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| Quick, Easy, and Unhealthy |
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| Written by Joel Riley |
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In this day and age, convenience has become our friend. With busy lives and careers that take up a good chunk of our days, fast food restaurants are seen as an easy way to get dinner on the table. Who has time to slave over a hot stove making a meal for the family when you work an 8-10 hour day? Although the convenience of fast food restaurants is definitely appealing, they're not the best choices for nutritious meals. Let's explore some facts about the fast food meals you might order for your family's dinner: When you think of fast food you think of McDonald's. Let's say you order a double cheeseburger with fries and a medium coke. If your diet allows you just 2,000 calories a day, you've just gotten half of that in one meal. The meal described above has over sixty grams of fat and 1,100 calories. Good old Kentucky Fried Chicken; a very popular fast food restaurant, is a favorite of a lot of people because they think chicken is a healthy meal. It is if you cook it correctly. However, one chicken breast, cooked in the original style is loaded with 21 g of fat and over 300 calories. Add the mashed potatoes, slaw, gravy, and biscuit, and now, what you thought was healthy has turned into a fat feast. You've had a hard day at work and the last thing you want to do is fix dinner, so you just order in pizza. You have Pizza Hut on speed dial and order a large, one topping, pan style pizza to be delivered in 20 minutes. Great, right? Just one slice is going to add 14 grams and 270 calories to your diet and most people don't eat just one piece. It's fast, convenient, and a sure way to add extra weight. Like most people, you will likely eat at least two pieces of pizza which will then total 28 grams of fat and over 500 calories, and that's just for one topping. Add extra cheese and the total fat content rises dramatically. If this is going to be your mode of easy and fast dinners, be prepared to buy new clothes a size or two larger. If you are thinking that Subway is a healthy choice, you might want to think again. Most regular item subs (excluding those on the low cal/low fat menu) can add up to 500 calories and 18 grams of fat per six inch sandwich. Sure, Jarred lost weight on this plan, but he chose healthy choices from the specialty menu. The regular menu items are still very high in calories and fat content. Opting to go the route of using fast food restaurants as you quick dinner solution might be the easy way out, but it certainly isn't the healthiest way out. Many fast food chains offer low fat/low cal menu items, so make sure you check out all the options before ordering. Make good choices so that you don't use up all your allotted calories in just one meal About The Author: Download our excellent free report at Weight Loss Insider! Or check out our reviews on the top 7 Weight Loss Programs Kindly provided by 4Girls.dk You are welcome to use this article on your own website, if you include this link. |
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