You hear so much about fast food causing the world to be overweight and obese. Well I don't believe it all together or at least to the extent it's being reported in the media.
I'm not saying fast foods are good for you or anyone should have a steady diet of it. Matter of fact eating less fast foods has played a major part in my weight loss success. But do I stay away from it totally? Absolutely not.
Portion control and calories consumption is the key to any safe, realistic weight loss program. By following these two rules I have lost over 80 pounds and have never deprived myself of anything I want to eat.
I never leave the house unprepared though. If I'm going to go out to eat whether it is for fast food or a set down restaurant. I know what I'm going to order ahead of time and how many calories are in what I'm going to eat. I go to the restaurant's web site and check out the nutritional information so I can know what I can eat and what I need to avoid.
A lot of the restaurants have a cool calorie calculator on their sites so you can add into it what you want to eat and it will total your calories for you. Check out a few of the different meal calorie calculators.
McDonald's Meal Calorie Calculator
Burger King Meal Calorie Calculator
Captain D's Meal Calorie Calculator
Most of the time I choose Burger King over McDonald's because their burgers are flame broiled instead of fried but not always.
After you have figured out what you can have at restaurants and stay within your calorie range, you will remember and wont' have to figure it out every time. I have done this for awhile so I know I can have:
Burger King:
Whooper Jr and half order of small fries 510 calories
McDonald's
Hamburger and small fries 480 calories
Captain D's
2 pieces of fish and 2 hush puppies 560 calories
Steak N Shake
Double Steakburger and small onion rings 390 calories.
Of course you can't choose the huge sandwiches or super size the fries but you can make smart choices and still enjoy a fast food meal on occasion.
Friday, I was out at lunch time so I stopped at Burger King, I had a Whopper Jr and a half order of small fries for a total of 510 calories, with the 350 calories I had for breakfast, I knew I had 740 calories left for dinner. Now how simple is that?
Am I a person that has great self control to eat small amounts and quit when I'm still hungry. The answer to that question is no. I'm being very honest when I say I could never do it on my own. I am not disciplined enough. Without the appetite and craving control of SlimMax I could never do it.
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The last thing I want anyone to think is I'm promoting eating fast foods on a daily basis because I'm not. But if you want to lose weight and keep it off, it's smarter to take a long term approach to lifestyle changes. It is not realistic to think you will never eat out again or eat only super healthy food. It's not going to happen for the largest percentage of people, so why would you set yourself up to fail and give yourself a reason to feel guilty about your eating habits.
Until Next Time ... Make good choices.
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