What To Eat at Fast Food Places...Wendy's

Wendy's is another place I don’t eat at. It has a menu with few healthy options.

Like most fast food places, (there) really isn’t anything “clean” to eat here with the exception of the plain baked potato.

If you have to eat here, make smart choices. Choose a salad and vinaigrette dressings or grilled chicken. If you do choose a sandwich, as with the other fast food places, take off ½ the bun and don’t get the fries!!

SALAD:

Stick with the Garden

Sensations Salads with these dressings:

Wendy's Mandarin Chicken Salad with Grilled Chicken and oranges only 180 calories

Balsamic Vinaigrette (90 calories, 6 g fat, 380 mg sodium),

Light Classic Ranch (90 calories, 8 g fat, 360 mg sodium)

Fat Free French (70 calories, 0 g fat, 170 mg sodium)

SIDES

Side salad (35 calories, 0 grams fat, 25 mg sodium) choose from the dressings above

Wendy's Small Chili (90 calories, 6 g fat, 830 mg sodium)

Mandarin orange cup (80 calories, 0 g fat, 15 mg sodium)

The better choices form Wendy’s menu:

Wendy's Large Chili 330 calories

Wendy's Ultimate Chicken Grill 320 calories

Wendy's Plain Baked Potato 270 calories

Wendy's Caesar Side Salad 260 calories

Wendy's Spicy baked chicken go wrap 310 calories

Wendy’s Jr. Sandwiches are best if you want a burger. A Jr. Hamburger or a Kids Meal hamburger without cheese has 220 calories, 8 g of fat and 490 mg of sodium.

Thee following sandwich combos to choose:

Ultimate Grilled Chicken with lettuce, tomato and honey mustard sauce and a side salad with Light Classic Ranch dressing (450 calories, 15 g fat, 1,340 mg sodium)

Grilled Chicken Go Wrap with shredded cheese and honey mustard sauce and a small chili (450 calories, 17 g fat, 1,590 mg sodium)

Classic Single Hamburger with everything (hold the cheese and mayo) and mandarin oranges (470 calories, 16 g fat, 830 mg sodium)

AVOID:

FRIES and anything else fried here.

Wendy’s Baconator: It has 830 calories, 51 grams of fat and 1,880 mg of sodium.

Junior Frosty (6 oz) 170 calories. Full of sugar!

Spicy Chicken Sandwich 430 calories…. Fried… need I say more…

Wendy's provides nutrition info on its website.

Let's Get Healthy,

Coach TIA

(edited by: Samantha Stewart 5/25/11)