When I really crave fast food for taste or convenience, I gotta have it. What do I get to avoid blowing up?
Chipotle - Single taco with steak, black beans, mild salsa, corn salsa, lettuce. 200 calories.
McDonald's - McRib. I LOVE MCRIB. I eat half of it and throw the rest away if there's no one to share it with. It's bad to throw away food, but it's even worse to use your body as the garbage disposal. 250 calories. Or I get Filet-O-Fish, which is 390 calories. I eat the whole thing because that's a paltry ass sandwich.
Panera - Classic Salad and apple. 250 calories. Sometimes they give me the baguette as well to be nice, which spells disaster to the tune of 180 extra calories.
Starbucks - Tall bold. In a grande cup to make room for soy. 12 oz tall to 16 oz grande = 4 oz soy milk. 65 calories.
Tufts Sackler library - Small spring mix salad with beets, quinoa, red onion, black beans, grilled chicken, and balsamic vinaigrette. 300 calories. This salad costs about $5 so today I bought the ingredients to make it at home, minus the grilled chicken because I can't be bothered to grill chicken.
Of course the calorie count isn't the only important aspect of a meal, so when I get a nutritionally deficient fast food item (ahem McRib) I supplement my meal with a small salad. If I go to Starbucks I make sure to drink a lot of water. A deterrent to caffeine consumption is the many trips to the bathroom. I just hate washing my hands a lot because they get so dry!
"The perfect is the enemy of the good." Voltaire
Chipotle - Single taco with steak, black beans, mild salsa, corn salsa, lettuce. 200 calories.
McDonald's - McRib. I LOVE MCRIB. I eat half of it and throw the rest away if there's no one to share it with. It's bad to throw away food, but it's even worse to use your body as the garbage disposal. 250 calories. Or I get Filet-O-Fish, which is 390 calories. I eat the whole thing because that's a paltry ass sandwich.
Panera - Classic Salad and apple. 250 calories. Sometimes they give me the baguette as well to be nice, which spells disaster to the tune of 180 extra calories.
Starbucks - Tall bold. In a grande cup to make room for soy. 12 oz tall to 16 oz grande = 4 oz soy milk. 65 calories.
Tufts Sackler library - Small spring mix salad with beets, quinoa, red onion, black beans, grilled chicken, and balsamic vinaigrette. 300 calories. This salad costs about $5 so today I bought the ingredients to make it at home, minus the grilled chicken because I can't be bothered to grill chicken.
Of course the calorie count isn't the only important aspect of a meal, so when I get a nutritionally deficient fast food item (ahem McRib) I supplement my meal with a small salad. If I go to Starbucks I make sure to drink a lot of water. A deterrent to caffeine consumption is the many trips to the bathroom. I just hate washing my hands a lot because they get so dry!
"The perfect is the enemy of the good." Voltaire
