Monday, November 22, 2010

Weight Loss & Eating Fast Foods - F-A-S-T - 4 Simple Secrets to Keep You on Track

Here the 4 Secrets of Fast Foods: Eating "On-The-Go" & Not Gaining Weight. The success of a weight loss plan is to accept that, by circumstance of time, location, or even money, one might end up in a fast food restaurant or having to eat while driving in their car. Just because one has to eat "on-the- go" does not mean your weight loss has to be disrupted. The secret is like eating anywhere is to have a plan. In this case it's easier to remember what you should not have rather than the best choices. Here is the short list of what you should try to avoid: It's as simple as can be, and if you examine it closely it really works. I use a simple acronym: F.A.S.T. to point to the really bad drinks and foods.
The Perfect World:
Ideally, everybody has the "right breakfast" at home, does away with eating at fast food restaurants, picks lower calorie alternatives at the office or at the school cafeteria for lunch, has a high-protein, low-carb snack in the late afternoon and then comes home at the end of the day for a nutritious, healthy dinner including fish, vegetables and salad. That is the perfect world.
50% of All Food is Fast Food Types:
Unfortunately, let's face it, the perfect world never happens in the lives of the majority of Americans. The NPD Group®, an organization that estimates food trends in the United States, reported in 2002 that more than 50% of all food consumed (not just restaurant foods) consisted of burgers, fries, Mexican food and pizza.
Why Fast Foods?
Consumers go to the drive thru at McDonald's®, Burger King® or Taco Bell® and pick up burgers, chicken nuggets and fries without even thinking about the consequences. These foods taste good, are cheap, satisfying and, most importantly, are convenient-they fit into our busy life styles. Unfortunately, gaining weight is easy even when you only eat small amounts of these high-calorie, fattening foods, especially foods with portions that are difficult to control.
Fast Foods Give Pleasure:
The reality is that, more often than not, these foods represent a main source of a lot of pleasure for many people. Depriving yourself of what you like only leads to wanting it more. Sooner or later, the "I can't have it" becomes "I must have it" and creates anxiety. The SECRET is to learn how to choose smartly from the vast selection available.
4 Secrets to FAST Food Eating: F.A.S.T.
When you find yourself forced to eat on the go, the secret is to choose foods that will not add thousands of calories to your diet. From all of the choices that surround you, here is a short list of what you should try to avoid.
Just remember the word, "FAST."
  • F=no fried foods
  • A= No add on's-sauces, high cal dressings, dips, mayo, all "special sauces"
  • S= skip breakfast, skip sugary drinks
  • T= "thick"--no burgers, sandwiches that have double & triple layers, remember most of these have been eliminated because they are fried.
The easiest way to navigate the 200 or more items is not what's good, but what's bad. Here is how F.A.S. T. eliminates all of the high calorie, high carb foods:
F: No Fried Foods for Lunch and Dinner at Fast Food Restaurants:
You really only need to avoid a small number of items among the two hundred or more food choices we are exposed to everyday. Going to fast food restaurants and finding reasonable, low-calorie, portion-controlled foods is absolutely possible.
fried foods: this eliminates all burgers, fried chicken, fried fish, French Fries, onion nuggets
A: Add-On's:
This means all of the sauces, including Mayo, many of the proprietary sauces, bad salad dressings, croutons,- this can save you hundreds of calories.
Low cal salad dressings, mustard and ketchup are great
S: Skip: Skip Breakfast:
Breakfast is the easiest meal to adjust because what we choose to eat in the morning is not as much about satisfying cravings or wanting comfort food. Many people will pick up the first thing they see, such as a Pop Tart®, a bagel, pastry, a donut or a muffin. In fact, we would be just as satisfied with foods that have much lower calories. Fast food breakfasts can easily account for a third to half of the total daily calories for a person on a diet. Often, people in a rush get their breakfast at a drive Thur gobble down their food in their cars and often do not even realize what they are eating! --SKIP BREAKFAST IN THESE RESTAURANTS
S: Skip: Skip sugary drinks:
Forget the juices, fruit punches, whole milk, high calorie lattes, and mostly the regular soft drinks There are numerous zero calorie drinks, try water, diet soft drinks, no fat milk
T: Thick(double stacked, multiple ingredients)
If the fried food exclusion did not get you, this will. This eliminates all foods with multiple more than one meat or chicken patty, combinations of meat-bacon and other almost crazy ideas. Vegetables like lettuce and tomatoes on great, we are talking about adding extra proteins and carbs to the sandwiches.
What Can You Eat: Here are the foods that past the F.A. S. T. "test":
McDonald's: hamburgers(single), cheese burgers, grilled chicken, wrap snacks, apple dippers, all salads, side salads, watch-no creamy dressings,
Burger King: hamburger, cheese burger, chicken sandwich-grilled, BK Burger Shots(kids and adults), salads, again watch dressing and add-on's
Wendy's: Junior hamburger or cheese burger, grilled chicken, Classic single, chili(large or small), baked potato.(sour cream and chives as 80 calories), all salads-watch the add-on's and dressings,
Subway: most subs, nothing fried, no mayo, watch sauces, avoid meatball, Philly cheesesteak, chicken and bacon ranch, BMT, Italian spicy, Feast, Chicken Teryaki
It's that simple, you can go to these places when you need to you just need to be a little careful with what you chose.
Just remember: FAST-fried-skip-skip-ad-ons-thick & stacked
Richard Lipman M.D, a board certified internist and endocrinologist has been treating weight and metabolic problems for 25 years in his Miami office. His specialty is getting the whole family involved in a healthy weight loss plan. Having an overweight child or teen trying to eat different food from the rest of the family never works. His motto is, "everyone can eat healthier, normal or overweight."
His recent book, The 100 Calorie Secret, describes how thousands of his patients lost weight and kept it off. Whether you read his website, buy his book, or download your free copy of Dr Lipman's Quick Weight Loss Guide for the Family, don't let yourself, child or teen continue to gain weight.
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