Slimmer Selections from Fast-Food Restaurants

You avoid hamburgers, french fries and drive-through windows like the plague, but occasionally you find yourself with a group of people who insist on lunching at a fast-food restaurant. What to do? There is now a variety of healthier choices at many fast-food restaurants. So you don't have to sacrifice your diet. Here's a listing of some of the best lower-fat, lower-calorie choices from some of the most popular fast-food restaurants. And don't forget, in addition to these options, some of these restaurants also offer bountiful salad bars--just steer clear of the fatty salad dressings. Food Calories Fat (g.) % Calories from Fat Sodium (mg.) Arby's Baked Potato, plain 240 1.9 7 58 Blueberry Muffin 240 7 26 200 Chocolate Chip Cookie 130 4 28 95 Chocolate Shake 451 11.6 23 341 Garden Salad 117 5.2 40 134 Jamocha Shake 368 10.5 26 262 Light Roast Beef Deluxe 294 10 31 826 Light Roast Chicken Deluxe 276 7 23 777 Light Roast Turkey Deluxe 260 6 21 1,262 Old Fashioned Chicken Noodle Soup 99 1.8 16 929 Side Salad 25 0.3 11 30 Burger King Baked Potato, plain 210 0 0 15 BK Broiler Chicken Sandwich 280 10 32 770 Chunky Chicken Salad, no dressing 142 4 25 443 Dinner Roll 80 2 23 140 Dinner/Side Salad, no dressing 20 0 0 10 Carl's Jr. Bran Muffin 310 7 20 370 Charbroiled BBQ Chicken Sandwich 310 6 17 680 Chicken Salad to-Go 200 8 36 300 English Muffin with margarine 190 5 24 280 Garden Salad-to-Go 50 3 54 75 Hamburger 320 14 39 590 Lite Potato 290 1 3 60 Scrambled Eggs 120 9 67 105 Dairy Queen BBQ Beef Sandwich 225 4 16 700 Chocolate Cone, regular 230 7 27 115 Chocolate Sundae, regular 300 7 21 140 DQ Sandwich 140 4 26 135 Grilled Chicken Fillet Sandwich 300 8 24 800 Hamburger, single 310 13 38 580 Mr. Misty, regular 250 0 0 0 Side Salad, no dressing 25 0 0 15 Strawberry Breeze, small 290 <1 2 115 Strawberry Yogurt Sundae, regular 230 <1 2 80 Vanilla Cone, regular 230 7 27 95 Yogurt Cone, regular 180 <1 3 80 Yogurt Cup, regular 170 <1 3 70 Food Calories Fat (g.) % Calories from Fat Sodium (mg.) Dunkin' Donuts Apple N'Spice Muffin 300 8 24 360 Banana Nut Muffin 310 10 29 410 Blueberry Muffin 280 8 26 340 Bran Muffin with Raisins 310 9 26 560 Cinnamon N'Raisin Bagel 230 2 8 330 Cranberry Nut Muffin 290 9 28 360 Oat Bran Muffin 330 11 30 450 Onion Bagel 210 1 4 410 Plain Bagel 210 2 9 330 Hardee's Chocolate Cool Twist Cone 180 4 20 85 Chocolate Shake 390 10 23 220 Grilled Chicken Salad 120 4 30 520 Hamburger 260 9 31 460 Hot Fudge Cool Twist Sundae 320 10 28 260 Mashed Potatoes (4 oz.) 70 <1 13 330 Pancakes, plain (3) 280 2 6 890 Roast Beef, regular 270 11 36 780 Strawberry Cool Twist Sundae 260 6 21 100 Strawberry Shake 390 8 18 200 Vanilla/Chocolate Cool Twist Cone 170 4 21 85 Vanilla Cool Twist Cone 180 4 20 80 Vanilla Shake 370 9 22 210 Jack in the Box Beef Teriyaki Bowl 640 3 4 930 Chicken Fajita Pita 290 8 25 700 Chicken Teriyaki Bowl 580 1.5 2 1,220 Chocolate Shake 330 7 19 270 Double Fudge Cake 290 9 28 260 Hamburger 270 11 37 560 Sesame Breadsticks 70 2 26 110 Side Salad 50 3.4 61 85 Strawberry Shake 320 7 20 240 Vanilla Shake 320 6 17 230 KFC BBQ Baked Beans 132 2 14 535 Breadstick (1) 110 3 25 15 Garden Rice 75 1 12 576 Garden Salad 16 0 0 10 Green Beans 36 1 25 563 Mashed Potatoes with Gravy 70 1 13 370 Red Beans and Rice 114 3 24 315 Rotisserie Gold Chicken, White Quarter, skin and wing removed 199 5.9 27 667 Sourdough Roll (1) 128 2 14 236 Vegetable Medley Salad 126 4 29 240 Long John Silver's Baked Apples 123 2

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