Eating healthy at a fast food restaurant is difficult, but not impossible.
Try some of these tips to keep your diet healthier and lower in fat. If it is the only choice you have for lunch, choose  Healthier meals the rest of the day. The thing we need to avoid at all cost is that meal that is high in Fat and Sodium. Below are some helpful tips to follow if the need arises to eat fast food and keep it for lunch and NOT Dinner:

• Order orange juice or milk instead of soda to boost the vitamin and mineral content of your meal.
• If you are going to order a soda, order a small soda. It has about 150 fewer calories than the large one.
• When out for pizza with your friends, order a salad and enjoy it before the pizza comes. This will help to curb your appetite and start your metabolism to burn rather than store it as fat.
• Ask for sandwiches without special sauce, cheese, dressing, or mayonnaise and eliminate the bun.
• Choose the relatively healthier and lower fat items highlighted in bold print in charts below
• Order your salads with the dressing on the side.
• Try ordering something grilled, baked, or roasted not fried.  Instead of chicken nuggets try a grilled chicken sandwich without the bun.
• Order regular portion sizes instead of the jumbo sizes that are now common at most fast food restaurants.
• Share an entrée with a friend when going to a restaurant.
• Try a bake potato instead of french fries. Skip the butter and sour cream. Try BBQ sauce instead.
• Have Frozen Yogurt instead of Ice Cream

Check out the number of calories, fat, and sodium of your favorite meals at these fast food restaurants:
Arby’s, Burger King,  KFC, Mc Donald’s, Pizza Hut, Subway, Taco Bell, and Wendy’s. 

Items in BOLD print contain less than 30% of calories from fat: