How to Eat Fast Food on a Healthy Diet

Stay on a healthy diet by making these changes when ordering at a fast food restaurant.

Step 1: Eat a hamburger
Eat smart by ordering a hamburger without cheese, bacon, mayonnaise, or special sauce. Opt for a single patty.

Step 2: Order chicken
Order chicken that is grilled, baked, or broiled instead of breaded and fried. Choose the smallest portion on a whole grain bun if offered.

Step 3: Drink healthy
Drink water, unsweetened iced tea, skin milk, plain coffee, or diet soda. Pass on the regular soft drinks, fruit drinks, and cappuccinos.

Step 4: Eat a healthy sub or sandwich
Enjoy a healthy deli sandwich or sub on a whole grain bread or bun. Ask for half the amount of meat, no cheese, and top it with extra vegetables such as tomatoes, lettuce, spinach, peppers, and olives. Choose mustard over mayonnaise which has few calories and no fat.

Tip
Craving dressing? Ask for it to be served on the side.

Step 5: Choose a salad
Choose a salad without cheese, bacon bits, sour cream, croutons, or noodles. Always opt for fat-free or reduced-fat salad dressing.

Step 6: Build your own taco
Build your own taco. Double the amount of vegetables, and opt for half the cheese, and meat.

Tip
Removing the cheese completely can save you 100 to 200 calories.

Step 7: Take half home
Pass on the fish sandwich if baked or grilled fish are not an option on the menu. Also pass on the cheese and tartar sauce.

Did You Know?
The average American eats 46 slices of pizza a year.

[MizzBellaKitty]

I honestly miss this lady. Where is she now? How is she?

[kcunningham]

Oh this video is great. Until 0:59 when she has bloody oreos in her bag. Smart.

[damiennguyen]

drink diet soda!?!? diet soda is actually worse for you than regular soda

[TearDrop]

No cheese... you gotta be kidding me! I can't leave without cheese

[EyedOmally]

Basically, they are just telling you how to take all the good stuff out of the food.

[soccerwannabee]

They are assuming with the first step that EVERYONE lives in California and knows what In N Out Burger is; hence the secret sauce.

[MrXwerewolf]

JUST 46 SLICES A YEAR MORE LIKE 146 SLICES A YEAR

[borissimonovski]

Thumbs up if you're watching this while eating unhealthy food

[tdstudd]

IN n OUT!! thats what a hamburgers all about :)

[bouncerthomas]

Also seriously the cheese, ever heard of low fat or vegan cheese try that instead. Also have of the foods aren't even fast foods...like where do you get a salad on Fast Food places?

[BluePi]

@muhkaykay not completely. I only eat the pepperoni from hot pockets, that's it.

[memo]

it's hard to throw away the cheese !

[thunderhead]

how to eat fast food: step one buy burger step two eat burger

[mistabenk]

I find cooking vegtables at home is healthier and cheaper.

[seygra]

what is the definition of a fast food?

[funkyflyswim]

@Lavaster true but that is if u drink like 5 diet sodas a day. and in reality diet soda is better then soda any day ifu drink it once a day.

[alukiian]

1:51 Why... Just why are you wasting food they are starving kids in Africa

[DulceDiana]

The "Oreos" in that plastic bag at 1:00 lol!

[recurveninja]

Diet Soda is (in general) worse for you than non-diet soda.

[BendikThe]

I eat about 376 Pizza slices every year :P