Is there ANY fast food that’s really good for you? I actually never recommend that you eat ANY fast food, BUT sometimes we forget to plan ahead and find ourselves in a bad situation. Do you just not eat or do we order the fast food?
Always eat. Never skip a meal. It’s better to make a good choice at a fast food restaurant than go without eating. Now that doesn’t give you an excuse to pig out on bad foods. Make good choices.
The first step you should take is to always plan ahead. If you’re going to spend the day away from home, take some time the day before to get yourself some meals ready to take with you. If you didn’t already know, you should be eating a full meal once every 3 hours or so. Short explanation: Protein only lasts around 3 hours in your body and your body needs protein to build muscle.
When I spend the day away from home, I might take a few plastic shaker bottles with me. I fill them with protein and ground oats (simply stick some quaker oats in a coffee grinder). I then fill a few baggies with walnuts, almonds, and/or peanuts.
You’ve got to add some veggies too! I like to cut up broccoli, cauliflower, all types of peppers, carrots, and cucumbers. I put them in a large baggie and they’re ready to go. Combine them with the whey protein, oats, and walnuts and you have some perfect meals for building muscle and burning fat.
If you didn’t plan ahead, you must focus on making the best decisions when you find yourself at a fast food restaurant. If you’re at McDonald’s, what are you going to order? Let’s talk about what not to order first. Never order french fries. Never order fast food hamburgers or fried chicken sandwiches. What do you order?
The best choice would be a grilled chicken salad with lots of vegetables and about a half pack of ranch dressing. Don’t get extra packs of ranch and pile it on your salad. And always drink water with your meals and nothing else. A no calorie lemonade is good too.
If you know you’re going to be eating fast food or eating out at any restaurant, go online and look at their nutrition facts for each meal. Make sure it fits within your daily plan for calories, protein, carbs, and fat. If not, choose something that does.
I personally went several years without eating ANY fast food at all, and I can tell you that I felt much better and lost lots and lots of body fat during that time. Now, just the thought of fast food makes me sick. Once you’re accustomed to eating healthy, the grease simply makes you sick. Eating healthy tastes great and feels great.
When you eat healthy foods, you WILL have higher energy levels for lifting weights. You’ll create the OPTIMAL muscle building and fat burning environment. Your metabolism will be higher than ever. And your body will reward you with higher levels of muscle mass and lower levels of body fat.
I wanted to mention Subway because most people believe it’s healthy. I’m sorry, but Jared isn’t much healthier than he used to be. Sure, he lost a lot of body weight but he lost lots of muscle in the process. You can already see that he’s easily gaining fat back and soon he may be in worse shape than before. Stick to the grilled chicken salad loaded with veggies at Subway. Stay away from most of the other stuff.
How long does it take you to wait in a drive through line or a line inside a restaurant? I’ll bet you that it’s longer than it takes to make some quick and delicious meals at home. For example, I can make a taco salad with lettuce, spinach leaves, lean beef, fat free cheese, fat free sour cream, and salsa in less than 5 minutes! All you have to do is take some time to plan ahead.
