting to gimmickry). if you cook at home and learn which veggies you can stand, and balance your fats with oily fish and fish oils, saturated fat isn't nearly the concern it otherwise would be.

if you can get your hands on eggs from chickens on a natural (not all-grain) diet at a reasonable price, they're also full of omega-3s that balance out the rest of the fat in your diet.