10 Tips if you Forget your Lunch

When you forget to post your 10 on Tuesday it turns into a 10 on Wedneaday! Haha

First of all, don’t do this.  But if you happen to forget your lunch or run short of time, this is a guide to healthy options at Fast Food chains and Convenience stores.

Convenience Stores

• Water
• Iced tea or coffee
• Raw unsalted nuts
• Pretzels or baked chips (single serving bag)
• Banana or fresh fruit
• Hard boiled eggs
• Low-fat or nonfat Greek yogurt
• Whole-grain cereal cups like Cheerios, mixed with nonfat yogurt and a banana
• Energy bars
  • Quest Bar
  • Kellogg’s Special K protein meal bar
  • Kasha Go Lean protein & fiber bar
  • Luna bar
  • Cliff bar

Burger King

• Whopper Jr.  NO MAYO!
• BK Veggie Burger NO MAYO!
• Tendergrill chicken garden salad with low-fat or fat-free dressing
• Apple slices
• Plain garden salad

Chipotle

• Three hard tacos with vegetarian black beans, sautéed peppers and onions
• Carnitas burrito bowl with sautéed onions and peppers, cilantro-lime rice, romaine lettuce, and tomato salsa
• 3 barbaboa tacos on soft corn tortillas with lettuce and tomato salsa
• Vegetarian burrito bowl with brown rice, black beans, fajita vegetables, lettuce, and roasted chili-corn salsa

Dominos

• Grilled chicken Caesar salad
• Light Italian dressing
• Thin crust vegi feast medium pizza slice with green pepper, onion, mushroom and black olive

Dunkin Donuts

• DDSMART egg white veggie flatbread sandwich
• DDSMART egg white turkey sausage flatbread sandwich
• Regular coffee
• Caramel, hazelnut, French vanilla or toasted almond flavored coffee
• DDSMART latte lite
• DDSMART southwest chicken flatbread

KFC

• Grilled chicken breast plus mashed potatoes NO GRAVY!
• Original recipe chicken breast (without skin or breading) with sides of green beans and three bean salad
• Honey BBQ sandwich

McDonalds

• Regular Hamburger (remove bottom bun)
• Premium southwest salad with grilled chicken
• Grilled honey mustard snack wrap
• Grilled chicken sandwich NO MAYO (remove bottom bun)
• Egg white delight McMuffin (remove bottom bun)

Panda Express

• Shitake kale chicken breast
• Grilled Teriyaki chicken
• Mixed veggies

Panera

• Steel-cut oatmeal with summer blueberries & granola
• Egg white, avocado, spinach breakfast power sandwich
• Low-fat garden vegetable with pesto soup
• Power steak lettuce wraps
• Power chicken hummus bowl
• Classic salad with grilled chicken

Starbucks

• Tall nonfat cappuccino
• Tall shaken tazo black tea lemonade (unsweetened)
• Tall light blend coffee caramel Frappuccino
• Check & hummus bistro box plus a banana
• Veggie and brown rice salad
• Steel-cut oatmeal

Taco Bell

• Fresco steak burrito supreme plus black beans
• Fresco chicken soft taco plus pintos ‘n’ cheese

Subway

• Chicken spinach salad with tomatoes, green pepper, onions, olives and cucumbers with honey-mustard dressing or vinegar plus yogurt parfait

Wendy’s

• Grilled chicken sandwich with apple slices (remove bottom bun)
• Large chili plus garden salad (no crutons) with fat free French dressing
• Any of the garden sensations salads
  • Balsamic vinaigrette
  • Light classic ranch
  • Fat-free ranch