Forgot lunch @ home: acceptable fast food alternatives?

[winthorp69]

I was really looking forward to my chicken salad! I forgot it in the fridge at home . I need some suggestions for an induction friendly lunch. I'm pretty hungry!

Thanks!

[Jackatkc]

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I sometimes go to McDonalds and order a burger with no bun. They usually put some cheese and lettuce on there for you. Works for me.

[speedygt03]

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Wendy's Junior Bacon Cheeseburgers without the bun! I lOooooooove em!! They always seem to hit the spot. They come w\ tomato, lettuce and mayo. and you can get a side salad from there, or even there chicken salad. Wendy's is the best ( I think )

[13_jane]

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Do you not have any sandwich shops around that will make a salad up for you? I get a salad made everyday from our local sandwich shop, theyre very good

Good luck

jane x

[winthorp69]

Re: Forgot lunch @ home: acceptable fast food alternatives?

Wendy's Junior Bacon Cheeseburgers without the bun! I lOooooooove em!! They always seem to hit the spot. They come w\ tomato, lettuce and mayo. and you can get a side salad from there, or even there chicken salad. Wendy's is the best ( I think )

Winner.

Thanks to all.

[dotsamantha]

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If you get in a spot again, I think a cobb salad is a great meal. Mixed greens, egg, bacon, chicken, blue cheese, yum. I get mine with no dressing so I don't even have to worry about it.

[winthorp69]

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If you get in a spot again, I think a cobb salad is a great meal. Mixed greens, egg, bacon, chicken, blue cheese, yum. I get mine with no dressing so I don't even have to worry about it.

I will keep that in mind.

Form the looks of the nutritional info on the Wendy's website, the regular ranch dressing is safest (still not ideal).

[not2late]

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This won't help you today, but it will in the future should you forget your lunch again. Keep a packet of tuna or chicken and a packet or two of mayonnaise, etc. in your desk/locker. That way, if you forget, you will have some kind of food available to you.

I have a stash of food in my desk drawer, because during the winter months I sometimes hang around after hours for the roads to be cleared of snow before driving home and because you just don't know what could happen to delay your travels home. I work in the Washington DC metro area. During Sept. 11 the airspace above our office was a no-fly zone and traffic was limited due to the various military bases and government installations that are here. The situation that day was really touch-and-go and we were all set to spend the night at the office if we couldn't leave. So I've kept some kind of canned food in my desk ever since.

[winthorp69]

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^^I should have done that last Monday when I started Atkins! I will defintely get on that.

I looked at Wendy's website again and it actually looks like the ceasar dresing has fewer carbs.

[ValidRouge]

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I go to a grocery store and get a rotisserie chicken and some sort of vegetable that catches my eye. Sometimes they have prepared salads. I always keep mayonnaise and salad dressing at work for "situations". I have some tuna in the foil pouches in my desk drawer too.

If there is a place that makes chicken wings, I'll always go for those! Yum! With celery and blue cheese.

[Shane_G]

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Can you eat the skin on chicken wings as long as they don't have sauce on them?

[ladysinger68]

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You can eat the skin on the chicken and most of the wing sauce (regular, nothing sweet) should be okay as well.

[djfmf]

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eating out was my specialty back home. I was a Jedi master in my opinion when it came to finding what was low carb friendly at fast food resteraunts.

L&L Hawaiian BBQ has a Mini Atkins Plate Which consisted of some BBQ Beef, BBQ Chicken and a sunny side up egg. this BBQ isn't something you would associate with the one in a bottle, it's just how they cook it.

El Pollo Loco has Zero carb grilled chicken.

Carls Jr has a Low Carb Six Dollar Burger but the truth is you can get any burger or sandwich on their menu as a lettuce wrap if you ask them after making an order. i do recommend no ketchup and pickles(thats what someone taught me on my atkins diet).

In and Out Burger is the same as Carls Jr, just ask for a protein wrap. be careful about the sauce though, it does has some sugar in it.

numerous chinese places like Rice King and Chow King, if you had a 1 or two Item combo you can always opt for steamed vegetables instead of the rice or noodles.

same goes for mexican resteraunts, you can have a carne asada plate, just ask for no rice, beans or tortillas and ask for more salad, pico de gall and guacamole instead.

thats all i can think of now. a lot of resteraunts have low carb substitutes, you just have to ask or make certain ommitments in your meal.