Eat Healthy at Wendys
Eating fast food can be dangerous for your health if you encounter it every day or pay little attention to what you are eating. Some fast-food sandwiches have close to 1,000 calories. Add the french fries and soda and you are ingesting more calories than you need for the day. Most fast-food restaurants, including Wendy's, now offer more choices on the menu, so a nutrition-conscious person can eat healthy and make good choices for his or her family. To eat healthy at Wendy's, substitute, special order, choose smaller sizes and pick calorie-dense food over fat saturated or sugar-filled foods.
Instructions
Eat Healthy at Wendys
1. Substitute the foods. Instead of having french fries with your sandwich, have a side salad. Side salads have 35 calories. If you don't like salad, try the Mandarin orange cup with 80 calories. The savings on calories are a lot considering that a large fries has 550 calories. Even a baked potato is lower in calories and fat than fries. Instead of a soda, substitute water. A small Coke is 140 calories because of the sugar. You could opt for a diet soda, but diet sodas are not good for the body. Water is a wiser choice.
2. Ask for a special order. Ask for the hamburger or chicken sandwich to be bun less. Ask to hold the mayonnaise on your sandwich. If you are having a salad, tell them not to put in the crispy noodles, and request a low-fat or nonfat dressing instead of the usual dressing.
3. Choose smaller sizes. If you insist on the higher-calorie and -fat saturated foods, choose smaller sizes. A small fries has 340 calories in comparison to the large fries at 550 calories. A junior hamburger has 220 calories; whereas, a triple with everything weighs in at 960 calories. If you take your time and enjoy your food, you will be satisfied with the smaller sizes.
4. Choose calorie-dense food. Wendy's chili is a calorie dense food. The small chili is 190 calories, the large is 280 calories. Protein is 14 grams for the small chili and 21 grams for the large chili. Because of the beans and meat, chili is high in good carbohydrates, protein and fiber. This makes it a calorie-dense food. The Mandarin chicken salad and chicken Caesar salad are 180 calories and contain protein from the chicken as well as fiber from the greens. An ultimate chicken grilled sandwich is 320 calories. The protein is 28 grams and the bun is wheat, adding fiber into your meal.
5. Read the nutritional information. Fast-food restaurants post their nutritional information. Wendy's information is also available on their website, wendys.com. Take the time to look over the calories, saturated fat, carbohydrates, salt and sugar columns listed on each food item. It may surprise you what foods are way too expensive in calories and fat, and what foods are good choices for a healthy meal.
