Here are some of the comparisons --- (we'll start with my favorite WORST BET) haha
Wendy's: Best Bet
Wendy’s Ultimate Chicken Grill Sandwich boasts only 360 calories, 7 g fat, 1.5 g saturated fat, and 1,110 mg of sodium. This simple yet satisfying sandwich of grilled chicken, lettuce, and tomato is topped off with tangy honey mustard instead of slathered with high-fat mayo -- for a dietitian's delight.
Wendy's: Worst Bet (take away the tomato and it's sex in your MOUTH!)
The Asiago Ranch Chicken Club Sandwich can turn a quick lunch into a fatty affair that lingers on your hips. Wendy's tops their breaded, fried filet with 3 strips of bacon, cheese, lettuce, tomato, and mayo for 660 calories, 33 g fat, 9 g saturated fat, and 1,650 mg of sodium. If you swap the mayo for honey mustard and go grilled, you can slim down this club sandwich to about 510 calories.
McDonald's: Best Bet (good thing I actually like their snack wraps haha)
The Honey Mustard Grilled Chicken Wrap pleases the palate without plumping your waistline. Each flour tortilla contains grilled chicken, shredded cheese, and lettuce for 250 calories, 8 g fat, 3.5 g saturated fat, and 650 mg sodium. Ranch or chipotle versions have just a few more calories. Add a fruit and walnut salad, chock full of apples, for 210 calories and a meal under 500 calories.
McDonald's: Worst Bet
The Crispy Chicken ClubSandwich is about what you'd expect from a restaurant better known for burgers and fries. Fried chicken, bacon, and mayo push this to 620 calories, 29 g fat, 7 g saturated fat, and 1,200 mg of sodium. The honey wheat roll, lettuce, and tomato are healthful touches. Get grilled chicken, instead of fried; mustard instead of mayo, and this becomes a better choice from this fast-food giant.
Subway: Best Bets
Keep your personal calorie count low with the 6" Black Forest Ham Sandwich or one of Subway's many other 6-inch sandwiches with 6 grams of fat or less. The restaurant shines in low-calorie choices: roast chicken, roast beef, club, turkey breast, turkey breast and ham, veggie delight, or sweet onion chicken teriyaki. Top them with lots of veggies to keep them in the range of 230 - 380 calories.
Subway: Worst Bet (this one makes me pooh anyways, so I don't go near it hahaha)
The 6" Double Meatball Marinara with Cheese sandwich is a fatty choice at a restaurant better-known for its healthy choices and its weight-conscious spokesperson, Jared. This 6-inch sub weighs in at an enormous 860 calories, 42 g fat, 18 g saturated fat, and 2,480 mg sodium. And don't let the occasional $5 foot-long special at Subway tempt you into overeating any of their sandwiches.
Panera: Best Bet (I hate mayo, so this one totally is my favorite healthy choice)
Smoked Turkey on Whole Grain Bread is a better choice at Panera. The restaurant uses 99% fat-free turkey and adds lettuce, tomato, mayo, and mustard for 560 calories, 17 g fat, 2.5 g sat.fat, and 1,960 mg sodium. Get this sandwich below 500 by holding the mayo. Hats off to Panera for offering an apple or fruit salad as a side dish instead of bread or chips.
Panera: Worst Bet (yum yum yummmmm this is totally one of my favorites, now I can't have it anymore :(
The Signature Chipotle Chicken on Artisan French Bread contains 830 calories, 37 g fat, 12 g saturated fat, and 2,180 mg of sodium. That's the daily sodium limit for healthy adults. The special sauce, bacon, and cheddar help turn chicken, a lean type of protein, into a calorie bomb. Unfortunately, many of the hot panini, signature, and café sandwiches hit the 700-900 calorie range.
So there you have it folks --- what to eat, and what NOT to eat... hope this is helpful when you go to have lunch today, some of the things you think might be SEMI healthy, really aren't.. now I need to go find a completely set of favorite things to eat.... FML!
FAT KID OUT!
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